Nikki and Brie Garcia (aka The Bella Twins)

Guaranteed human. Welcome back to another episode of Team Beat, I am Danielle Fischol. You're host on this journey through interesting people's uncomfortable teenage years. I see it as a handshake of sorts. My puberty was televised to millions of households and now other famous people will return the favor.

I see it like this. I gave you my childhood. It's time we hear yours. And this week we get two for the price of one.

Since I am sitting down with an iconic duo that first burst onto the pro wrestling scene in 2008,

becoming immediate superstars. But how could they not? The WWE somehow found incredibly athletic outlandishly stunning and charismatic identical twins. Not since earthquake and typhoon, the natural disasters, has such star power and beauty grazed the squared circle. The multiple-time WWE champs not only found fame with moves like the bellabuster and the rack attack, they made moves in Hollywood,

starring in two hit reality shows, total divas, and their own spin-off, total bellas. Then, in 2021, they were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, planning to slowly transition out of the ring to focus on motherhood and act as ambassadors for the company on shows like The Traders and Beast Games. But, do you ever really leave pro wrestling? No.

Because they are both back and better than ever, competing every week on Netflix's WWE RAW, and inspiring a brand new generation of fans to have as many dreams as possible. Yes, they are legends who have accolades and accomplishments beyond belief.

“But, I think, deep down, somewhere under the six packs impressive glutes and defined lats,”

are two awkward teens just trying to fit in. So, with that in mind, welcome to Teen Beat, two actual superheroes, Nikki and Brigarcia, professionally known as The Bell at Wins. Oh, I love that. I got to use poetic.

Is it so nice to hear your accomplishments read back to you? Like, isn't that such a great feeling to be like, "Wow, we did that." Yes. I mean, big time. It's wild.

I know.

It always makes you, like, kind of just be like, one time as gone by so fast.

Yes. And exactly what you said, like, "Wow, we ran into that." Our teenage selves wouldn't believe it. No, like what? Go back and tell her, like, "Hey, I don't want it."

Exactly. Isn't that, I know. I actually asked that question a lot of people. Like, if you could go back in time and tell your young self something, what would you tell them?

Let's start with that question.

“What would each of you go back and tell your young kid self?”

Well, I think I would tell myself, especially like, middle school years. I feel like that's always the hardest. That's seven, eight grade. But I would definitely say, like, you're going to be okay. Like, just, you know, the struggle was very real at that time and I'd just be like,

hang in there because it's really, really good. Yeah. I would tell myself, you know, the journey's going to be hard, but it's going to be worth it. Yeah.

So smart. Well, thank you both so much for doing this. I wanted to first let you guys know. I actually spent the entire weekend with you, Nikki, at least your digital representation.

Since my kids are glued to the WWE 2K 26 video game. So, oh my god, I love it. We've been playing all weekend. And I know Bree, you will be in addition to the game in a few months, which they're very excited about.

“I was wondering if either of you played video games as kids?”

Yes. We are favorite was Donkey Kong. Yeah. Yeah. So we, it was weird.

We were like into it for a little bit and then got out of it. It was, there was a period of time where my parents were like, remodeling a part of our house. So, we had a share room with my brother. We were all like in bunk beds.

And so, he would play Nintendo a lot. The room was really small. So that was when we were really into it. So we'd all play Donkey Kong. And then I started, I was in college.

And I dated this pro snow border.

And they were always playing Tony Hawk.

Yes. Although it's style games. So then I started to play again. But we were never like huge gamers. But like, if it's out of party and like,

Yeah. I loved Tony Hawk. Tony Hawk was one of my favorites. Couldn't agree more.

“It actually sounds like we have very similar video game habits as kids.”

I was very into Nintendo. I played Duck Hunt. Super Mario Bros. It was not so fun. Let's go.

It was a fun one. I loved that. And then got out of it for a few years. And then came back for Tony Hawk, which I could play when I was not working.

I could literally play for eight hours. It was like, oh, I literally spent a work day just playing Tony Hawk. Also Tiger Woods, PGA tour that the golf game was amazing. And then I got into mortal combat, too. And now it's all back with the WWE game.

So we're just, yeah, it's very exciting. Very cool. Well, let's start in Scottsdale, Arizona, where you two are from. I know it's very close to an infamous college town mill Avenue.

Lots of gated suburban homes. But you two grew up on a completely different side of town. I've somehow imagined Ali and AJ Disney movie Cowbells. Yeah. We do two real farmers.

So I mean, we did come from a farming family. And so my mom played the family. They were all produce farmers. And then my dad was a tree farmer. So yeah, we were surrounded by farming.

“And you know, we, my sister when we lived in Broly,”

we really got into the fields. Because I guess that's just what you did. Yeah. My dad would take us when we were in Scottsdale to his tree farm. It was out in Buckeye.

