Nikki Bella Says Brie Bella’s Return Cut Her Heel Turn Short

Nikki Bella says Brie Bella “ruined” her heel turn.

Last year, Nikki Bella turned on Stephanie Vaquer after the latter’s Women’s World Championship match against Raquel Rodriguez on 11/10 WWE Raw. Nikki and Stephanie would go on to have a match at Survivor Series WarGames for the championship, where the champion retained.

Speaking with Joey Karni for a new interview, Nikki was asked about her heel turn.

“I had been begging for just to be heel. I just know, I thrive so much in that position and it’s just natural. Then Brie came in and ruined everything, which was fine because we were going in such a great direction. Then Rumble came up and they didn’t know if Brie was coming back or not. So when Brie came back, it was like, well, Nikki obviously needs to be with her. Then we go out that night in Philly and they just looked at me and they go, ‘You have to be neutral.’ I was like, ‘But I literally just turned on my brand new best friend, Stephanie. Wait, what?’ Not that I was bummed, but I just was loving the direction I was going. I was getting so much heat and it was it was a lot of fun.”

The Bella Twins are currently scheduled to team up with Paige against Fatal Influence at WWE SummerSlam in a six-woman tag team match. Read more about the lineup here.

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