Posted on 2/05/126 by Colin Vassallo
On yesterday’s episode of SiriusXM’s The Nikki and Brie
Show, Brie Garcia addressed her highly anticipated return to
WWE, sharing all the behind-the-scenes details from the
moment she got the call to the chants that took over the
arena.
Brie Garcia reflects on her WWE return & the moment she got
the call (1:49-5:06)
Brie Garcia: I mean, obviously, everyone on the show knows
the journey it’s been and I feel like so many times people
have heard me, like when I was on red carpet or different
interviews, you know, people always ask like, “So, Brie, you
going back to WWE?” and I would always jokingly say like, “I
haven’t got the call.” Obviously, it wasn’t a joke, but I
would jokingly say it, and you know, it’s interesting
because it has been a journey to get here. When you debuted
a year ago, you know, it wasn’t in my mind, and then I
started to get the itch. I wanted to get back into the ring
and I tried and the answer kept being no. It was no, and so
I was like, “Fine.” But I think what it was is timing.
Sometimes, I think when we feel like we’re ready to do
something, it’s like the higher-
Nikki Garcia: Divine timing.
Brie Garcia: Divine, you know, they wait for when the timing
is supposed to be really right, and you know, it was now and
I see it now, and you know, I’ve had a lot of patience and I
feel like it’s just it was meant to be this way and it’s
crazy because doing it in Saudi Arabia, the first thing I
thought when I got the call, I was like, “I don’t think they
know who I am. Could I just wait to debut in Philadelphia?”
and they’re like, “The Saudi people know who you are,” and
I’m like, “Do they?” But I’ll admit, I was stressed up until
my music hit that I was going to have zero reaction. People
were going to be like, “Who?” I thought I was going to get
maybe the who chant, “Who, who, who?” But honestly, I was so
stressed and so nervous, and I’m just gonna say it. I was
not expecting the reaction I got.
Nikki Garcia: You got the pop of the night, girl. Humbly
saying, you got the pop of the night, and everyone’s been
telling you that.
Brie Garcia: Right, and I’ll admit, I didn’t have a lot of
time to train for the Rumble, but the minute I knew I was
gonna be in it, you saw. I dedicated every day to doing
something to get ready. Whether it was weight lifting,
getting in the ring, boxing, you name it. I was really like,
it’s been a lot of years, many years, and I’m like, “I gotta
do everything I can.” I was going to a physical therapist
because, you know, make sure the body is aligned. I was
going to rolfing. I can’t, I don’t say it right, but
different techniques to just get my body aligned, feeling
good, strong, and I’ve been training, obviously, weight
lifting in the gym for a while, so that part I wasn’t
nervous about, but it was everything else, and so, you know,
in a short period of time, it gave me confidence and
obviously, I’m going to keep that determination and schedule
going moving forward, but yeah. I felt ready when I got on
that flight to Saudi, but the only thing that I didn’t feel
ready about is how everyone would be me coming being in a
number in the rumble. I wasn’t sure the reaction I would
get.
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