I feel like there's a lot to talk/type about this week, so I'll jump right into it. RAW wasn't bad, but it was flat. It didn't push any of the programs forward all that much, probably having to do with the fact that it was pre-taped just a few days after last Monday so that the WWE could head out on an international tour. So the show played it safe for the most - having Cena beat Ryback in a tables match and Bryan beat Kane with a roll up. Some good action, sure. I enjoyed Christian beating Del Rio, but nothing all that headline-worthy. As you can tell from my boring, bait-y headline.

No, the real stir this past week was caused by TNA, but I'll get to that later for the 3 or four people who actually make it to the last page of this weekly (six years running, wooo!) wrestling ramble-festo. On the WWE front though, I'm ashamed to admit that the big news was really the debut of Total Divas on E!. And despite it being mostly run-of-the-mill staged reality show pomp, it did let us peek behind the curtain a little bit, offering up an unexpectedly interesting episode involving the Bellas and the Funkadactyls being cut from WrestleMania 29.It also, almost immediately introduced us to the Bellas via their individual relationships with Daniel Bryan and John Cena. Something which, to some people's dismay, is just screaming to become a part of the SummerSlam main event angle. I mean, it's right there. It can't be ignored. And it could be good. Maybe. I mean, in my own humble opinion, I think it'd be better than the McMahons digging their claws into the angle. With Vince hating on Bryan and Steph now wanting to give him a "makeover."RAW's big chance to integrate Total Divas into the story will have to be next week though. Since this week was pre-taped, they really couldn't go incorporate all that much without confusing the live crowd by referencing a TV show that hadn't aired yet. The one thing they did do though was bring up the fact that Cena might have been lying about all the accolades he heaped on Bryan. Which is something I touched on last week when I suggested that the real story here might be Bryan finding out that Cena picked him because Nikki asked him to.Anyhow, Bryan confronted Cena about it last night and Cena kind of "dicked" up a bit. Gettin' a little heel-y. I liked it. It fit the story better. The strangest part of this angle now though is Vince's sudden hatred of Cena. Of course, Vince hating on anyone is just a shallow shadow of the hate he felt for Stone Cold, and it's hard for any wrestling fan with a 32MB memory chip to buy that Vince thinks Daniel Bryan would somehow be the most shameful WWE Champion ever. In fact, in Vince's dream scenario, both Cena and Bryan explode into a million tiny pieces. Like Voldemort. I added the Voldemort part.But I have to talk about Total Divas. I don't know that I will every week, unless something totally bats*** goes down, but this first episode had a few notable moments. Firstly, the entire thing was a set-up for a big fall. We all knew the Bellas and the Funkels would never make it to 'Mania and so much of the episode involved them being excited about their match and preparing for it. It's like how that Bret Hart documentary serendipitously managed to be filmed right at the time of Bret Hart's exodus to WCW, so that the whole movie ended, wonderfully, with the Montreal Screwjob. Well, that's what this debut episode of Divas felt like. It was purposefully designed to deliver a crushing blow.Now let it be known, for those who don't, that I can't watch reality TV. I physically and emotionally can't buy into it. Even "good" reality TV like The Amazing Race and... whatever else is considered good. I just don't see it. And a huge "don't care" wall drops down like a blast door when it comes to anyone who participates in a reality program - be they the "a***hole" or the "saint." And with a show like Total Divas, it just becomes to obvious when things are staged to deliver TV moments. Like Cena and Nikki, for whatever reason, casting fishing lines out over the waters in San Diego on an overcast, rainy day. I mean, once you looked out the window and saw that maybe this wasn't the best day to go out and just randomly throw reels into the water, you'd cancel your plans. But they needed the set up for TV, so out they went into the misty, dark day to fish for nothing. In the end, they just wound up trying to reenact the rain-kissing scene from The Notebook. But it's Cena, so any lifting and kissing he does just looks like Thanos absorbing all universes.It also becomes abundantly clear that Nikki (aka "Chesty Laroo") is the brattier, nastier, more materialistic of the two twins. In fact, the contrast between the two gals is somewhat revealing. In the first episode, Cena buys Nikki a brand new custom Range Rover while she panics over the fact that, given his recent divorce, he might not ever want to marry her. Meanwhile Brie, who's been with Bryan for two and a half years now, is more down to earth, shops at farmer's markets and doesn't lead as extravagant a lifestyle. There's also something to be said about way Cena and Bryan are both introduced on the show, with Bryan's first scene being that of watching Brie's dog piss all over the courtyard of their complex. This is his establishing shot as Brie's boyfriend.In fact, from a feud standpoint, Cena could go on RAW and blame Bryan for putting the marriage bug in Nikki's ear, since Bryan's the one who remarked that it was strange for Cena to buy Nikki a new car before buying her a ring."Come on, man! Fellas before Bellas!"Nattie's been set up on the show, as you could tell last night on RAW from her match with Brie, as the WWE's resident s***-eater. Which I buy to an extent. But then there was this scene on the show where she's told that she won't be wrestling on the WrestleMania card and she breaks down in tears. I don't know what to fully make of that scene since, if I remember correctly, she didn't have anything close to a TV story leading into WrestleMania. I mean, none of us were surprised when she got left off the 'Mania card, so why was she? What did she think would happen? Where was the indication even that she'd get a match? Maybe she was hoping for one of those BS Divas Battle Royale things. Anyhow, given that the Bellas were prepared to go out there and wear Daffney's tiny top hats for their 'Mania match, I'm glad it got cut. There. Heartless. Cruel. Me.

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