WWE Total Divas Coverage: Brie Mode

September 2, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Episode Commentary: Diva Las Vegas

Jojo has a crush on Justin Gabriel, but is bound to get her heart-broken. Brie Bella and Bryan Danielson are very much in love, but she can’t party or else it’ll make the goat man angry. Nattie is planning her wedding with Tyson Kidd, but Ms. Neidhart may have feelings for someone else.

This cause/effect writing is a staple of reality television, but “Total Divas” takes it to the next level. With the drama set up, there naturally has to be a house party where Jojo and Gabriel hook up and Brie has to become a drunken mess at Nattie’s drama-filled bachelorette party.

“A smilie face means he wants to get it on,” Nikki Bella said in regards to Nattie’s admirer.

If only RAW was this entertaining.

What a mess. But it’s a fun inside look at the WWE Divas that’ll make you smile more than scoff. Just barely. If you thought the drama on RAW and Smackdown was something else, “Total Divas” is hilarious. “The Real World” meets “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” the show is beyond smirk-inducing. While “Total Divas” is brainless, like most reality TV shows, it’s also fun.

That has everything to do with the juggling of multiple story arcs. John Cena preparing himself to ask Nikki Bella how many people she’s slept with was witty, but Ariane’s relationship problems stole the show. Her boyfriend was a misbehaving fool, but it seems she’s also pretty embarrassed of him. Add in Gabriel’s hooking up with some random chick and breaking the 19-year-old Jojo’s heart and this episode of “Total Divas” had something for everyone.

Seeing Brie Bella enter “Brie Mode” and handcuff Danielson in bed was a charming few minutes of television as well.

While seeing the Divas as “friends,” spending time together takes away from the shorelines on RAW and Smackdown, it also adds another element to them. Eva Marie, for instance, has been dreadful on RAW since her first appearance a few months ago, but on “Total Divas,” she’s probably the coolest character on the show. There for the naïve Jojo after Gabriel gets caught hanging out with another girl, Eva Marie is charismatic, cute and real.

The same thing goes for the Bellas. Arrogant heels on RAW, it’s nice to see them in another light, as people.

Although it’s obvious the events are scripted to a large extent, this “real-life” look at the luscious women of the WWE isn’t a waste of time.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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