Brianna Monique Danielson (née Garcia-Colace) and Nicole Garcia-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 WWE, where Nikki is the reigning two-time WWE Divas Champion. Before being promoted to the main WWE 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 Colóns (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 WWE Divas Championship and Nikki won it a year later in April 2012. Shortly afterward, they departed WWE, but returned in March 2013. That same year, both began starring in the reality television show Total Divas as main cast members.Born sixteen minutes apart to parents Kathy Colace and Jon Garcia,[9] Brianna and Nicole Garcia-Colace were raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, and are of Mexican and Italian descent.[4] Keen soccer fans, they both played for Scottsdale clubs from second grade. In third grade, the girls were separated into different classes by their mother to allow for more independence. The twins graduated from Chaparral High School in 2002.[9] They both moved to San Diego, California for college, but moved to Los Angeles a year later, where they worked as waitresses at the Mondrian Hotel while trying to find an agent.[9] They then started modeling, acting, and doing promotional work.[4][5] They made their first national TV appearance on the Fox reality show Meet My Folks.[7][9] Following this appearance, the Garcia twins were hired to be the World Cup Twins for Budweiser and were photographed holding the World Cup trophy.[10] They were contestants in the 2006 "International Body Doubles twins search".[11] They participated in the 2006 WWE Diva Search but did not make the cut,They were signed to developmental contracts by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in June 2007 and assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental territory, in Tampa, Florida.[7] On September 15, 2007 the twins debuted in FCW, dubbed the Bella Twins, by defeating Nattie Neidhart and Krissy Vaine with Victoria Crawford as the special guest referee.[1][13] The duo quickly started a scripted rivalry with Neidhart and Crawford, and had a series of matches against them throughout October 2007. As a part of their on-screen personas, they switched places behind the referee's back if one of them was hurt. They also occasionally competed in mixed tag team matches, teaming with male wrestlers including Kofi Kingston and Robert Anthony. They also made some non-wrestling appearances on Heath Miller's "Happy Hour" promo segment.[13] Starting in December 2007, they managed Derrick Linkin,[13] but this storyline was cut short when Linkin was released in January 2008. They then resumed their feud with Neidhart and Crawford, wrestling them throughout much of 2008.[14] After Neidhart was called up to the WWE roster in April 2008, however, Milena Roucka took her place in the feud.[14][15] They also competed in bikini contests, and wrestled against other competitors including Katie Lea Burchill and Daisy. Their last FCW appearance was on September 2, when they competed in a Divas Battle Royal won by Miss Angela.[14] TAGS: BRIE BELLA,THE BELLA TWINS,NIKKI BELLA,TOTAL DIVAS,JOHN CENA,RANDY ORTON,SETH ROLLINS,ALEXANDER RUSEV,LANA,DOLPH ZIGGLER,KISS,WWE,TOTAL DIVAS,PAIGE,SHEAMUS,NAOMI,TAMINA

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