Former WWE Stars Jessica McKay and Cassie Lee, who were known as the IIconics during their time in the company, took to an episode of their Off Her Chops podcast and talked about a number of topics including how they were supposed to be in a huge feud with WWE Hall of Famers The Bella Twins (Nikki Bella and Brie Bella) when they were still a part of the company.
Below is the conversation McKay and Lee had:
Lee: The story with The Bellasโฆ We had heard through the grapevine or were we told?
McKay: I think they told us.
Lee: They told us. I think youโre right. The Bellas told us.
McKay: They DMโd us. I think so. I still have that DM (she laughed). I can probably go look at it. I canโt remember how the information got back to us. But it was later. It wasnโt like right after we won them.
Lee: We definitely didnโt know when we won themโฆ We won the titles at WrestleMania and we were supposed to go into this story with The Bellas.
McKay: Up until SummerSlam. It was supposed to be a long feud.
Lee: Which would have probably changed the trajectory of our careers and thatโs not no oneโs fault. Everything happens for a reason. But, why did it not happen?
McKay: I think Nikki came out and said that she โ she just wasnโt cleared.
Lee: Yeah. That sounds familiar.
McKay: Iโm not sure what it was in particularโฆ I canโt remember, it was so long ago and we didnโt really have all the information back then but, it was just I donโt think she was cleared to come back and wrestle full-time for four months. Thatโs a lot so, I just donโt think that unfortunately could happenโฆ I always think about that. Iโm like, f**k, that really would have changed our careers drastically. But, it didnโt happen and it is what it is. That would have been a big bucket list tick off ours just because theyโre a womenโs tag team that we looked up to and stuff like that so, definitely would have been fun too. I think we couldโve had a lot of fun with them.
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(H/T to PostWrestling for transcribing the above quotes)