Wade Barrett refutes claims that he avoided Nikki Bella on Raw

WWE commentator Wade Barrett has refuted claims by Nikki Bella that he avoided her on Raw after he said some unpleasant things about her during the Clash in Paris kickoff show in his heel role.

Nikki said that while she understands someone has to be the heel commentator, Michael Cole “does this beautifully” and he knows how to take a life story and put it into what they do.

“I would love to have a conversation with Wade Barrett, and he avoided me on Monday which was shocking because he always comes up and says hi to me, and he tried to avoid making eye contact with me in the hallway,” Nikki said during the latest episode of the Nikki & Brie Show.

Writing on X, Barrett said that he had no idea Nikki felt that way and he would be happy to have the conversation any time she likes.

“I wish she’d brought it up when we said hello to each other at Raw, rather than via her podcast,” Barrett wrote. “I don’t understand the avoiding claim at all, simply not true.”