Below are some top WWE news stories of the day, featuring R-Truth, Nikki Bella and Ric Flair.
• R-Truth went LIVE on Instagram today and it turned out to be a Rated-R session, which included some ‘Hawk Tuah’.
You can watch it below:
• WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella has filed for divorce from Artem Chigvintsev after two years of marriage.
This comes just weeks after Artem’s arrest on August 29 for felony domestic violence, following an alleged attack on Nikki that left visible injuries. Nikki reportedly began seeking divorce lawyers immediately after the arrest and filed the paperwork in court on Wednesday.
The couple, who share a 4-year-old son, Matteo, has been living separately, with Nikki in Napa Valley and Artem staying with a friend. Artem was arrested after calling 911 for medical assistance but later canceling the request. Police arrived at the scene and arrested him based on the visible injuries.
Nikki and Artem met on “Dancing With The Stars” in 2017, began dating in 2018 after her split from John Cena, got engaged in 2020, and married in 2022.
• On his 83 Weeks podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff talked about how Ric Flair has managed to keep himself relevant to this day.
Here’s what the former WCW President said:
“You know, the odds are pretty good that on any given Sunday, one of those NFL players is going to be doing the Ric Flair strut. And to have that kind of generational impact across so many aspects of entertainment, like you said.
You know, music whether it be hip hop or otherwise, sports, commercial endeavors. It’s — I mean, how old is Ric now? 75? He’s 75 years old. He’s more over now than he was when he was 45, when he was active and working probably 250, 300 days a year. And on national television in prime time in both WWE and WCW.
And he’s more over now, particularly in the area that you know we’re discussing here, of pop culture. There are commercial manufacturers, distributors, whatever that need attention. They’re trying to get somebody to do it. ‘Hey, what is that product?’ And where do they go? Ric Flair. It’s just awesome.”
