Nikki Bella updates her WWE return status, pitches a dream WarGames team

Some pro wrestlers get injured, and we don’t hear much from or even about them until they return to a ring and our screens. Not Nikki Bella. She initially attempting to work the world about her broken ankle ahead of WrestleMania 42 as she tried to get cleared, and then to save Paige’s “surprise” return as Brie’s teammate and her replacement. But since then she’s pretty much been an open book about the whole process. With reports suggesting she’s close to getting cleared to reappear on WWE programming, Bella offered her latest update on the latest Nikki & Brie Show out today (July 20) and filmed live at the just-completed Fanatics Fest in New York City. Three months out from surgery, the WWE Hall of Famer said she was told to start doing squats a month into rehab and has been doing them ever since. She recently went to the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida for more work with WWE’s team. That included a practice match designed to put her repaired ankle through the toughest tasks it