WWE star Nikki Bella recalls Paige's WrestleMania 42 moment, gives injury update

Nikki Bella was unluckily sidelined for WrestleMania 42 and couldn’t spell aft nan WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship pinch her sister Brie.

Instead, nan adjacent champion point happened. Nikki Bella came retired and addressed nan Las Vegas crowd and announced that Paige would beryllium her replacement. The fans were electrified to spot the return of Paige aft respective years away. She and Brie Bella would spell connected to triumph nan titles.

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Nikki Bella, Paige and Brie Bella observe during WrestleMania 42 Night 1 astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected April 18, 2026. (Rich Freeda/WWE)

Ahead of Brie Bella and Paige’s tag squad title defense against Nia Jax and Lash Legend astatine Saturday Night’s Main Event, Nikki Bella recalled nan WrestleMania infinitesimal successful a caller question and reply pinch Fox News Digital.

"It was amazing," she recalled. "I consciousness for illustration there’s nary 1 other that could’ve taken my spot and would person had that benignant of effect than Paige because we person truthful overmuch history pinch Paige and Paige is genuinely for illustration a sister to Brie and I and she’s a monolithic prima pinch a ton of equity. I was truthful happy for her. I mean, obviously, you’re conscionable down anyways astir nan injury. I couldn’t moreover opportunity nan connection medically right, you’re conscionable truthful successful emotion."

Bella said she was happy for her sister and Paige for their tag squad triumph and added that she noticed nan 2 whitethorn person amended chemistry successful nan ringing than she does.

Paige and Brie Bella reside nan crowd during WWE RAW astatine Thompson-Boling Arena successful Knoxville, Tenn., connected May 11, 2026. (Michael Owens/WWE)

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"But I was really happy for Paige, and also, Brie and Paige person specified akin vibes," she said. "Almost, I consciousness like, much than maine and Brie. They’re conscionable like, nan checkered print, punk type of style girls. So erstwhile I’m watching them each week connected TV, I’m like, this really really works. This is great. So it makes maine really, really happy for her – for Paige and for Brie."

Bella, who became nan Chief Margarita Officer for Madam Paleta Tequila, is moving difficult to get backmost successful action aft suffering nan terrible ankle injury.

She explained her timeline to Fox News Digital.

"As of now, I get my X-rays done mid-June. So X-rays, MRIs, to spot really nan maturation is – did my bones afloat turn back? All nan things," she said. "But coming I was really pumped because I sewage to squat for nan first time. So, I’ve been moving pinch my trainer and my PT and past week I sewage to move up to a level wherever we now get to attraction connected strengthening. So, I will say, it’s truthful overmuch work. My surgery cervix was measurement easier than this and, like, really is that possible?

Nikki Bella confronts Becky Lynch during Monday Night RAW astatine Barclays Center successful Brooklyn connected Aug. 4, 2025. (Michael Marques/WWE)

"But I was truthful fired up this greeting because to beryllium backmost successful a squat position and moreover though it’s evidently not nan weight I’m utilized to, but to conscionable commencement somewhere, it conscionable felt truthful good. And to do conscionable an existent afloat workout, and don’t get maine wrong, there’s immoderate things I look for illustration a babe cervid and my legs shingle for illustration nary different but I person a starting point. I’m moving really difficult connected trying get my spot arsenic beardown arsenic imaginable for erstwhile I get those X-rays because if I tin get cleared, for illustration mid-to-late June, past they look astatine strength, you spell done each of these spot tests. I’m trying to get excavation arsenic adjacent to location arsenic possible."

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For now, Bella will person to beryllium and watch her sister and Paige astatine Saturday Night’s Main Event in Fort Wayne, Indiana, astatine 8 p.m. ET.