2. The Reinvention of Eva Marie

Mrs. Eva Marie... What can I say? Well let me give some background first on who this girl is. Eva Marie started in WWE in 2013 due to being a hit reality star on E!'s Total Divas. We first laid eyes on Eva Marie on a Superstars match featuring Natalya taking on Naomi, as Eva was Natalya's manager. This fire red headed girl caught the eyes of not only me but the rest of the WWE Universe. Gorgeous she was, but the WWE Universe still didn't really know who this girl was. Fast forward to when Total Divas debuted we got to see who Eva Marie was. Long story short, we began to realize that Eva wasn't as innocent as we thought.

Her first order from WWE was to dye her hair blonde. As you can obviously see above, that didn't happen. However, it didn't happen due to WWE changing their mind, it happened due to Eva not being comfortable dying it blonde as she says "I'm this Mexican Italian firecracker, no way I can do blonde". She took a gusty risk by dying it, in her words, "Rihanna Red". She shows up the next day to show off the new look and WWE officials were totally caught off guard, as it was not what they wanted. But luckily, one of the officials, Jane, actually liked it. She got away this time with defying WWE orders. All is well right? Yeah not quite...

Eva Marie became frusterated on trying to get her "big break" in WWE. This lead to her wanting to be a dancer for Fandango. She pitched the idea to the King and Queen of Talent Relations Jane and Mark. They liked the idea. Little did they know, and little did the fans know, that it was all a blatant lie. She didn't have a dancing bone in her body. Well we're here for Raw and she has to audition before the show and IT WAS AN UTTER FLOP. This then leads to a meeting with THE Queen Bee Stephanie McMahon. Stephanie basically lets Eva know that this was an embarrassment not only to herself, but the company. Eva is sincerely sorry and says that it will never happen again. And Stephanie with stern action says "oh it won't happen again, you'll be gone".

But see I'm not here to talk about all the screw-ups Eva has done. I'm just highlighting some of the mistakes she made along the way to "reinvention". So Eva would then go on to be featured heavily on WWE TV and got a Wrestlemania match within her first year in WWE. She would then go on to get married to Jonathan Coyle, who is also featured heavily on Total Divas. Eva has also gotten really close with all the girls in the back, despite her "mess-ups". So see Eva has a lot going for her in this business, but there was always one thing missing from her as a diva...... The wrestling!

Eva was rushed to the main roster as soon as Total Divas debuted on TV. With only 2 months in developmental, while most are in developmental for 2 years, she would go on TV and "try". Eva was pinned as the worst wrestler in the divas division. She was so bad. She got better as the months went by, but it still was evident that this girl was very green in the ring. It was around September 2014 that we last saw her in a WWE ring. She took time off due to an injury, and she still has yet to return to WWE. She actually recovered from the injury in the beginning of January 2015. However, fans were still confused as to why she's still not back in WWE yet. Well we all soon found out why...

Eva Marie revealed in late March via Instagram that she's gotten back into the ring, but not a WWE ring, but a training ring. This surprised many fans, as well all thought "well oh she'll return when Total Divas comes back on". And then not even a week later, Eva started posting Instagram videos of her training at Brian Kendrick's camp in Los Angeles. She started uploading videos continuously over the next month or so. And oh.....my....gosh. Eva has improved so much. She has gone from not selling a simple arm drag to delivering springboard DDT's in a ring. A lot of people have been getting excited for Eva's success. I know I am super pumped for when she gets back in the ring. While many are excited, some continuously give this girl a hard time.

Many say that "well she's in the ring with a guy, let's see how you can do with a girl". Which yes that is true. Even the great, Gail Kim, said "well any guy can make any woman look good, but let's see what you can do with a woman". And yes this is all true. Brian Kendrick is bumping for Eva, and the one taking these moves for her. He can base these moves 100x better than the divas because he's a male. She can't really do a springboard DDT on Cameron or Brie, without them dropping her on her head. It's all about placement writhin the squared circle. And others are still chanting "you can't wrestle". A prime example, SPOILER, was at the recent NXT tapings. Th report said she got so much heat and so many rude chants that you couldn't even hear her talk. Now that's sad. Give the girl a chance to at least show you what she can do now vs what she did back then.

In conclusion I've always 100% supported Eva. I always told everyone that she does have passion. She wants to work hard. And she wants to be a top diva. She wants to be divas champion. She wants to prove that she's a threat. All these things can happen for Eva if she keeps her focus and doesn't lose her momentum in the ring. All in all I can't wait for Eva Marie to return to the WWE. I know that she may not be at the level as other divas but she sure won't be at the bottom anymore. Who knows? You could be looking at the next divas champion. Or, maybe, the next NXT Womens champion. Thank You!!