Former WWE stars reveal how Hooters prepared them for a wrestling career

Former WWE stars Nikki and Brie Garcia have revealed how their time working as waitresses at Hooters prepared them for a career in wrestling.

The identical twins, known as the Bella Twins in WWE, had a long and successful run in the squared circle and won multiple titles between them.

They have also gone on to have successful careers outside of wrestling and share a combined 19 million Instagram followers and a successful podcast. 

But before they became household names in the wrestling industry, the twins worked in the San Diego location of Hooters when they were 19.

Now 40, the sisters have explained how working at the famous restaurant chain set them up for success in the WWE. 

Nikki and Brie Garcia have revealed how their time working at Hooters prepared them for WWE

The identical twins worked in the San Diego location of Hooters when they were 19

Known as the Bella Twins in WWE, they had a long and successful run in the squared circle

'Working there, you really owned your feminine energy. As a waitress, you have to have confidence to go up to strangers and talk. But we had to have thick skin and not only confidence, but you had to own it,' Brie told the New York Post. 

'You're going up to men who are excited and want to get crazy. So we knew how to keep them in line … and we all set boundaries for ourselves … and didn't take any c*** from our customers.

'So it really taught me at a young age just to stand up for myself and to own it, own the room and own a table. And I think it really helped me with pro wrestling to take that attitude into that.' 

'Squeezing your cleavage. You'd be like, "Do you want more fries with that?",' Nikki dished.

'Yeah, we got really creative. Like with the lingo, even just saying, "I hope you had a Hooter-fic time",' added Brie.

'You just came up with this really cheeky verbiage as waitresses there. And let's be honest, everyone loves seeing the Hooters girls doing the YMCA and hula hoop — tips were going up.'