During an episode of The Nikki &amp; Brie Show, WWE Hall of Famer The Bella Twins and WWE backstage interviewer Cathy Kelley called out fans on social media who overreact to small mistakes on live television, and shared the one wrestling word they cannot stand seeing online.
While discussing how hard it is to work live WWE broadcasts without making tiny slip-ups, Cathy explained that fans online are way too harsh on wrestlers and announcers, and admitted that seeing people label every little mistake a &#8220;botch&#8221; gets on her nerves.
&#8220;People are so critical of like the tiniest little misstep,&#8221; Cathy said. &#8220;I&#8217;m like, when someone says &#8216;botch,&#8217; it&#8217;s such a cringy word, because I&#8217;m like, you don&#8217;t realize how hard even running the ropes is, and like giving people the credit for all of that stuff.&#8221;
Cathy pointed out that the same thing happens to announcers who talk for hours on live TV, where saying one slightly wrong word immediately gets clipped and mocked on X.
The Bella Twins agreed that making small mistakes is completely normal in everyday life. Brie joked that she even calls her own kids by the wrong names at home, while Nikki added that normal people trip and stumble all the time without millions of fans judging them online.
&#8220;You walk down the street and you can trip and fall, you know?&#8221; Nikki said. &#8220;It&#8217;s like life, we&#8217;re not perfect. So whether we&#8217;re in a sport, we&#8217;re talking, like, this is all normal things. And so when I see people write the &#8216;botch&#8217; things, it like bothers me so bad.&#8221;

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Cody Rhodes has finally come clean about what really happened to his unreleased first podcast interview with Chelsea Green, admitting that his story about the video files being &#8220;corrupted&#8221; was a complete lie.
At the start of Green&#8217;s appearance on the &#8220;What Do You Wanna Talk About?&#8221; podcast, Rhodes initially stuck to the excuse that their previous recording never saw the light of day because the footage was ruined. However, just a few minutes into the show, Green pressed him to tell the truth, and Rhodes admitted he had buried the episode on purpose.
Chelsea: &#8220;Your episode&#8230; Are you going to admit that the file wasn&#8217;t corrupt?&#8221;
Cody: &#8220;The file was not corrupt.&#8221;
Chelsea: &#8220;I knew it wasn&#8217;t corrupt! The file was not. I knew everyone was f***ing lying to me. Is it because I got drunk because it was my birthday and I berated you for an hour and a half on your own podcast?&#8221;
Cody: &#8220;It could be the reason why.&#8221;
Rhodes explained that the first interview was taped on Green&#8217;s birthday while she was celebrating with drinks, resulting in 90 minutes of wild, sarcastic answers and constant teasing directed at him. He joked that he shelved the footage to &#8220;protect&#8221; both Green and the podcast, though Green said she knew all along that Rhodes and his team were lying to her about the technical glitch.
Later in the episode, Rhodes also offered another reason why the first interview went off the rails, claiming Green used humor and sarcasm to dodge his serious questions about her love for professional wrestling. While fans never got to see the original birthday episode, the duo made up for it with nearly two hours of candid stories in their second attempt.

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Former WWE Women&#8217;s Champion Alexa Bliss opened up about one of the scariest moments of her life as a mother &#8211; watching her young daughter, Hendrix, turn blue and stop breathing at home.
Speaking on Stephanie McMahon&#8217;s &#8220;What’s Your Story?&#8221; podcast, Bliss revealed that Hendrix suffered a febrile seizure after spiking a dangerously high fever of 103.7 degrees. Bliss was at their home in California when she noticed something was wrong with her daughter.
Bliss said Hendrix was staring off and grabbing at the air as if she was hallucinating. Unsure of what was happening, Bliss decided to FaceTime her mother (who holds a doctorate in nursing) to ask if Hendrix looked okay.
Her mother immediately noticed the danger and told Bliss:
&#8220;Her lips are blue. Call 911.&#8221;
As soon as Bliss hung up the phone, Hendrix went pale, became completely unresponsive, and stopped breathing. Bliss scooped her up and screamed for someone in the house to call 911.
Bliss explained that as soon as she laid Hendrix down on the couch, her daughter had a seizure, which ended up breaking the high fever. Paramedics arrived at the house and assured Bliss that febrile seizures can happen in children under the age of five, telling her not to panic.
Hendrix was then taken for her first ambulance ride to get checked out, which Bliss joked her daughter was not happy about. Looking back on the terrifying ordeal, Bliss admitted that even though doctors say it is common, nothing prepares a parent for seeing their child stop breathing and turn blue.
She also thanked Stephanie McMahon for repeatedly checking in on Hendrix while she was sick and sharing tips like putting cool cloths on the back of her neck when medicine wasn&#8217;t bringing the fever down.

