Overview
- Nikki Bella has been sidelined since March after suffering an ankle injury on SmackDown and has not competed while she rehabs.
- The injury forced her out of an April WrestleMania tag match, and Brie Bella enlisted Paige as a replacement so Brie and Paige could win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
- Bella says she is concentrating on rebuilding calves, quads and glutes and hopes to be ready by the end of June but will not return without medical clearance.
- WWE requires medical testing and formal clearances for high‑profile returns, a process highlighted by the checks done before Paige’s surprise comeback.
- If cleared, Bella’s return could free Brie to step back into the ring with her twin while also changing how WWE books the current tag champions’ title defenses.