We'd go with him a lot. Because it was kind of fun. We just run around. And he didn't, he wasn't nervous. Like you knew we could just make sure we got back in for lunch.

But I feel like our biggest tour, the farming that we had to do was feed the horses. We bottle fed on cows. Yeah, we'd muck. So our type of farming her and I.

We had to do the chores. So we didn't do that stuff. Well, right. And we would ride to where you that before school. Like even like middle school.

I just remember like this is so uncool. But it had to get done. And we did. We were big in the writing horses for a while. I just, it was funny because when we first moved to Scottsdale,

we came from a small town called Broly, which is outside of like two and a half hours outside of San Diego. And here we are city girls writing our horses and the alleys. And I just remember, we were just home. We called it a city, but it was nothing like a city.

I thought so felt like what we were sitting in New York as a city. We were like, this is such a crazy city. But here we are writing our own everywhere. And we had our farm, had a pig. But it was fun to be raised.

Yeah, and be surrounded by farmers.

Like we always really appreciated that atmosphere,

the style of people, so it's been great. Yeah. So you'd have to do that sometimes before school. So would you just get hurt. And then okay, everyday.

And then roll out there. You're getting dirty and sweaty and then go in and shower and get ready for school. So what time would your day start? I mean, I feel like six a.m. right? I mean, yeah, I just do that.

Especially in the winter is how cold well. And my parents would do it where each could got a week. Yeah, you're right. We have a brother, so it'd be like Nicole's week. Brianna's week.

JJ's week. Yeah. And they kind of split up like that. But we'd also help each other out. Yeah.

But you know, it was funny.

I never mind the hot days.

It was because sometimes a desert can get freezing cold. We have to go up there and it was so cold. And I would just be like shivering. But yeah, because we would walk to school. So we had to make sure we gave ourselves enough time to walk.

So yeah, our morning started early. Yeah. You've got to time to time to time to do all your chores. Shall we get yourself ready? Pretend you didn't do any of those chores.

Cause like it's not cool. Yeah.

“What do you think the most difficult chore was you had to do?”

I mean, shoveling. I think. Muckin. Cow. A new group was probably the first.

Yeah. The forces poop, pig poop. I mean, we had even our cousins, the cows. But also when we've leaning that out. You're doing it early in the morning.

And then you have the horses in the pen with you. And you're like, that one would be the hardest, especially on the days that are cold. And they're just steamy. Oh gosh. It's actually funny because now my husband will see how I clean our chicken coop.

And like I just put on my garden gloves. And I'm just grabbing poop and how I do it all.

And he's always like, oh my god.

Like, what? I'm like, I'm more in glass. But I think I was so used to growing up, like surrounded by poop. I'm like, you were really prepared for motherhood. Also, you know, oh, I have very, very much so now you both live in nap a valley now.

So again, you're surrounded by beautiful nature. Bree, you still live a little bit of a crunchier life, right? You were always a little different in your interests that way.

But I also heard a little bit about Bree mode at high school parties.

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Real Bree mode. Bree mode, aka keg killer. I definitely like to have fun. But I was shocked about my fun.

Like, I would just take it. I go zero to a thousand. Like, I would just all send me one. Like, let's go streaky. We're slowly that far, something.

She just get this looking right. And I was like, there's Bree mode. Bree, on it is gone and Bree mode has entered the building. But no one can blame about her. Exactly.

You know, she's a lot of fun and then she falls around for a good time. It still is a lot of fun. That is so cute. I mean, immediately when I read that, I was like,

“Oh, that's, that's what today they called the full set.”

Like, just, we're here. We're at a party. Okay, I can we can ramp this up. Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

There's this real that went viral. And they, this group has a friend who's totally like a brimo. And so they're all just in their living room party. But he's, of course, out like 1,000. He's like, Anthony nap and then he does a front lip.

But like, you know, when you can land it and fly forward, did you see this in his head goes through the fish tank? Oh, my gosh. His head goes through the fish tank. His head goes through the fish tank.

His head goes through the fish tank. Oh, my gosh. His head goes through the fish tank. But like, I mean, it was unreal.

And I was like, I'm happy I've never done it.

Oh, my gosh. I feel like that's really hard to do because I, I think fish tank glass is pretty thick. So that guy. I was kind of re-part.

I'm like, did he survive that? Yeah. Like, geez, had to have a massive concussion. So remote would have just taken off her top and smashed her, but these against the fish tank.

Yeah. What have I pointed the head into? That's sort of a smarter way smarter. Yes, smarter. At least I'm saying.

So being twins, I feel like you face a totally different set of possibilities for childhood embarrassment. And that is dressing alike. Oh, did you dress alike as kids? We did for a while.

