John Cena proposes to Nikki Bella at WrestleMania
Sorry, ladies: John Cena is officially a taken man, proposing to longtime girlfriend Nikki Bella at WrestleMania Sunday.
To no one’s surprise, she said yes.
Following Cena and Bella’s mixed tag win over The Miz and Maryse on the Mania undercard, an emotional Cena did a promo talking about how he told Bella as she was going into neck surgery that he would one day marry her.
He got down on one knee, pulled out a big engagement ring, and Bella (real name Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace) said yes. Both were in tears, and hugged family members at ringside afterward.
This will be the second marriage for both the 39-year-old Cena and the 33-year-old Bella. This was Bella’s last match before she takes time off to heal her injured neck, while Cena is taking an extended absence to focus on Hollywood projects.
This storyline of sorts has been playing out on Total Divas and Total Bellas with Cena showing hesitancy to propose. Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez predicted the proposal on Wrestling Observer Radio some time ago, and considering Cena’s relatives were prominent at ringside, as well as Today personality Al Roker doing ring introductions, this was a virtual lock.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.