Nikki Bella has accomplished a lot of things in her WWE career, including being the longest reigning Diva’s Champion of all time. There is no doubt she worked hard for her accomplishments.
The Bella Twins were trailblazers in expanding WWE’s audience with the reality shows Total Divas and Total Bellas. That being said, they still get a lot of hate from pro wrestling fans even now.
While speaking on the Bellas Podcast, Nikki Bella admitted that she does not understand and is confused why she receives so much hate from pro wrestling fans.
Even when it comes to the wrestling industry, I’m the most hated person online. There was literally an article written about it two weeks ago. It is true, I’m the most hated person in the wrestling industry, and it’s so mind-blowing because I’m probably one of the nicest. Beyond that, I am hated for being so misunderstood. If I stick up for the women, I’m hated. If I stick up for myself, I’m hated.
The thing that has always been mind-blowing is, I’ve never claimed to be the best wrestler. For some reason, me wrestling and showing passion and love, they hate me for it. It’s like I’m not allowed to be passionate or have love for it. In every industry, there’s an MVP, there’s a champ, there’s the best. In ours, you don’t have to be the best wrestler to be the most popular. I think a lot of people didn’t like my popularity. We get dragged for a lot of stuff. Why should my passion and love be taken away or why should I be hated for it?
I love the business so much and I loved being in the ring so much. I never claimed to be the best, and people dragged me as if I’m out there saying, ‘no one can beat me.’ Yes, I am the longest-reigning divas champion in history, that’ll never change. It’s not like we were in the Olympics and I got there and won it.
When we were on IG Live and Raw 30 came up, I was on IG Live for a good 20-30 minutes talking about Barmageddon season finale, and questions came in about Raw 30. That was about three minutes of a 20-minute IG Live, but people cut things down and made it as if I went on IG Live to talk about that. It’s interesting because, it’s mind-blowing to me because I see all the hate, and it’s really hard, because I love this business so much. I broke my neck in this business, and other bones, but I came back, I’ve risked my life, I’ve risked so many things because of how much I love it. It’s hard when you’re so hated for something.
I’m always confused of like, why, what have I ever done? Being successful, literally, that’s it, because I’m successful…I’ve never turned my back on the wrestling industry. The more success I’ve had, I’ve always tried to bring more awareness to women’s wrestling, and empower more women, what can my success do for others? There are a lot of people that see that, and write articles about that too, which I’m so appreciative of the people that stick up for you [Brie] and I, and have written amazing articles about us and showcase that is truly incredible. That small group, it’s a really distinct demo, and it is mind-blowing. I also think, the people that do hate, they are the ones that are afraid to not go with the flow. They’re afraid that trolls are going to turn on them. There is a bandwagon of Bella hate.”
Nikki Bella
Nikki Bella has still done a lot for the betterment of the women’s division in WWE. We’ll have to wait and see what’s next for her. If anything, she always has a home in WWE, no matter what fans think.
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