Janela’s ex-girlfriend, and Bayne’s tag team partner, Penelope Ford, is now married within the company to Kip Sabian. The pair even had a good ol’ fashioned wrestling wedding on an episode of “AEW Dynamite” in February 2021, though the ceremony was crashed by Orange Cassidy, Miro, and Chuck Taylor.
On an episode of “AEW Unrestricted” in February, Ford revealed that Sabian felt as though they needed to get married legally before their on-screen wedding, as he thought it might be bad luck. She said they had a courthouse wedding on February 1 before their in-ring wedding two days later. The week had significance, as Ford revealed that the pair both met and got engaged on February 4. Ford also revealed that legendary wrestling seamstress Sandra Gray made her wedding dress.
Toa Liona
Toa Liona burst onto the AEW scene alongside his Gates of Agony tag team partner Bishop Kaun, and the pair have been thrust even further into the spotlight with their partnership with Ricochet and their matches against The Hurt Syndicate. Liona, whose real name is Bruce Leaupepe, is married to his wife Amanda, and the pair are parents to four children.
Amanda posts family photos frequently to her public Instagram account, and though she’s not involved in the professional wrestling business, she is a former CrossFit and Invictus athlete. The couple most recently worked with the Breakthrough T1D Walk to raise money for type one diabetes, something Liona spoke about on his X account, as he and Amanda are parents to a daughter with the condition. The couple raised over $4,700 for the walk in their daughter’s honor.
Dustin Rhodes
Dustin Rhodes has had a transformative journey through his previous struggles with drug and alcohol addiction before achieving 17 years of sobriety in May 2025 with his motto, “Keep Stepping.” Stepping alongside him is his third wife, Ta-Rel Runnels, whom he married in June 2012. Rhodes was previously married to former WCW and WWE star Terri Runnels in the 90s and had a second wife in the early 2000s. The latest Runnels couple have kept their relationship private over the years, though Ta-Rel remains active on her own public social media pages.
The son of “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes credits Ta-Rel with helping him get sober. He said that before he called his father for help when he realized he needed it, Ta-Rel helped him off the couch and carried him up the hill from their home for the former Goldust to get cellphone service to call his dad.





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