Add as a preferred source on Google Nikki Bella may be getting close to finally returning to a WWE ring after missing WrestleMania 42 due to a left ankle injury.
In an interview with USA Today, the WWE Hall of Famer said she will undergo new X-rays and an MRI in mid-June, when doctors are expected to evaluate whether the bones have healed enough for her to be cleared.
“The ankle’s doing great. Um, I was really fired up cuz this morning I got a squat for the first time. You know, not too heavy. looked a little bit like a baby deer. Um, but last week I got to move up a level in my PT, where I got to start to focus on strengthening. So, working with my trainer and my PT, um, a lot of our focus is going in strengthening as well as building the ankle and, you know, all the little mechanics that come with the toes, the feet, the hips, the knees, you know, everything. I’ll get X-rayed the middle of June and see how the bones have grown. And so fingers crossed I’ll get amazing news and then just got to match that kind of news with strength and then I’ll be back.”
“You know, injuries are so funny. I always try to ask that, and like, not till I see what your ankle looks like in June. And I’m like, but if you were to just guess and they’re like, don’t know, not till June, you know, when you start to deal with doctors and stuff. So, I’m hoping, like for me in my head, end of June would be incredible. But I also don’t want to go back too early because, you know, the big part about when people get reinjured, it’s because their strength isn’t matching. So, I need to make sure the calf, the quads, the glutes, I need to make sure they’re all built up so they protect that ankle.”
Nikki was injured just weeks before WrestleMania 42, where she had been scheduled to challenge for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship alongside Brie Bella. With Nikki out, Paige was brought back to WWE and won the titles with Brie at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
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Paige and Brie have remained champions since then.