The Bella Twins | |
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![]() Nikki (left) and Brie at WrestleMania 31 in March 2015 | |
Statistics | |
Members | Brie Bella Nikki Bella |
Billed heights | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Combined billed weight | 244 lb (111 kg) |
Hometown | Brawley, California, U.S.[1][2] |
Billed from | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
Debut | 2007 |
Disbanded | 2009, 2014, 2018 |
Trainer | Bryan Danielson Natalya Tom Prichard WWE Performance Center |
The Bella Twins were a professional wrestling tag team in the WWE, formed of twin sisters: Brie Bella (Brianna Monique Danielson,[3] née Garcia-Colace) and Nikki Bella (Stephanie Nicole Chigvintsev,[3] née Garcia-Colace, born November 21, 1983 in San Diego, California). They both won the WWE Divas Championship, with Nikki's second reign being the longest in the title's history at 301 days.
The twins signed with WWE in 2007 and made their main roster debut on SmackDown the following year. On April 30, 2012, their contracts with WWE expired and they left. They returned to the WWE on March 11, 2013 and became part of the main cast of the reality show Total Divas made by the WWE.[4] They also got their own spin-off series, Total Bellas and were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021. They left WWE again in 2023, retired from wrestling and now appear as the Garcia Twins.
In September 2013, Brie revealed her engagement to fellow professional wrestler Bryan Danielson.[5] The couple married on April 11, 2014.[6] Brie and her husband were previously both vegetarians.[7] The couple have two children together.[8][9]
In May 2014, Nikki revealed on Total Divas that she had married her high school sweetheart at the age of 20; the marriage was annulled three years later.[10][11] Nikki began dating John Cena in 2012. The couple became engaged on April 2, 2017, when Cena proposed to her after their mixed tag-team match at WrestleMania 33.[12] On April 15, 2018, the couple broke up and canceled their wedding, which was planned for May 5, 2018.[13] She began dating her Dancing with the Stars partner and Russian dancer Artem Chigvintsev in January 2019.[14] On January 3, 2020, the couple announced their engagement.[15] On January 29, 2020, Nikki announced that she is expecting her first child alongside her twin sister Brie, who announced her own second pregnancy the same day.[16] On June 11, 2020, on the season five finale of Total Bellas, Nikki announced the baby's sex, a boy.[17] She gave birth on July 31, 2020.[18] The couple married on August 26, 2022.[19]
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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2014 | Confessions of a Womanizer | Erica and Sally | |
2015 | The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! | Nikki and Brie Boulder | Voice performances |
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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2002/2003 | Meet My Folks | Unknown | |
2012 | Ridiculousness | Themselves | |
2013–19 | Total Divas | Main cast (seasons 1–8) Guest (season 9)[20] | |
2014 | Psych | Episode: "A Nightmare on State Street" | |
2016–21 | Total Bellas | Lead roles | |
2017 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Special guests | |
2020 | The Substitute | Episode 1.5 | |
The Kelly Clarkson Show | Episode: "December 30, 2020" | ||
2022 | Biography: WWE Legends | Episode: July 24, 2022 |
Year | Title | Artist |
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2004 | Right Side of the Bed | Atreyu |
2014 | Na Na | Trey Songz |
2017 | Hollywood | Sophia Grace |