And then on some one day, I went up to her and I was like, I'm in second grade, right? What's second or third grade? Yeah, or that. Yeah, something like that.

And I was like, I don't want to be a 20 anymore. My mom was like, why? And I'm like, I don't want to dress like any more. And that's when she knew, she's like, oh, I got to stop dressing them the same.

So then we started dressed on our own. And that's when you really saw our personality. Yeah. And like the outfits we were taking. That was third grade.

But this is a thing. But then when you know how then it was a really big deal. If you were going to fly on a plane. So we would fly to our grandparents every summer to like, Tahoe.

And we'd always get a new airplane outfit for that every summer.

And for some reason, we're always in the same prince. But she got the dress as an I was in pants and thought. And I'm like, first of all, you got the better crib. And she always got to be in pinks and purples as a newborn. I was in yellows and blues.

Oh, it was like, how is this fair? She had. What do you call a bassinet? Her crib was gorgeous. Mine was just a plain wooden one.

That was like no thought. You know, I was a miracle baby. What can I say? Whatever. What did you ever ask your parents?

Like, hey, what's up with my crib? Now, I actually should know we did. I think she said they were just hammy down. Oh, yeah. So like for her, she was like, you know, whatever.

Yeah.

“But you should have asked why was Brianna placed so gently and nicely.”

And the beautiful. Oh, yeah. One of us are in there. Like, yeah, we lost you at the band. Like, what do you mean?

You rolled under the bed as a newborn baby. I'm like, how did they get there? Yeah. How did I get there? Well, you're even bad.

Who wasn't watching me? Someone was busy with Brianna. Yeah. Exactly. Did you remember some of your favorite fits growing up?

Actually, I do. Yeah. So I don't know if I got this at Charlotte Bruce or Bruce. I love Charlotte. What's your white seal?

Oh, my gosh. And I remember it was like these black pants because, you know, especially middle school like we idolized no doubt when still. Yeah. Her style. So there were these black pants, white stitching,

little jinko style where it was like, yeah, real big. And then I had this little white kind of crop top and it had these lady bugs on it. Oh, I got to remember that. I was almost like the lady bugs were actually made out of like kind of this material like that. Pleathers, shyness.

I thought I looked so cute in it. I thought it was such a vibe you remember. I love it. It actually sounds like it would be perfect for today.

“You know, honestly, I mean, 90s is so bad.”

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Crazy. Do you remember Buffalo exchange? Hmm.

Oh, that was our face. Feel like this. Yeah. Yeah. Still exists.

Mill Avenue. Right? Isn't it? Mill Avenue.

One of them.

So I will never forget one I found.

I heard Brad Pitt shirt from there. And I would wear that middle school. I thought I was so. You know what? I also.

You know what? I was my Nirvana teacher. You got you also found there. It said find your inner Brittany. Oh, I love it.

Oh, I love it. My inner Brittany. Yeah. I have that one.

“I got like all the cool scenes from Buffalo exchange.”

Oh, she didn't have the best like use t-shirts. And Doc Martins. Yeah. Nick Skin Doc Martins. Oh, my ruin ones.

Hmm. Yeah. You guys saw that we were very stylish. You're very. So he also went thrift.

We thrift.

We always go thrift or shop.

We'd walk. There was a couple of like second hand shops by us. Her and I would go walk and just like we can't let shit man. Bell bottoms like yeah. But right donated it.

And they would be neat. So cheap. Love done. Because now sometimes you go thrift shop shopping and you're like it's expensive.

“Back then it was like five bucks were like great pair of pants.”

Yeah. Just different little things like that. So like good fun like accessories. We'd like mix in. I do think accessories at thrift stores are just that the the belts you can find.

Yeah. I mean, but like you said now they're like, Oh, this is a one. Oh, this is a one hundred dollar belt. You're like three. I know.

I'm like. I don't know. And they try to show now. And I'm like, we'll see about that. Yeah.

Oh, I just got to see on it. Yeah. Not even the show now. It's the new me. And it's the old them.

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New episodes drop every week on the exactly right network. Listen to dear movies I love you on the I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You both were able to avoid the statistical possibilities of having twins yourself. Did either of you imagine that you would end up with twins or did you want twins? I wanted twins. Yeah, she really wanted. You know what's crazy is with birdie my daughter.

She was twins. My first ultrasound there's two embryos. She was identical. Just stop the second embryo. That's fine. Which they kind of out of feeling because one was bigger than the other one. But my first ultrasound has been filming and he was our doctor turns on. She goes, "Are you an identical twin?" And I'm like, "Yeah." And she's like, "Oh my gosh, you're pregnant identical twins."

She's like, "There's two embryos here." And I go, "What?" You see my husband slowly put the camera down. But she was like one is bigger than the other. So two weeks. It looks like the second embryo may be stopped growing. And sure not. I went back two weeks. So it was gone. But yeah.

