Brie Bella, Nikki Bella reintroduced as ‘Garcia Twins’ after parting ways with WWE
Bella Twins are no more.
Twin sisters Brie Bella and Nikki Bella announced on their SiriusXM podcast on Tuesday that they’re officially retiring from the WWE and leaving their wrestling personas behind.
“When our contract came up with WWE, mutually we all knew that we needed to head into this new chapter,” Nikki said on the latest episode of the “The Nikki Brie Show.” “Today we are officially from here on out, the Garcia Twins.”
The 39-year-old sisters reintroduced themselves as Brie and Nikki Garcia, their birth names. On Twitter, the duo said they’re “owning who we are, being unapologetically us and fiercely walking through that open door.”
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The Bella Twins debuted on WWE in 2008 as a tag team duo and each held the WWE Divas Championship title individually throughout their careers. (Nikki Bella holds the record for the longest reign in WWE history at 301 days.) The Bella Sisters were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021.
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