Nikki Bella has revealed that she and Brie signed two-year WWE contracts at the 2026 Royal Rumble and intend for this to be her final wrestling deal before retirement. Speaking on the Nikki and Brie Show, Nikki addressed the contract directly and made clear what the next two years mean to her.
“The contract that we signed, we signed a two-year deal starting Royal Rumble,” Nikki said. “And for you and I, the talks we’ve had and what I know just where I’m at, that’s it. That will be the end for me and for us.”
Nikki expressed frustration at the differences in retirement treatment between male and female performers, pointing to the recent sendoffs given to John Cena and AJ Styles. “For me, I don’t think you and I will ever get that last retirement moment that like John got and AJ Styles got,” Nikki said. “Let’s be honest, the men get that, right? I don’t think you and I will ever get that, but I would love to have that.”
Despite that sentiment, Nikki said she is determined to make the final run as memorable as possible. “I want to have some of my best matches,” Nikki said. “I want to have a lot of fun. But I want to have an iconic moment where it is like, I could look back and go, damn, that was a great two years. We did it. I do not want to walk away with any what ifs. I want to look back at these past two years that we are about to create and be like, damn girl, we did it.”
Nikki also pointed to winning the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships as one of the final items on their bucket list, and said accomplishing it as mothers would carry particular significance. “This is like the final thing,” Nikki said. “So when I am like 60, 70, 80, hopefully 90s, sitting with Brie on a porch wine tasting, we could say, girl, we did that. We did Evolution. We did this. Tag team champs. But dang, to do it as moms. Nothing is better.”
The Bella Twins will get their shot at the titles this Friday on SmackDown at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, where they will challenge Nia Jax and Lash Legend for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships. The show takes place with four weeks remaining until WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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