Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day.
• Brie Bella admitted that seeing her sister Nikki return during the 2025 Women’s Royal Rumble reignited her passion for wrestling.
Speaking to Denise Salcedo, Brie said she always thinks about returning, especially with how exciting women’s wrestling is in both AEW and WWE. Watching Nikki compete again made her feel like something was missing without her being there as well.
Here’s what the WWE Hall of Famer said:
“Oh, yes, always! But you know what? What the women are doing today in both AEW and WWE really gets me excited and makes me want to be out there.
It’s incredible to be a fan of pro wrestling today. But definitely, when I saw her, I thought, ‘Wait, it’s not complete if I’m not there.’ It’s tempting.”
Brie last competed in the ring during the 2022 Women’s Royal Rumble match.
• Jade Cargill’s WWE return has been intense, but behind the scenes, tensions with Shayna Baszler nearly escalated into a fight in 2024.
According to the Wrestling Observer, multiple sources confirmed a confrontation between Cargill and Baszler before Cargill’s injury in November 2024. Cargill had reportedly rubbed several members of the RAW women’s division the wrong way, leading Baszler to challenge her before WWE management intervened.
The issues stemmed from their feud involving Bianca Belair, Zoey Stark, and Baszler, with some problems arising in the ring and others outside of it. One source even suggested the tension was worse on the SmackDown side than on RAW.
“There was a confrontation that took place a few months ago before the Cargill injury involving Cargill and Baszler.
It’s been confirmed by a half dozen people that it happened, but nobody went into details past Cargill had rubbed enough people in the RAW women’s division the wrong way and Baszler was wanting to fight her until management found out and calmed the situation down.
I don’t know what in particular happened other than it wasn’t just one thing, and the belief is that some of this stemmed from inside the ring in those matches and some didn’t.
Although one woman star said they believed the tension within the SmackDown side was worse than the RAW side.”
