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Several real-life couples have shared the WWE locker room over the past few decades. In 2013, WWE and Galaxy Productions launched a reality show, Total Divas, which followed the lives of some WWE couples, including Natalya & Tyson Kidd and Naomi & Jimmy Uso. The show ended in 2019 after nine seasons.
A few other WWE couples have also had their own reality shows. While some of these shows have already ended, others are still running. A new reality series featuring a current WWE couple is even scheduled to air later this month.
Here are five real-life WWE couples who got their own reality TV show.
#5. WWE legend John Cena and Hall of Famer Nikki Bella
John Cena and Nikki Bella started dating in 2012. Their life together was one of the central angles of Total Divas. In 2016, the couple starred in another reality show, Total Bellas.
The show aired between October 2016 and January 2021 and followed the lives of The Bella Twins and their partners. The show revealed many details about Nikki and Cena's relationship. However, their breakup in 2018 was probably the most memorable moment of Total Bellas.
In an interview with Health magazine in 2019, Nikki opened up about her public breakup with the 16-time world champion.
"The one thing I really regret about showcasing the breakup is that no one got to hear [John’s] voice, and it just seemed so one-sided. I felt like that wasn’t fair to him because he was on this journey with us from the beginning (...) [He] never took one paycheck [for appearing on the show] (...) It was beautiful — he was fully there to support me. I’ll never forget his support and his love. That’s what made me sad — I don’t want to say it became the Nikki show, but in a way it did because you didn’t get to see John anymore," she said.
Nikki ended her engagement to Cena just one month before their scheduled wedding in May 2018 because he did not want to have children. The Hall of Famer is now engaged to her former Dancing with the Stars partner Artem Chigvintsev. She gave birth to their first child in July 2020.
Meanwhile, Cena married Shay Shariatzadeh in October 2020 after dating for nearly a year.
#4. WWE Hall of Famer Brie Bella and Bryan Danielson
Brie Bella and Bryan Danielson kicked off their romantic relationship in 2010. They then starred in WWE's reality show, Total Divas, in 2013.
Total Divas revealed a lot of details about Brie and Danielson's relationship. Their wedding even got featured on the season 2 finale of the show. Like Nikki Bella and John Cena, Brie and Danielson later had their own reality show, Total Bellas.
Although the show ran for several years, the former Divas Champion disclosed that she wanted it to end sooner rather than later.
"We love filming reality. We don't mind it, but you start seeing your kids and that's what you have to start to think about. My daughter hates the camera. So does my husband (...) Birdie doesn't even let me take pictures…So I'm very respectful of her space, what she wants. I only let her film if she wants to walk into a scene. (...) I'm really respectful of his [Danielson] thoughts all the time and even with his filming. We all know Brian can't film that much because he goes a little crazy with it. He loves his own space. He'll shut down," she told ET.
Bryan Danielson left Vince McMahon's company in May 2021, a few months after the end of Total Bellas. Four months later, he joined AEW.
Meanwhile, Brie Bella recently competed in the 2022 Women's Royal Rumble match after more than three years of absence from the ring. She entered the bout at number 19 and lasted for nearly 19 minutes before getting eliminated by Ronda Rousey.
#3. WWE Superstars The Miz and Maryse
The Miz and Maryse first met in 2006 when the former WWE Champion hosted the Diva Search competition, in which Maryse was a participant. A year later, they kicked off their romantic relationship. The couple then dated for several years before tying the knot in 2014.
Four years later, WWE announced that The Miz and Maryse would be starring in a new reality show called Miz and Mrs. on the USA Network, which will follow the lives of The It Couple in and out of the wrestling ring.
The show premiered on July 24, 2018. After the success of the first two seasons, the USA Network recently renewed the WWE reality series for a third season. The 10-episode season 3 is expected to air later this year.
"We are overjoyed that we are able to continue giving fans a front row seat into our crazy lives. Season three is going to be AWESOME!" said The Miz and Maryse in the USA Network press release.
The Miz and Maryse recently squared off against Beth Phoenix and Edge at the Royal Rumble premium live event. However, The It Couple lost the bout.
#2. Former WWE Superstars Cody and Brandi Rhodes
Cody and Brandi Rhodes first met in 2011 when they worked in WWE. The couple dated for a while before getting married in 2013. Three years later, they left the company.
In 2019, Cody and his wife joined AEW. In addition to being in-ring competitors, Cody became AEW's Executive Vice President while Brandi became the company's, Chief Brand Officer.
Last year, Cody and Brandi starred in their own reality show, Rhodes to the Top. The series premiered on September 29, 2021, on TNT. It featured an inside look at the couple's life inside and outside the ring.
The first season of Rhodes to the Top ended on October 23, 2021. A month later, Dave Meltzer reported that TNT had renewed the show for a second season. However, TNT never released any official announcement confirming the news.
Cody and Brandi recently left AEW as their contracts expired. After their departure, Meltzer noted that the new season of Rhodes to the Top would probably never see the light of day.
"While a second season for Rhodes to the Top was agreed upon some months back. No formal announcement was made and the belief has been with the situation as it is that it will not be back," he wrote.
Cody Rhodes is reportedly now in negotiations with Vince McMahon's company. Meanwhile, other reports suggested that Brandi would not join her husband in WWE.
#1. WWE Women's Tag Team Champion Carmella and Corey Graves
Carmella and Corey Graves started dating in early 2019. Later that year, the couple appeared together on Total Divas, in which the current Women's Tag Team Champion starred.
Graves and Carmella's relationship was surrounded by controversy from the beginning, as the former NXT Tag Team Champion was still going through divorce proceedings when they started dating. Some fans even accused Carmella of being a homewrecker on social media. The Princess of Statin Island addressed these accusations on Total Divas.
"I didn’t do anything wrong. I know in my heart I didn’t break up a family. I would never do something like that. I just don’t like that now the entire world thinks I did this horrible thing," she told Sonya Deville.
After dating for nearly two years, the couple announced their engagement last October. A few hours ago, they announced that they would star in a new reality series, Corey and Carmella. The show will premiere on the WWE YouTube channel on February 28.
In a recent interview with Bare With Us, Carmella disclosed how she and her fiancé got their own reality show.
"We have a reality show coming out. We’re doing this through WWE (...) They [Glass Entertainment] saw a video that we had posted on our Instagram or something. They contacted my publicist. My publicist contacted me. They didn’t even realize that we were in WWE. They had no idea, they say. (...) We brought this to WWE. We said, 'We have this opportunity. What do you think?' Of course, with time, it just takes time to figure out how we are going to go about it and how they are going to be involved, a lot of negotiation and business and stuff. We shot a pilot episode. They took the pilot and chopped it up into 10, 4-minute episodes. It’s not going to be something you see on a network. It’s going to be on WWE’s YouTube," she said.
Graves is currently a color commentator on Monday Night RAW. Meanwhile, his fiancée is also on the Red Brand as an active competitor. She now holds the Women's Tag Team Titles alongside Queen Zelina.
