After a brief appearance in 2022, WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella made her triumphant return as the 30th and final entrant into Saturday night’s WWE Royal Rumble 2025 in Indianapolis. The wrestler retired from the profession in 2019, but Saturday night was the first time WWE fans saw her in the ring since that 2022 surprise match.

Nikki Garcia (formerly known as Nikki Bella) thrilled fans when she made her return to the WWE ring during the 2025 women’s Royal Rumble. The former Total Divas star, 41, showed up with her iconic backwards ball cap as she threw her hands up in the air and walked toward the ring.

Is Nikki Bella making a surprise return at the Royal Rumble? Get the inside scoop on her potential appearance, the buzz around WWE’s biggest event, and what fans can expect this year.

Nikki Bella and Alexa Bliss are back. Bliss made her surprising return to WWE programming during Saturday's women's Royal Rumble match in Indianapolis

Nikki Bella says that she misses being 'Nikki Bella' in WWE. Bella spoke in detail to US Weekly about potentially returning to WWE, saying she felt all kinds o

P rofessional wrestler Nikki Bella surprised everyone with a return to competition for February 1st's Royal Rumble 2025 match at the ceremony for the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. Fa

Nikki Garcia returned to the ring as Nikki Bella at WWE's Royal Rumble 2025 on Feb. 1 in one of the few public appearances she has made since finalizing her divorce from former 'Dancing with the Stars' pro Artem Chigvintsev.

It seems WWE and Ms. Bliss were working the sheets with their ‘contract dispute’. It may have helped, because she got a huge pop when she showed up in Indianapolis on Feb. 1.