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Nikki Bella on Getting Cleared to Return to the Ring After Neck Injury Forced Her to Retire

January 13, 2022 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
Nikki Garcia Bella Royal Rumble 2018 Image Credit: WWE

As noted, The Bella Twins will make their in-ring return at the WWE Royal Rumble 2022 later this month and will be competing in the women’s Rumble match. Nikki Bella spoke on her podcast about getting cleared to return. Below are some additional highlights:

Nikki Bella on Dr. Uribe clearing her for a return to the ring: “In the world of any professional sport, people always make comebacks, but what’s beautiful about WWE is that we can make comebacks as many times as we want as long as our bodies let us and doctors (let us). I’ve officially got cleared.”

On her appointment where the doctor cleared her: “When we were all in Phoenix, I wasn’t allowed to tell you guys, when we all went there for the holiday weekend. I went in and saw my surgeon and my doctor, Dr. Uribe. You know what I have to say, his staff and him are just amazing. So you all know, they opened up the clinic for me. Everyone was heading out for the holidays because it was literally a few days before Christmas Eve. People came in and met me at 7 am because they all were flying out later that day. They came in, they scanned me because I did MRA, I did scans on my brain, my neck, X-ray, everything you could think of they did to make sure, right. Then we went into Dr. Uribe’s office, and all these people came in just for me and it made me feel so special.”

Previously, Nikki Bella had a debilitating neck injury that forced her to retire, and she expected to never return to the ring again.