Nikki Bella: Deep Down, I Would Love To Go Back Heel

Nikki Bella returned to the ring in the women’s Royal Rumble at WWE Royal Rumble, and after being away from television for a number of months, has been back on a full-time basis since June.

Answering fan questions on the Nikki & Brie Show, Nikki was asked what goals she had now that she’s back in the ring.

“At first, I didn’t know what to expect when it started, and then I knew what my first direction was, and then that all changed with Liv. As far as me personally, one thing I knew that I wanted out of this comeback, and I still do, is to get back into strong shape and wrestling shape and get to a place where I used to be many years ago. Physically, that part. Then it was to get myself into the wrestling place of this new era. How far can I push myself beyond my comfort zone and how can I hang in this era? Who I am as a wrestler and in the ring, am I going to change that? I’ve always been more known as a powerhouse and that was a change when I came back from my broken neck. In that way, I had to change some of my moveset and change what I was doing in my craft. Now I know that I’m going to do that again and I want to change.

“In the beginning, I wanted to keep Fearless Nikki as Fearless Nikki because, to me, my comeback was more about nostalgia and ‘here is this Hall of Famer and legend, let’s keep her as is.’ That was my mindset. I’m a marketing machine, so I wanted to keep what was marketable and what people recognized me as. Now, being in it, I’m actually wanting to kind of change her a little bit. I think it would be a lot of fun. I do work with creative, every week, hands-on. I love being hands-on. Everyone there is hands-on. It’s actually very different than before. Even when we do promos, we used to get handed something, and it’s way different now. It’s really cool. You just sit and talk about it. They give you the basis of the idea, but everything is different the day of. It was never like this before and it’s really cool. I’m really excited to maybe push Fearless Nikki in a different direction. Deep down, I would love to go back heel, but it’s so much fun to have the challenge of being a babyface in this era that is a very different era. That’s been something. I’m excited to see what’s to come with it.”

Bella failed to capture the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship at WWE Clash in Paris, losing to Becky Lynch.

Nikki Bella hasn’t been confirmed for Monday’s WWE Raw, but did tease appearing.

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