5 unknown facts about the Bella Twins

The Bella twins almost dominated the divas section for the last 2 years which includes Nikki Bella becoming the longest reigning divas champion of all time. The fans are not happy as they always speculate the backings they got from WWE like no other got. And their boyfriends John Cena and Daniel Bryan too helped them to become the overachiever. But the so-called misfits did manage to overcome all the odds. Here we are going to learn some unknown facts about the twins.

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Nikki Bella used to date Dolph Ziggler

Before settling down with John Cena, Nikki used to date Dolph Ziggler. The relationship continued about ten months and then they broke up. Even before that Nikki was married in her 20 years of age with her high school sweetheart. This marriage was annulled three years later.

Brie, on the other hand, had a relationship with former poison guitarist Richie Kotzen before marrying Daniel Bryan.

Time Difference between them

The Elder one is Nikki as she was born 16 minutes earlier than Brie. Both Nikki (Nicole Garcia-Colace) and Brie (Brianna Monique Garcia-Colace) was born on November 21, 1983. Their parents ( Jon Garcia and Kathy Colace) were surprised to have the beautiful twins. They were brought up in Scottsdale, Arizona and studied together till third grade. After that, Kathy decided to keep her girls different as she wanted to grow them independently.

Hobbies outside wrestling

The Bellas are famous for their wrestling careers, but their skills in soccer are preferable as they both excelled the game in school level, especially Nikki was an expert in the center midfield position, but, unfortunately, she had to stop after getting a legitimate leg injury. Apart from this Nikki is a qualified real-estate agent and after her wrestling career is over, this is a future option for her. As for Brie, she likes a drawing and is an animal and environment advocate. She also had promoted animal cruelty issues on Total Divas as well.

The reason behind Brie’s tattoo

Some do distinguish Brie Bella from her sister by spotting the tattoo on her lower stomach. It is a bear claws tattoo and was done on the memory of her past boyfriend whom she lost at the age of 18 only. Brie officially went on saying about the tattoo “Death is always a life changing experience, especially when the person is close to you. At 18, I had to experience losing my boyfriend to a tragic death. Not only was it sad losing my boyfriend but his beautiful soul. I was fortunate enough to learn from him. Instead of losing faith, I gained spirituality. He has a very special place in my heart, always will. The Bear Claws you see on my lower stomach are in memory of him.”

Television debut before WWE and miss USA contest

Before making it into Vince McMohan’s promotion Bella had already made their television debut through fox reality show Meet my folks which followed a huge success they were further hired by Budweiser to promote the World cup. They were part of the many photo calls with the trophy as a part of the campaign. They also made an appearance in MTV series Ridiculousness and in an independent film called “Confessions of a womanizer.” Nikki was one of the celebrity judges in the Miss USA 2013 Pageant. They were also a part of the divas search hunt 2006 in WWE. Eventually, they failed to get into the final eight. But a year later they managed to get a developmental contract with WWE.