Wade Barrett Responds To Nikki Bella Saying He Avoided Her At WWE Raw Over Comments Made At WWE Clash In Paris

During Nikki Bella vs. Becky Lynch at WWE Clash in Paris, announcer Wade Barrett suggested that Nikki was “desperate to prove she still has it against this new generation that have changed the game.”

On the Nikki & Brie Show, Nikki commented on Barrett’s commentary.

“I would like to have a conversation with Wade Barrett. He avoided me on Monday, which was shocking, because he always comes up and says hi to me. He tried to avoid making eye contact with me in the hallway, and I understand when you want to be a ‘heel commentator’ and stuff, but then there’s one thing of….Michael Cole does this beautifully.

“This is why Michael Cole is one of the greatest commentators. He knows how to take a life story and put it into what we do, because that is real. We don’t go out there as robots or superheroes. We are actually professional athletes and we go through real things and we have to put that (as) part of it. Honestly, that stuff really doesn’t bother me. I get it. I was watching the pre-show, and I saw what Wade was saying about me in the preshow. I’m sitting there getting ready in the locker room, like ‘Oh. Okay. That’s fine.'”

On social media, Barrett replied, “I had no idea Nicole felt this way, and I’m happy to have this ‘conversation’ any time she likes. I wish she’d brought it up when we said hello to each other at Raw, rather than via her podcast. I don’t understand the avoiding claim at all, simply not true.”

Lynch defeated Nikki to retain the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship at WWE Clash in Paris. 

Nikki was part of a backstage segment on WWE Raw.