The RAW Reunion was filled was dozens of names of the past including Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, Melina, Eve Torres, Alundra Blaze, and Ted DiBiase.
However, Nikki and Brie Bella were two names that were noticeably missing. Nikki explained her absence from the special show, stating that she was supposed to be in New Zealand on the day of the event. The former WWE Divas Champion never clarifies why her sister was unable to attend.
At the moment, Nikki Bella is currently retired due to a cyst that had been found in her brain. The reason the former Divas Champion has yet to make an in-ring announcement over her retirement is due to believing that she isn’t liked by the smark crowd (transcript courtesy of wrestlinginc.com).
“I feel like they haven’t had me come in and do a retirement speech because – guys, it’s crazy. Brie and I have become hated by the ‘Smart Marks’. I always looked at it like, well, we did a really good job as heels for so long. But it was like the more successful we would get with the reality shows, and the men that we were dating and married to, and all that, we became more and more hated. For people to go against us in the ring and on the mic, it’s very easy to create promos with Brie and I, or about us. And I look at Paige, and Bryan, and Edge, and the list goes on of people who got to have that moment [of a retirement speech].”