Overview

• Barrett tweeted on Sept. 5 that he and Nikki Bella had a conversation and smoothed things over, saying he was welcomed back into the Bella Army.
• The dispute followed Barrett’s Clash in Paris pre-show commentary framing Bella as from the Divas Era and praising Becky Lynch for redefining today’s women’s division.
• On her podcast, Bella said Barrett “avoided” her at the next Raw and that she wanted to discuss his comments face to face.
• Barrett denied avoiding her, said they had exchanged greetings at Raw, and offered to talk at any time rather than through the podcast.
• Bella acknowledged Barrett’s heel commentator role and contrasted it with Michael Cole’s approach of weaving personal context into on-air narratives.