{"id":153344,"date":"2026-02-15T07:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=153344"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:21:14","slug":"why-this-wwe-return-run-can-be-nikki-bellas-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/15\/why-this-wwe-return-run-can-be-nikki-bellas-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Why This WWE Return Run Can be Nikki Bella\u2019s Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/10\/31\/nikki-bella-reflects-on-wwe-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">returned to WWE<\/a> at the 2025 Royal Rumble and, by June 2025, was back to appearing regularly on WWE Television. She truly hasn\u2019t missed a step. Bella has already had Women\u2019s Championship opportunities and showed that she is here to make a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikki Bella has been in and out of in-ring competition due to neck injuries and becoming a mom. She has had amazing returns and great in-ring runs following each return. However, this one has the potential to be the best, and here\u2019s why.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Return of The Bella Twins<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brie Bella recently made her long-awaited return to the WWE at the Royal Rumble. This time, she\u2019s back for a full-time run alongside her sister, Nikki Bella.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brie Mode is so back! \ud83d\ude4c<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiAndBrie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NikkiAndBrie<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XPNCC08enc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XPNCC08enc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/2020920853576532257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brie Bella\u2019s last full-time run in WWE ended 10 years ago in 2016 at WrestleMania 32. She has made appearances since and had matches since, but hasn\u2019t been in the company for another full-time run, until now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that the Bella Twins are both officially back in the WWE on a regular basis, it seems like it&#8217;s time for the Hall of Famers to challenge for the Women\u2019s Tag Team Championships. They\u2019ve never held or even had a shot at the championships. A tag team championship run can be the perfect cherry on top for both of their careers. Along with truly cementing themselves as one of the greatest women&#8217;s tag teams that WWE has had.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>New Competition<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve already seen Nikki Bella step into the ring with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/12\/30\/5-must-face-opponents-for-wwes-nikki-bella\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">new opponents<\/a> on this run. Women such as Stephanie Vacquer, Raquel Rodriguez, and Roxanne Perez. If the Bella Twins go after the Tag Team Championships, then they will be going after IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley, who both twins haven\u2019t had a match with yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many girls on the roster that neither of the Bellas has ever stepped in the ring with. And the women they have stepped in the ring with have grown tremendously since the last time they\u2019ve been in the ring together.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first example of an old foe I can think of is Charlotte Flair. The last time Nikki Bella and Charlotte Flair had a singles match was in 2015, when Flair won the Divas\u2019 Championship. Since then, Flair has grown into her character and solidified her position on the main roster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all of this new and upcoming talent on the main roster, we will get to have some never-before-seen matches. Who is someone that you would like to see Nikki Bella face?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL MATCH - Charlotte Flair vs. Nikki Bella - Divas Title Match: WWE Hell in a Cell 2015\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FKNGmIt5C8k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>A Women\u2019s Championship Run<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ultimate WWE run would be for Nikki Bella to become Women\u2019s Champion once more. However, she has already challenged for the championship against Stephanie Vaquer and lost twice: once on Monday Night Raw (December 29, 2025) and the other at Survivor Series 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is hard to say if she will get another opportunity at this championship, especially because she is now moving more into tag team action. At least as long as Vaquer has it, it seems like she\u2019s looking for new opponents for now. We also don\u2019t know how long either of the Bella Twins are staying full-time. After their tag team run, will that be it for the Bella Twins?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who do you want to see Nikki Bella have a match against? 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