10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Maria Kanellis
6. Her Beef With The Bella Twins
It took more than seven years for Maria to eventually return to WWE television, though her comeback was reportedly in the works as early as 2013. According to Kanellis herself, her and the company had been in talks about coming back in time for WrestleMania XXIX, but the plans were scrapped, with Maria pointing her finger at the Bella Twins.
Kanellis claimed that Brie and Nikki had deliberately gone out of their way to sabotage her comeback, and alleged they’d done the same for Kelly Kelly and Maryse. Maria stated that the beef started when Nikki became jealous of her close friendship with Dolph Ziggler, who Bella was dating at the time, and launched a scathing attack on the twins through social media, though said tweets have since been deleted.
Maria spent the rest of 2013 speaking out against the Bellas and their supposedly manipulative ways, but tweeted an apology in February 2014, stating that she’d like to move on from the feud. The Bellas have remained mostly silent since the allegations first broke, but with Nikki still listed as part of the SmackDown roster, there’s a chance she and Maria could bump into each other upon her return.