The Bella Twins are extremely popular with a lot of fans (which is why they have their own reality TV show) but a lot of hardcore wrestling fans don't like Nikki and Brie or the fact WWE credits them with the "Divas Evolution."
Well, with Nikki's career over due to an injury very similar in nature to both Edge and Paige, why hasn't she returned to WWE for a retirement speech? Well, she pins the blame on "Smart Marks" and says that she's missed out on the opportunity to address fans because, chances are, she would get booed out of the building.
"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]."
Nikki then got tearful talking about the sacrifices she's made as a WWE Superstar and talked about wishing the fans would appreciate both her and Brie.
"It's actually going to make me emotional. It's going to make me cry because, you know, I love wrestling. I gave thirteen years of my life. I beat my body up. I mean, it was my world. It's so sad sometimes when I see the lack of respect or, like, not the appreciation. You know how badly I wish I could go out there and wrestle again, and do it for the fans, and do it for us? I mean, I've risked my life. And you know what? I'm a human being; sometimes we like to be acknowledged or appreciated. And the fact that I gave so much and I will never get to stand in that ring and have the 'thank you, Nikki' chant, or even give my last, final words - I found out the Thursday before WrestleMania and I'm done. That's it... I pray one day, Brie, we will be appreciated by that crowd."
Brie then chimed in to say, "I don't need to be appreciated by them. And I'll tell you why, they're a small part of the huge WWE Universe."
It's sad to thonk the Bella Twins feel this way but fans are entitled to boo and cheer whoever they like, especially when an argument could be made that it was Nikki and Brie who held the women's division back for a long time (the women who actually helped kick off the "Divas Evolution" were Sasha Banks, Bayley, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair).
What do you guys think?