Nikki and Brie Bella could get back in the ring as Nikki’s fiancé says he ‘would not be surprised’ to see her return to the squared circle
Nikki and Brie Bella could get back in the wrestling ring with their sons one day.
The Bella twins, both 36, have taken a step back from their wrestling careers, but after they each welcomed sons within one day of each other earlier this year, they could one day plan a wrestling comeback with their boys in tow.
Nikki’s fiancé, Dancing with the Stars pro Artem Chigvintsev, told US Weekly Tuesday that the beauty ‘has been having talks about coming back and doing something together with Brie’ in the wrestling ring.
The latest: Nikki Bella’s fiancé, Dancing with the Stars pro Artem Chigvintsev, said Tuesday that the beauty ‘has been having talks about coming back and doing something together with Brie’ in the wrestling ring. The sisters were pictured on Instagram Tuesday
‘They both have kids, and I feel like they still have this unclosed chapter with wrestling,’ said Artem, who is father to three-month-old son Matteo with Nikki.
Chigvintsev, 38, told the outlet that he ‘would not be surprised’ to see Nikki back in the WWE at some point.
‘I’d love to be cheering in the front row sitting with Matteo on my lap … like, “Go, Mommy, go!”‘ Chigvintsev said.
The Russian dance expert also revealed that Matteo is ‘definitely athletic’ already, but they don’t yet know whether he’ll be a wrestler like his mom, or a dancer like his dad.
On the mat: Nikki last year said she was retiring from her in-ring career, revealing in an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that a pileup of injuries preceded her decision to hang up her wrestling boots
The sisters posed together on social media Tuesday as they prepared to promote their E! show Total Bellas
Chigvintsev added to Us Weekly: ‘Right now, it’s hard to tell because today he literally had this playground with the animals hanging and today, he tore the monkey. I was like, “Oh, my God.” I can’t believe he just did that.
‘But at the same time, he moves his legs so fast. Maybe a runner? I don’t know.’
Nikki and Artem welcomed Matteo on July 31, and just one day later on August 1, Brie gave birth to her son Buddy with husband Daniel Bryan.
For Brie and Daniel, Buddy is their second child, as they are also parents to three-year-old daughter, Birdie.
Beaming: The sisters attended an event last year in LA, prior to the lockdown
Nikki last year said she was retiring from her in-ring career, revealing in an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that a pileup of injuries preceded her decision to hang up her wrestling boots.
‘I’ve always had my neck issues and after neck surgery, it hasn’t been OK,’ she said. ‘I feel like I needed to get a checkup before we went back for the tag titles. The results came back and I herniated the disc above where I had surgery, I have all this inflammation around the metal and then I have a cyst on my brain.’
She said her doctors told her she was done with professional wrestling, adding ‘I didn’t get a choice, which sucks.’