So I met The Bella Twins the other day! Here is the story!

Two great things happened on Friday. For one I attended my very FIRST WWE Live event at the Wembley Arena. The first thing that happened in the morning however was very unexpected.

AOL

So on Wednesday (last Wednesday) I attended a live recording of the UK TV show Catchphrase with my friend. We had fun at the event and afterwards my friend asked me to look up any other shows that she liked (Family Fortunes, Countdown, Deal or no Deal) we could see for free tickets (yes, they are free!). I had a look on the website SRO Audiences on Thursday evening and saw free tickets going for The Bella Twins at Build Series Ldn, which was for the very next day in the morning. I think it was past 9 on Thursday evening and I was feeling a little gutted. I wanted to see The Bella Twins in person, but I had to sign up to be put on a waiting list for the tickets. I thought I was too late and almost didn't sign up to get a ticket. I thought they probably would have sold out or not have seen my name registered in time. After all I previously signed up for tickets to the Graham Norton show and got nothing back.
After contemplation, I signed up anyway on the off chance that they could still send me a ticket. Around two hours later I checked my gmail and had received an email from SRO Audiences with my ticket. Result! I mean, I had planned to make a start on one of my assignments on Friday before attending WWE Live later in the day but it was the Bella Twins! When was I ever gonna get an opportunity to see them again?

I left my house just after 9 and arrived at my location by half 10 where a small queue had gathered.

I'm in the corner

After a long wait we were finally let inside. I expected someone to allocate seats to us so I lined up behind a queue to take my seat. However, we could grab any seat we wanted. There were a bunch of seats that were quite close to the front stage but instead of grabbing one of them I waited in the line. I almost didn't get a seat and I had to settle for a seat in the corner near the back. Opportunity missed. I spent a little while miffed about my decision, forgetting that in London it's a man eats man world but hey, what's a girl gonna do? I still met The Bella Twins, it's cool. They talked about their WWE Careers, their show Total Bellas and answered some questions from the audience. It was a unique experience.

Hand to the face by Brie

Closing speech

Highs and Lows: Total Divas - Season 4 - Episode 6!

Previous Episode! http://natalyaon.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/highs-and-lows-total-divas-season-4.html

Highs

Trinity Tries To Be Mean

Tasked with being a bad girl in the ring, Trinity's husband Jimmy and the Divas try to rile up Trinity so that she is more comfortable with her new role. Trinity, who is generally a nice and mellow girl found it difficult to be rude to the waitress as instructed, cracking up whenever she tried. This is just another reason why I am a fan of Trinity aka, the voice of reason.

Nattie Finally Tells The Truth

Throughout this episode, Nattie had been lying to TJ about her sister staying for a few days and about how much their arts would cost. She finally realised what telling white lies does, sat her husband, her parents and sister down and hit them all with a whole bunch of truths. Overload!

Owen

I like the little segments where they have fans interacting with the Divas and the little boy, Owen who was a fan of the Bella Twins was cuter than cute! Adorable.

Lows

Nattie Moves In Her Sister Without Telling TJ

In regards to Nattie, this episode focused on the little white lies that she told, mainly to her husband TJ. She had told TJ when moving in to their new house that Nattie's sister was only staying for four days when she had infact moved her sister in. She had also lied to TJ about the cost of their arts. Nattie didn't see a problem with her little white lies, as she thought she was only doing what was best for TJ. Unfortunately for TJ he was left out in the dark by Nattie once again.

Alicia Fox Throws a Drink Over Trinity to Get Her Angry

Jon and the Divas were struggling to get Trinity mad when Alicia Fox decided to throw a drink at Trinity. This worked, rattling Trinity to the point that she was chucked out of the restaurant. It was perhaps in poor taste on Alicia Fox's part.

