Incomparable: 10 Things we learned from Brie and Nikki Bella's memoirs

Nikki and Brie Bella would have been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame earlier this year if the COVID-19 pandemic didn't force the company to cancel their ceremony ahead of WrestleMania.

Both women are now pregnant and into self-isolation as part of the government guidelines revolving around Coronavirus.

While the Bella Twins are enjoying some much-needed downtime, their memoirs entitled Incomparable were released last week and have lifted the lid on their lives before WWE.

The two women were also able to delve into their past relationships and reveal many stories that they have kept back from the public for the past decade. Some of these stories have moulded the people that Nikki and Brie have become throughout their lives, whilst others where hilarious tales of their time on the road.

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#10. Nikki Bella was sexually assaulted twice whilst in college

Nikki Bella revealed a number of personal stories in the memoirs and one of the most harrowing ones was when the former Divas Champion revealed that she was assaulted while in school.

Bella revealed this in her memoirs and later attributed it to being one of the things that made her the person that she later become.

"So when my parents finally divorced when I was fifteen, I lost my virginity—on the floor of a Hyatt hotel room on the 4th of July. “Lost my virginity” is very inaccurate, actually. My virginity was stolen from me, without my consent. I was raped, by a guy I thought was a friend, while I was passed out at a party. I’d had too many beers, and maybe some shots of hard alcohol, and I only woke up because my stomach hurt—I came to, and this guy was both on top of me and inside of me. I pushed him off and ran out of the room—he followed me down the hall and asked me if this meant we were now boyfriend/girlfriend."

#9. Nikki and Brie originally weren't welcome in the locker room

Nikki and Brie had a tough upbringing, but luckily it prepareed them for what was to come when they came to WWE and were not seemingly welcome in the locker room.

The twins explained that because they hadn't put in their time on the Indies, they weren't accepted by the locker room and were forced to dress in the bathroom for a number of months.

There are many unspoken rules enforced by other wrestlers. Depending on who has seniority, it can be really oppressive. It still boggles my mind that they wouldn’t let us change in the locker room when we debuted, for example. Instead we had to change and get ready in the arena bathroom. That happened for the first few weeks, until the office caught us in there and told the girls they had to let us change in the locker room.

#8. Nikki and Brie were forced to change their attire ahead of their debut

When Nikki and Brie made their official main roster debut, they came out wearing purple outfits. Nikki Bella appeared from under the ring to defeat Victoria, but the WWE Universe was unaware of this fact at the time since Brie Bella started the match and thus began the 'twin magic'.

Of course, this wasn't the original attire that Brie and Nikki wanted to wear as they were forced to change their attire because it was red and that was another female wrestler's color

We had used all our own money—and we really didn’t have any at the time—to make wrestling gear for our debut. The outfits were fine—red, basic, totally PG and unthreatening. But the veterans, in a classic hazing move, wouldn’t let us wear them—because “red” was another wrestler’s color.

#7. The twins were told the wrong time for RAW tapings

Nikki and Brie has already pointed out that they were not well-liked in the locker room when they first arrived in FCW. This obviously got much worse when they were promoted to the main roster. Bella revealed one story where they were told the wrong timings for a taping of Monday Night RAW in order to humiliate them and then get them into trouble with management.

WWE was down in Tampa for Monday Night RAW. When they came to town, the FCW crew would gather so the producers could pull together impromptu matches and see how we were all coming along. One of the girls was supposed to pass on the call time to us, and she told us that we needed to be there at showtime, 7 p.m. It turned out that the call time was 2 p.m., and she just wanted us to fail. We were yelled at and humiliated. That was pretty typical of the type of shenanigans that went on.

#6. Nikki Bella was upset with NXT storyline

The Give Divas A Chance movement technically began with a match that included The Bella Twins. When the Women's Division of NXT started to push for the same, WWE adopted a storyline that pitted The Bellas against the NXT roster. The fact that The Bella Twins became the enemies in this feud was something that deeply upset Nikki.

