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Chat with Nikki. Talks Cena Rumours, Total Divas, Divas Revoluti
on & More
By: ChrissiCalvert Date: September 28, 2015, 4:29 pm
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Nikki Bella made WWE history as the longest reigning diva’s
champion in history with 301 days atop the proverbial mountain.
During this period viewers of the hit “Total Divas” reality show
got an inside look at the hard work and sacrifice it takes to
retain such a high-profile spot. She took her role seriously,
even in one episode trying to provide advice to co-workers like
Paige.
The 31-year-old’s crowning achievement came in the midst of a
Divas Revolution where WWE was bringing in new names from its
NXT developmental brand and dedicating more minutes on TV for
the ladies to shine.
The captain of Team Bella, which is also made up of twin sister
Brie and Alicia Fox, surpassed AJ Lee’s title record on an
episode of Raw only to lose the gold days later to Charlotte at
the Night of Champions pay-per-view. She was proud of the effort
and the daughter of Hall of Famer Ric Flair put forth to get the
audience invested in their rivalry. “I just wanted to give the
fans a story instead of just do some match where we do all these
moves,” Bella said during an interview heading into the season
four finale of “Total Divas” 9 p.m. ET Tuesday, Sept. 29 on the
E!.
“I wanted to draw people in behind Charlotte and make sure when
she won in the end they were on their feet. It turned out they
were, so it made us very, very happy.”
The first time the two squared off on Raw it ended in a
controversial decision where Nikki retained because of “Twin
Magic,” switching out of the ring with Brie. Since Charlotte
didn’t pin the actual champion Stephanie McMahon reversed the
decision. This added more fuel to the fire for their rematch,
which had the stipulation if Bella got disqualified or counted
out she would lose the championship.
“When you think about it we had maybe a week to two weeks to
push this,” Bella said.
“So knowing the title change was going to happen I thought, ‘We
could give them a really good match, but are they going to be
that behind her? Are they going to think maybe she shouldn’t
have gotten the title yet?’ I felt what we did that Monday night
really got the crowd behind her.
“They really started to believe in her. As a bad guy that can’t
get disqualified or if I do get disqualified I lose my title or
counted out, I had to work smart [at Night of Champions]. So if
I see a body part hurt, I’m going to take advantage of it. Then
the good guy overcomes it in the end. That was the story we
wanted to tell, and it worked out. We got them behind her. I was
really happy with it. Don’t get me wrong. I miss my
championship. It was a very lonely evening and in the morning.”
Despite exemplifying her passion for WWE on “Total Divas” and
other shows, many online have continued to spew hate in her
direction. She tries to keep the blank negativity out or use it
as motivation.
“I ignore it,” Bella said.
“Even though I see the hate on social media, and it shocks me.
It shocks me the rumors people start, that I have the title
because of my boyfriend. If that was the case I would have
gotten the title when I came back years ago and still had the
title. He has nothing to do with it. He has nothing to do with
anyone’s story or anything like that. He has zero pull. We talk
about it all the time because it’s funny how people say that.
“I think where it started was for a year AJ had a voice on WWE
TV and all of us on ‘Total Divas’ didn’t. Then Vince [McMahon]
didn’t want the title on any ‘Total Divas’ member because he
didn’t know how it would transition on Sunday night and Monday
in case there was a title change and the show was airing.
“So for a year she got her run through all the girls. I was the
only one she really didn’t. She got to say these things that
weren’t true, but we didn’t get to speak back. So I felt like
that is where the perception of Brie and I really started. She
said things like we came back for reality show and all this
stuff. It was all untrue. While this is happening, I’m working
twice as hard to be better and improve my craft to become the
next diva’s champion.”
Her goal was accomplished in 2014 at Survivor Series with a
second run with the title. Not everyone was excited.
“It’s unfortunate that in this business people get more time to
speak on the mic or on commentary and say whatever they want.
They can say whatever like they want. They can write it on the
internet, and people will believe it,” Bella said.
“There is a part of me where it hurts my heart a little bit. I
give these fans everything I have. I give them my personal life.
I give them my body. I give them everything I can weekly, and
that is what they say back? So it’s sad to me. I hope one day
they can look back and say, ‘Wow. She actually did try hard and
wasn’t a bad wrestler. She is here for the right reasons, and it
has nothing to do with her boyfriend.’
“I get it. When you are on a reality show that is top rated and
dating this successful man who is in the same business as you
are and you have a twin sister who is married to someone in the
business who happens to be successful, I think that is where I
get the hate. They say I have it all, but I have worked for
every single bit of what I have. It took me almost nine years to
have that championship and have a decent run. Not only that but
if I didn’t really put my life out there and gave it my all, the
[Total Divas’] could have failed. We wouldn’t have gone past
season one. I give every day of my life to that show. So
hopefully one day they will be grateful that I’m doing it for
all of them.”
