Saraya: Breaking Rules & Finding Joy

The Nikki & Brie Show

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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On this episode of The Nikki & Brie Show, the twins sit down with their longtime friend and fellow women’s wrestling trailblazer—Saraya! From Total Divas days to headlining pay-per-views, they reflect on the wild ride of the women’s division and what it really means to see WWE Evolution finally return. While Saraya won't be in the ring this time around, her impact is undeniable—and the stories they share? Iconic. They dive into Saraya’s new era—from launching her podcast Rule Breakers (which Nikki loves!) to writing her raw and honest memoir Hell in Boots, and fully embracing single life happiness for the first time in almost a decade. There’s laughter, love, and plenty of behind-the-scenes tea from their most memorable matches and why Total Divas 2.0 needs to happen (but in their grown-woman eras). Plus, the three of them keep it real about rule breaking in a hilarious round of Break It, Keep It, Bend It and wrap with a powerful Inspiration Affirmation on protecting your peace and surrounding yourself with people who lift you higher. Press play– this episode is a fierce one!

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0:00.0	What up, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Nikki and Bree Show. And we wanted to save this
0:12.7	interview for last as we've been on the road to evolution. As you all know, we've been talking
0:16.6	a lot about evolution, which is this Sunday, July 13th. So make sure to get your tickets in Atlanta.
0:23.8	And this is someone who really was a part so much of the evolution with Bree and I and
0:30.5	women's wrestling. She's a trailblazer and a voice that can't be silenced. She made history in
0:36.4	WWE as the youngest divest champion
0:38.9	and the first ever NXT women's champion.
0:42.3	She returned to the ring in AW,
0:44.3	capturing the women's world title in front of her home crowd,
0:47.7	and now an author and podcast host,
0:50.3	she continues to inspire by living boldly
0:53.3	and breaking every rule in the book. So everyone,
0:56.8	please welcome the one and only Saraya. Oh, thank you guys. I've missed you so much.
1:04.8	I know. It's been too long. How are things, by the way? It's so good. You know, I was just having this
1:13.6	conversation about like 30 minutes ago. It's like I finally found like true happiness and that
1:20.7	makes me so glad because you know before where you feel like you're happy, you know? And I'm like,
1:25.8	no, this is the happiest I've been. Like, no, this year has just been so amazing for my mental health and just the
1:31.5	way I live my life. I'm just like, man, like, this is the happiest I've ever been. So yeah,
1:35.9	I'm in a good space. Oh, my gosh. I love that. Your podcast is like, you have to tell us about your podcast because I've been watching clips of it and it's just, I love it. You can tell you're in your element in it. Like you're so good at it. Thank you. Yeah, dude. Oh my gosh. So, you know, you guys are success in the podcast space, you know, other buddies are minor in a
2:01.8	success. But I'm like, okay, well, I don't want to be like a copy and paste of the Nicky
2:07.3	and Bree show, right? And I don't want to be a copy and paste if someone else's show. So I'm just
2:10.6	like, okay, I have to figure out something that kind of makes me just a little bit different
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