WWE legend Nikki Bella takes on role as Chief Margarita Officer, talks investment values, best time for margs

WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella connected Thursday enhanced her already awesome portfolio arsenic she was announced arsenic an capitalist and the Chief Margarita Officer for Madam Paleta Tequila.

Bella, whose existent sanction is Stephanie Garcia-Colace, explained to Fox News Digital she was looking to put successful a tequila marque that shared her halfway values and reflected each portion of who she was arsenic a person. Madam Paleta proved to beryllium the tag squad spouse she was looking for successful the spirits world.

"The coolest rubric ever that I felt similar took maine 2 decades to gain – drinking a batch of tequila. So, I americium not lone the look of Madam Paleta but besides person invested successful this company. I’ve been connected the hunt to beryllium a portion of a tequila institution for a precise agelong time, conscionable people drinking tequila each the time, particularly connected my world shows, I’m known arsenic a wino but everyone’s like, ‘Nikki, loves her skinny, spicy margaritas," she said. "So that’s wherefore it’s a rubric precise well-deserved. It’s been unthinkable to yet find a marque that I person connected with. When you person a platform, and I’ve built my platform, and person built myself arsenic an entrepreneur due to the fact that I person that authentic transportation with my instrumentality basal and they cognize that I americium lone going to beforehand worldly that I genuinely judge successful and there’s been truthful galore companies that person travel to maine that I’ve been like, ‘I won’t portion it, don’t bargain it, don’t judge successful it.’

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Nikki Bella attends the expansive opening of AYA Rooftop Restaurant astatine Graton Resort & Casino successful Rohnert Park, Calif., connected May 7, 2026. (Kimberly White/Getty Images)

"When Madam Paleta came along, one, I cognize however important it is, particularly astatine my age, to person 100% bluish agave. Us successful our 40s, we get hangovers beauteous quickly. So, thing I drink, I’m like, is it clean? It needs to beryllium cleanable due to the fact that I’m gonna person a few. And not lone that, I truly emotion the company. I emotion that women tally it, I emotion that I get to insert my Mexican roots successful thing that I judge in. My father, my stepsister and my half-siblings, they each inactive unrecorded successful Mexico and it’s been that portion of maine wherever I truly wanted to spot myself in. This checked each of my boxes, and you know, I’m precise overmuch women empowerment but erstwhile I saw the accidental to beryllium a portion of a institution that I tin assistance grow, that was conscionable like, I tin bash this. And past I tasted it, and I was like, ‘OK, this is amazing,’ due to the fact that that’s ever similar the last check. I can’t merchantability worldly if I’m not drinking it."

The pro wrestling fable said that due to the fact that she built her marque based connected the connections she shares with her instrumentality basal arsenic good arsenic being her authentic self, she wanted to put successful a institution that besides shared those values.

She told Fox News Digital that erstwhile she got into entrepreneurship she wanted to put successful companies that shared the aforesaid morals she had successful her ain life.

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"My brand, I’m self-made, and I person built my marque done WWE and that’s purely based disconnected connections, authenticity and it’s thing that I’ve ever taken precise serious. Brie (Bella) and I speech astir this each the time, it’s wherefore we cognize wherever we’re astatine contiguous due to the fact that our fans cognize they tin link with america and that our instauration is existent – we locomotion successful our truth," she said. "And we conscionable ne'er been the types, and I’m definite it kills our squad astatine times, due to the fact that we volition accidental nary to similar immense marque deals but if I don’t judge successful what they bash down the scenes, I can’t beryllium a portion of that. I don’t privation to beryllium a portion of that. I’ve ever felt that you genuinely volition beryllium the champion entrepreneur if the morals you person successful life, you bring that to what you bash successful concern and I consciousness similar that’s however we’ve grown specified a monolithic level and not conscionable nationally but globally and it’s due to the fact that we’ve stuck to those.

Nikki Bella returns to Monday Night RAW astatine PHX Arena successful Phoenix, Ariz., connected June 9, 2025. (Craig Ambrosio/WWE)

"Our fans know, thing I’m going to merchantability to them, they’re like, ‘Well, she’s ne'er steered america incorrect earlier and we cognize what she says is true.’ Also, nowadays, I deliberation it’s precise important due to the fact that you tin spouse with a marque that tin destruct the set you built for 2 decades successful a second. It’s not similar you conscionable leap successful and accidental yes existent quick. There’s truthful overmuch we bash down the scenes to marque sure. And erstwhile I was similar wow this institution is incredible, the radical are incredible, and they’re honorable astir everything, that’s a game-changer erstwhile you’re looking astatine brands to spouse up with."

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Madam Paleta was the archetypal flavored tequila to triumph "Best successful Class" astatine the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and hoped to redefine however tequila fans bask the drink.

Nikki Bella underscored that a margarita, of people with Madam Paleta, hits champion erstwhile drinking with friends.

"Tequila is an precocious for maine and that’s similar enactment time. I consciousness similar it’s erstwhile I get unneurotic with my girlfriends and the sun’s retired and we privation skinny margs oregon erstwhile we’re by the excavation oregon erstwhile we’re astatine a festival. Also for me, this is however I’ve go a large tequila connoisseur. In a nighttime of drinking a lot, I don’t privation to down a vessel of vino due to the fact that I cognize however I’m going to consciousness the adjacent day," she told Fox News Digital. "That’s conscionable inevitable with wine. But I cognize I tin person astir 5 margaritas, particularly if it’s clean. It’s what’s started for maine to truly look into cleanable tequila because, look, thing we person a batch of, evidently we’re gonna wounded the adjacent time – that’s conscionable alcohol. But tequila always, it’s erstwhile I cognize it’s a clip to person amusive or, gosh, we’re each successful Vegas and we’re each doing WrestleMania week and we’re exhausted with our conscionable and greets and present we person to spell to dinner, it’s similar I’m gonna halt and get a tequila portion due to the fact that I request to get awake and I request to get that amusive spark.

Nikki Bella addresses the assemblage during SmackDown astatine Mortgage Matchup Center successful Phoenix, Ariz., connected March 13, 2026. (Bradlee Rutledge/WWE)

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"For me, tequila is like, throwaway the Red Bull, spell person yourself a bully tequila drink, astatine slightest you’re being amended to your body. It gives you that speedy lift. What’s bully astir our tequila, let’s conscionable accidental you’re astatine location and you’re acceptable retired and you request thing speedy – conscionable determination it implicit ice. And, I’m not a changeable taker, I hatred shots, I deliberation they’re truthful gross. When I got this the archetypal clip and I enactment crystal successful a cupful due to the fact that I wanted to conscionable sensation it pure, I was like, ohio my god, that is truly good. I tin bash that. I mean, I’m inactive not a changeable taker but I tin sip connected this. This is truly good. I conscionable consciousness like, thing you request an up, anytime, you person friends over, you’re going to the pool, oregon you’re getting your nighttime started, conscionable privation to person thing to sip, those are the bully moments."