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Nikki Bella made her return to action during the women's Royal Rumble match earlier this year at the Royal Rumble event, where she featured as the entry no. 30. She eliminated Bayley from this match, who was the winner of last year's women's Royal Rumble match. She also survived until the final four of the women's Royal Rumble match.
Nikki Bella returned to full time action after WrestleMania 41, and in her 1st match, she defeated Chelsea Green in an episode of RAW and also had an impressive start to her new career. It was quite being strong win as she had to handle Chelsea Green's entourage during this match too. She even challenged Becky Lynch for the women's IC title at WWE Clash in Paris; however, she lost this match.
Chelsea Green discusses the return of Nikki Bella
But things started to go a little downhill for her after this match, as she kept on losing back to back matches. Still, she got a huge opportunity to challenge Stephanie Vaquer for the Women's World Championship at a big stage like Survivor Series. She started working as a babyface since returning, but while entering this feud with Vaquer, she turned heel.
Nikki Bella made her return to action during the women's Royal Rumble match
She challenged Stephanie Vaquer at Survivor Series in a losing effort, and it never looked like she would win the title at this stage of her career. She is expected to be used to promote younger talents only. Recently, Chelsea Green talked about the return of Nikki Bella and explained why it was really special. Speaking on the “Unlikely” podcast, she said;
She challenged Stephanie Vaquer for the Women's World title at Survivor Series
“It was so surreal, and it was surreal for so many reasons. I think that’s a really, really proud moment of mine because someone, and I think Nikki, trusted me with her first singles match back. And no matter what, that was always going to be an extremely tough decision to be put in, for her, for her opponent, and for the producers. She is the epitome of women’s wrestling. You don’t get any higher than Nikki Bella.
"You just don’t. So many eyes wanted her to succeed, so many eyes wanted her to fail, and so, I just wanted to do her legacy justice. I didn’t want her to come back and feel ashamed or embarrassed. I wanted to feel empowered in that moment, and I did the absolute best I could to make her feel that way.
"And I think I was the perfect opponent to put her over and to have her confidence boosted. And now look at her. Now she’s, like, Nikki Bella, like she never left.” said Chelsea Green, who is the present WWE Women's US Champion.
