Nikki Bella Found Out About Her WWE RAW Match With Asuka At The Last Minute

Ever since returning to WWE, Hall of Famer Nikki Bella has been wrestling regularly. This past Monday, the former Divas Champion wrestled the Empress of Tomorrow, Asuka. Despite putting up a tough fight, Bella was unable to escape the Asuka Lock submission and thus submitted to the former Raw Women’s Champion.

While speaking on the latest episode of the Nikki & Brie Show, Nikki Bella shared that she was very excited to wrestle Asuka, considering the fact that they hadn’t met inside a ring in nearly nine years.

“I was excited because Asuka’s obviously one of the best wrestlers in the world for women and the last time she and I, we’ve never had a match, but she and I were both the final two of the first ever women’s Royal Rumble, so that and think how long ago that was, so I was like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ You know, I called you immediately feeling the nerves, so my whole Sunday traveling to Milwaukee, I think I’ve watched every Asuka match in history… I wanted to know all the little things about her. Just absolutely everything. You know, I already know how she’s working right now, but I just wanted to see everything. So, I literally have caught every single Asuka match ever. That was my full Sunday of travel.” [H/T WrestlingNews.co]

Nikki Bella only found out about her match against Asuka at the last minute

During the same podcast, Nikki Bella also shared that she only got to know about her match against Asuka at the last minute. She was in between her carb week. But after understanding how things can change at any minute, she decided that she can never go on a carb week diet or have multiple cheat days.

“I found about having that match against Asuka, I think it was like Saturday evening, so I just remember, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, I leave the next day. I don’t have time. I have Teo. I don’t have time to think about what gear am I gonna wear. I’m just gonna throw in my Paris gear.’ Not only that Brie, and you get this especially at our age, but anyone will understand this, especially athletes.

“So, because we just came back from Paris, I was like, ‘Okay. This is gonna be my carb week. I’m gonna have carbs. I’m also gonna still keep my all my proteins in and I’m not gonna shy away from dessert,’ because I was like, ‘I’m won’t even have a match Monday, so I’ll be fine.’ So, Saturday evening when I’m sitting there and I’m like, because at our age it’s not just quickly to lean out. I then was obviously so good Sunday, Monday, but I was like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ So, now I’ve realized during this comeback, I can’t do carb weeks anymore or have three cheat days in a row,” Nikki Bella said.

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