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Provided Text: The notion Nikki doesn't "deserve" to break the record is laughable. AJ wasn't Ric Flair. Hell, Nikki may be better now than AJ ever was.
The notion Nikki doesn't "deserve" to break the record is laughable. AJ wasn't Ric Flair. Hell, Nikki may be better now than AJ ever was.