For six years John Cena and Nikki Bella were one of the WWE’s most popular couples and as they took their relationship to reality TV with Bella’s show Total Divas, fans became more and more invested in the couple and their romance. Despite sharing so much about their life on TV, it wasn’t until after their shocking and unexpected split in April 2018 that the truth about the difficulties in their relationship came out. Take a look back at the couple’s love story through the good, the bad, and the end with these 12 things you never knew about the pair and their relationship:
12. How They Met
The athletic duo began dating back in 2012, but that wasn’t the beginning of their story. For years they were around each other as both were at the peak of their wrestling careers with Nikki wrestling in tag-team matches with her twin sister Brie and Cena dominating as one of the sport’s biggest stars. Cena and Nikki were friends for quite some time before things changed after Cena’s three-year marriage to his high school sweetheart Elizabeth Huberdeau came to an end. “The first opening line was, ‘Hey, do you want to go to dinner with me?’ and I was kind of like, ‘What? With me?'” Nikki said in a 2013 interview. “It just kind of started out like a dinner date and I have to admit we were friends for so many years, but then when you make it romantic, I couldn’t even say a word to him.” Despite being nervous, Nikki said it was her “best first date” ever as they went out to dinner and “talked and chatted for hours.” Things only got better on their second date though. “We just had an amazing dance in the middle of the restaurant,” recalled Bella. “No one’s ever done that with me.”
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