
Brianna Garcia and Nicole Garcia (born on November 21, 1983) are
twin sisters, who are also a
professional wrestling tag team under the
ring names Brie Bella and Nikki Bella, collectively referred to as The Bella Twins or The Bellas. They are currently working for
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the
Raw brand.
Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, the Bella Twins wrestled with
Florida Championship Wrestling, where they were trained by
Tom Prichard, and mainly competed in tag team competition. Brie made her debut on the SmackDown roster in August 2008; she debuted first, and as part of her
in-ring persona, would disappear under the ring during matches, emerging revived. Eventually, however, it was discovered that she was in fact switching places with her twin, Nikki, under the ring in order to gain an advantage. After that revelation, they competed in tag team matches. In November 2008, an
angle was written in which the Bella Twins developed an on-screen relationship with
The Colóns (
Carlito and
Primo) accompanying them to the ring. Soon after, they began an angle with
John Morrison and The Miz, which quickly led to the Bellas disbanding as a team, due to one being infatuated with the Colóns and the other with Morrison and The Miz. This break up was short lived, as the twins reunited on ECW after a short stint with Raw.
Brianna and Nicole were born in
San Diego, California and raised in
Scottsdale, Arizona in a family of Mexican and Italian descent.They played
soccer up until college, when they started modeling, acting, and doing promotional work. They made their first national TV appearance on the
Fox reality show
Meet My Folks. Following this appearance, Brianna and Nicole were hired to be the World Cup Twins for
Budweiser and were photographed holding the
World Cup trophy. They then participated in the 2006 "International Body Doubles twins search". They participated in the
2006 WWE Diva Search but did not make the cut.