John Cena and Nikki Bella’s Sweetest Quotes About Their Relationship

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John Cena and Nikki Bella’s Sweetest Quotes About Their Relationship

Before Nikki Bella and John Cena announced on Sunday, April 15, that they had called it quits, they spent six years raving about each other. After being friends for years, the WWE Superstars began dating in 2012. Five years later, he proposed during the live broadcast of Wrestlemania 33 in April 2017, telling the world that he had been waiting for a very long time to ask for her hand in marriage. Cena, 40, and Bella, 34, were set to tie the knot on May 5 in Mexico. [ami-related id="1200707" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/most-shocking-celebrity-splits/" title="Most Shocking Celebrity Splits" target="_blank" showsubt="false" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/476301411_channing-tatum-jenna-dewan-zoom.jpg"] On Sunday, Us Weekly was the first to report that the pair had ended their engagement. “While this decision was a difficult one, we continue to have a great deal of love and respect for one another,” the former couple said. “We ask that you respect our privacy during this time in our lives." Us Weekly exclusively revealed on Thursday, May 31, that the couple have reconciled Scroll through the gallery to relive some of their best quotes about each other.

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John Cena and Nikki Bella’s Sweetest Quotes About Their Relationship

Before Nikki Bella and John Cena announced on Sunday, April 15, that they had called it quits, they spent six years raving about each other. After being friends for years, the WWE Superstars began dating in 2012. Five years later, he proposed during the live broadcast of Wrestlemania 33 in April 2017, telling the world that he had been waiting for a very long time to ask for her hand in marriage. Cena, 40, and Bella, 34, were set to tie the knot on May 5 in Mexico. [ami-related id="1200707" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/most-shocking-celebrity-splits/" title="Most Shocking Celebrity Splits" target="_blank" showsubt="false" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/476301411_channing-tatum-jenna-dewan-zoom.jpg"] On Sunday, Us Weekly was the first to report that the pair had ended their engagement. “While this decision was a difficult one, we continue to have a great deal of love and respect for one another,” the former couple said. “We ask that you respect our privacy during this time in our lives." Us Weekly exclusively revealed on Thursday, May 31, that the couple have reconciled Scroll through the gallery to relive some of their best quotes about each other.

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Prince Charming

Bella raved about her then-boyfriend in 2015, calling Cena her “knight in shining armor” in an interview with E! “I definitely think in the future, people will be surprised where we end up because I'm seeing him more open to marriage. At least we're taking steps forward, and I honestly couldn't imagine my life without him."

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Finally Ready

After years of hesitation and telling his girlfriend marriage was not in the cards, Cena had a change of heart. "Would I love to marry you? Absolutely. I love you and I love you more than I've loved anyone in my entire life," he stated on Total Divas in September 2016.

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King and Queen

"I never would have thought that he would have proposed in front of all those people. But that's home for us," Bella said on the Today Show in April 2017, the morning after he proposed on Wrestlemania. "WWE is our home. It's where we met. It's our passion and our life. For me, it's like he is my prince charming. And he's saying ‘I want her to be my queen’ at our home in front of our family. And honestly, I couldn't have asked for it to be any other way. It was perfect."

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Spicy Love

When Bella competed on Dancing With the Stars in season 25, Cena showed up to support her. Following a risqué Fifty Shades of Grey-themed dance, he couldn’t help but compliment her. “I thought it was spicy! I thought it was exciting, I thought it was sexy, I thought it was fearless. I thought it was every reason why I love you,” he said during the October 2017 episode.

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Engagement Glow

In January 2018, the couple celebrated their engagement with a family-filled party. He tweeted afterward “Such a wonderful, meaningful, emotional day yesterday with the woman of my dreams and both of our families. I love you Nicole, you’ve made me realize the importance of togetherness.”

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Forever and Ever

On April 3, just 12 days before announcing their split, Cena told E! that they would be together forever. “I think the best thing about me being able to ask her hand in marriage was she doesn't need to question my commitment to our relationship,” he said. “I am with her to death do us part."

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So Lucky

“What a moment, still get chills and tears every time. Honestly feel like the luckiest girl in the world,” Bella wrote on Instagram on Sunday, April 8, reflecting on the moment they got engaged in April 2017.