With WWE Raw and NXT being aired on the USA Network, it has been advertising the new season of Barmageddon. A game show that is hosted by Carson Daly, Blake Shelton, and Nikki Garcia (Bella).
The advertisements made lately on Raw have specifically been leaving Nikki’s name out of the hosting duties. They have gone so far in naming Shelton as the host and purposefully not showing Nikki in the previews.
While speaking with NBC Chicago, Nikki was asked about her reaction to that.
“It’s sad. Like, there’s obviously a lot of things I could say about that. I think more than anything, it’s disappointing,” she said. “I worked there for 16 years, and I helped pave the way for them. Not only that they’ve always been family to me, and no matter what, walking away, for me, it wasn’t malicious. I’m at a point in my life. I wanted to do things without hearing the word ‘no,’ and it was just strictly business. Maybe there were some personal things that had happened over the years that also pushed me towards that, but I think more than anything, it’s disappointing because I don’t see it happen with the men.
“For some reason with the women who are outspoken and we’ve seen this with the women in the past, they just want to ban us,” she adds. “I think it’s sad because we all look at it as family and so, ‘Okay, they don’t want to say my name, that’s fine. Barmageddon got a shout-out and so did Blake Shelton, so that makes me happy. So many people at WWE will always be family to me, and I communicate with so many of them. The WWE Universe will always be family to me, as well as my Bella Army. So I’m just so appreciative for all of you and all of us that can still have the memories.” (Fightful)
Both Nikki and her sister Brie have continued with other adventures outside the ring, but state they would like another run.
