Nikki Bella Talks Almost Hitting The Rack Attack On WWE RAW, Is Very Happy She Didn’t

Nikki Bella talks almost hitting the original Rack Attack on Chelsea Green.

Following her return from a neck injury in 2016, Nikki would adapt her Rack Attack finisher to a new version, named the Rack Attack 2.0. This was done due to the damage doing the move had done to her neck in the past. However, on the July 14th edition of WWE Monday Night RAW, Bella almost hit her original Rack Attack finish on Chelsea Green during their singles match.

Following WWE RAW, Nikki Bella would speak on the RAW Recap podcast and discussed almost hitting the move, noting that she is very happy that she didn’t.

“I was very blown up, but I gave it my all. What’s crazy is everyone kept telling me backstage, ‘It’s going to be like riding an old bike.’ Well, yeah, it was like riding such an old bike that I went and put Chelsea up in my old Rack Attack that broke my neck. What was weird is I haven’t hit that since 2016, so it was weird that I naturally turned her and put her up in the slight second I go, ‘This is what broke my neck. What am I doing?’ Even when I came back from my broken neck, I never did that. I never once did that. So tonight, it was very weird to me, how so quickly and naturally I spun her, and she said she just was like, ‘Are you okay?’ But that was very wild to me, and also it piss me off. It’s crazy, because in the Battle Royal, I hit Chelsea with the Rack Attack 2.0. But tonight, it was weird being in that singles form, that feeling of like, ‘I’m going to win this. It took me back to the Rack Attack, the OG, and when I had that slight thing of, ‘This is what broke my neck.’ I can’t believe this for a second. I go, ‘…but you might be fine if you just hit it this way,’ and then I’m really happy that I didn’t. We are sports entertainers. Just like in football, in soccer, and whatever it may be, we have these moments where we’re not perfect. I still got the victory, and that is what counts, yeah, and I’m very happy for that. Now I have a foundation of where I’m at right now. The greatest thing is, I’m just going to be building from there. I’m going to be here for a while, and now I have somewhere to go and I’m going to build.”

For the full results from this week’s edition of WWE Monday Nigh RAW, you can find them here.

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