On yesterday’s episode of SiriusXM’s The Nikki and Brie Show, Brie Garcia addressed her highly anticipated return to WWE, sharing all the behind-the-scenes details from the moment she got the call to the chants that took over the arena.

Brie Garcia reflects on her WWE return & the moment she got the call (1:49-5:06)

Brie Garcia: I mean, obviously, everyone on the show knows the journey it’s been and I feel like so many times people have heard me, like when I was on red carpet or different interviews, you know, people always ask like, “So, Brie, you going back to WWE?” and I would always jokingly say like, “I haven’t got the call.” Obviously, it wasn’t a joke, but I would jokingly say it, and you know, it’s interesting because it has been a journey to get here. When you debuted a year ago, you know, it wasn’t in my mind, and then I started to get the itch. I wanted to get back into the ring and I tried and the answer kept being no. It was no, and so I was like, “Fine.” But I think what it was is timing. Sometimes, I think when we feel like we’re ready to do something, it’s like the higher-

Nikki Garcia: Divine timing.

Brie Garcia: Divine, you know, they wait for when the timing is supposed to be really right, and you know, it was now and I see it now, and you know, I’ve had a lot of patience and I feel like it’s just it was meant to be this way and it’s crazy because doing it in Saudi Arabia, the first thing I thought when I got the call, I was like, “I don’t think they know who I am. Could I just wait to debut in Philadelphia?” and they’re like, “The Saudi people know who you are,” and I’m like, “Do they?” But I’ll admit, I was stressed up until my music hit that I was going to have zero reaction. People were going to be like, “Who?” I thought I was going to get maybe the who chant, “Who, who, who?” But honestly, I was so stressed and so nervous, and I’m just gonna say it. I was not expecting the reaction I got.

Nikki Garcia: You got the pop of the night, girl. Humbly saying, you got the pop of the night, and everyone’s been telling you that.

Brie Garcia: Right, and I’ll admit, I didn’t have a lot of time to train for the Rumble, but the minute I knew I was gonna be in it, you saw. I dedicated every day to doing something to get ready. Whether it was weight lifting, getting in the ring, boxing, you name it. I was really like, it’s been a lot of years, many years, and I’m like, “I gotta do everything I can.” I was going to a physical therapist because, you know, make sure the body is aligned. I was going to rolfing. I can’t, I don’t say it right, but different techniques to just get my body aligned, feeling good, strong, and I’ve been training, obviously, weight lifting in the gym for a while, so that part I wasn’t nervous about, but it was everything else, and so, you know, in a short period of time, it gave me confidence and obviously, I’m going to keep that determination and schedule going moving forward, but yeah. I felt ready when I got on that flight to Saudi, but the only thing that I didn’t feel ready about is how everyone would be me coming being in a number in the rumble. I wasn’t sure the reaction I would get.

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