{"id":268170,"date":"2019-02-24T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1017371"},"modified":"2019-02-24T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T03:00:00","slug":"sealed-with-a-kiss-see-what-really-went-down-during-nikki-bella-peter-kraus-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/sealed-with-a-kiss-see-what-really-went-down-during-nikki-bella-peter-kraus-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Sealed With a Kiss? See What Really Went Down During Nikki Bella & Peter Kraus’ Date"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was a big week for the Bella twins!\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the start of Sunday’s Total Bellas<\/em>, Brie Bella<\/a><\/strong> was\u00a0emotionally torn up in the aftermath of her and Nikki Bella<\/a><\/strong>‘s most recent WWE appearance. For those who missed it, last week’s episode ended on an especially sour note. In a heated tag team match for Monday Night RAW<\/em>, Nikki and Brie took on the Riott Squad, a group of the twins’ professional rivals and real-life friends.<\/p>\n

Fellow WWE star Liv Morgan<\/strong> stole the spotlight at first, but had to take a serious breather after suffering a series of gnarly kicks<\/a>\u00a0to the face\u2014real ones. For the first time in her 12-year wrestling career, Brie had accidentally injured a fellow athlete<\/a> in the ring. Backstage after the match,\u00a0she called her husband Daniel Bryan<\/a><\/strong> in tears.<\/p>\n

“I’m so upset,” she told him, before explaining\u00a0that the mistake was already making her question whether she belongs in the WWE ring at all anymore.\u00a0When she returned home to San Diego the next morning, Brie admitted she’d reached a breaking point.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’m so overwhelmed right now, Bryan. I wanted to make a comeback because I thought it would be really empowering and it would be a part of me that I feel like I would get back. But I’m spreading myself so thin,” said Brie. “I don’t know how I can keep going like this.”<\/p>\n

Hoping to take her mind off things, she redirected her energy over to Nikki.<\/p>\n

“I feel like you should be open to dating,” Brie suggested during lunch the following day. Her sister, who ended a six-year relationship<\/a> with John Cena<\/a><\/strong> last July, really wasn’t into the idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“If I set you up on a blind date, would you do it?” Brie\u00a0tried again.<\/p>\n

Nikki reminded her twin that she’s already been subjected to a surprise set-up at the hands of various relatives\u2014Brie included\u2014and that it didn’t go over so well. (Everybody remember Andre<\/strong>, the 23-year-old model Kathy Colace<\/strong> picked up at a bar in New York and later invited to family dinner<\/a>?) Even so, she tentatively agreed to keep an open mind this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’m just sick of people asking me about dating,” Nikki said in a confessional. “So, I feel like if I go on a date, it’s gonna shut everyone up.”<\/p>\n

Brie turned out to be quite the matchmaker.\u00a0In the midst of a family-wide hangout not long after, she rattled off the names of her sister’s prospective suitors<\/a>. The first already had Kathy’s stamp of approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Mom will love this one: Peter from the Bachelor<\/em>,” Brie announced. “And then also, Taye Diggs<\/a><\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Naturally, there were lots of competing opinions about which potential admirer Nikki should actually meet up with. Like Brie anticipated, Kathy’s vote went to former Bachelorette<\/em> contestant Peter Kraus<\/strong>, while Lauren Garcia<\/strong>‘s went to Taye Diggs. Meanwhile, Kathy’s husband John Laurinaitis<\/strong>\u00a0said Nikki shouldn’t “go out with any of ’em,” and J.J. Garcia\u00a0<\/strong>agreed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

J.J.’s two-year-old daughter Vivienne<\/strong>\u00a0finally tipped the scales when she happily shouted “Peter!” after just a little\u00a0<\/em>bit of\u00a0prompting from her aunt Nikki.<\/p>\n

“Go ahead and\u2026whatever. Peter,”\u00a0said Nikki reluctantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Yay! Peter it is,”\u00a0her twin cheered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Much as Brie appreciated the distraction, she\u00a0eventually took a break from interfering with her sister’s personal life to make some important decisions about her own. At lunch with J.J. and\u00a0former\u00a0Total Divas\u00a0<\/em>co-star<\/a>\u00a0Paige<\/a><\/strong> (whose real-life story inspired Dwayne Johnson’s new film Fighting with My Family<\/em>) later that week,\u00a0she explained that\u00a0committing to storylines\u00a0on both RAW<\/em> and SmackDown<\/em> just didn’t seem realistic anymore.<\/p>\n

“I can’t keep doing both,” she told them. “I’ve realized it’s worn me down.”<\/p>\n

That makes sense,\u00a0considering Brie is the only WWE star to date who’s ever worked on both brands at the same time. With two companies to manage, a toddler at home and a husband\u00a0she’d like to see in person\u00a0every now and again, keeping up with such a demanding work schedule was\u2014in Brie’s words\u2014just “way too much.” And even though she loved wrestling with her hubby, the Bella twin revealed she’d be stepping out of the SmackDown<\/em> ring, at least for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

“You know, being a part of the women’s division now in WWE and working our way to Evolution\u2026that’s where I need to be,” Brie said. “And so, I’m gonna pick RAW<\/em>. Goodbye,\u00a0SmackDown<\/em>.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Heading into her date with Peter, Nikki was a bundle of nerves. But when the Wisconsin-based personal trainer showed up to Brie’s house<\/a> with a bouquet of flowers and a natural charm that won over half of Nikki’s extended family, her anxiety eased up. And once Peter unveiled his plans to steal her heart with a romantic gondola ride<\/a> for two, the recently single Bella twin was definitely impressed.<\/p>\n

“For six years, I haven’t been on a date,” Nikki told the confessional camera. “I have these nerves, but I’m excited. I’m just like giggling and flirting\u2026It’s a brand new experience for me.”<\/p>\n

See how Nikki’s date with Peter panned out in the full recap video above!\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Watch a brand new episode of Total Bellas<\/em> Sunday at 9 p.m., only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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