Nikki Bella

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Stephanie Nicole Cigvintsev (born Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace on November 21, 1983 in Scottsdale, Arizona) is an American professional wrestler best known as her ring name Nikki Bella, valet, and actress. She tag teams with her twin sister Brie Bella, forming a team known as The Bella Twins. She has also appeared on the reality shows Meet My Folks, the 2006 WWE Diva Search, and the E! network reality TV series Total Divas. Her acting credits include the movie Confessions of a Womanizer and the animated The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown.

Career

In 2007, Nikki signed with WWE and was assigned to the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling alongside her twin sister Brie, forming the duo The Bella Twins. She made her debut for the SmackDown brand in 2008.[4] She is a two-time WWE Divas Champion with her second reign of 301 days being the longest reign for the now defunct title. She and Brie were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021 as The Bella Twins. Also during her time in WWE, she starred in the reality TV series, Total Divas, and she and Brie got their own spin-off, Total Bellas. In her last few years in WWE, she only made sporadic appearances, but acted as an ambassador for the company. After her contract with WWE expired in 2023, she and Brie announced that they would be retiring the "Bella" surname and would be returning to their legal maiden name of "Garcia" professionally, and reintroduced themselves as The Garcia Twins.

Garcia ranked No. 1 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Female 50 in November 2015,[5] and was named Diva of the Year by Rolling Stone in December 2015.[6] She also won the award for Choice Female Athlete alongside her sister at the Teen Choice Awards in 2016.

Personal life / Family

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.[7][8]

Nikki began dating fellow WWE wrestler and actor 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.[9] On April 15, 2018, the couple called off the engagement and canceled their wedding, which was planned for May 5, 2018.[10]

She began dating her Season 25 Dancing with the Stars partner and Russian dancer Artem Chigvintsev in January of 2019.[11] On January 3, 2020, the couple announced their engagement.[12] 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.[13] On June 11, 2020, on the season five finale of Total Bellas, Nikki announced the baby's sex, a boy.[14] She gave birth on July 31, 2020.[15] The couple married on August 26, 2022.[16]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bella_Twins
  2. 2.0 2.1 http://www.bodymeasurements.org/nikki-bella-bra-size/
  3. http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/05/30/total-divas-the-bella-twins-talk-brie-wedding-daniel-bryan-jon-cena/
  4. McNamara, Andy (November 7, 2008). Smackdown: Hardy goes Extreme!. Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved on March 31, 2009.
  5. Nikki Bella Tops PWI Female 50. Diva-Dirt (November 4, 2015).
  6. WWE Wrestler(s) of the Year. Rolling Stone (rollingstone.com) (December 14, 2015). Archived from the original on December 15, 2015. Retrieved on December 14, 2015.
  7. Kapur, Bob (May 18, 2014). Total Divas: Secrets and swimsuits – the Divas let it all out. Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer (canoe.ca) (. Retrieved on May 20, 2014.
  8. Nikki Bella tells her family about her first marriage: Total Divas. WWE (May 18, 2014).
  9. Cohen, Jess (April 3, 2017). John Cena & Nikki Bella Are Engaged! WWE Star Proposes to Longtime Girlfriend at WrestleMania 33 on Total Divas. Retrieved on April 9, 2017.
  10. Longeretta, Emily (April 15, 2018). Nikki Bella and John Cena Break Up After 6 Years Together, End Engagement. US Weekly (usmagazine.com). Retrieved on April 18, 2018.
  11. Nikki Bella Calls Artem Chigvintsev an 'Amazing Lover' — but Insists He's Not Her Boyfriend. People (people.com) (April 24, 2019). Retrieved on August 27, 2020.
  12. Henderson, Cydney (January 3, 2020). Nikki Bella reveals she's engaged to former 'DWTS' partner Artem Chigvintsev. USA Today.
  13. Dugan, Christina. "Brie and Nikki Bella Are Both Pregnant — and Due Less Than 2 Weeks Apart: 'It's Crazy!'", People, January 29, 2020.
  14. Crist, Allison (June 11, 2020). Watch Nikki Bella Find Out If She's Having a Baby Boy or Girl!.
  15. Mizoguchi, Karen (August 2, 2020). He's Here! Nikki Bella and Fiancé Artem Chigvintsev Welcome Their First Child. People (people.com). Retrieved on August 27, 2020.
  16. Nikki Bella and Artem Chigvintsev Are Married: 'We Said I DO' (en). People. Retrieved on August 29, 2022.

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