Amidst Retirement Rumors, Nikki Bella Opens Up About Her Career-Shortening Neck Surgery, Talks Potentially Never Wrestling Again

February 15, 2017

In a new interview with the ‘Gorilla Position’ podcast, amidst retirement rumors, WWE star Nikki Bella opens up about her career-shortening neck surgery.

The interview was filmed for the ‘Smashing Glass Ceilings: The Women of WWE’ Channel 4 documentary in the UK, Nikki Bella tells the program’s director and host of the ‘Gorilla Position’ podcast James Delow about what really went down with her career-shortening neck surgery.

You can listen to the full, exclusive interview with Nikki Bella on Gorilla Position at this link, and below is a video preview featuring Nikki discussing her neck surgery and in-ring future.

On possibly never wrestling again, Nikki had the following to say:

“With this surgery, the craziest thing was finding out, ‘Oh, by the way, you can never wrestle again, this is it for you,’ and I was like, ‘I’m just not going to accept that.'”

Watch ’Smashing Glass Ceilings: The Women of WWE’ at this link. (Viewers outside the U.K. can only watch on *desktop*). Follow Gorilla Position on Twitter at @WWEGP.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.