WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella recently addressed AJ Lee's tweet where she called out Stephanie McMahon for the treatment of WWE Divas among other topics.
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Bella spoke to 105.9 in Pittsburgh and addressed the very public situation that occurred with Lee and McMahon on Twitter last week.
McMahon tweeted to thank Patty Arquette for fighting for women's rights and then Lee swooped in and took a dig at her on the social media platform.
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"Your female wrestlers have record selling merchandise & have starred in the highest rated segment of the show several times, And yet they receive a fraction of the wages & screen time of the majority of the male roster. #UseYourVoice," Lee tweeted at McMahon.
McMahon simply replied, "I appreciate your opinion" and Bella recently discussed the issue.
"We're all here because we're living our dreams" Bella said. "Whether it's two minutes or twenty minutes on TV, I'm beyond grateful for that, because there are millions of people that wish they could get two minutes in that ring, and they can't, so I'm not going to be one to b---h about it. But do I think Divas should definitely get more time on TV? 100%. But do I think pay is different? No."
Lee made her return to WWE television last week on RAW, which likely will set up a tag team bout between The Bella Twins and Lee and Paige at WrestleMania 31 on March 29 at Levi's Stadium in California.
Bella also touched on Divas working to be top draws like her husband John Cena, No. 1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Roman Reigns and others.
"Let me put it this way: if a Diva was to headline a show, would those seats sell out like it does when John Cena's headlining? Roman Reigns? Brock Lesnar? Absolutely not," Bella said. "We're not there yet. We're trying to get there, but we're not there yet. As far as merch goes, we all get the same percentage, so I don't know why anyone's crying about it. We all make the exact same percentage, so it's like, sell more merch if you wanna be like the guys. At the end of the day, we're in a man's world. People show up to watch men wrestle, and they look at us the 'pretty things on the side', but I think slowly, we're changing people's minds about that. It's not gonna happen overnight, but eventually we're gonna get there. We just need patience and time."
Lastly, Bella talked about the 30-second match on RAW that led to #GiveDivasAChance trending on Twitter.
"What's funny about that is we were given about three minutes. Three to four minutes," she said. "And we - us four girls who were in the match - we put our heads together and said look: we can either give them a two minute match, or we can give them nothing and get Brie and I so much heat and tell a great story...We're not gonna give people three minutes of BS, and it ended up being a big chance. It ended up turning into #GiveDivasAChance trending worldwide for two days. I mean, we could've gone out there, done a few moves and called it a day, but we were like, 'How do we tell a great story?' and at the end of the day, that's what we did. Brie and I got good heat at the end of it, we got trended for two days straight, and it was like, 'Whoa. We're storytelling now.' And that's what puts the Divas on the next level. Instead of just going out there and doing moves, we story tell. 'Cause that's what the boys do, and that's what we need to do."
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