Nikki Bella: I Want To Show The Women Now That You Can Return In 20 Years And Still Kick Butt

Nikki Bella is in her new era, returning to WWE for a full-time run for the first time since 2018. Nikki started in WWE in 2007 and became one of the biggest stars of the Divas era with a 301 day reign with the WWE Divas Championship and a starring role on “Total Divas.”

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Nikki was asked about her current era and her return.

“It’s so my happy place, always has been. In WWE, we’re family. Why do we even use the word retirement in the wrestling industry? None of us ever retire, we just go away for a bit, but we always come back. That’s the beauty of what we do where we’re sports entertainment, different from just sports. We can entertain for so long. We’re seeing it with a lot of men in the division right now. A lot of men have been there for a very long time, and they’re champions and holding top stories. It’s nice to come back and show that us women can do that too. That’s this new road I’m paving for women. The women who are there now, they can come back in 20 years after having a kid and being an entrepreneur and doing other things in life, and you can still be in this era and kick butt and have fun and be who you are in that ring. Not just for the men, but for the women, too,” she said.

Nikki had a cameo appearance at WWE SummerSlam, serving pizza in a backstage segment.

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