I mean, I look at my daughter at times. I'm like, "Wow. Because of this of you." Yeah. I love that because I mean, even though I'm one and done anyways.

But then I didn't know if I would be one and done, but I thought, "Oh, if you could get two and one pregnancy, how amazing."

Right, right. Just having two kids, one experience. Yeah, no. I've got to go Tuesday too. Yeah, two for me. And I do for... I always imagined that I would have a boy in a girl. My mom, my brother, I have a brother. And so my aunt has boys in girls.

I was just like, "Everyone around me, my best friend has a boy in a girl. I just thought that was going to be my future." And then when I found out, my second was a boy. I had a real grieving process of like, "Oh, because I knew I wanted two and no more." Yeah.

So they were like, "Oh, I didn't realize how much I was just assuming my future involved also having a daughter." Yeah. Now I can't imagine it any other way. And I love being a boy mom and it's the greatest.

But there's always that feeling at first when you're like, "Oh, the thing I thought I was going to have

I'm not going to have. And now there's a little bit of a grieving process." I see that for sure. And especially because people do not have boys, they don't understand the boy energy. Oh, like, boy moms get a lot of credit. It is very confusing for parents of girls.

They're like, "Oh, oh, are they always like this?" It's like, "Oh, this starts at 6am." Yeah. Yeah. Wow.

“I remember walking into Adler's room, my first.”

Walking into Adler's room. And it barely being 6am. And I turned on his light. And I have this little gentle, good morning song. I've sang to him every single morning since he was born.

And in the middle of my good morning song, he's like, "Ah, I am Hulk." Oh, my gosh. Right. Right. Okay.

I do. Which this energy we are. We are Hulk. Okay. That is amazing.

That explains that is everything. That is a boy. That is how it goes. It is. But do you remember the,

“maybe the worst part about being twins in middle school or high school?”

I feel like. Wow. She's so quick to answer. I know. She's like, "I do."

I know. And you'll probably agree with me. But I feel like when you're a twin, you're constantly compared. Yeah.

So, which I guess helped us growing up because we never mind being compared to anyone or anything.

Because our whole life has been that. But people almost thought we should be clumps. They would literally compare us with like, "So you guys are identical?"

Because your nose is a little like this. And your eyes are like this. Or chin. And we were like, "Oh my God." Yeah.

But that would constantly be. Or anything we did. It was like instead of just giving a good job or like recognizing it. It was like, right away it compares into your twin. Yeah.

So that, you know, I have no lot. I felt like a middle school in high school. Even actually now still does.

But I'm always like, "Why?"

Just because we're twins like we have to be identical and everything and everything we do and all of it. It's just, that's a really smart way of thinking about it. It's really just showing their ignorance that they don't understand what the identical versus fraternal twin means. It's just about the egg. Not about the people being clones.

They're still individual people. They're just whether or not they were from one egg or not. That split or not. So yeah. It is really just showing their ignorance.

But that is a good way of thinking about it is that people think you're going to be a clone. Yeah. What do you think, Niki? That's a good one. I feel like what?

Like there's something deep down. No. Actually, I love to be in a twin. Oh.

“What's the best part about being a twin in middle school and high school?”

I think having, like, when you're going through all those crazy changes, you have someone to talk about it with or be really open and honest with. Because I feel like, even at that time, you know, when girls were going through puberty because that's such a big time for girls to go through it. Sometimes you were embarrassed to tell your friends, like, I got my period and I'm only in sixth grade. So having her, even, I mean, this is TMI, but even getting puberty care so young. Great.

We have to do this. We're not even in middle school yet. But like, you know, I just remember you cover up around your friends. You get embarrassed about those things. But that was, like, such a plus having a girl identical twin.

Yeah. I don't want to be a girl identical twin if I'm a girl. But me, um, but that that was like such a plus in that. And now you're going through. Yeah.

That's have so new open.

We never experienced the first day of school alone.

Yeah. We don't pay each other going to birthday parties. All those things that like, at those awkward ages when you're growing up, it's really nerve-racking to. Yeah. Walk into those things.

The confidence isn't like, you don't really have it yet. So we had each other. So we walked in, like, all confident. Right. Yes.

We were just, yeah. You know, I mean, you know, we would even break up with each other's boyfriends. You know, you'd have those two week boyfriends in the middle course. Yes. You barely talked to me.

Just would see him from afar. But again, that's my boyfriends. That's my boyfriends. Yeah.

“But then, why was it so hard to break up with them?”

It's like, I barely talked to them. Why is it so hard to feel?

So we always free each other.

That is so cute. Like, over the phone. Yeah. Yeah. So she might call and then break up for me.

