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Nikki Garcia<\/strong>\u2019s hopes of competing at WrestleMania 42 were dashed after she suffered a \u201cpainful\u201d ankle injury.<\/p>\n

The WWE star \u2014 who wrestles under the moniker Nikki Bella \u2014 was forced to pull out of the Saturday, April 18, fatal four-way match for the WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship after sustaining an injury in March.<\/p>\n

While Garcia, 42, hoped to be in fighting form in time for Saturday\u2019s event at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, she later revealed the extent of her injury via social media. \u201cI\u2019ll fill you all in soon \u2026 fractured, tore and sprained my ankle,\u201d she wrote over a video showing her bruised foot shared via X on Saturday. \u201cIt\u2019s been a painful two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a subsequent X post, the former Divas Champion gave an update on when she hopes to be cleared for in-ring competition. \u201c6-8 weeks hopefully. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\udd1e\ud83c\udffc,\u201d she responded to a fan who asked how long she expected to be out of action.<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span>Nikki and Brie Bella ‘Dream’ About Winning WWE Tag Team Championships<\/span>
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\n\t\t\tThe Bella Twins have their sights set on winning the WWE Tag Team Championships at next month\u2019s WrestleMania 42. \u201cBeing a Hall of Famer is such an amazing achievement, but because we started in this business together and built such an empire, it\u2019s the last thing,\u201d Nikki, 42, exclusively told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Nikki was due to compete in Saturday\u2019s Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship match with her twin sister, Brie Garcia<\/strong>. However, after the duo made their entrance for the match, Nikki shared with the crowd that she wasn\u2019t able to compete but had enlisted another wrestler to take her place in the match: returning WWE star Paige<\/strong> (real name Saraya-Jade Bevis). Brie, also 42, and Paige, 33, won the match, defeating the teams of Nia Jax<\/strong> and Lash Legend<\/strong>, Charlotte Flair<\/strong> and Alexa Bliss<\/strong> and Bayley<\/strong> and Lyra Valkyria<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

During a post-show press conference on Saturday, Nikki said she had surgery on her injured ankle just two weeks prior to the event.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo I actually got surgery two weeks ago yesterday. So I managed to break, sprain, and tear my ankle,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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