Nikki Bella Claims She Put Serious Consideration Into Joining AEW After Seeing Mercedes Mone’s Debut

Nikki Garcia is “#AllElite” was an announcement that could have happened recently.

WWE Hall of Fame legend Nikki Bella, real name Nikki Garcia, announced on the latest episode of The Nikki & Brie Show that she put serious consideration into joining All Elite Wrestling after the promotional debut of “The CEO” Mercedes Mone.

“Since we’ve been lifting so much, we always say, we always start to get that wrestling mindset, ‘We’re going to go back and do this story and cut this promo,’” she said. “You get it, but how serious I got where I was like, ‘Okay, I think I can do maybe a year at AEW and I can do it every week.’ When I saw Mercedes [Mercedes Mone] debut and cut her promo, that line stuck with me, ‘Here, we’re going to make the evolution worldwide.’”

She continued, “I was like, ‘They do.’ It goes into many leagues, is what she means, it doesn’t have to be at one place. It can be at all these places where all these women are wrestling at. I go, ‘Brie, I think I can do it for a year. I can do it here to here and go every week.’ Then, I thought of Matteo. I had a good week of like, ‘This is it. I’m going to call Tony Khan. I’m your girl. I will commit.’ Then, I was like, ‘I can’t do that to my son right now. He needs me. Everyone thinks it’s TV one day a week. You have travel, you have preparation. I have to go to San Jose and get in the ring every day. There is a lot that goes into it and that takes all the time away from my son. He needs me the most right now.”

Check out the complete episode of the show at Apple.com. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.