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An event years in the making! Nikki Bella<\/strong><\/a> and Artem Chigvintsev<\/strong><\/a> tied the knot in August 2022<\/a>, but their journey to the altar wasn\u2019t easy \u2014 and their nuptials happened much later than they originally planned.<\/p>\n The WWE star, 39, and the Dancing With the Stars<\/em><\/a> pro, 40, took fans inside their wedding planning process in their new E! docuseries, Nikki Bella Says I Do<\/em>, which premiered on Thursday, January 26. \u201cWe really wanna be husband and wife,\u201d the \u201cBellas Podcast\u201d cohost explained in the first episode. \u201cBut there\u2019s been a lot of things that have delayed our wedding. First, I got pregnant. That was kind of a big shocker.\u201d<\/p>\n The California native and the ballroom expert welcomed son Matteo, now 2, in July 2020<\/a>. The little one\u2019s birth took precedence over any event planning, especially because he arrived in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were just trying to figure out how to be parents,\u201d Bella explained. \u201cThen Artem does Dancing With the Stars<\/em>. That\u2019s actually a lot within two years, if you think about it.\u201d Her husband agreed, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s obviously a long time coming, I mean from proposal to where we are right now.\u201d<\/p>\n The duo, who got engaged in November 2019<\/a>, decided to walk down the aisle last year, but they had a very specific time frame in mind because of their work schedules and Matteo\u2019s upcoming first year of school. After they settled on a late August 2022 date, they had only four weeks to plan the event.<\/p>\n \u201cIn my head, it just seemed so perfect, and in my head, I thought it\u2019d be so easy to plan a wedding in four weeks,\u201d the WWE Hall of Famer exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> ahead of the show\u2019s premiere<\/a>. \u201cAnd I was so wrong. I don\u2019t suggest that anyone plan a wedding that quick, but it was also fun and spontaneous.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite the quick turnaround, the twosome managed to succeed, thanks in part to help from Nikki\u2019s twin sister, Brie Bella<\/strong><\/a>, who planned the bridal shower and the bachelorette party. The Incomparable<\/em> coauthor also helped her sister look at wedding venues in California, and later France after Nikki decided to move the ceremony to Europe.<\/p>\n Planning a wedding in less than a month was obviously stressful, but Nikki and the Russia native weathered the storm. \u201cI\u2019m now fully in a family life,\u201d she told cameras in a confessional interview. \u201cI\u2019m in my most perfect place ever, like where my soul called me to be.\u201d<\/p>\n