Brie Bella’s Surprising Reveal About Using AEW Star’s Move At WWE Royal Rumble

Brie Bella made her first WWE appearance in four years by entering the 2026 Women’s Royal Rumble match.

Brie came out as the #29 participant, with her sibling, Nikki Bella, having entered just four spots earlier.

The 42-year-old was recently a guest on Logan Paul’s IMPAULSIVE podcast, where they discussed her return to the company and wrestling at the Royal Rumble after an extended duration.

During the match, Bella also hit a few ‘Yes’ kicks, made popular by her husband Bryan Danielson when he competed in WWE under the name Daniel Bryan.

Paul asked Brie Bella about her emotions before entering the match and whether she felt any ring rust.

For sure, and I wasn’t gonna do the ‘Yes’ kicks. I didn’t even bring my kick pads, nothing, because in my head, I was like, I’m just sticking to my Brie Mode stuff and different things. I only had a very short amount of time to actually train. So, I really only got probably three sessions in…Two hours before the show, there was one producer, who kept like, “I just feel like you should do the Yes kicks.’ And I was, like, ‘Listen, if they chant yes, I’ll do it, but it makes me nervous because I haven’t done it for over five years. [5:42 onwards]

Brie Bella Believes Kayfabe Is Dead

Brie Bella also discussed the importance of kayfabe in professional wrestling, while stating that it was dead due to all the industry secrets that have been revealed over the years.

The Hall of Famer also highlighted WWE Unreal as a contributor to minimizing the effect of kayfabe and related storylines.

Netflix released Season 2 of Unreal on January 20, which focused on events post-WrestleMania 41 leading up to the SummerSlam PLE.