Well, folks, Raw just turned into Evolution 2: Electric Backtalk as Nikki Bella returned to WWE television looking to pass the torch—or maybe light a match—before getting torched herself by *Liv Morgan’s Ob-LIV-ion and ruthless shade levels.
With WWE’s all-women’s premium live event Evolution 2 on the horizon (still matchless, just vibes), Nikki appeared backstage to greet Women’s World Champion IYO SKY. She called herself a fan, which in wrestling terms is like an “I’m not mad, I’m disappointed” from your mom. If it smelled like a challenge tease, that’s because it absolutely was.
Later in the ring, Bella got on the mic, reminiscing about main-eventing the first Evolution in 2018, a time when Instagram filters were harsh and Total Divas still ran our Monday night lives. She praised the locker room and gave a sweet little “the pioneers are proud of you” moment.
Enter Liv Morgan, wielding sass, a championship belt, and a chip on her shoulder the size of WrestleMania’s stage budget.
“I have everything you don’t. I have respect. I have a championship. I have a man.”
It was shady. It was spicy. It was definitely personal. Nikki responded the only way a Bella Twin knows how:
“Not sure your man’s yours… or Roxanne Perez’s.”
Oof. Double clothesline with that verbal burn.
Liv, undeterred, clapped back by calling Bella nothing more than a “reality show diva,” which in WWE might as well be the wrestling version of “bless your heart.”
Bella went to get back in the ring, maybe to throw hands, maybe to defend her reality show legacy—but Morgan was done talking. She dropped Nikki faster than a canceled E! contract with the Ob-LIV-ion, leaving the WWE Universe in stunned silence and social media in a state of is she wrong though?
If this is the build to Evolution 2, it’s going to be less “women supporting women” and more “the mat is lava, and so is the shade.”