Wrestling sensation John Cena and Nikki Bella's dramatic engagement on the boxing ring made global headlines. The couple shockingly split just weeks before their wedding was supposed to take place. They had been together for six whole years. So what happened?
Was it ego? Was it difference of opinions? Or did they just fall out of love? Sadly Nikki has not been private about the breakup and has talked to a few sources about her split. She's obviously devastated and yet has kept up a strong front. So what did happen between John and Nikki?
Nikki has often said that when she met John he was too obsessed with his own career and didn't think he'd ever have enough free time for a serious relationship. But after six years of togetherness and an engagement, isn't it time enough to have changed? Or was John going back to his old ways?
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Nikki's friends have told media that John was acting as if he was doing Nikki a favour by marrying her. Especially since he had no definite plans of settling down. Nikki reportedly put her foot down and decided she doesn't want a pity husband.
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Being a star athlete has its pitfalls. John is a huge name and it's hardly surprising that he would have starry airs. But should a star also have an upper hand in his personal relationships? John Cena is famously resolute about his career and nobody blames him for that obviously. But he seems to have lost his sense of priority.
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Interestingly, Nikki gushed about John in an interview just a few days before their breakup. She said how happy she was with him and how much they both wanted to get married. Which is what has shocked their fans. Was it all fake? And most importantly, should they have seen it coming?
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Nikki has reportedly revealed to her friends that the main reason behind the breakup was kids. Nikki who is 34 is ready to start her own family but John apparently doesn't want to be a father. And though Nikki had thought they could work through it, the compromise would've been too much for her.
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Reports claim that John had convinced Nikki that someday he might change his mind about wanting children. But of course he hasn't and most importantly nobody should rush these decisions and that's exactly what John told Nikki.
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Sources reveal that John simply doesn't want to be an absentee father. His career takes up almost all of his time and he has no time to give to a child. And most importantly he never made a secret of this problem.
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Nikki was reportedly ready to marry him despite knowing the fact that John might never be ready for children. But must have changed her mind right before the marriage as she decided that what she was giving up was too much of a bargain.
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Sources reveal that as the wedding got closer John began to get more and more distant. In fact Nikki had started to feel like he was turning into the old John Cena who had no time for a family life. And this bothered her.
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John might be a total star but Nikki is a busy girl too. Granted when they started going out, it was all about John's priorities but over the years Nikki has built a successful career. She has her own reality show now and was tired of putting John first, even though her career is very important to her.
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It was recently revealed that Nikki had to sign a 72-page contract before she could move in with him. In fact he never made a secret out of it and was very private about being a star with a lot to lose.
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It couldn't have been easy on Nikki - the fact that everybody knew about the 72-page contract. What's worse is that the news was splashed on media not by some source but John himself. It could only mean that John had no idea how embarrassing this was for his girlfriend.
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Many sources close to the couple claim that Nikki was clearly the one who wanted to be married to John. While she did give out an impression that they both wanted same things, clearly there were a lot of issues they didn't agree on, from commitment to having kids.
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A few weeks back Nikki had shared a picture on Instagram of her and John and captioned it as Mr and Mrs. People couldn't help but notice that Nikki was the more eager of the two to make things official.
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While Nikki's Instagram clearly speaks of her love for the athlete, John's Instagram is oddly aloof. Nikki often posts pictures of her and John, and shares every special moment from every red carpet to major event. But John's Instagram has almost no signs of Nikki.
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It was revealed that John and Nikki would often go without seeing each other for months and had made peace with it. Their hectic schedules also have been a reason for their sudden split, they are just too busy to work that hard on a relationship.
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