Nikki Bella reveals how she came up with her signature booty shake on WWE television.
Speaking on the latest episode of The Nikki & Brie Show, WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella said she advises aspiring wrestlers to find what makes their character stand out after they’re done with the basics.
“When I have girls that ask, you know, ‘How do I get started? What do I do?’ It’s always easy to say, ‘Join a school, learn how to do this,’ and all that. We’ll tell them all the basics, and then I ask, ‘And what makes you different? What makes you stand out?’
“So when you have the craft down and you know your character, the next step is figuring out how to stand out. How can you be the top? How do you make people stop and think, ‘I want to see more of that.’”
Nikki Bella on her signature booty shake
“That’s honestly how I came up with the booty shake because then, it was only network TV, they were so s*itty to women, and I just knew, Brie and I both, we had a talk with Dr. Tom about this, and it was like I knew I needed to get attention the minute I walked out.
“Twins got attention, but how else? What else can happen? And then the backflip, it was just things to get attention and engage the crowd and make someone maybe stop the channel, and I guess back then we went to booty shake because things were so about women. And now I can’t ever let go of it.”
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