5 Wrestling couples who proposed in the middle of the ring in real-life 

Wrestling is a business that has grown to include millions of stars all over the world ever since the early days when Vince McMahon's father was at the top of the pyramid. Since then many women have been able to join the business and now more couples are making a name for themselves in the industry than ever before.

Many couples are able to make it to WWE, like Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae, who met on the independent circuit and married back in 2016 just before LeRae was able to join the company alongside her husband.

WWE has cashed in on the popularity of their wrestlers' personal life over the years thanks to Total Divas and Total Bellas, but WWE isn't the only place that includes couples since some of them have decided to declare their love in the center of the ring over the years and here are just five.

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#5 Ember Moon and Matthew Palmer

Ember Moon and Matthew Palmer married earlier this year

Ember Moon has taken the WWE Women's Division by storm over the past few years, as a former NXT Women's Champion, she had some incredible battles with Asuka throughout her time in the developmental territory before she was promoted to the main roster last year.

Moon had quite the career on the Independent Circuit before she was signed by WWE since this was where she met her long-time partner Matthew Palmer who is also an Independent star.

The couple had been dating for several years when Palmer brought his girlfriend to Anarchy Championship Wrestling having lied about the couple needing to do a promo in the ring, he then proposed to his tag team partner and Moon accepted.

The couple finally managed to tie the knot earlier this year in a Game of Thrones inspired ceremony.

#4 Brian Cage and Melissa Santos

Brian Cage and Melissa Santos tied the knot back in July

The only couple to make it onto the list from Impact Wrestling is Brian Cage and Melissa Santos, who have become one of the companies best-known real-life couples.

Cage and Santos began dating back in 2016 and it was revealed a few months later that the Lucha Underground ring announcer was expecting the couple's first child. In January 2018, it was announced that Santos had given birth to a girl, whom the couple decided to call Skylar Faith Button.

Much like every other couple on this list, Cage and Santos became engaged after the former Impact World Champion proposed to his long-time girlfriend at a Bar Wrestling event on the 5th of December 2018. Cage decided to pop the question following his tag team match against Johnny Yuma & Kevin Martenson and Melissa obviously accepted the proposal but the couple didn't wait very long to make the trip down the aisle.

The couple officially married in July this year and are now one of just two couples who are part of this list who have remained together following their very public display of affection.

#3 Joey Ryan and Laura James

Ryan and James filed for divorce last year

Joey Ryan is perhaps best known for his unique in-ring offense or as Candice LeRae's former tag team partner. Ryan is a talented star who has been making waves all over the Independent scene for the past few years, mostly through controversy.

Back in February 2016, Ryan decided to pop the question to his long-time girlfriend in the middle of the ring, but not like any other star on this list. Ryan was in the middle of a match with James at Finest City Wrestling in San Diego.when he pulled out a ring and proposed after she agreed to become his wife, Ryan then rolled her up and recorded the victory. The video of the proposal later went viral, but this seemingly wasn't enough to keep the couple together following their long walk down the aisle.

The couple went on to marry in November 2017, but in a shock twist of events, it was revealed that the two filed for divorce just a few months later in February 2018. The couple cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split and have since had their separation finalized.

#2 John Cena and Nikki Bella

John Cena proposed to Nikki Bella back at WrestleMania 33

John Cena and Nikki Bella were once the biggest power couple in WWE. The duo began dating back in 2012 before they were officially made a public item the following year when Total Divas made its debut on E!

Throughout the relationship, Bella made it clear that she wanted to marry Cena and have children, something that the 16-time World Champion wasn't on board with since he wanted to concentrate on his career and didn't have any plans to make a family.

Their differing opinions on their future came between them a number of times but it seemed that they had been able to put all of that behind them when John Cena got down on one knee following their victory over The Miz and Maryse at WrestleMania 33 and asked Nikki to marry him.

Less than a year later Nikki released a statement on Instagram which stated that the couple had decided to go their separate ways after months of back and forth ahead of what was supposed to be their wedding day. As of writing both Nikki and John have moved onto new relationships but have seemingly still remained friends.

#1 Paige and Alberto Del Rio

Paige and Alberto Del Rio didn't make it down the aisle

Paige is a former Divas Champion as well as holding the unique accolade of being the first-ever NXT Women's Champion, but following a neck injury back in 2016, her career took a dramatic turn.

The British star was suspended from WWE on her Birthday after failing a Wellness test, alongside her boyfriend at the time Alberto Del Rio. The Mexican star later negotiated his release from the company, whilst Paige was suspended for a second time and looked to have gone completely off the rails.

Del Rio headed over to WWC in Puerto Rico where he was wrestling at the time following his WWE release a month before, and it appears that he took Paige along for the ride. The former Champion came out to the ring following Del Rio's match and got down on one knee to ask her boyfriend if he would spend the rest of his life with her, to which he obviously said yes.

Paige and Del Rio were scheduled to marry in 2017, but a number of things didn't go to plan which caused a rift between the couple and later led to their split. Paige returned to WWE later that year and has since moved on to a new healthier relationship.