WWE Hall of Famer Brie Bella has revealed that her biggest career regret is the comeback she made to the ring just months after the birth of her first child. She explained that she “did not feel ready” for the return but felt “obligated” to do so because of the demands of her reality television shows and WWE wanting her back in the ring.
Brie, who has successfully balanced her wrestling career with motherhood and her reality TV fame, has often been an open book about her life. On the latest episode of The Nikki & Brie Show, Brie was asked about her biggest regret. She was quick to identify her post-partum return to WWE, a decision she feels she made for everyone else but herself.
“I guess a huge regret was the way I felt like I needed to come back when after, I mean, I was what seven months postpartum, maybe at that time, maybe 10, and I think as we were filming both reality shows, they were really pushing me to be like, get back in the ring. Let’s do like a Brie comeback, but I did not feel ready and I kind of just let everyone plan everything for me.”
She explained that for a long time, she had a “people pleaser mentality” and felt obligated to say yes to opportunities, even when she knew they weren’t right for her. Brie feels this ultimately did a “disservice” to herself.
“For so long, I did everything for everyone, especially when we were filming the reality show. I felt obligated. Almost like I owed everyone something, so if someone asks something of me, I just did it without thinking like, “Do I want to? Am I ready?” I never thought about myself. So, I did so much for so many people, like a people pleaser mentality that I think I did a disservice to myself until I got into my 40s, you know what I mean?”
You can hear her full conversation on The Nikki & Brie Show, which is available anytime on the SiriusXM app.
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