The Bella Twins
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| 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) |
| Combined weight | 254 lb (115 kg) |
| Hometown | San Diego, California |
| Billed from | Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Debut | September 15, 2007 |
| Disbanded | April 3, 2016 |
| Years active | 2007–2014 2014–2015 2018–present |
| Trainer | Tom Prichard [IWE 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.
The Bella Twins are both former Divas Champions, with Nikki having held the title twice and Brie once. In November 2015, Nikki was ranked No. 1 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Female 50 in 2015. The Bella Twins own their own clothing brand named Birdiebee.
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 promotions (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
File:Nikki Bella Divas Champion.jpg
Nikki Bella is a two-time and current Divas Champion.
- 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