Notable Quotes

"Me telling a little white lie is not lying. Once you get settled in no one will even notice you're living there," - Nattie to her sister

"Nobody says Briaaaaaan!" - Daniel Bryan when the Bella Twins greet Brie Bella's dog Josie

"Let me lie TJ, let me lie for your health," - Nattie

"The Truth Hurts, I hope everybody can handle my whip," - Nattie

Stay tuned for the next Highs and Lows of Total Divas Next week, Episode 7!!!

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Natalya's Highs and Lows: Total Divas - Season 4 - Episode 3!

This time in my 'Highs and Lows', we take a look at episode 3 of Total Divas. To summarise, this episode continues to follow the divas leading up to Wrestlemania as more drama unfolds (mostly centred around Eva Marie again, yawn). Click here for the previous Highs and Lows blog, Episode 2! http://natalyaon.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/natalyas-highs-and-lows-total-divas.html

Highs

Nikki Bella tries to patch things up with Eva Marie

With the hostility still surrounding Eva Marie; especially with the Bella twins, it was nice to see Nikki Bella make the effort to try and patch things up. It's a little surprising to me just how much nicer and more forgiving Nikki is to Brie, who has quite a cut throat mentality. Maybe not cut throat but she can definitely be a bit harsh and blunt. It didn't go quite the way Nikki had hoped but at least she made the effort.

Daniel Bryan's speech on Connor The Crusher

I got a little bit emotional just like Daniel Bryan when giving his speech about Connor. I also felt teary eyed when watching the video WWE posted up last year of Connor hanging out with WWE superstars, including his favourite Daniel Bryan. It was a touching moment.

Paige wrestles her first Wrestlemania

Paige got a tad emotional after her Wrestlemania match because of how happy she was to be wrestling her first wrestle mania and at the age of 22, which is impressive. I like touching moments involving Paige because it helps me to warm to her. She has always come across to me as someone who doesn't get upset about too many things with her lighthearted and fun personality, so it was nice to see a different side to her.

Brie Bella stays with WWE

After finding out that both Brie and Daniel are fertile and able to have children, Brie decided that she was going to stay with the WWE. This whole time she had been set on leaving, so to hear her say that she was going to stay was a shock. A good shock, dare I say.

Eva lands agent Brad Slater

In the past three episodes Eva has been getting stick, because the Divas in general believe that she is only in the WWE for fame and doesn't have a passion for wrestling. Eva has told the Divas time and time again that she has been working hard to improve and that WWE means a lot to her. Still, she'd been given a hard time, so I was on her side when she revealed to her husband that she signed a deal with top agent Brad Slater who has worked with the likes of The Rock. In her situation I would have crumbled to the wrath of the Divas so good on her, though her getting an agent kind of proves Brie Bella's point.

Lows

Brie Bella on Eva Marie

Brie Bella had pretty much written Eva Marie off after her instagram post about a lion not following the opinion of sheep and when Brie Bella cuts you off, she cuts you off. I wouldn't want to get on he wrong side of Brie because the way she acted towards Eva at times verged on plain nasty. At times it felt a little unnecessary.

Nattie's puppy/kitty joke

I didn't watch the Hall Of Fame, so I don't know how that joke was perceived. They 'edited' in laughter (I don't know if it was edited or just cut awkwardly) but yeah, I didn't find it funny. Of course this is a very VERY minor low since I have very few lows this week but I love my fellow same named Diva so I can't fault her.

Not enough Trinity and Jon

Trinity and Jon are my favourite couple on Total Divas so naturally I want to see more of them. Give them some storylines, Total Divas.

Read here for Episode 4! http://natalyaon.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/highs-and-lows-total-divas-season-4.html

Natalya's Highs and Lows: Total Divas - Season 4 - Episode 2!

Episode 1 of season 4 (time goes so fast) brought cattiness to the table, as the WWE Divas bitched like a bunch of highschoolers about he fact that Eva was getting private training, rather than training at WWE's developmental centre NXT. What did this episode bring? More drama of course! There wouldn't be a show without it.

