Nikki Bella will have to undergo neck surgery and her career in WWE might be more or less over.
For the majority of 2015 there was no other Diva in WWE that had the spotlight put on her more than Nikki Bella. As she was right in the middle of her run as the longest reigning Divas Champion, like it or not, it was all about Nikki.
However, near the end of her reign as champion, there were reports that she was working through a pretty bad neck injury, and after she dropped the title to Charlotte at WWE Night of Champions, she has been taking the time off to heal up. But, this neck injury might be a little more serious than some may have thought and there could be some big career ramifications.
In a recent interview with E Online, Nikki Bella explained the extent of the injury and noted that it could indeed mark the end of her career.
"I have basically a broken neck, a pretty bad herniated disk. What makes mine a little bit difficult than most people is that I have some disk behind my vertebrae so with a lot of prayers we’re gonna pray that the doctors can get the piece behind my vertebrae with just a bone fusion.There is a potential that this is career-ending."
Also in the interview, as many have speculated, Bella admitted that her use of the “Rack Attack” finisher more than likely played a part in the neck getting so bad to this point, so should she heal up enough down the road to ever return to the ring, we probably won’t see her ever use it again.
Nikki Bella is undergoing the surgery on Wednesday and she expects to know within six months whether or not she could ever get back to a regular WWE in-ring lifestyle.