Wade Barrett Responds To Accusation He Avoided Nikki Bella At WWE Raw

Wade Barrett has responded to an accusation from Nikki Bella that he avoided her at Monday's taping of Raw in Paris, France.

Bella discussed her Women's Intercontinental Title match with Becky Lynch at Clash in Paris on the Nikki & Brie Show and Nikki reflected upon Barrett's comments on the PPV pre-show where, in his role as a heel commentator, Barrett suggested the WWE women's division may have passed Bella by. Bella suggested in her comments that she believes Barrett crossed a line.

"I would love to have a conversation with Wade Barrett, and he avoided me on Monday [at WWE Raw] 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," Bella said.

"I understand when you want to be a heel commentator and stuff, but then there's one thing of like...Michael Cole does this beautifully, and this is why Michael Cole is one of the greatest commentators. He knows how to take a life story and put it into what we do, because that is real. We don't go out there as robots or superheroes. We're actually professional athletes and we go through real things and we have to make that part of it. Honestly, that stuff doesn't bother me because I get it. Like, I was watching the pre-show and I saw what Wade was saying about me in the pre-show, and I was sitting there getting ready in the locker room like, 'Oh, okay. That's fine.'"

Barrett has vehemently denied avoiding Bella, however, and noted he wishes she had brought up her concerns when they said hello to each other at Raw instead of on her podcast.

"I had no idea Nicole felt this way, and I'm happy to have this '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. I don't understand the avoiding claim at all, simply not true," Barrett tweeted.

H/T F4WOnline