And then I do it for her. I felt I still remember one guy's full name. Like, so bad about that. I had to break up for it because you told me to tell him when he said, why? It was like, oh, because you're too nice.

Oh. I was like, and like, two nice. I don't know. I never really knew you had. You said two nice.

So I had a talk to nice. And he was like, oh, now that's the reason why all men are like, they don't want the nice guys. Yeah. Exactly.

I'm hearing a nice guy say that. Yeah. Yeah. We want to be really wise up. Yeah.

I have been very honest about my own case of boy crazy growing up. I literally only cared about school, because it meant I could go to school and talk to boys and pass notes to boys and love boys. I just boy completely obsessed. Were you guys also boy crazy?

I know you were very athletic. You played soccer, right? Yes. We're talking competitive soccer players. Started competitive league in fifth grade.

So like soccer was our life. Okay.

“And I think that's why I like school because it was the one time I could be around boys.”

And we were crazy boy crazy. I even remember a parent telling other parents in sixth grade. Those guys see a twins are boy crazy. And I was like, oh my gosh. And I think because we also love hanging out with boys because of being our athletes.

But like during recess, I had no fear like sweating and playing soccer against the boys. Yeah. So arm wrestle them. And this was all like middle school, two not just like elementary school. And but I loved the energy of boys.

Like things they talked about. They talked about sports. And I was a big basketball fan at the time. And then I loved soccer. And so in football.

So they would talk about sports which I loved. And then I liked my girly side to be with my girls. But I loved boys. And I love like the boys and the magazines and on TV. Oh, like we're so lucky that we got like the grunge air of boys.

To the pretty boys that like were, you know, doing all the shows with you.

And then we also have spurred the movie Casper.

You haven't saw it. Yes. I thought you was so. But then you had that time. Then we had Robin Rosdale.

But then we had Robin Rosdale and Kurt Cobain. And Jared Leto. Jared Leto. Jared Leto. And I even was so obsessed with like my face.

Like Anthony Kitas and Slat. Hmm. They made the binder front. Like you know. Yeah.

Right. Ethan. Hock actually made my binder. Brad Pitt the legends of the fall. Regions of the fall.

Brad Pitt. Oh, yeah. That was on my wall.

Like I remember my dad called me boy crazy and tore that poster now.

I'm a dare you. Do you with his long blonde hair? Yeah. I was like, but yeah. When I saw him in that.

I think that's why Anthony Kitas too.

“I think when he had his really long hair.”

Oh, yeah. Away music video. I remember when that came out. I want to say so. I'm.

Fifth fourth or fifth grade. And I was like. Oh, my gosh. That's the most beautiful man in the world. Yeah.

Great. Great. I could. Join the club. This sounds exactly like my.

Sounds exactly like my youth. Boy. It was. It sure was fun though. It was such a fun.

No fun. I actually am sad that. The younger generations.

And I know they hate that we all save us.

They did. They don't get the youth. We got because this was a wholesome boy crazy. You know. And none of us felt like we had to take pictures of ourselves.

Or. You know, it's just so weird. Just so authentically us like growing up. Going through it. It was different.

And I. I think the youth gets what we all had. And that makes me sad. I know. It makes me sad too.

“I think so much of it like you said when you think about taking pictures.”

So much of it is the change from. You know, you talk about your binder. We used to rip out pictures of people from magazines. We anywhere we could find their pictures. We weren't inundated with their images.

No. So when we would open a magazine and see one. We would have to cut it out in order to ever be able to even see it again. It wasn't like we could just Google them and have them. And it didn't translate to talk about the innocence of it.

It didn't translate to then us being. Primiscuous as kids. It just meant we were like. Girl fan girling amongst ourselves going through our hormonal energy with each other. Oh my god.

They're so cute. And then being with two nervous to hold a boys hand at school. Yeah. Thinking like the day I have a boyfriend, which then if I like you would have one at 30 is like this is what I want him to look like or be like or I may have a chance with him. When I was.

But yeah. It's so true. And the really missed the day I shrunk either way. You were so innocent. Like just.

It was so pure. Like even when I think of middle school parties and even when you do like dare to maybe pack someone. It's such a pack totally. And then you're like. Yeah.

Yeah. But this is what I feel is because people see what gets the most likes. Yeah. People who dress sexy are in all that. So then people start to.

They create the likes so they're going to do what I'm the candy. And they're going to do what I'm the candy. So it's almost manipulated the youth like mindset on what is popular and what people want but it's not true. Oh my god. The baggy teas and pants like austhokers.

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Bree, you are married to fellow wrestler Brian Danielson and Nicky. You are playing the field possibly in a literal sense.

“If you follow gossip sites, how hard is it maintaining a relationship and being as busy as you to are?”

I mean, it's hard.

But the my husband, I always like kind of joke.

