WWE Hall of Famer and former two times WWE Divas champion Nikki Bella who is also the longest reigning WWE Divas champion recently looked back at her Fearless Nikki persona and explain how she ultimately became frustrated while portraying this character.
Nikki Bella started her professional wrestling career along with her twin sister Brie Bella and together they were famously known as the Bella Twins. The twin duo became extremely famous among the female wrestling fans in a very short amount of time. The duo was pretty charismatic and it looked pretty of here that they are going to become successful in the future.
Nikki Bella Remembers Fearless Nikki Persona And She Became Frustrated At The End
They actually became quite successful in WWE. They were successful together and they were pretty successful as singles stars as well, especially Nikki, who had been a two times WWE Divas champion and she is also recognised as the longest reigning Divas champion in WWE history.
In 2014, she featured in a major story line against her own sister when she turned heel. This was the first time when she received ultimate singles success in her professional wrestling career. With a lot of fan support, she had to deal with a lot of Criticism as well. But she will always be remembered as a legend of WWE. In 2020 the Bella Twins were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Nikki Bella who is also the longest reigning WWE Divas champion recently spoke to Renee Paquette on The Sessions podcast where she looked back at her Fearless Nikki persona and explain how she ultimately became frustrated while portraying this character. She said;
“In the beginning, it was hard. Then, I was like, ‘you can woman up and you can make this something.’ I remember one day looking at my ex and going, ‘I’m going to war. I’m gonna pack up, I’m gonna suit up, and I’m gonna go in there and win this thing.’ I just got this fire and I think that’s what helped create Fearless Nikki.
“Whether it was filming a scene or just walking in to go to catering, I was like, ‘I’m going to own the place, not be affected, and if I give myself this energy and this feeling, I’ll be unbothered. I’ll live rent free in everyone’s head and I’m going to do my thing.’ It helped me and it helped me conquer a lot. I took that fire and rose up like a phoenix.
“When I came up on the road, it was, ‘can’t do this, can’t do that, go out there, let them throw you around, make sure to pull hair and slap.’ I listened. I listened all the time, and I should have fought for myself. I should have fought on everything that I learned as an athlete and professional wrestler, and I should have showcased, and I didn’t. When that fire came about, I was like, ‘no one is telling me no anymore.
“They don’t want to do my move that I just learned or this sequence that I think looks badass, they don’t want to treat me like I’m a powerful woman? Well then, get in line, I’ll fight someone else tonight. We’re going to go out there and do it.’
“I feel like with that fire and just going out there, it created a whole different person that I wish I was, but I had to learn, and now I take that into what I do now. The whole ‘apologize later’ is such a good thing to go into because it lets you be you and what you have in here. It took me to get all that fire to finally go out there and be that person.”
H/T and transcribed by Fightful