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Several WWE stars are currently in relationships with a partner they met while working for the company. Bianca Belair and Montez Ford met while training together at the Performance Center and eventually got married.
Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch also met while working with WWE, as well as several other stars who didn't make it down the aisle.
Many of these relationships came together during these stars' time working closely or even as part of the same teams. Sometimes, the entire relationship changes when one of the stars is promoted to the main roster.
Many of these relationships were unable to make it after one person left NXT and the other was left behind. Here are just five recent WWE relationships that didn't make it out of NXT.
#5. WWE's Seth Rollins and Zahra Schreiber
Zahra Schreiber debuted as the sister of "Hacker" Solomon Crowe on NXT back in the summer of 2015, but the star had already gained attention from the WWE Universe following her relationship with Seth Rollins.
The couple made headlines as part of a scandal when photos leaked online. This led many fans to look up Schrieber's social media and find some images that were deemed offensive and inappropriate.
As a result, WWE released Schrieber. Rollins sustained an injury just a few months later. When the former WWE Champion returned May 2016, he was single.
Rollins has since moved on to a relationship with fellow RAW Superstar Becky Lynch. The couple announced back in May that they were expecting their first child together, who is due in December. The COVID-19 pandemic has also forced the couple to postpone their wedding, which would've taken place earlier this year.
#4. WWE's Bo Dallas and Sarah Backman
Bo Dallas hasn't been on WWE programming for close to a year. The former NXT Champion seemed destined for great things when WWE promoted him to the main roster back in 2014.
The company pushed Bo Dallas's inspirational character on the main roster for many months, before Dallas went on to be part of The Social Outcasts, The Miztourage, and finally The B Team.
It's easy to argue that his time with NXT was the most successful run of his career. He was the first of the Rotunda brothers to win a championship. Dallas's time on NXT was equally important because this is when the star met his future wife Sarah Backman.
As a former eight-time Arm Wrestling Champion, Backman had some skills that WWE was interested in. They signed the German star to a contract back in 2013.
Sadly, Backman's career didn't pan out. WWE granted her her release back in 2014, just months after she took on the ring name Shara.
#3. WWE's Dana Brooke and Dolph Ziggler
Dana Brooke is currently part of the SmackDown women's division. The former bodybuilder came up through the ranks in NXT ahead of her promotion to WWE's main roster.
While Brooke performing on NXT, she started a relationship with fellow WWE Superstar, Dolph Ziggler, who has dated numerous wrestlers in the past. The couple was somewhat private about the relationship as there are only a few images on Instagram that prove that the couple was once together.
It was later revealed that the couple dated for many months throughout 2015 and 2016. They seemingly broke up around that time because Brooke was in a relationship with a fellow bodybuilder, Dallas McCarver, when he passed away in the summer of 2017.
Brooke made her WWE main roster debut in 2016 and despite the split with Ziggler, the couple has been able to work on the same brand for much of her time on SmackDown.
Ziggler and Brooke were both on the blue brand together throughout 2020 until Ziggler moved to RAW.
#2. WWE's Finn Balor and Cathy Kelley
Finn Balor and Cathy Kelley while the backstage correspondent was working with WWE NXT back in 2017. The pair were in a relationship for many years until the couple opted to go their separate ways.
Kelly was signed to WWE on their NXT brand back in 2016 just before Balor was promoted to the main roster in April that year. Balor was injured and sidelined at SummerSlam 2016 before he made his return to NXT in February 2017.
Some believe Kelley and Balor's relationship started before the inaugural WWE Universal Champion returned to the main roster a few months later.
Kelley and Balor later broke up. In June 2019, Balor announced that he was dating Fox Sports host, Verónica Rodríguez, before the couple got married just a month later.
Kelley was part of WWE for four years where she made occasional appearances on the main roster but she mostly acted as a member of NXT's broadcast team.
Kelley announced that she was leaving WWE in February 2020. Finn Balor made his return to NXT back in 2019, following his loss to "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt at SummerSlam.
#1. WWE's Mandy Rose and Tino Sabbatelli
Mandy Rose came to WWE from Tough Enough back in 2015. She was initially in a relationship with Michael Lubic when she appeared as a cast member on the E! Network reality show, Total Divas.
On Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia, Rose confirmed that she was in a relationship with NXT Star Tino Sabbatelli after the couple attended the 2018 Hall of Fame ceremony together. The couple has remained private about their relationship over the past few years. There have been many rumors regarding their split throughout Rose's recent storyline with Otis.
As part of WWE's budget cuts back in April, the company released Tino Sabbatelli and he never made an appearance outside of NXT. Rose recently revealed how her real-life boyfriend felt about her on-screen relationship with Otis, and many fans believe Rose is referring to Sabbatelli.
My boyfriend doesn’t have an issue with it. It’s all a storyline and entertainment. If he got jealous of this, or if any guy did, it wouldn’t work out, honestly.
Rose remains a part of the Otis storyline on SmackDown while the star could be in line for a push as part of the women's division.
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