We used to we've been married 11 years. Congratulations. Thank you. And he and I say we're like, it's worked this long and we still get excited to see each other time because we've been busy. It's like we missed each other.

Yeah. And nice because we come from the same industry. So we understand each other's busyness, but we're going through. If all of a sudden I get a call to go on the road. I mean, I'm still waiting for that call.

But when I get that call and I can go like, hey, I got to leave in two days. He's like, all right, like good. He has it like it's nice. There's no fighting, whatever. So I feel like in business is actually made the relationship really healthy. No, you.

We're not like, yeah. Yeah. And we also make time for each other, too. Like we do date nights. We're actually more date days.

So he and I, we get tired of night. So we do love. Same. I love a date day. Well, the kids are at school or, you know, it's like, let's go spend the afternoon doing something.

Because at night by eight thirty, I really just want to have my face washed. And now. And just maybe an episode of a show and then yes. Yes. Yeah.

He and I both are like that. He needs his reading.

We're like, but the kids down. I'm like, really. Oh, yeah. Exactly. It's a full hour.

Yeah. I mean, the bed time routine is no joke. Yeah. My mom though, we'll talk to a, a calling be like, wow. Like, you're as bedtime routines like really.

It's a lot. It's intense. I know. I don't know. I don't know.

And it is nice. It's nice to like really spend that kind of.

“And when I think about it, I also like 30 minutes to wind down.”

And so the fact that we spend 30 minutes with each kid, basically winding them down with reading or talking.

Or it's like, you know, it is. It is a hard thing to just expect for a kid to be like, nope. That's it. Get in your room. Close the door.

Lights off. Follow our policy after all the stimulation of the day. - I don't completely imagine doing that, you know? - No, it's such a special bonding time at that time. Like they really just have their guard down.

And you get to hear such magical things from them because since they're winding down, they're just talking. - Yeah, I think I'd stuck out that day. - Yeah.

- Which sometimes could be things that were hurtful at school. - Yeah.

“- Or, you know, like things that were, you know, really like”

to them shine. - Yeah, I love it. - But what about using Goleady? - Yeah. - I mean, it's hard because co-parenting, traveling.

I, you know, there's a lot of fun messaging that happens. - Mm-hmm. - I feel like I talk more with people in that way. And then, it's just kind of hard also to date in the industry, 'cause I feel like if you wanna date

with someone else in your making headlines, like they're together, and they're all these things. And you're like, "What? "Can I just experience people like everyone else does "without it automatically?

"People assume we're together." So, that's like been hard, but it's weird 'cause it's like, I'm not, I'm not ready for anything serious. But, I don't, right, I, I, I, that much,

but I do, like, obviously it's always nice to have

attention from a man, you know, like, get flowers or sweet text messages. So, I don't have any of that right now, but, yeah. So, just look at, like, last thing we were here in New York and we went to dinner, and I was like,

I want the booth in the bar, and it's like, "Really, I go, girl, that's, like, we're all, "the guys, we're gonna know, she made us think "even wait for one, the whole, like, "we're gonna think of you all as, like, empty, I'm like, all right."

So, we're like, having a drink, and then there's this really handsome guy, and so we're like, "Looky, and I go, "breed, do you see a range?" She's like, "I don't see a ring, I'm like, "Okay, good." So, then, he starts looking, and then, you know,

you'd make that, and I'm like, "Yeah." And I'm like, "Oh my God, I feel like embarrassed, I haven't seen you." I was like, "Blesscheap." I was like, "Blesscheap." I was like, "Has how hard, like, he would stare?" and I even had that kind of, like, where it's just a complete stranger and you're locking eyes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. "Worthin', I was like, "Oh my gosh, I was like, "Blesscheap." Yeah. You're like, "Everyone can tell!" Yeah. And so we're talking and then he's like, yeah. I don't know about these divorces, like, their kids are my problems. And he's like, I don't want to raise their mistakes.

Something like, and he-- Yeah. So, her and I were like, "No idea." And I was like, and we kick each other on the table and I was like, "Oh, cool, yeah. Nice to meet you." And then we said, "By when we were walking out," and I could tell he was like, "Wait a minute." Like, "Well, there was a vibe." And yeah, I'm like, "Oh, yeah." So, that's correct. Thank you for ripping off the mask in the first conversation so that you didn't have to go on even one date before you figured out that truth. It really was. Right.

I couldn't even set it. I was like, you just met us like two minutes ago. Yeah.

“It was like-- And I feel like you look at us. We probably-- I think we look like mine.”

I think we're here a lot. I think we're here a lot. I don't know. But it is not, I think we were--

He did not think I was ever married or had a kid, obviously. But our faces when he said that, I'm like, "I've never heard that from a man just straight out."

