Eva Marie Natalie Marie Coyle ( " née " Nelson ; September 19 , 1984 ) , known professionally as Natalie Eva Marie , is an American actress , fitness model , professional wrestler , and professional wrestling manager . She was signed to WWE , where she performs under the ring name Eva Marie . In 2013 , Coyle signed a contract with WWE , and was assigned to WWE ' s Performance Center in Orlando , Florida to begin her training . In July 2013 , she made her main roster debut , and later in the month became the manager of The Bella Twins , and also began starring in the reality television series " Total Divas " as part of the main cast . In mid - 2015 , Coyle began wrestling as part of the " NXT " women ' s division . In April 2016 , Marie returned to the main roster , officially becoming a part of the " SmackDown " brand in July 2016 . Early life . Natalie Marie born Beverly Hills , California and was raised in the Bay Area , California in the city of Concord , California . She is of Mexican and Italian descent . She has 3 older brothers Neal , Nate , and Nick of the ages of 35 , 33 , and 30 . Her mother Josie is Mexican and father Barry is Italian . Marie played soccer for Cal State Fullerton until she started modeling , acting , and doing promotional work . She graduated with a degree in Business Management and a minor in Human resource from California State University . Professional wrestling career . " Total Divas " and Main Roster ( 2013 – 2015 ) . In May 2013 , Nelson was announced as part of WWE and E ! ' s new reality show entitled " Total Divas " that would feature behind the scenes footage of select WWE Divas and a look into their personal lives . Nelson made her main roster debut under the name Eva Marie on the July 1 episode of " Raw " , in a backstage segment along with her fellow " Total Divas " co - stars Jo - Jo , Natalya , The Bella Twins ( Brie and Nikki Bella ) , and The Funkadactyls ( Cameron and Naomi ) . Marie was announced as Natalya ' s protégé on the July 4 episode of " WWE Superstars " , during a match in which she accompanied Natalya to the ring where she defeated Naomi . Eva Marie , along with the cast of " Total Divas " appeared on " MizTV " on the July 22 " Raw " , where she slapped Jerry Lawler , claiming to make a name for herself and establishing herself as a heel in the process . Two weeks later , Marie appeared in a backstage segment with The Bella Twins and Natalya , in which Marie complimented Brie on her win over Natalya the previous week , aligning herself with the Bella Twins . At Summerslam Axxess , Marie made her in - ring debut in a diva tag team match alongside Brie Bella against Natalya and Maria Menounos in a losing effort with Natalya pinning Marie . Following this match , Marie began accompanying Brie to her matches . On the August 26 " Raw " , Marie accompanied Brie Bella to a successful singles competition match against Natalya , until AJ Lee interrupted and declared war on the " Total Divas " against the " real " hard earning Divas , turning the Bellas and Marie face in the process . Marie made her televised in - ring debut on the October 7 edition of " Raw " , teaming with JoJo and Natalya to defeat Alicia Fox , Aksana and Rosa Mendes in an six diva tag - team match . Marie teamed up with The Bella Twins against Lee , Aksana and Tamina Snuka on the November 4 " Raw " , where Eva and The Bellas emerged victorious when Marie got an upset victory over Snuka by pinning her , garnering her first pinfall victory . The Total Divas defeated The True Divas ( Alicia Fox , Aksana , Divas Champion AJ , Kaitlyn , Rosa Mendes , Tamina Snuka and Summer Rae ) in a traditional survivor series elimination tag - team match at the Survivor Series pay - per - view and again on the subsequent " Raw " . Marie made her return to WWE after a nearly three - month absence on the February 14 , 2014 episode of " SmackDown " , defeating Alicia Fox in her first singles match on WWE television ; however , the match was cut from the broadcast . On the February 26 episode of " Main Event " , Marie teamed up with Natalya against Alicia Fox and Aksana , but lost the match when Aksana pinned Natalya . On the March 7 episode of " SmackDown " , Marie teamed up with Natalya in a tag team match against AJ Lee and Tamina Snuka , which they would win . On the March 26 episode of " Main Event " , Marie teamed up with Natalya , The Funkadactyls ( Cameron and Naomi ) and Emma in a losing effort to the team of Rae , Fox , Aksana , Layla and Snuka . On April 6 , Marie made her Wrestlemania début when she participated at WrestleMania XXX in the 14 - Diva " Vickie Guerrero Invitational " match for the WWE Divas Championship , which was won by defending champion AJ Lee . On the May 23 episode of " SmackDown " , Marie teamed up with Nikki Bella in an losing effort to The Funkadactyls ( Cameron and Naomi ) when Marie was pinned by Cameron after special guest referee Summer Rae made a fast - count . On the following episode of " Raw " , Marie defeated