Highs

Trinity Standing Up For Herself

Trinity! I had mentioned before on my review of Total Divas from Season 1 to 3, that Trinity was my favourite character on this show. Check out the review here! http://natalyaon.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/total-divas-review-3.html. This episode merely emphasised why I love her so much. There is nothing more that I hate than needless high school like bitching behind someone's back, which is what occurred majorly in the first episode, all because the WWE had sent Eva to train in LA with former WWE Superstar Brian Kendrick.

Trinity didn't agree with the way the girls were bitching about Eva, letting Eva Marie know that the girls were talking about her. WWE Diva Alicia found out about this and accused Trinity of stirring the pot. Trinity stood her ground as the voice of reason, not allowing herself to get sucked in to all of the high school drama. My girl.

Brian Kendrick's Speech

When Eva Marie told Brian Kendrick about what was going on with the Divas, Brian Kendrick's response was 'who cares?' His speech about the Divas hating because WWE expressed an interest in Eva rings true, not just on this show but in life. Jealousy is ugly.

Paige's Fan

I thought it was really sweet when Paige bumped into a fan on the street, who had told Paige that Paige helped her to overcome her eating disorder, because Paige chooses to her herself, not fitting into the typical mould of a Diva. Paige was out shopping with Alicia for a gown to wear for the WWE Hall Of Fame, despite a gown not being Paige's style and choice of clothing. After the encounter with her fan, Paige decided that she wasn't going to switch it up for the Hall of Fame, instead wearing her own style of outfit sending an important message of just being yourself.

Lows

Brie Bella's Not Pregnant

Brie thought that she may be pregnant because she was a couple of weeks late, but after starting her time of the month, we got an up and close look of how it affected her. She was disappointed, being intent on starting a family with Daniel Bryan and I had to admit that I felt for her.

Alicia Fox and Trinity Bust Up

During the altercation, I was naturally on Trinity's side. I like Alicia's feisty personality and understood where she was coming from with Eva, but she, as well as the other Divas went about it the wrong way.

Natalya and her Father

Natalya spent a lot of her time in this episode watching over her Dad recovering from his demons, trying her best to stop him from relapsing. She spent so much time and energy to make sure that her Father didn't spiral back out of control that she lost all focus on herself. Watching this unfold reminded me a little of a parent disciplining their children.

Read Episode 3 here! http://natalyaon.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/natalyas-highs-and-lows-total-divas_23.html

Total Divas - Review (3)

Season 3 of Total Divas Cast

My Backstory On Total Divas

As a long time fan of WWE (14 years to be precise), I was immediately interested in watching this reality series when I first heard about it back in 2013. I thought it was a great concept, following the WWE Divas about their lives and behind the scenes of WWE. It was particularly great for me as there was a time when I was so obsessed with WWE that I wanted to be a WWE Diva. I mean, the WWE Superstars and Divas get to travel the world! I actually though I had what it took to be one, despite being 5ft1, skinny and so weak I can't even do ten push ups without needing a rest. With that period of my life being long over, this show was a great alternative and insight into the lives and schedules of the WWE Divas.

Overall

I think the show is great. I have watched Total Divas from season 1 all the way up until now and each episode has kept me interested enough to stick with it. In my view it has definitely gotten better as the seasons have gone on. It's already been almost two years since the series first aired which was in July of 2013 in the USA I believe. It took quite a while to air in the UK but it's now broadcast on the E! Entertainment channel. 

If I can recall, season 1 was a bit of a slow start as they took the time to introduce all of the characters. We had the Bella Twins who were advertised as the main stars of the show, wrestling legend Nattie Neidhart, the Funkadactyls Trinity/Naomi and Ariane/Cameron and newbies Eva and Jo. In recent years I haven't been keeping up with wrestling as rigidly as I used to, but I had heard of all of these Divas beforehand except for Eva and Jo. I remember questioning to myself what appeal having newbies on the show would serve since I didn't know them and therefore wasn't interested in watching them. However, I understood that it would create an interesting dynamic on the show with different perspectives of where each Diva was at in their career, from two established divas, a wrestling legend, two divas rising up on the card and two newbies.

