Below are a couple of top news stories of the day, featuring Nikki Bella and Joe Hendry.
• Nikki Bella Reveals What WrestleMania Is Missing Nowadays
WWE no longer books Battle Royals at WrestleMania anymore. They book the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the SmackDown before WrestleMania, and no longer do the WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal.
Nikki Bella wants WWE to bring back the Battle Royals to the grandest stage of them all. Here’s what the WWE Hall of Famer said on her podcast:
“This is my one thing with Mania. I wish there was just a way to get everyone involved. I loved when they had the Battle Royals, and now with two nights, they should do a male one and a female one, and then you see everyone.”
Speaking of Nikki, she came out of retirement during the 2025 Women’s Royal Rumble and has been training with Natalya since then to get ready for more matches in WWE.
Also Read: WWE Hall Of Famer Is Returning For A Match After 15 Years
• Joe Hendry Reveals What John Cena & CM Punk Said To Him After WrestleMania 41 Loss
On Busted Open Radio, TNA World Champion Joe Hendry discussed his loss to Randy Orton at WrestleMania 41. Here’s what he said:
“Do you know what CM Punk told me? We had a great conversation afterwards and CM Punk told me that was exactly how it should have gone and if it got longer I think it would have worked out worse for me. There is no shame in taking the RKO and losing to a legend like Randy Orton.
When John Cena won the championship, I was walking through the back to the little room that I had. And John Cena, the camera crews filming him, he’s just won the championship and he comes over to me and we had a conversation very similar to what he said on Pat McAfee (Show). And he was like, you did exactly what I told you to do at the Rumble and you were great tonight and you’re gonna be a major player.
If you remember, when Matt Riddle was tag team partners with Randy Orton, he was welcome to the club. It was like, hey, here, that was like an initiation. It was like he took a lot of those secondary RKOs and he got the pat. It’s like, you know, you’re here, you’re part of the team.
And also, what did [Randy Orton] do after the RKO (at WrestleMania)? He did my spin and then did, yeah, his pose. As John Cena said, he says we got an introduction to Joe Henry last night. And Randy doing that reinforces the things that I do.”
