The Bella Twins
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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''The Bella Twins'''</span><br> | | align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''The Bella Twins'''</span><br> | ||
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- | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" |Nikki (left) and Brie (right) in March 2015 |
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- | | | + | | bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" |'''[[Tag Team|Tag team]]''' |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Members''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Erika Hutchison|Brie Bella]]<br>[[Kathryn Hutchison|Nikki Bella]] |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Heights''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Hometown''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[ | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[San Diego|San Diego, California]] |
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- | | | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Billed from''' |
+ | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Scottsdale, Arizona]] | ||
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Debut''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |September 15, 2007 |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Disbanded''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |April 3, 2016 |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Years active''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |2007-2016 |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Promotions''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[ | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[IWE]]<br>[[Florida Championship Wrestling|FCW]]<br>NEW<br>CTWE |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Trainer''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Tom Prichard]]<br>[[Natalya Neidhart]]<br>[[WWE Performance Center]] |
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- | ''' | + | '''The Bella Twins''' were a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Tag Team|tag team]] which performed on [[IWE]] and consisted of [[Twin|twin]] sisters [[Erika Hutchison|Brie Bella]] and [[Kathryn Hutchison|Nikki Bella]]. |
- | + | They are both former [[IWE Divas Championship|IWE Divas Champions]], with Nikki's second reign of 301 days being the longest in the title's history. In November 2015, Nikki was ranked '''#1''' in ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]''{{'}}s [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI Female 50|Female 50]] in 2015. Brie announced that she was taking an extended break from in-ring action in April 2016. | |
== Early lives and careers == | == Early lives and careers == | ||
== Professional wrestling careers == | == Professional wrestling careers == | ||
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=== International Wrestling Entertainment/IWE === | === International Wrestling Entertainment/IWE === | ||
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==== Florida Championship Wrestling (2007–2008) ==== | ==== Florida Championship Wrestling (2007–2008) ==== | ||
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==== Feud with Kaila Matteson and brief split (2014) ==== | ==== Feud with Kaila Matteson and brief split (2014) ==== | ||
- | ==== Divas Champion and Team Bella ( | + | ==== Divas Champion and Team Bella (2014–2015) ==== |
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+ | ==== Nikki's injury and Brie's semi-retirement (2015–2016) ==== | ||
==Other media== | ==Other media== |
Revision as of 22:44, 6 August 2016
The Bella Twins | |
Nikki (left) and Brie (right) in March 2015 | |
Tag team | |
Members | Brie Bella Nikki Bella |
Heights | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Hometown | San Diego, California |
Billed from | Scottsdale, Arizona |
Debut | September 15, 2007 |
Disbanded | April 3, 2016 |
Years active | 2007-2016 |
Promotions | IWE FCW NEW CTWE |
Trainer | Tom Prichard Natalya Neidhart WWE Performance Center |
The Bella Twins were a professional wrestling tag team which performed on IWE and consisted of twin sisters Brie Bella and Nikki Bella.
They are both former IWE Divas Champions, with Nikki's second reign of 301 days being the longest in the title's history. In November 2015, Nikki was ranked #1 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Female 50 in 2015. Brie announced that she was taking an extended break from in-ring action in April 2016.
Contents |
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 (2014–2015)
Nikki's injury and Brie's semi-retirement (2015–2016)
Other media
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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Television
Year | Title | Roles | Notes | Source |
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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
- Finishing moves
- 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