To create drama and tension for fans, Triple H and his wrestlers cut promo after promo to make it appear that the women on the main roster were clinging to the title of Divas, that we were resisting the tidal wave of feminism that the women of NXT were bringing to WWE. While on the whole this storyline was great for the sport, it was a bummer to be on the other side. Nicole, in particular, was really upset.

#5. Ronda Rousey's debut "a slap in the face"

Nikki and Brie Bella were called by WWE to make their return as part of the first-ever Women's Royal Rumble match. The two women made history with 28 others in a match that was then overshadowed by the debut of former UFC Champion Ronda Rousey.

Nikki touched on this in her book where she considered Rousey's debut a slap in the face and thought that WWE could have booked the show and her debut differently.

Asuka beat me and retained her winning streak, and then they made the decision to close it out by debuting Ronda Rousey. This was a little triggering for me in the moment. I unleashed a tweetstorm, which in retrospect was probably an overreaction. It was nothing against Ronda—it is thrilling that she is at WWE—but it was a bit of a slap in the face to all the historic women wrestlers who had come out for the match, the main event, only to have the moment upstaged by the Ronda announcement.

#4. Daniel Bryan's WWE character could have been called Buddy Peacock

Daniel Bryan was called Bryan Danielson on the Independent Circuit, but when he came to WWE, the company wanted to change his name. Brie Bella revealed as part of her memoirs that WWE wanted to call Daniel Bryan, Buddy Peacock, something that would definitely have made a difference when it came to his career.

A few months later, they developed a storyline for me and Nicole where we were both in hot pursuit of him (he picked his WWE Superstar name, Daniel Bryan, by the way, over Buddy Peacock … even though Buddy Peacock would definitely be a great p**n name) because we had heard that his virginity was up for grabs.

The twins were brought into a storyline with Bryan where they fought for his affections, but in the end, they lost out to Gail Kim.

#3. Brie and Daniel's cute first kiss

Brie and Daniel's story hasn't been told on Total Divas since they had already been dating for a number of years when the show began. The book was a way for Brie to share the story of how they started dating and how the couple had their first kiss, which is actually very much like a chick flick.

I probably should have brushed my teeth. The elevator in her building was unreliable, and so I took the stairs. I felt like I was doing a reverse walk of shame. Bryan was down there waiting for me, and as I went to open the gate, he grabbed me and gave me a kiss. It’s funny, because I thought he was going to be a bad kisser—maybe I had bounced from the car because I had been scared to find out—but he was fantastic. That’s high praise coming from a kissing bandit like me.

#2. Sunny apologised to Nikki for calling her fat

Nikki has gained a lot of negative attention over the past few years when it comes to the fact that she was always seen as "The fat twin". Interestingly, it wasn't just fans who thought this, since Nikki revealed that former WWE star Sunny made a Facebook post regarding the weight of Superstars. As part of her book, Nikki revealed that Sunny then apologized to her when she saw her at the Hall of Fame ceremony.

When Brie and I made it to the main stage, she wrote a Facebook post about how she thought I was fat. She wrote: “There’s no excuse for any of those girls in their early 20s to get a little chubby. Wait until they hit 35 and everything slows the f–k down. Then what? They are getting paid to look a certain way.” She felt terrible about it after, and when she was inducted into the Hall of Fame, she pulled me aside to apologize. She was clearly nervous to see me. But I don’t blame her, either, as it was emblematic of the culture. Wrestling, in particular, is very body oriented.

#1. Brie and Daniel actually broke up

While Brie and Daniel's relationship hasn't been as well documented as John Cena and Nikki Bella's over the years, the couple has still has their ups and downs.

Brie stated that because she had recently come out of a lengthy relationship when she and Bryan started dating, she wasn't ready to be called his girlfriend and her lack of commitment caused issues.

I wanted to Brie Mode it out without Bryan’s judgment, and I thought his dislike for New York City would put a damper on the night. Plus, our contract was coming up and it seemed likely that Nicole and I would walk away from WWE. So I think I had started to subtly push him away. The next day, he broke up with me on the phone.