While it was temporary, Nikki Bella made essentially the most of her outing within the 2025 Women’s Royal Rumble match, a lot in order that she shared moments with Nia Jax, Bayley, and former NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez all before her elimination. The encounter with Perez got here when Bella did her signature push-ups, which “The Prodigy” mirrored across from her. In response to Bella, she and Perez planned this spot prematurely as a nod to their previous meeting, which aired on “Total Divas” over a decade ago.
“Everyone was like, ‘You might have to do your push-ups,” Bella recalled on “The Nikki & Brie Show.” “The push-ups did turn into pretty iconic. We thought it could be such a fantastic place after Nia gets hit with all those different moves and everybody’s right down to have this push-up moment, and I believed it could be amazing to do this with Roxanne because [of] the history with Roxanne … we each really desired to have that moment. And so that’s the moment I had with Roxanne, hopefully there will be more to do along with her in the long run.”
Elsewhere in her Royal Rumble run, Bella tossed out Bayley, whom she and sister Brie notably attacked at WrestleMania 37. Shortly thereafter, Bella received her own elimination by the hands of Nia Jax, the third-place finisher. Following Charlotte Flair’s eventual victory within the match, Bella and Bayley met again, this time exchanging playful shoves at ringside.
“We were just having fun,” Bella said. “Obviously, I like me some Bayley. She is such an incredible human. I used to be along with her lots too [backstage]. She’s just such a fantastic locker room leader and so talented.”
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