Nikki Garcia Reacts to ‘John Cena Left You’ Chants on WWE ‘Raw’

Nikki Garcia is reacting to fans taunting her over her past relationship with John Cena on the latest episode of WWE’s Monday Night Raw.

On the Monday, November 10, episode of Raw on Netflix, Nikki, 41, attacked recent ally Stephanie Vaquer, once again turning heel (wrestling parlance for a “bad guy”). The fans in Cena’s hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, brutally reacted, chanting, “John Cena left you.”

Nikki — who wrestles under the moniker Nikki Bella — shared her thoughts on the vitriol she faces online from wrestling fans during a conversation with sister Brie Garcia on the Thursday, November 13, episode of their “Nikki & Brie Show” podcast.

“The hate’s so gross … even some of the chants that I got [on Raw],” Nikki said, while Brie, also 41, noted that she that “didn’t like” the chants she heard.

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“Honestly, I think [the chants] got picked up more on TV,” Nikki said. “Or I was just too in my moment that I didn’t even know, I didn’t even hear it, to tell you the truth.”

Nikki went on to say that “it’s really nice” that “people who have credibility” in wrestling, like WWE star Big E, have been singing her praises during her recent return to WWE.

“Because I know for so long, people are like, ‘I don’t want the trolls to come at me online,’ so people just never really did [defend me],” she said.

“It’s nice for these people with credibility that are speaking up. Because at the end of the day, they all know how much I love this business, how much passion I have for wrestling,” Nikki continued. “They know the work that I put in. It’s not like I come on here and always say like, ‘Oh, when I had two days free, where I didn’t have my son, I flew to Orlando just to get in the ring for five hours to fly straight back.’ You know, I don’t talk about all that stuff all the time, but the people that know that, know. I truly love this business and I want to give it my all.”

Nikki dated Cena, 48, from 2012 to 2018, when the couple ended their engagement. “While this decision was a difficult one, we continue to have a great deal of love and respect for one another,” the couple told Us Weekly in an April 2018 statement. “We ask that you respect our privacy during this time in our lives.”

Nikki moved on with Dancing With the Stars pro Artem Chigvintsev, 43, with whom she shares son Matteo, 5.

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Nikki and Artem met on season 25 of Dancing With the Stars. The couple married in August 2022, however, they split two years later.

Nikki and Artem both filed for divorce in August 2024 and their divorce was finalized three months later.

“Nikki and Artem have settled their divorce and will not be going to court,” Nikki’s rep said in a statement to Us in November 2024. “Both parties decided to drop the domestic violence restraining orders against each other in an effort to move on with their lives and effectively coparent their son.”