During his recent chat with the Bellas Podcast, Artem Chigvintsev explained how he fell in love with his fiance, WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella. Artem also reflected on his first appearance on Monday Night Raw, and more. Check out the highlights below.
On meeting Nikki Bella prior to her split from John Cena:
“Obviously, I mean Nicole might feel a little different. But to me, just the meeting, that was the one thing that kind of tripped me out. I know it’s very controversial and at this point, whatever, I don’t really care. I think meeting Nicole for the first time, I actually called the executive producer right after our first meet, I even said, ‘Wow. This girl is actually incredible'." Artem continued "Actually, I said, ‘I think I’m like, in love.’ I don’t really understand what it meant for me at the time. Just when you meet a certain person that you kind of don’t really understand how you feel yet, you have a lot of feelings. You don’t know how to cope with it or what to do with it. And you just try to manage it as well as you can in the best way you can. Again, look, I’m not perfect. Obviously. But, I think that was the time it kind of hit me. Even speaking about it right now I am sweating.”
On taking a bodyslam during Monday Night Raw:
“The thing is that people don’t know, I don’t really know how to wrestle at all. You also have to understand, and I don’t know if this is something I can speak or not, on the actual wrestling ring it’s quite bouncy, so it’s quite nice when you land. Remember, it’s a hardwood floor when you dance. So that flip, also mind we have to rehearse that, it’s not like we can just go, ‘oh you’re going to flip me and then it’s done.’ We have done it multiple times. It legitimately hurts, it actually did hurt.”
