Nikki Bella: I Would Love to Be a Heel Again, But It’s So Much Fun to Have the Challenge of Being a Babyface

Nikki Bella reflects on her current run in the WWE.

Since returning at the Royal Rumble, Nikki Bella has been adjusting to the new era of women’s wrestlers in the WWE and learning the challenges of being a babyface again.

During an episode of the Nikki & Brie Show, Nikki answered fan questions and talked about how she would love to be a heel again, but enjoys what she is currently doing at the moment.

“In the beginning, I wanted to keep Fearless Nikki as Fearless Nikki because, to me, my comeback was more about nostalgia and ‘here is this Hall of Famer and legend, let’s keep her as is.’ That was my mindset. I’m a marketing machine, so I wanted to keep what was marketable and what people recognized me as. Now, being in it, I’m actually wanting to kind of change her a little bit. I think it would be a lot of fun. I do work with creative, every week, hands-on. I love being hands-on. Everyone there is hands-on. It’s actually very different than before. Even when we do promos, we used to get handed something, and it’s way different now. It’s really cool. You just sit and talk about it. They give you the basis of the idea, but everything is different the day of. It was never like this before and it’s really cool. I’m really excited to maybe push Fearless Nikki in a different direction. Deep down, I would love to go back heel, but it’s so much fun to have the challenge of being a babyface in this era that is a very different era. That’s been something. I’m excited to see what’s to come with it.”

Nikki attempted to win gold, but was unsuccessful against Becky Lynch for the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship at Clash in Paris.

(h/t to Fightful for the quotes/transcriptions.)

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