I'm honestly, as repulsive as it is, I'm so, it's so great. Please, sir, be authentically you to every woman you make. For sure. Because eventually you'll find someone who doesn't-- and who doesn't know how offensive that is. We'll just thank you, thank you, thank you. But in the meantime, for the rest of us, please just keep being you, sir, just unapologetically authentic. Honestly. No, he's single. Exactly. Oh, wow. Well, Bree, you just recently shocked the WWE universe by popping up at Royal Rumble.

Now back on the roster full-time. But went into making that decision. Gosh, you know, it was crazy because Nikki, we're being back the last year, actually. It's been a little more than a year. When I saw her, I could see she was having fun. Yeah. And I really got the edge, and I'll be honest. I was trying to go back with her for a really long time, and I kept getting the axe, like no.

you'll always have this feeling of being there. Like you just miss it. Like, pro wrestling is so fun. Yeah. Because just the sisterhood being in the ring with everyone,

“it's just, it's fun. And so I miss that part. And I loved my life, but there was this little part of me that was like, "Wow, I'm really comfortable."”

Like, I know which challenge myself. I'm 42. My kids think I'm a mom. Literally, my son went night. I'm putting him in bed and he's like, "Tell you what I do, something like cool." And I was like, "What do you mean?" He's like, "Well, Dodo is a wrestler." And I go, "I used to be a wrestler." And he's like, "No, you weren't." Right. He's like, "You're just a mom." And I'm like, "Oh, it's like, I wanted to be like, "Yeah, the hardest gig in the world raising you kid." Correct. So like, I just, you know, I was like, "You know, my daughter's seen me, but she was young. Really young."

So I was like, "You know what, for my kids to see that?" Yeah. Inspire my daughter. And even my son, that at any age, you can go out and challenge yourself and do something. And actually, all the women and the young girls who watch Nicki and I, that's, I kind of, I, I wanted them to know that. Like, just because I'm in my 40s, and it's like, game over. And so I really wanted that. And it's fun to be back. I mean, I went back and I'm like, "Hello." Thank you. Yeah, calm. I'm like, "Hello. Hi, I'm sorry. I'm not hot."

I know, I literally thought after saw how to get ready, but I'd be on TV every week. But,

“but it's, you know, I think there's a lot of good coming. I feel like Nicki and I will be back at TV.”

We keep pushing to get back there, but I think we're going to be there sooner than later. And 2026 is going to be incredible for us in the ring, kind of, yeah.

There has truly never been a better time in my opinion for women's wrestling.

It is, I mean, I'm such a fan of so many Rea Ripley, live, rock-held Rodriguez, Charlotte Bianca Belair, Tiffy, I, what do you think is the biggest difference backstage between now compared to the diva's era? I mean, I guess I'll let you start on this, because you've been in that locker room the last year. It's, you know, there's definitely different energy there. And I think the first is it's different for women because now they're

“respected. So what they do is being honored, it's being respected. And I think that's the first”

thing it, it was hard being a woman back then. Yeah, we weren't respected about being an ameldomy industry. You weren't respected for the effort you were putting in for what you were doing. And it was hard for a lot of us women in so many ways. So that was my first thing I noticed, like, well, that's so great to be a woman now. Like, doesn't matter how good you are, whatever it is, like your backstage and no matter what, you are respected and you're treated

equally as a man. And I think that's been the biggest thing I've taken away. Also, these all these

women are so amazing and so sweet. Not only are they just incredibly athletic in their own way,

but they're just a great group of women. They truly support each other. They empower each other. They all want the best for each other. You know, obviously there's going to be times where now you're dealing with TV time and they'll be tension. But everything I've experienced, I'm like, wow, this is like a breath of fresh air. Yeah, just amazing. But the last two shows I will say this. I feel like Nick Khan has done a great job at making the backstage better atmosphere. I really

recognize that at the Royal Rumble and the Royal Right After I go, oh, this is way different. This is professional. It feels different. So I have to say he's done a lot of good in that back of the stage for me. Just a professional, really comfortable calm, safe atmosphere. And I love that. Yeah, great. I love that now, you know, you talked about their, you're still competing for TV time, of course. But because women are more respected and are getting more airtime,

there's less of a reason to have that scarcity mindset. And now the women are able to be, to be the supportive, you know, it's like it, it fosters a better environment for everyone when we're like, there's room for everyone. Yes. If you come here, prepared, ready, athletic and capable, we're all going to get our time. Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry because it was hard. I mean, I, we were in that air, fighting for time, too. There was one screen told. Right. And then you,

we're getting paid per show. So you wanted to get on that show to get a payday. Yeah. And you're exactly right. Now we're so lucky. We could have three matches in one night on each show. Maybe four, we get three stories going. I think Rasmania, I feel like there's going to be, oh,

quite a few female matches each day, which honestly, there should be because I think kicking

