• “A lot of Uneducated People being loud” – RAW Star On The IWC
On Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast, The Bella Twins opened up about the hate they get from parts of the Internet Wrestling Community aka the IWC.
Nikki and Brie explained that a lot of the negativity comes from old storylines that happened over a decade ago. Some fans still hold onto those moments and use them to criticize the twins even now. They said they get mixed reactions in person – some cities absolutely love them and cheer loud, while others boo them out of the building.
What keeps things balanced for them is the Bella Army, their dedicated fans. The Army is very active online and quickly pushes back whenever the IWC tries to say the Bellas aren’t wanted or don’t belong. It turns into a big back-and-forth battle between the two groups.
The twins feel a lot of the online hate comes from a certain type of fan who wants every wrestler to fit the exact same mold – same background, same style, same look. They pointed out that pro wrestling is supposed to have all kinds of different characters and personalities, and it doesn’t work when people act like everyone should be the same.
In the end, they chalked up much of the loud criticism to uneducated opinions from people who just shout the loudest without really understanding the bigger picture of what wrestling is all about.
“The greatest thing about pro wrestling is having so many different style characters and personalities and looks and all that and I sometimes feel like this certain fan base feels like everyone should be the same mold and come from the same background and all this stuff and it .just doesn’t… that’s not how it works, and so there’s just a lot of uneducated people being loud,” said Brie Bella.
• CM Punk Reacts To Roman Reigns Cutting The Best Promo Of His Career On RAW
On this week’s RAW, 2026 Men’s Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns announced that he will face CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of WrestleMania 42. A lot of fans wrote on social media that this was the best promo work of Roman’s career.
During Punk’s appearance on the No-Contest Wrestling podcast, co-host TJ Jefferson said the following to Punk about this promo segment:
“It looked to me at one point that you got a little sly smile on your face. And because of that, I thought, and just correct me if I’m wrong, but I took that as you looking at him going, ‘Wow, you stepped it up right now.’ Am I off base?”
Punk replied:
“No, you’re not off base. But is also it pleases me so much as somebody who prides themselves on getting guys to become the best version of themselves. Like, this is the sh*t talk business, ladies and gentlemen.
Everybody’s always putting everybody else down and and talking trash and all that. And I have a very self-deprecating style to where I’m always trying to spotlight the locker room and others around me.
But after a while, I feel like I got to remind people of who I am, you know? And a lot of people don’t like that. But when a guy is on the microphone with me, if they don’t level up, if they don’t become a better version of themselves, I will eat them alive. And it makes me smile to know that they know it, too. And it makes me smile to go, you did it.
Like, let’s go now. We’re here. We now take him to the promised land.”
