Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella who is a former two times WWE Divas champion recently looked back at the Total Bellas programme of E! and talked about how successful it was a spinoff of the famous Total Divas series of E!
Nikki Bella started her professional wrestling career alongside her twin sister Brie Bella and together they were famously known as The Bella Twins. They were pretty famous among the female WWE fans throughout their WWE career, however, it had been pretty difficult for them to gain the ultimate success in WWE.
Nikki Bella Recalls The Total Bellas Which Was A Total Divas Spinoff
During their WWE span, they had been released once but was brought back in only one year time. From 2014, The Bella Twins started working singles stars and Nikki Bella got bigger success of the two sisters. She had a total of two reigns of WWE Divas Championship and she was also the longest reigning WWE Divas Champion.
The Bella Twins had been pretty much successful in their WWE careers. Brie Bella had also been a WWE Divas Champion. The duo was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in the class of 2020. With immense success, they had to deal with a lot of criticism as well. But they will always be remembered as legends of WWE.
Nikki Bella who is a former two times WWE Divas champion recently spoke to The Sessions with Renée Paquette where she looked back at the Total Bellas programme of E! and talked about how successful it was a spinoff of the famous Total Divas series of E! She said;
“That brought in a lot of hate within people in the back. Some people were super supportive, then there were some that were hating and some got the mic, and they just really expressed it. It gave me great fire and it made for great story, but I wish people wouldn’t have believed it beyond that. It was also sad for me because to slut shame or tear women down, I was not for that.
“I remember when I had to cut a promo on (Awesome) Kong before Brie and I left for eleven months. I went with what they said on paper. It was so wrong. I talked to Kia (Stevens aka Awesome King) before, and we even talked after, it just didn’t feel good and I didn’t like it. I don’t want cheap pops from the crowd anymore, especially if it’s not approved by the woman. I could have said a lot more stuff on the mic to get these greater reactions.
“It was never worth it to me. At the end of the day, we’re still telling stories. That’s kind of how I left the rest of my career. Some of the stuff that was said to me, on a hot mic, with not even realizing. I remember being disappointed like, ‘we just took five steps back’ from tearing these barriers down and breaking them. We still shattered them, but it took even more work, and I have to live with this hate in this industry, and it’s hard on me because I love wrestling, but I have to carry this cloud of hate with me.”
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