Summer Rae after an interference by Fandango and Layla . Marie began regaining her villainous persona as she faced off against Divas Champion AJ Lee in a pair of non - title matches , and losing both times . On the July 8 episode of " Main Event " , Marie became a heel when she participated in a six – on – one handicap match with Rosa Mendes , Summer Rae , Naomi and Natalya against Nikki Bella as part of Stephanie McMahon ' s punishment against Nikki , where she picked up the win for her team after a DDT . On the July 18 edition of " SmackDown " , Marie and Fox were scheduled to face each other in a match officiated by Nikki , but both Divas would end up attacking Nikki in the ring . On the August 11 edition of " Raw " , Marie pulled off an upset victory over reigning Divas Champion AJ Lee after a distraction by Paige , but she would be attacked by AJ after the match ended . On November 9 , after a month of inactivity , Marie wrote on her Instagram account that she was recovering from an injury . In the " Total Divas " episode " Twin Leaks " , which aired on January 18 , 2015 , this injury was revealed to be a rupture in her breast implants . Marie returned on the March 9 episode of " Raw " , accompanying Summer Rae to her match against AJ Lee . She would go on another hiatus soon after in order to train with former WWE Tag Team Champion Brian Kendrick . NXT ( 2015 – 2016 ) . Marie appeared on the June 3 episode of " NXT " , stating that she was looking forward to competing in the NXT women ' s division , while the NXT audience was heavily booing her . In a backstage segment with NXT General Manager William Regal on the June 24 episode of " NXT " , Regal said he needed to see some proof that Marie was ready to compete in the women ' s division , and she responded saying , " No problem , that ' s what I ' m going to do . " On the July 15 episode of " NXT " , Marie announced she will be making her in - ring debut next week . On the following week , Eva Marie made her official in - ring return and defeated Cassie . On the August 26 episode of " NXT " in Brooklyn , Eva Marie defeated Carmella , and she would defeat Billie Kay on the following week ' s episode . Return to main roster ( 2016 ) . On the March 28 episode of " Raw " , Marie made her return to the main roster as a face helping her fellow Total Divas co - stars over an assault against Lana ' s then - allies ; Naomi , Tamina , Emma and Summer Rae . As a result , a 10 - Diva tag team match between the Total Divas team ( Brie Bella , Alicia Fox , Natalya , Eva and Paige ) and the newly dubbed team B . A . D . & Blonde ( Naomi , Tamina , Lana , Emma , and Rae ) was announced for the WrestleMania 32 ' s pay - per - view pre - show . At the event on April 3 , Eva ' s team won after Naomi submitted to Brie Bella . On the July 19 episode of " SmackDown LIVE " , Marie was drafted to the " SmackDown " brand as part of the 2016 WWE Draft . Marie turned heel on the following week ' s " SmackDown " , debuting a new long introductory entrance while confronting the brand ' s female talents . Through August , Marie began faking multiple unfortunate events in order to avoid in – ring competition . Hiatus and departure ( 2016 – 2017 ) . Following a hiatus from live television and after being drafted to " SmackDown " as part of the 2016 WWE draft on July 19 , Marie made her first appearance for the brand on July 26 , where she debuted a new long introductory entrance while confronting the brand female talents , reestablishing herself as a heel . Throughout August , Marie began faking multiple unfortunate events in order to avoid in - ring competition , until on August 18 , when she was suspended for 30 days after violating the company ’ s wellness policy . On March 27 , it was reported that Marie ' s WWE contract would not be renewed . Prior to the report , Marie began pursuing interests outside WWE and had also began to remove WWE references from her social media . Other media . Marie was featured in an Fitness Blowout infomercial . In October , she was a part of Marino Fitness Campaign Booked and an sketchers commercial . Marie was featured on sportsillustrated . com as Lovely Lady of the Day in December 2012 . Marie has also appeared on several magazine covers including Ruckus , Import Tuner Magazine , Glam Fit Magazine . Marie won the 2012 Powertec Model and several Fashion competitions . She has modeled for Red Chapter Clothing . Marie has appeared on shows such as Entourage , CSI : New York , America ' s Got Talent , 90210 , and a Skechers commercial . She also appeared in the September 2013 edition of Maxim magazine . Personal life . On August 23 , 2014 , Marie married Jonathan Coyle . Marie describes herself as an avid San Francisco Giants fan . She struggled with underage alcohol abuse . Marie got breast implants when she was 20 . On the January 18 , 2015 episode of " Total Divas " , one of her implants ruptured , causing silicone to leak into her bloodstream ; this required surgery and new implants .