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With WWE's final pay-per-view of the year merely days away, it's a good time to look back and reflect on 2019 as it draws to a close. It's been a year of magical moments, the rise of NXT, the beginning of AEW and of course the history-making women.
Whilst there are many WWE stars who have made an impact inside the ring and in front of the TV cameras, there are others who will look back on 2019 as a huge stepping stone in their personal lives, since it was the year they finally tied the knot.
There are more couples in WWE right now than ever before, so it doesn't come as much of a shock that there were six WWE stars who celebrated exchanging nuptials with the ones they loved this year.
Here are all the couples who have made the long walk down the aisle over the past twelve months.
#6. Drake Maverick and Renee Michelle
Drake Maverick has had an interesting run since he debuted as the General Manager of 205 Live, but has since been able to move into one of the strangest storylines on Raw in recent memory.
Maverick has spent the year chasing the 24/7 Championship alongside R-Truth and somehow the former IMPACT Wrestling star was able to make his real-life wedding a part of the storyline.
Maverick tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend and Mae Young Classic star Renee Michelle back in the summer, this has since allowed the couple to work together on WWE TV numerous times, with Michelle and Maverick even being able to tag together on an episode of Monday Night Raw, even though Michelle didn't play a huge part in the mixed tag team match.
#5. Humberto Carrillo and Tania Ramirez
Ever since he was drafted over to Monday Night Raw as part of the WWE Draft back in October, it appears that former 205 Live star Humberto Carrillo has been able to make the right impression with many of WWE's authority figures backstage.
Carrillo has been the subject of a huge push on WWE TV over the past few weeks, which saw him narrowly come up short in his quest to become United States Champion before being able to defeat former NXT Champion Andrade this past week on Raw.
Humberto's on-screen character is only rivaled by his real-life persona since he announced both his engagement and marriage in the past calendar year. Carrillo took advantage of his first invite to WrestleMania and proposed to his long-time girlfriend Tania Ramirez, before the couple took the long walk down the aisle on July 27th.
It was Carrillo's new wife who publicly made the announcement that the couple was now married when she took to Instagram to share a cute photo of the new Mr and Mrs and revealed that they traveled to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico for the ceremony.
#4. The Rock and Lauren Hashian
It's been a stacked year for The Rock, not only has he starred in blockbuster movies like Fast and Furious: Hobbs & Shaw and Jumanji: The Next Level but he's helped make Paige's real story into a movie called Fighting With My Family, has also found the time to return to WWE TV for a number of cameos and even travel to Hawaii to marry his long-time girlfriend Lauren Hashian.
The couple has been dating ever since 2008 and already have two daughters together, but it wasn't until August that the news was leaked that the former World Champion had finally made Lauren his wife.
The Rock wore a stunning white suit for the ceremony whilst Lauren went with the traditional white dress. This isn't The Rock's first marriage since the former WWE star married Dany Garcia back in 1997, but the couple filed for divorce back in 2008. Together the couple have one daughter together called Simone who has most recently been seen training at WWE's Performance Center in the hopes that she can follow in her father's footsteps one day.
#3. Nikki Cross and Killian Dain
Nikki Cross and Killian Dain have been dating since they first met on the Indy scene more than a decade ago. The two stars have since worked their way up through the business and were afforded the opportunity to work together in NXT as part of Sanity.
Throughout their time together on NXT, the duo kept their relationship as private as possible but decided to reveal it publically when they became engaged at the end of 2018. Since then, Nikki Cross has been promoted to the main roster, whilst Killian Dain has been dropped back down to NXT and is currently one of their stand out stars.
The two superstars may be on separate rosters, but they were still able to find the time to plan a wedding earlier this year since both revealed on Instagram that they had exchanged vows back in January.
It's been a fantastic year for both WWE stars since Cross was able to pick up her first piece of gold in WWE, but it will perhaps be the new gold band that she wears around her finger that she will treasure the most.
#2. Peyton Royce and Tye Dillinger
Another couple who have had an interesting year are former NXT stars Tye Dillinger and Peyton Royce. The couple met and started dating whilst they were both still part of NXT but their fortunes have both changed somewhat over the past few years.
Dillinger was promoted to SmackDown before Royce, but the Australian star later followed her fiance to the main roster so that the couple were able to work together. However, this didn't last for very long since Dillinger requested his release from WWE earlier this year and was shockingly granted it, which has since allowed him to move over to AEW and become known as The Chairman Shawn Spears.
Royce remained with WWE and is now a former Women's Tag Team Champion after WWE allowed her to lift the Championships alongside Billie Kay back at WrestleMania. The IIconics are now the longest reigning Women's Tag Team Champions in WWE history.
The fact that the couple now works for separate promotions hasn't had any effect on their relationship over the past few months since they announced that they had finally tied the knot on Instagram back in September.
#1. Finn Balor and Veronica Rodriguez
Finn Balor has always been very private about his personal life, but it was believed that he was dating fellow WWE star Cathy Kelley before he made his relationship with Fox Sports reporter Veronica Rodriguez earlier this year.
The couple were then rumored to be engaged after pictures surfaced online of Rodriguez wearing a ring, but there was still nothing officially confirmed by the couple. It was only when Balor took some time off from WWE following SummerSlam when he was defeated in The Fiend's first WWE match that his wedding was made public knowledge.
The couple shared several images online that showed that the couple had decided to elope to tie the knot before Balor later returned to WWE. As already noted, it is unknown when Balor and his wife officially began dating since he is very private about his personal life, but the couple has since started to share personal images of each other on social media.
This is a huge step for the former Universal Champion, who has become used to keeping his personal life out of the spotlight throughout his career.
