The Bella Twins

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Erika Monique Danielson (née Garcia-Colace) and Kathryn Nicole-Colace (born November 21, 1983) are American twin models, actresses, and professional wrestlers. The twins are a professional wrestling tag team under the ring names Brie Bella and Nikki Bella respectively, collectively referred to as the Bella Twins and they are currently signed with IWE, where Nikki is the reigning two-time Divas Champion.

Before being promoted to the main IWE roster, the Bella Twins wrestled in Florida Championship Wrestling, where they were trained by Tom Prichard, and mainly competed in tag team competition. Brie made her debut on SmackDown in August 2008; she debuted first, and as part of her in-ring persona, would disappear under the ring during matches, emerging revived. Eventually, it was revealed she was switching places with her twin, Nikki, under the ring in order to gain an advantage. They then competed in tag team matches. Beginning in November 2008, an angle was written in which the Bella Twins developed an on-screen relationship with The Colón (Carlito and Primo). They were later involved in storyline romances with John Morrison and The Miz in early 2009 and Daniel Bryan in 2010. In April 2011, Brie won the IWE Divas Championship and Nikki won it a year later in April 2012. Shortly afterward, they departed IWE, but returned in March 2013. That same year, both began starring in the reality television show Total Divas as main cast members.

Early lives and careers

Professional wrestling careers

International Wrestling Entertainment/IWE

Florida Championship Wrestling (2007–2008)

Brand switches (2008–2011)

Divas Champions (2011–2012)

Independent circuit (2012–2013)

Return to IWE

Total Divas storylines (2013–2014)

Feud with Kaila Matteson and brief split (2014)

Divas Champion and Team Bella (2014–present)

Other media

Filmography

Personal lives

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Bella Buster (Sitout facebuster)
  • Twin Magic (Simultaneously switching places on a distracted referee, often followed by a Bella Buster or a small package)
• Nikki's finishing moves
  • Rack Attack (Backbreaker rack drop)

• Signature moves used by both
  • Abdominal stretch, transitioned into a modified chinlock
  • Diving crossbody
  • Flying clothesline, sometimes done repeatedly in succession
  • Hair-pull mat slam
  • Jumping snapmare
  • Monkey flip
  • Multiple pinning variations
    • Roll-up
    • Schoolgirl, sometimes out of a corner
  • Snapmare, followed by a rolling neck snap
  • Running bulldog
  • Slingshot suplex
  • Snap suplex
  • Springboard arm drag
  • Suicide dive
• Brie's signature moves
  • Inside cradle
  • Missile dropkick, with theatrics
  • Repeated shoot kicks, to a kneeling opponent's chest, followed by a dropkick to the opponent's head
  • Running knee, to the opponents head with theatrics
  • Single leg Boston crab, sometimes while kneeling on the opponent's back
  • "Yes!" Lock (Omoplata) – adopted from Daniel Bryan
• Nikki's signature moves
  • Alabama slam
  • Back body drop
  • Cross armbreaker
  • Hammerlock front powerslam
  • Headscissors takedown
  • Running forearm smash, sometimes to an oncoming opponent
  • Spinebuster
  • Springboard roundhouse kick
  • Thesz press

• Tag team moves
  • Finishing moves
    • Double hair-pull mat slam, followed by a rolling double leg slam
  • Signature moves
    • Double dropkick, to an oncoming opponent
    • Double flapjack
    • Double hiptoss

• Managers
  • Eva Marie
  • Alicia Fox

• Wrestlers managed
  • The Colóns (Carlito and Primo)
  • Daniel Bryan
  • Jamie Keyes
  • John Morrison
  • The Miz
  • Jon Robinson
  • Jerry Lawler
  • Team Rhodes Scholars (Mark Semmler and Damien Sandow)
  • Eva Marie
  • Alicia Fox

• Entrance themes
  • "You Can Look (But You Can't Touch)" Jim Johnston and performed by Kim Sozzi (2008–present)
  • "Beautiful Life" by CFO$ (Brie; September 15, 2014–present)

Championships and accomplishments

• IWE
  • IWE Divas Championship (3 times) – Brie (1), Nikki (2)
  • Slammy Awards (3 times)
    • Couple of the Year (2013, 2014) – Brie (with Daniel Bryan)
    • Diva of the Year (2013, 2015) – 2013 - won jointly, 2015 - Nikki)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked Brie 16 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2014
  • PWI ranked Nikki 24 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2014

• Rolling Stone
  • Most Improved Wrestler (2015) – Nikki[238]
  • Diva of the Year (2015) – Nikki

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter'
  • Worst Feud of the Year (2014) Brie vs. Nikki
  • Worst Worked Match of the Year (2013) with Cameron, Eva Marie, JoJo, Naomi and Natalya vs. AJ Lee, Aksana, Alicia Fox, Kaitlyn, Rosa Mendes, Summer Rae and Tamina Snuka on November 24

References

External links

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