“asshole. Yeah. They've been this. They're hard. So, but yeah, I think you're exactly right. When”

there's more room for opportunity, we don't have to fight each other. And that way, you know, I saw this real. And I really loved it. This woman, she was, I can't remember what island she was from and she was on there. But the moon had been out, but the sun was out. She was just like, look at this. Like, the moon is patiently waiting for its time to shine. It's allowing the sun to shine. And it knows that when the sun goes down, that's its time. And then the sun patiently waits,

she goes into this beautiful thing. And I was like, it's so true. And you realize with the women now, they do that for each other. Yes, every one's time to shine. And they celebrate and support when it's not their time. And that's something different than I've ever experienced. But I was like, wow, this is a really tight, net system. And it makes me so proud that women support each other like that. Yeah. So beautiful. I will be seeing you two in Vegas for WrestleMania, which I'm not

the area excited for. Did you miss competing in it while you were gone? It is such a big deal. Oh, my gosh. Yes, you know what's funny is like, when you're in it, you're like, oh, I'm so nervous. And I'll kill you. But then when you're away from it, you miss being nervous. You miss

“it flies and preparing for something. You know, you so I'm so excited. That's how it”

competition it never leaves you. It's like the minute you start to break a sweat in anything you

do in life. It's like that comes straight back, that adrenaline rush. Yeah, fans, you go into storyline. And it's like, I've realized, like, it just never leaves us. Like, once it's in you, it's just always there. Well, ladies, every week, we listen to a voice memo sent in from a listener detailing their own awkward adventures of youth. And this week, we hear from Allison, who made a very embarrassing mistake. Hi, Danielle, when I was in high school, everybody was on a messengers and chat,

and I accidentally chatted my crush. Do you think the only blank name here will ask me to the upcoming dance? And he thought that I did it on purpose to try to get an invite. And it really was just I chatted the wrong person, as I was also talking to my friends. Needless to say, very mortified, but we did end up going to the dance together. Oh, listen, it paid off, being direct paid off. Right, definitely did. And also, I mean, I could say you can, I remember messenger.

Oh, yeah, the messenger, you easily. Was it BBM or she talked about like the instant message? She got instant messenger, but I loved BBM too. I loved BBM too. I was maxi four, four, four. I was pink diamond for Marilyn Monroe, which everyone in school thought it was for something else.

But I could say you can mess it up a good first. She kind of in a weird way, man, a festival situation.

That's exactly right. And I would, I would like to think that if you have something like that happened, and you go, wow, had I just done that on purpose? It wouldn't have worked out the same way.

“I need to be taking more bold steps. Yes. For sure. We, what did people think pink diamond was for?”

My magina. I did the seniors gave me the hardest time. And we had no idea when everyone at school was talking about it. And I'm like, and I literally just thought of Marilyn Monroe, because I was obsessed with her. And I was like, PNK, and then diamond was spelled a cool way. And everyone's like, and then I remember seeing her walking up. I mean, like, I can't believe you named your messenger after your vagina. Like, excuse me? That's all I did to my sister by the way.

And I never looked it down. I was known as pink diamond forever. Oh, my gosh. I was so humiliated.

I had so many embarrassing moments. I feel like I'm glad you didn't go with that as your wrestling name. Yeah. Yeah. Good. Yeah. What did you not think? And I go, well, who next? Who are you wasting? That's a nickname for that. Why Tina? Did you both go to prom? Did you have yes, states to prom? We did. But I didn't hear. Oh, you're, yeah, I didn't have a day, but I won't with that bro. But did you go, but you went junior year? Was that prom or homecoming? No prom.

There's junior prom and then senior prom, right? Yeah. Our prom was Junior's in senior. Yeah. 'Cause I went, yeah, I remember both of yours. I went. I can't remember. You went junior year, but I can't remember. Have you ever made that very common mistake with texts where you text the

I did go off on him, but to my sister, I just was like over him wrote this like detail text about

“him just, uh, and I sent it to him. And I was like, no, no, no, no, no. Because you don't want”

you're thinking about that person. So I didn't use that. No, I did that. And it goes, well, it's

good to know how you feel about me. I'm like, and but I guess it didn't a way being that bold. It opened up with them. I'm like, well, it's because you hurt my feelings. Like, yeah, dating. And then if you're like, what do you do for angels? Just do that on purpose. I think it's

“to like make us, you know, through that and feel that. I mean, like, this is how you need to be in life.”

Like exactly. Direct. Right. Oh, I've done that way too many times. It's always a mortifying experience.

I know you need to go. It was so wonderful talking with you both. I can't. I'll see you at

“WrestleMania in Vegas next month. Thank you both for being here. I wish you nothing but the best.”

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