Update on potential Brie Bella WWE return
A return to the ring is possible for Brie Bella, but it sounds like it would need to be with her sister Nikki by her side.
Brie recently said she “definitely” has one last run in her and left the door open as to whether it would happen in WWE or somewhere else. Her twin sister Nikki is currently back in WWE but, through this point, has not had Brie with her. It’s been a solo run for Nikki, who unsuccessfully challenged Stephanie Vaquer for the Women’s World Championship at Survivor Series last weekend.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Bryan Danielson said his wife Brie is not interested in having her own singles run. She wants to team with Nikki if she comes back to wrestling.
“Only in certain contexts,” Danielson responded when asked if he thinks Brie would ever return. “She doesn’t want to come back and do like a singles run or anything like that. If she comes back, she would want to do it with [Nikki]. But I think there’s something in her, too, that — and I can appreciate this — because our kids see her as just a mom. ‘Just a mom,’ as if that isn’t the hardest job in the world. Part of her, I think, has a desire to have the kids see her in that light [as a wrestler].”
Aside from an appearance in the 2022 Royal Rumble, Brie has not wrestled since 2018. She and Nikki were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame together as members of the class of 2020.
Brie stated earlier this year that she believes Danielson’s association with AEW has been a “roadblock” toward WWE bringing her back. Danielson wrapped up his full-time career in the ring with AEW in 2024 and remains with the promotion in a role that includes being part of the Dynamite commentary team.
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