Nikki Bella offered an update on her sister Brie Bella’s condition after she sustained a shoulder injury during WWE’s 2026 SummerSlam.
“She’s doing OK. She is in a lot of pain,” Nikki, 42, said during a Sunday, August 2, appearance on Busted Open Radio, commenting on her identical twin’s health. “[Doctors] are still determining what is going on. Brie will share that whenever. I’ve been told to ‘zip it.’”
Nikki and Brie, also 42, stepped into the ring on Saturday, August 1, for a Six-Woman Tag Team Match. The Bella twins joined forces with fellow wrestling phenom Paige to take on Fatal Influence before eventually turning on Paige, 33.
As the twins walked away victorious, Brie could be seen holding her shoulder in pain.
“She’s injured. I don’t have an update yet,” WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque said during a press conference later that night, referring to Brie’s condition. “She was here, got some treatment here [and] has been taken to the hospital to get some scans done.”
At the time, Levesque, 57, stated that he didn’t “have a clean answer” about Brie’s health or a recovery timeline.
“I know [she] hurt her shoulder,” he added. “Seems pretty bad, but I don’t have that answer yet. Hopefully, we will soon and hopefully it won’t be as bad as we thought it was, but that’s the nature of the game.”
Brie, who has not publicly addressed her injury, previously told Us that she was looking forward to stepping into the SummerSlam ring.
“This run has been unlike any run we’ve both have ever done,” Brie exclusively revealed of training on Friday, July 31. “I feel so comfortable, and … when you’re so comfortable, and I’m looking at this as, ‘I’m not gonna lie to myself. I’m not in denial. This is my last run.’”
She continued, “It’s, like, you’re gonna go out there and you’re gonna have fun. I’m gonna make sure I take more moments having fun with the audience and looking at them because I don’t know if it’s the last time I’ll be wrestling in the city.”
Despite her readiness, Brie also acknowledged that it would be a “tough match” against Fatal Influence.
“These women are driven, they’re strong, they’re capable of so many things,” Brie told Us. “Then, you put their personalities on top. It’s why they’re moving fast and they’re making names for themselves, and it’s going to be a tough match at SummerSlam because we are looking at our younger selves. We’re seeing these girls, and they’re not going to give up and they’re going to make a name. We love it.”
WWE SummerSlam continues Sunday, August 2, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, streaming live on ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET.
