Facts about the Bella twins

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On May 1, 2012, the twins appeared at their first independent wrestling show in at Northeast Wrestling. They later appeared for CTWE Pro Wrestling at the Season Beatings pay-per-view on December 15, each accompanying a different wrestler to the ring

The Bella Twins returned to WWE on the March 11, 2013, episode of Raw in a backstage segment with Team Rhodes Scholars ( and ). On the March 15 episode of SmackDown, the Bella Twins attacked The Funkadactyls ( and ), and the following week interfered in matches between Team Rhodes Scholars and and , but they were attacked by Cameron and Naomi. The Bella Twins made their in-ring return facing and defeating The Funkadactyls on the March 27 episode of following interference from Rhodes, and also defeated them on Raw. The Bella Twins were scheduled to participate in an eight-person tag team match with Team Rhodes Scholars against Tons of Funk (Clay and Tensai) and The Funkadactyls at , but the match was cancelled due to time restraints. The match instead took place the following night on Raw, where Tons of Funk and The Funkadactyls emerged victorious. They continued to feud with The Funkadactyls, defeating them in standard and six-Diva tag team matches. In June 2013, Nikki suffered a .

Upon the debut of the program in July 2013, the Bellas began feuding with their co-star on the show, Natalya. Brie and Natalya went on to trade victories in singles competition on Raw and at. The cast of Total Divas then transitioned into a scripted feud with Divas Champion AJ Lee, who mocked the show and cast. At , Brie unsuccessfully faced Lee for the Divas Championship in a four-way match also involving Natalya and Naomi. Following Brie's real-life engagement to Daniel Bryan, their relationship began to be acknowledged on WWE television. Continuing their feud into October, Brie and Lee faced off at the and pay-per-views for the Divas Championship, but Brie was unsuccessful. Nikki returned to in-ring action on the October 25 episode of SmackDown, losing to Lee. At the following month, the twins were part of the victorious Team Total Divas. The twins failed to win the Divas Championship again at in the Divas Invitational match

Feud with Stephanie McMahon and brief split (2014)From the crowd, Brie watches Nikki, who is about to participate in a four-on-one handicap match in July 2014.

In April 2014, Brie became involved in her husband Daniel Bryan's ongoing storyline with and . As part of the storyline, McMahon threatened to fire Brie if, an injured, Bryan did not relinquish the , which forced Brie to quit before slapping McMahon in the face. After Brie quit, McMahon put Nikki in several as punishment. After a month absence, Brie returned to WWE television, appearing in the crowd on July 21; following a confrontation, McMahon slapped Brie and was subsequently arrested. In order to have Brie drop the storyline charges, Brie was rehired and received a match against McMahon at . At SummerSlam, Brie lost to McMahon when Nikki became a villain by attacking Brie. The next several weeks saw the sisters fight in several backstage and in-ring segments, including a cameo appearance from on Raw on September 8. As part of the storyline, McMahon declared Nikki the face of the Divas division and granted her a match at for the Divas Championship, but she failed to win. Nikki then obtained permission to begin forcing Brie to compete in handicap matches, similar to her punishment at the hand of McMahon; Brie was able to defeat and Cameron on Raw on September 29 and the Slayers (Layla and ) on Main Event that same week. This led to a match between the two at , which Nikki won, forcing Brie to act as her for thirty days. The following week, Nikki won a battle royal to become the number one contender for the Divas Championship.

Divas Champion and Team Bella (2014–present)The Bella Twins during a WWE live event in April 2015.

Nikki received her title match against Lee at , which she won with Brie's help, to become a two-time Divas Champion. The duo reconciled at this point. In December, at , Nikki retained the championship against Lee in a rematch and successfully defended the title against at in February 2015. Paige and Lee formed an alliance to challenge the Bellas, and at , the pair defeated Brie and Nikki in a tag team match.

At in April, Nikki retained her championship against Naomi. During the feud against Naomi and her bodyguard , the Bellas began to show more characteristics. The change was criticized as "sudden", "randomly" and "for no reason". At in May, Nikki retained her championship against Naomi and Paige in a triple threat match, with Brie banned from ringside. In June, the twins became villains again by employing Twin Magic, which helped Nikki retain the championship against Paige on the June 1 episode of Raw and at . During the feud with Paige, allied with the Bellas to form "". At on July 4, Nikki retained the championship against Paige and Tamina. After weeks of outnumbering Paige, Naomi, and Tamina, called for a "revolution" in the Divas Division and introduced the debuting and as Paige's allies. would then debut and ally with Naomi and Tamina, leading to a brawl between the three teams. At, a triple-threat match took place with Brie Bella representing Team Bella, against Charlotte of Team Paige, and Sasha Banks of Team B.A.D in a losing effort with Charlotte picking up victory.

Other mediaBrie (left) and Nikki (right) at a convention in 2012

Prior to working with WWE, the twins appeared on . Both twins also appeared in the music video for "Right Side of the Bed" by the band . They made a guest appearance on the series in October 2012. Nikki and Brie are part of the main cast for the reality television show Total Divas, which began airing in July 2013.

Nikki and Brie co-starred in the 2014 independent film , and provided voices for the 2015 movie .

In May 2013, the Bella Twins made an appearance on the show , advertising referee John Cone's "Doughnut King". Nikki appeared at the pageant as one of the celebrity judges. They appeared at the , where they presented the award for Best Female.