Nikki Bella Reveals Extent Of Ankle Injury After WrestleMania 42 Withdrawal

Nikki Bella has revealed how bad her ankle injury is, giving the injury update after she was unable to compete at WrestleMania 42. As noted, the WWE Hall of Famer announced just before the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match on night one of the PLE that she was not cleared to compete and was replaced in the bout by a returning Paige.

Nikki posted to Twitter to share a video of her ankle, noting that she suffered a fracture, tear, and sprain. She wrote:

“I’ll finally fill you all in soon.

Fractured, tore and sprained my ankle.

It’s been a painful two weeks.”

Nikki suffered the ankle injury on the March 27th episode of WWE Smackdown, where she and Brie were competing against Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair. She kept the details of the injury secret, noting as recently as Friday that she was “ready for action” at WrestleMania. No word as of yet on how long she’ll be out of action.

Brie Bella and Paige captured the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships at the PLE when they defeted the Irresistible Forces, Bliss and Flair, and Bayley and Lyra Valkyria.

On behalf of 411, our best wishes to Nikki Bella for a quick and full recovery.

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— Nikki & Brie (@NikkiAndBrie) April 19, 2026