Nikki Bella addresses personal remarks made by Paige on SmackDown

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Nikki Bella addresses personal remarks made by Paige on SmackDown
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Nikki Bella responded to a recent WWE SmackDown promo where Paige referenced her past relationship with John Cena. During a backstage segment on the September 4 episode, Paige targeted Nikki Bella by mentioning her history with the wrestler to provoke a crowd reaction. Speaking on The Nikki & Brie Show, Nikki Bella stated that she supports incorporating personal issues into promos if the material effectively engages the audience. She noted that the inclusion of the topic was influenced by previous crowd chants in Canada regarding John Cena. Nikki Bella expressed that she views the incorporation of such personal elements as a tool for storytelling and crowd interaction. Online fan response to the segment has been divided regarding the use of these specific past relationships in current WWE programming.

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  • Paige made personal references to Nikki Bella and John Cena during a September 4 SmackDown segment.
  • Nikki Bella discussed the promo during an episode of The Nikki & Brie Show.
  • The reference followed crowd chants directed at John Cena during an event in Canada.
  • Nikki Bella stated that she approves of using personal history to generate crowd reactions.
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There was a backstage promo segment on last week’s (Sept. 4) SmackDown where Paige took a deeply personal shot at Nikki Bella by throwing her failed relationships in her face, including a reference to sleeping with John Cena. On the latest episode of The Nikki & Brie Show, Nikki said she loves to include personal issues in WWE promos if it gets the fans to react and talk about it. And for whatever reason, her past relationship with Cena still elicits that desired response. Here is Bella’s take on the matter (via F4WOnline): I’m all for what entertains a crowd, what helps make a crowd react. I’ve always loved bringing something personal into it. It all got stirred up from what they were chanting [Cena’s name] in Canada. If they never chanted that, none of the stuff in the promo would’ve ever happened, right? So it’s just kind of fallen into place that way. The crowd – just being there, because we shot that live, it was amazing to hear the reactions. And even the stuff I brought before, and it is funny to see the reactions online. You know, very torn. Are you among the fans who think it is interesting when Nikki’s relationship with John Cena is thrown in her face like this on WWE programming, or are you over it all these years later? Let me know in the comments below, Cagesiders.

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