Look out, Kardashians! WWE and Total Divas stars Nikki and Brie Bella — a.k.a. The Bella Twins — will expand their brand even further with E!’s planned Divas spinoff, Total Bellas.
The new six-episode docuseries will follow Nikki and Brie as the two embark the next chapter of their careers and their personal relationships with John Cena (Nikki) and Daniel Bryan (Brie). Brie and husband Bryan move into to Cena’s house to help take care of Nikki and keep her company while she recovers from injury.
There is no official premiere date for Total Bellas just yet, but it’s looking to be Fall 2016.
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But the Bellas aren’t just Nikki and Brie — brother JJ and mom Kathy Colace, who is married to WWE’s own John Laurinaitis — have developed a following of their own and will appear in the new series.
In addition to the Bella Twins spinoff, Nikki and Brie will still be a fixture on Total Divas. Nikki is battling back from a career-threatening neck injury and Brie just retired from the ring, which are developments sure to be captured in both shows.
Speaking of Total Divas, E! also announced that Renee Young, Lana and Maryse will join the cast for Season 6. Alum Naomi (Trinity) will be returning, as well.
I’m excited to see the new cast members bringing different to the table. Renee has made cameos before with Dean Ambrose. Even though she doesn’t lace up the boots, she holds her own interviewing the top WWE superstars each week.
Lana is married to performer Rusev and plays a “Ravishing Russian” on screen. It should be interesting for viewers to see her out of character.
Maryse recently returned to WWE TV alongside her husband, The Miz. Naomi coming back is another bonus, because her interactions with husband, Jimmy Uso.
Total Divas has delivered a new audience to WWE and helped make the cast members mainstream stars. I’m, of course, a big WWE fan, but have had many people who aren’t ask me about Eva Marie or Natalya just from watching the show.
The new cast members are welcome additions to freshen up the stories and change the dynamic. With Total Bellas, it seems we are one step closer from E! becoming B!.
- Watch the season finale of WWE “Total Divas” 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 on E!.
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I would like to know when the Bella Twin’s start there New TV show this fall/2016. I watched the last show of The Diva’s – it was posted that they are planned to start a new show
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