Bella Twins Change Name as Star Duo Leave WWE
As Nikki Bella and Brie Bella leave the WWE, the Bella twins changed their names to go more professional and will use their real names, Nikki and Brie Garcia.
"Today we are officially, from here on out, the Garcia Twins, Brie, and Nikki Garcia," Nikki says on their latest Sirius XM show episode, which will officially be called The Nikki & Brie Show.
Nikki continued by saying how challenging it was to let go of their Bella identities but that the time had come to start a "new chapter" in their lives, according to PEOPLE.
Nikki shares that they will soon be turning 40 and are loving their new roles as mothers, business owners, TV hosts, and executive producers.
After their initial contract with WWE expired, Nikki says they "just knew it was time to head into this next chapter."
In her closing remarks, Brie states her excitement to close the "Brie Bella" chapter and begin a new chapter in her life.
"Let's see what Brie Garcia is going to do next," she says.
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Bella Twins' WWE Career
At the beginning of their wrestling careers, the Bella Twins "started with a bit of trickery, as the identical twins would swap places during Brie's matches to ensure they picked up the victory, but the sisters remain to be tough competitors when their ruse was uncovered, according to their official WWE profile.
Brie won the Divas Title first in April 2011 and became the WWE champion, Variety noted.
Nikki later won her championship and added a second reign to become WWE's longest-reigning Divas Champion.
During WrestleMania 35 in 2020, Nikki Bella and Brie Bella were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, per Us Magazine.
Brie married her professional wrestling fiancé Daniel Bryan in 2014. The couple eventually had two children, Birdie, five, and Buddy, two.
Nikki, meanwhile, tied the knot with Artem Chigvintsev in August 2022. They met when they joined Dancing With the Stars season 25. They welcomed their son Matteo, 2, in 2020.
Bella Twins Change Name as They Welcome New Dating Series Set at Amazon
Amazon has ordered a new dating competition series featuring WWE Divas Brie Bella and Nikki Bella, and the streaming service has given the go-ahead to ITV Entertainment's "Twin Love."
The show will premiere on Freevee while it airs on Amazon Video in the United States and the United Kingdom, said Deadline.
As a social dating experiment, Twin Love looks into the romantic relationships of sets of identical twins.
In this intriguing and original love story, ten sets of twins are separated and housed in two houses with identical casts to determine if their intrinsic similarities include a shared desire for romance.
The show is based on a Dutch format developed by ITV Studios Netherlands and will premiere this summer. The Netherlands is also the birthplace of other reality competition shows, including Big Brother, The Voice, and The Traitors.
Simon Thomas, Bernie Schaeffer, Kenny Rosen, and Jessica Nahmias serve as executive producers. It is produced by ITV America's ITV Entertainment and Amazon Studios.
Meanwhile, Brie Bella and Nikki Bella, now Garcia, have participated in several reality shows, including E's hits Total Divas and Total Bellas.
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Written by: Bert Hoover
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