Nikki Cross Discusses Wyatt Sicks Frustrations, Nikki A.S.H. Origin

Nikki Cross has broken her silence on the struggles behind the Wyatt Sicks’ run in WWE, while also detailing the remarkably hands-on process that led to her becoming Nikki A.S.H., a character that eventually carried her to a world title.

Appearing on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Cross reflected on the Wyatt Sicks, the faction Bo Dallas assembled in June 2024 as a tribute to his late brother, Bray Wyatt. Cross portrayed Abby the Witch alongside Dallas and the rest of the group until all five members were released by WWE on April 24, 2026, roughly two years after the act debuted.

Asked where things began to unravel, Cross was careful not to point fingers, but she made clear that outside factors — not a lack of effort from the group — were to blame. “There was a lot in those two years that was beyond our control,” she said, adding that the members were “always very active” pitching new directions and story ideas for their characters throughout the run.

Cross spoke fondly of several stretches during the faction’s existence, singling out a European tour early in 2026 alongside Solo Sikoa and the MFTs, as well as programs involving Karrion Kross and Scarlett. She praised Sikoa’s intelligence in structuring storylines and described the tour as feeling like working alongside “big brothers” every night.

Her comments echo, without directly confirming, previous remarks from Joe Gacy, who has been more pointed in suggesting WWE never gave individual Wyatt Sicks members enough room to develop once Dallas was unavailable, opting instead to pause the group altogether.

Cross also revisited the emotional debut of the faction, in which she famously crawled out from beneath the ring, admitting her only real fear in the moment was botching that specific spot. She described an especially meaningful backstage moment afterward, when the five members gathered with Jason and Mandy Baker — who worked closely with Bray Wyatt and helped design many of his costumes — to toast Wyatt and Brodie Lee, the WWE Hall of Famer and original Wyatt Family member who died in December 2020. Wyatt himself passed away in August 2023.

Perhaps the most striking revelation from the interview was how deliberately Cross built the Nikki A.S.H. character years earlier. With her tag team alongside Alexa Bliss winding down as Bliss moved into storylines tied to Bray Wyatt, Cross said she took initiative rather than waiting on WWE creative. Drawing on her love of Hurricane Helms and Mighty Molly, and noting the box-office dominance of superhero franchises like Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel, she built an entire pitch binder complete with market research and commissioned costume concepts from a Scottish artist, including alternate color schemes in case Vince McMahon wanted a different look.

Cross then waited outside McMahon’s office for hours on a Raw taping day before delivering what she called an “elevator pitch,” framing Nikki A.S.H. in simple business terms as a character that would make WWE money.

Taken together, the interview paints a picture of a performer who has consistently tried to shape her own opportunities rather than wait for them, even as the Wyatt Sicks experiment ultimately ended in release for the entire group. With Cross now removed from WWE, her reflections offer a rare inside look at both the creative ambition and the behind-the-scenes limitations that defined one of the promotion’s more unique factions of the past two years.