Bella is excited about the “Divas Revolution” and the women of
WWE are being taken more seriously. Although the divas were
getting more matches, Bella could see there were some elements
missing to make it truly successful.
“It has definitely had its ups and downs,” she said.
“I think having all those tag matches, that’s where our downs
are. We had so many girls in teams, why aren’t we having
individual matches? I think where we got it up was the Monday of
the reversal. It’s funny because I went to Vince [McMahon]
saying, ‘I don’t think they are going to buy into this. I don’t
know this will get much heat.’ He said, ‘Trust me.’ I was
thinking differently, but when we did it we got so much heat. I
thought, ‘This man is a genius. That is why he is Vince
McMahon.’
“I felt like that turned up the ‘Diva Revolution.’ It got us to
the point where fans were like, ‘What just happened? Now I want
to see what happens.’ At [Night of Champions] we wanted to keep
people hooked. So I think we are now back up and think as long
as we keep telling stories each week. I mean these teams can’t
be perfect forever. There needs to be something that happens.
Charlotte can’t just get out of winning the title clean.
Something has to happen. If we can continue to tell stories
where fans don’t know what will happen next, I think that will
be a plus in this ‘Divas Revolution.’”
The last few months it has been really nine girls in three teams
spotlighted on WWE TV each week. Is there room for more in this
diva renaissance?
“I definitely want Natalya,” Bella said.
“Why wouldn’t we want her? That is one of the best female
wrestlers we have. I definitely want to see her in the mix. I
also think before we bring up anyone else from NXT we need to
make sure Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks become familiar
to the main roster audience. We have people who are fans of NXT
always in the crowd. However, there are the casual viewers and
millions of fans at home tuning in who don’t watch WWE Network.
So I feel we have to get the casual viewer familiar with those
three girls and then we can bring in more. It’s so much fun
because we can work on all these new stories with these three
new girls and get them over. Then all of a sudden we can have
another few from NXT come up.”
Moving forward to the close of another drama-filled season of
“Total Divas,” Bella is once again at a romantic crossroads.
“When you put your relationship out there and the whole thing
about him not wanting marriage or kids, then the exes come out
in the woodwork,” she said.
“And it’s an ex the WWE audience knows in Dolph Ziggler. You see
that in the season finale that when you date one man for many
years, and he doesn’t want to give you certain things, that one
wants to step in and be the knight in shining armor. It can get
kind of tricky. That is definitely a reason why you want to tune
into the season finale. Am I going to get swept off my feet by
someone else or am I going to stay with my big, gorgeous,
superman man John Cena?”
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Re: Chat with Nikki. Talks Cena Rumours, Total Divas, Divas Revo
lution & More
By: tnafan Date: October 10, 2015, 7:48 am
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So happy that she is not the champion now.. I think WWE wanted
AJs runto be broke . That is why she was the champion for so
long tbh ..
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Re: Chat with Nikki. Talks Cena Rumours, Total Divas, Divas Revo
lution & More
By: ChrissiCalvert Date: October 10, 2015, 3:31 pm
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[quote author=TNAcrazy link=topic=7779.msg33255#msg33255
date=1444481294]
So happy that she is not the champion now.. I think WWE wanted
AJs runto be broke . That is why she was the champion for so
long tbh ..
[/quote]
Longest reigning champ due to backstage politics. Not a thing to
do with talent.
I love how deluded she is when she blames AJ for the fans hating
her. Fans hate her because she sucks in the ring and only had
the title due to the mentioned Backstage politics (which also
included boyfriend, John Cena, having a major pull on certain
decisions)
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Re: Chat with Nikki. Talks Cena Rumours, Total Divas, Divas Revo
lution & More
By: tnafan Date: October 10, 2015, 5:08 pm
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She got the looks to I Guess that helps...
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Re: Chat with Nikki. Talks Cena Rumours, Total Divas, Divas Revo
lution & More
By: ChrissiCalvert Date: October 10, 2015, 6:40 pm
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[quote author=TNAcrazy link=topic=7779.msg33268#msg33268
date=1444514939]
She got the looks to I Guess that helps...
[/quote]
Shes full of plastic and is as fake as a barbie doll
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Re: Chat with Nikki. Talks Cena Rumours, Total Divas, Divas Revo
lution & More
By: tnafan Date: October 18, 2015, 2:52 pm
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She is what WWE are after . Love her or hTe her , she is what
WWE are after in a girl .
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Re: Chat with Nikki. Talks Cena Rumours, Total Divas, Divas Revo
lution & More
By: ChrissiCalvert Date: October 18, 2015, 3:26 pm
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[quote author=TNAcrazy link=topic=7779.msg33302#msg33302
date=1445197950]
She is what WWE are after . Love her or hTe her , she is what
WWE are after in a girl .
[/quote]
Fake as hell with zero personality or talent.
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