Brie Bella Blasts “Stooge” For Leaking Big WWE WrestleMania 42 Return
Brie Bella has all the reasons to celebrate, but is sulking over a WrestleMania 42 leak.
On Saturday, Brie was scheduled to team up with her sister, Nikki Bella, to compete in a four-way match for the Women’s Tag Team Championship at the Show of Shows.
However, there were dark clouds over Nikki’s participation due to an injury she had suffered on the March 27 episode of SmackDown, where the Bella Twins faced Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss in a tag match.
Meanwhile, reports claimed that WWE had a plan B in place, wherein they might substitute the twins with another team.
However, a couple of days before WrestleMania, it was claimed that former Divas Champion Paige had re-signed with the Stamford promotion and could step in and team up with Brie Bella.
That’s exactly what happened on April 18, as Nikki came out in front of the live Las Vegas crowd on crutches and announced that she had called an old friend as a replacement, which turned out to be Paige.
Paige and Brie went on to win the match after the British wrestler hit her Rampaige DDT on Alexa Bliss for a successful pinfall.
Brie Bella Calls Out ‘Stooge’ For Leaking Paige’s WrestleMania Return
One of the interesting points in the report of Paige’s return was the claim that her return was not to be a one-off.
Mike Johnson of PWInsider revealed that Paige “signed to return as a wrestler for WWE and is expected to return to the ring this weekend as part of Wrestlemania 42.”
Brie Bella addressed the leak during the April 21 episode of their podcast, Nikki & Brie Show. In doing so, she claimed to believe that it was an inside job, with someone leaking it to one of the media outlets.
She also expressed dissatisfaction over the news culture that is directed at receiving more clicks than protecting special moments.
The Paige stuff got leaked from a stooge, and I will find out who saw it earlier in the week. I will say this—you guys, something, just let things be special and a secret. Who runs and tells people?
I’m talking about people who have run to TMZ and saw something they wanna break about someone’s personal life. It’s about clicks and impressions, so they wanna be breaking news. You didn’t break anything.
Brie Bella also closed the statement by mentioning that she has now taken it upon herself to find out who leaked the information.
I will say this—it’s actually sad, so look at yourself in the mirror and think about what you will do next time. I’m gonna find that stooge, though, because I remember everyone who was there. [H/T: Ringside News]
Following their victory, Nikki posted a backstage photo of herself with Brie Bella, Paige, and AJ Lee on Instagram, calling themselves “The Original Four Horsewomen.” Bayley was none to pleased, who responded to the post in all-caps, “NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I EVER HEARD ANYONE CALL YOU GUYS THAT.”
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