{"id":360793,"date":"2025-12-22T02:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/360793\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T02:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:01:13","slug":"nikki-bella-responds-after-wnba-star-talks-wwe-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/360793\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Bella responds after WNBA star talks WWE ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nikki Bella says she\u2019ll wrestle one-on-one with the WNBA\u2019s Sophie Cunningham.<\/p>\n<p>On a recent episode of her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ShowMe_Pod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Show Me Something<\/a>\u00a0podcast, the Indiana Fever guard said she grew up watching WWE and called John Cena \u201cthe absolute best.\u201d Cunningham also said WWE has contacted her in the past about a possible career in professional wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Following her comments, Cunningham was asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSdMsPPkm0w\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryanna Sompayrac<\/a> about what her wrestling name would be and who her dream match would be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what my name would be. I know it would be something spicy and feisty,\u201d Cunningham responded.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about a potential dream match, Cunningham mentioned The Bella Twins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it would be fun to either partner with them or go against them, so that\u2019s what I would choose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Sompayrac commented that The Bellas are \u201cthe best,\u201d Cunningham responded, \u201cWell, I\u2019m hopefully going to take away their shine someday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nikki Bella then responded in the comments, writing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll take her on one on one\u2026 \ud83d\udc8b\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham has often been described as an \u201cenforcer\u201d for the Fever, frequently stepping in to protect the team\u2019s star player, Caitlin Clark. WWE isn\u2019t the only wrestling company to express interest in Cunningham either, as the Women of Wrestling promotion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wowe.com\/sophie-cunningham-invited-to-join-women-of-wrestling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also contacted her earlier this year<\/a> about a potential role.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"preferred-source-link\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Google-CTA.jpg\" alt=\"Google Icon\" class=\"google-icon\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Exclusive access to podcasts and      newsletters<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/author\/ian-carey\/\" title=\"Ian Carey\" class=\"gms-profile-image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/f5822920a4c232468afdbea783982fd8d98e430cf287d1423a1145a8d2a7ba86\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"Ian Carey\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Ian Carey<\/p>\n<p>Ian Carey is a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, whose work has been featured in NOW Magazine, The Huffington Post, and more. A lifelong wrestling aficionado born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he has covered the industry for a decade and a half. He joined the f4wonline.com team in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/wwe\/for-subscribers-bryan-alvarezs-aaa-guerra-de-titanes-report\/?utm_source=navigation-previous&amp;utm_medium=internal\" class=\"gms-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikki Bella says she\u2019ll wrestle one-on-one with the WNBA\u2019s Sophie Cunningham. 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