Brie Bella on Daniel Bryan, Total Bellas, Women’s Royal Rumble, & More

Sports Illustrated held a recent interview with Brie Bella discussing Daniel Bryan’s mood the night before WrestleMania 34, the upcoming new season of Total Bellas, competing in the first ever Women’s Royal Rumble match, and more.

On the topic of Daniel Bryan’s mood the night before WrestleMania 34, Brie stated Bryan had problems trying to sleep because he was overly excited to be competing at the event.

“The night before WrestleMania, it was actually really cute, he couldn’t sleep because he was so excited. I told him, ‘Think of everything you’ve done to get here.’ So to go from one night where we couldn’t sleep because we were both so sad to another night where we couldn’t sleep because we were so excited, that was so crazy. I’m so proud of him. He’s healthy, he deserves to be in that ring. It shows that with passion and dedication, you can truly accomplish anything.”

On the topic of the upcoming new season of Total Bellas, Brie stated the breakup of John Cena and her sister Nikki Bella as a couple will be one of the main topics for the next season.

“So many people have so many questions where John and Nicole are at, and why everything happened, and I think this season will answer a lot of those questions. I give them a lot of credit for opening up their lives. We all told ourselves we had to be an open book. If you’re going to do reality, you need to do the good and the bad. I think that’s why so many people love Nicole and me. We’re real and honest. There are some really intimate conversations between Nicole and John. I think my sister is just like, ‘Other women go through this,’ and she wants them to feel like they’re not alone.”

On the topic of competing in the first ever Women’s Royal Rumble match, Brie stated she felt very honored to participate and to be in the same ring with several notable women stars from WWE’s history.

“I was so honored they called me, and I couldn’t believe I could get in the ring with Lita, Trish, and Asuka. I still can’t believe my name was on the same list as Molly Holly. Someone needed to pinch me. Molly came up to Nicole and me and was like, ‘I’ve been dying to meet you guys, I love Total Bellas.’ And I was like, ‘Wait, what? You watch it?’ And she said, ‘Yes, thank you for having women wrestlers recognized in the mainstream world.’ And I was like, oh my gosh, Molly Holly just paid me a compliment.”

Other topics discussed during the interview included changes made for Season 3 of Total Bellas, her thoughts on being a mother, and working with the Rotary Club to help end Polio worldwide.