Favourite Season

Season 2 Of Total Divas Cast

Season 2! Season 2 was the birth of my favourite episode which had more than one star of the show and it wasn't the Bella Twins. I would give that award to Trinity, Trinity's boyfriend Jon and Ariane's boyfriend Vinnie who I had disliked in the previous season. Even Ariane was a star in her own right and had probably started to warm to me somewhere in season 2. It was that episode where Ariane offered to look after Nattie's cat while Nattie and her husband TJ went away for the weekend I believe. Cue disastrous results as Ariana (the worst cat sitter in the world) decides to have a house party at Nattie's house and loses the cat. Jon and Vinnie cracked me up in this episode, I was dying!

I think what makes this my favourite season though is that this is the season that Eva came into her own as a personality and character and the inclusion of Summer Rae who got on a couple of the Diva's bad side, particularly Nattie who despised her. Trinity also became a firm favourite of mine and I even started to like Ariane and Vinnie who I had previously mentioned I had disliked. The Bella twins who are perhaps by far the most captivating characters continued to shine in this season with their sibling feuds and relationships with stars Daniel Bryan and John Cena. This is definitely my favourite season. 

Favourite Diva

Trinity. I love this girl. She's the one with the most common sense. Whenever something goes down, she sees things for how they are and how pointless and nonsense the situation is. She's honest and tells it how it is without being rude and I love people like that. One moment I remember which shows this side of her is when Ariane showed everyone nudes of Eva. Eva was deeply affected by this when she found out and Trinity was the one to step up and tell Ariane that she was in the wrong and needed to apologise, even though Ariana couldn't see what she had done wrong at first. She's just the voice of reason and I imagine she would be a cool friend to have.

Least Favourite Diva

Rosa Mendes. She only joined Total Divas in Season 3 which is the current season, so we have not yet seen enough of her to know about her and her full backstory but she has no substance compared to the other Divas. She loves being naked, men and women, kissing other girls and a good time. She also had a problem with alcohol but beyond that I do not know much about her. I feel like out of all of the Divas, she is perhaps the one that I relate to the least. Saying that though I do not dislike her, she is just my least favourite.

Favourite Couple

Trinity and Jon have very similar personalities. They are feisty and pretty much say what's on their minds and together they make a funny combo. What I love about this couple is that you can see how much Jon loves Trinity despite some of the issues they have been through and how closed Trinity has been to Jon at times. They are both likeable and they make me laugh and anyone who makes me laugh is a winner to me. Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella are likely the most loved couple and I love them together, but this is the couple that does it for me.

Least Favourite Couple

Nikki Bella and John Cena. I think they are a sweet couple just like the rest of the Divas and their other halves and Nikki's love for John is very apparent. Vice Versa as well, but much of the season has been about the fact that John Cena doesn't want to get married or have children and this is everything that Nikki Bella wants for the future. There was some point in one of the seasons where Cena actually made a list for Bella when he asked her to move in with him that was basically a contract for if their relationship didn't work out. It had a set of rules such as she must leave immediately if things were to go wrong and she also couldn't add her personal touches to their home so it was like she was a guest in her own home. The whole marriage and kids thing is big as well because by Nikki Bella being with Cena she is putting a lot on hold and it is sad to see. I also feel like they are quite superficial in that it's the material things that keep them together but hey, that's just my view.

What I Have Learned From Total Divas

I have learned that the locations they film is always hot and sunny which justifies the skimpy clothes the Divas always where. Being in the UK it is hard to imagine being in a place where it is summer weather all year round. A pro and con in itself. I have also learned that these girls know how to keep a relationship together despite having a demanding schedule and always being on the road because the majority of the Divas are in long and longish term relationships and at the point where they are soon ready for marriage or married up. And that it would be fun to be a WWE Diva. I missed out on a good career path.