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During an episode of The Nikki &amp; Brie Show, WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella opened up about the intense pressure of working live television and why she used to dread doing guest commentary during matches.
While speaking with guest and WWE backstage correspondent Cathy Kelley, the two talked about how hard it is to speak smoothly on live TV while producers are talking into your earpiece. Cathy admitted that early in her WWE career, she would often freeze up when the red camera light turned on, adding that fans do not realize how hard it is for announcers like Michael Cole to talk for hours without making mistakes.
Nikki agreed and revealed that she used to panic whenever former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon asked her to join the commentary desk during other wrestlers&#8217; matches.
&#8220;I used to get so nervous back in the day when Vince would want us to do commentary during people&#8217;s matches,&#8221; Nikki said. &#8220;I&#8217;m like, &#8216;I would rather do a live promo in the ring than have to get on commentary,&#8217; because it&#8217;s so difficult having everyone in your ear, watching, reacting, engaging. It&#8217;s tough work.&#8221;
Nikki added that she could not imagine doing commentary for every single match on a show, especially because fans online are so quick to attack announcers over the smallest slip of the tongue.
Both Nikki and Cathy pointed out that everyone makes small speaking mistakes in normal everyday life, yet live TV commentators are expected to remember every wrestler&#8217;s move set while people are yelling instructions into their headsets.

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Killer Kross has not held formal talks with WWE about coming back, and he has not wrapped up with MLW.
Following his recent MLW World Heavyweight Championship loss to Josh Bishop, speculation emerged that Kross was leaving the promotion and heading back to WWE. According to PWInsider, that is not the case. Kross remains a free agent and continues to work with MLW, Australia’s World Series Wrestling and other promotions he and Scarlett Bordeaux choose to take bookings with.
Kross lost the MLW World Heavyweight Championship to Bishop in a Last Man Standing match at Saturday Night SuperFight on November 7 at Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois. The finish saw Bishop put Kross through a table and then kick away the chair Kross was using to try to stand before the referee counted to 10.
Kross had won the title in February by winning the Battle Riot VIII battle royal.
Kross and Bordeaux, who previously appeared in WWE as Karrion Kross and Scarlett, have worked as free agents since leaving WWE in 2025. The pair are also planning another documentary about their recent travels, which is expected in the coming months.

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A new court filing in Ludwig Kaiser’s battery case says the alleged victim claims he suffered a torn rotator cuff and a concussion after the April incident in Orlando.
Kaiser, whose real name is Marcel Barthel, faces a misdemeanor battery charge tied to an April 23 altercation at an apartment complex where both men lived. His defense filed a motion on November 12 asking the court to subpoena medical and billing records related to the injuries Richard Reap says he suffered.
The defense argues the records are necessary to prepare its case and assess the extent of the claimed injuries. The request covers records dated from April 23 through November 12 and is limited to treatment connected to the injuries Reap attributes to the incident.
Assistant State Attorney Juanda Padgett had previously agreed to provide Reap’s medical records to the defense, but Reap objected through his attorney. Kaiser’s legal team then filed a motion to compel before submitting the newer subpoena request. According to the filing, both Reap’s attorney and Padgett object to the subpoena.
The case centers on conflicting accounts of what happened. Reap alleges Kaiser and Andrea Bazarte were kissing in an elevator when he told them to “please have some manners,” and that Kaiser then punched him several times and pushed him to the ground.
Kaiser disputes that version. He says Reap cursed at him and Bazarte and made a racist remark about calling ICE on Bazarte. Kaiser has admitted pushing Reap but says he acted only after Reap approached aggressively. He has pleaded not guilty.
A judge denied a previous defense effort to dismiss the case under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. A pre-trial conference is scheduled for December 17, and a trial window from January 4 to January 22, 2027 is currently listed if the case proceeds without further delays.
Kaiser has been allowed to continue traveling and working for WWE while the case remains ongoing.

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Former WWE SmackDown tag team wrestler Chad Wicks is back behind bars in Iowa after racking up his third arrest in less than two months.
According to PWInsider, the 48-year-old was taken into custody on November 12 for driving with a suspended license and booked into the Winnebago County Jail in Forest City at 4:57 PM local time, where he remains locked up.
This latest incident follows a string of recent run-ins with local police, starting on September 29 in Mason City when he was booked into Cerro Gordo County Jail for detox alongside charges for driving with a suspended license, failing to show proof of insurance, making an unsafe turn, and having improper rear lights.
He bonded out that same day, only to be arrested again on November 4 by the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff&#8217;s Office for failing to appear in court multiple times before posting a $1,200 bond the next day.
Wrestling fans best remember Wicks from his 2005 and 2006 run on WWE SmackDown as one-half of The Dicks, following a stint in developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling under the name Chad Toland.
After stepping away from the ring in 2007, Wicks later joined a class-action lawsuit against WWE alleging long-term brain injuries from his wrestling career, though a judge dismissed that case in 2018.

Nikki Bella Reveals The One Wrestling Word That Bothers Her “So Bad”

Cody Rhodes Admits He Lied About “Lost” Podcast Footage

Alexa Bliss Shares Terrifying Story of Her Baby Turning Blue & Not Breathing

Why Nikki Bella Dreaded Doing Live Commentary For Vince McMahon

Karrion Kross Isn’t In Talks With WWE For A Return

Injury Claims Revealed In Ludwig Kaiser Battery Case

Ex-WWE Wrestler Chad Wicks Arrested For The 3rd Time In 2 Months