The Bella Twins – Brie and Nikki Bella are a force to be reckoned with in the WWE Universe. Due to their efforts, they’ve even become bigger star powers despite not being regular WWE roster members for the past eight years. With reality TV series, business ventures, and more they’ve become bonafide mainstream stars. Not to mention, they’d also become WWE Hall of Famers in the past.
Their activities in or outside the ring have genuinely made a long-lasting impression since their debut in 2008. In the age of social media, the popularity of The Bella Twins among fans has also cemented their star powers and two of the trailblazers who genuinely left their mark on the WWE women’s evolution to pave the way for their successors.
That being said, The Bella Twins were invited to attend the 30th anniversary of RAW but that appearance was eventually scrapped. There have been rumors of them pulling out due to creative differences but now it seems a former WWE writer has shut down those rumors. The veterans didn’t appear on RAW Is XXX but they didn’t boycott the show, either.
WWE Raw 30: The Bella Twins Go On A Rant After Lesser Women’s Evolution On The Show
The Bella Twins didn’t find a substantial role for Raw is XXX
While speaking on his Wrestling With Freddie podcast, former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. denied the theory that The Bella Twins turned down an appearance on Raw is XXX due to a lack of creativity. But he confirmed that WWE simply didn’t have much to do on the show and since they had to go through promotions for Nikki Bella Says I Do, they booked a press event for the upcoming E Network show.
“The Bellas have been accused of pulling out of the ‘Raw XXX’ celebration, and because of that, we didn’t have much of a women’s revolution represented on the show, but we did have a little. I would say The Bellas would refute that, as they had press events, and I know this because my wife was in New York doing press, and they were doing all the same shows she was doing.”
According to a previous report by PWInsider, The Bella Twins did fly Northeast during Raw XXX weekend but eventually decided not to appear due to differences. After the show, the two also went on a rant about how WWE didn’t utilize the women superstars despite their contributions to the history of Monday Night Raw to add fuel to the rift. But it doesn’t seem it was so bad that it would block their eventual return to the WWE, down the road.
