It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these and I gotta say it feels good to being doing it again.
Yesterday the much anticipated season 4 of Total Divas premiered on the E network and boy was it a good one. The first episode had two main stories. One of which was the tension between Eva Marie and the rest of the divas locker room. The 2nd story was Natalya channeling her “inner Dominatrix”
Ok so first things first, here are my thoughts on the Eva Marie situation. Now fair warning this may come off as a bit bias since I’m a part of the Red nation but in no way do I intend to sound like a bias journalist because we all know that’s a no no.
Anyway the situation involved Eva Marie is getting private training in Los Angeles with Brian Kendrick as oppose to training in Florida at the WWE Preformance center and the rest of the divas seem to have a problem with that.
Why you may ask? Well because all of them trained in a small warehouse in Florida back when NXT was purely developmental and was known as FCW. They trained with no AC and hard wooden mats. Back when they were in developmental the Preformance center was non existent so as far as they’re concerened Eva should be thrilled to have the opportunity to train there
While I do understand the rest of the girls fustration why does it really matter? Now I know people will say “because of politics” but to me politics should in no way be involved in wrestling but i guess that’s just the way it is so I digress.
One of the girls main arguments for being upset at Eva is that all of them had to leave home so why shouldn’t she? Come on now you mean to tell me that if Paige, Alicia, the Bella’s and Nattie had the opportunity to train close to home they would turn it down? Hell no they wouldn’t so why are they giving Eva crap for it. Another main point that the girls made but doesn’t make sense is when Nikki said Eva isn’t passionate about the business and she’s just there for the fame. Now tell me how does Nikki know that?? I mean it isn’t Eva’s fault the company decided to throw Eva straight into the main roster with zero experience and further more it’s not her fault she has a marketable look.
Notice how I didn’t mention Naomi early when I was calling them out? While that’s because she never said anything negative. In fact at one point she even told Alicia “why are you talking crap, why don’t you say it to her face” she continued to say that if she’s still training then why does it matter where she is. One thing I love that she pointed out was that at the End of the day what matters is how you preform when you’re given a chance at the big time.
Another hypocritical aspect that the girls had was them being upset over Eva venting to Lilian Garcia about the situation and yet they where do the exact same thing amongst one another.
The confrontation between Eva and the girls that ended the episode was also upsetting because they all pretty much gained up on Eva and didn’t even give her a chance to say her peace. If you ask me all this drama is not needed and the rest of the divas are over reacting.
I won’t spend to much time on nattie and her dominatrix situation but I will say it served as good comedy relief oh and that Tyson’s outburst was completely unnecessary. However I will say the domenstrix jacket did serve as sick ring attire. All and all this episode was a great season premiere and I look forward to the weeks ahead. I hope you guys enjoyed my review. You can expect them as the weeks go on, so until next time catch you on the flip side.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
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