Nikki Bella is Working While Injured

According to reports, WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella is working while injured currently. Bella is in the middle of a program with her sister Brie, Alicia Fox, and Paige.

As seen in recent weeks, The Bella Twins and Fox have formed “The Bella Army.” Paige has been on a quest to eliminate the Bellas from the top of the Divas division, but is all alone in her mission to take down the champ and her army.

This ultimately will lead to other Divas assisting Paige in a match against The Bella Army. Plans for this match likely include brining up former NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte and current NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks to the main roster as Paige’s allies.

However, the Divas Champion is reportedly working with a shoulder injury at the moment, which is why matches the last few weeks have been tag team matches or singles matches involving Brie and Fox, instead of Nikki. Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com writes the following about Bella’s condition,

“Nikki Bella is working with a partially separated shoulder.” 

It’s likely that Bella is working through the injury as Divas Champion to reach the milestone of the title’s longest reigning holder, which means she’d have to keep working hurt until late Fall to move past former Divas Champion AJ Lee. If breaking Lee’s record is what WWE is going for, be prepared to see Bella work more tag matches for the foreseeable future, so that the injury doesn’t become overly agitated.

Editor’s Note:

So…once she breaks the record, she can drop the strap and go recover? If the record isn’t what the company is going for here, then I say let her drop the belt at “SummerSlam,” and then go take time off to heal. Working like that can only make the issue worse.