A current champion wants to get in the ring with Nikki Bella at WrestleMania 41.
A few years ago, fans witnessed Bella get inducted into the 2020 WWE Hall of Fame with her sister, Brie Bella. Since retiring from full-time wrestling in 2018, Bella has made infrequent appearances; notably in the 2022 Royal Rumble and as the 30th entrant in the 2025 Royal Rumble.
While still teasing about her in-ring future, she was recently called out to a WrestleMania 41 match by current women’s United States Champion Chelsea Green. Green expressed her desire to compete against Bella in a “hair vs hair” match during her recent interview with Adrian Hernandez of Unlikely at the Pennzoil 400 race.
“The outcome is obviously gonna be I win and continue to be the greatest-ever, longest-reigning Women’s United States Champion. But I think, I’ve put a lot of thought into this in the past couple of weeks. We’re on the road to WrestleMania this month. I’m thinking my ideal match would be myself versus Nikki Bella in a Hair versus Hair match.
That part is crazy. That part is a dream. The Hair versus Hair match, that one’s a dream. But me versus Nikki Bella, I love Nikki, I grew up watching Nikki. She came back at the Royal Rumble. I think this could be the perfect time for her to really sink her teeth into a feud and have a singles match.”
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Growing up watching Bella wrestle, ‘The Hot Mess’ now wants Bella inside the squared circle, in a feud against her. A few weeks ago, Nikki Bella had also opened up on her list of dream opponents.
Nikki Bella Reflects On Meeting Ex-Partner John Cena At WWE Royal Rumble 2025
Dating from 2012 to 2018 and previously engaged with each other a few years ago, both John Cena and Bella later broke up and have since moved on. While Cena married Shay Shariatzadeh in 2020, Nikki Bella married Artem Chigvintsev in 2022, and divorced him in 2024.
Recently, speaking with Kristin Cavallari on “Let’s Be Honest” (via PEOPLE), Nikki Bella reflected on meeting with John Cena at the 2025 Royal Rumble PLE.
“It was very quick. I was in a circle talking to people. He came to [shake] everyone’s hand. He shook my hand. But the thing was, when he walked away, all the girls were like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ I’m like, ‘Shh, shh, He’s married, be respectful.’ And that was it. That was nice, and it was great because breaking the ice and you know, we just both happened to be back at the same time. It’s a good feeling.”
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