The Funkadactyls

On the January 9, 2012 episode of WWE's *Raw*, Cameron and Naomi made their main roster debut as the dancers and valets as **The Funkadactyls** for the returning Brodus Clay. They made their WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania XXVIII, during a segment with Clay where they came out a danced on stage with Brodus, his "momma" and her friends. On the April 20 episode of *SmackDown*, The Funkadactyls and Clay began a brief association with Hornswoggle. On the pre-show of the TLC pay-per-view on December 16, 2012, The Funkadactyls participated in their first televised WWE match, which was a "Santa's Little Helpers" battle royal which was won by Naomi, but later she lost a title match for the WWE Divas Championship to then-current champion Eve Torres later that night.

On the February 6 episode of *WWE Main Event*, The Funkadactyls got into a backstage altercation with Tamina Snuka and Aksana after Snuka and Aksana began to persuade Brodus Clay to fire The Funkadactyls and hire them as his backup dancers. This led to their first tag team match in which they defeated Snuka and Aksana.

The Funkadactyls finally faced off in tag team competition against The Bella Twins on the March 27 episode of *WWE Main Event*, where The Bella Twins emerged victorious when Nikki Bella pinned Naomi after an interference by Cody Rhodes. On the April 1 episode of *Raw*, The Funkadactyls were defeated by The Bella Twins after Brie Bella reversed Cameron's crossbody block attempt. Brodus Clay, Tensai and The Funkadactyls were then scheduled against The Bella Twins and Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow) at WrestleMania 29 in an eight–person mixed tag team match, however the match was cancelled because of time restraints. On the March 21 episode of *NXT*, which aired on April 10, The Funkadactyls were defeated by The Bella Twins when Nikki pinned Cameron after The Bellas performed a tag team move on Cameron. On the April 12 episode of *SmackDown*, The Funkadactyls teamed up with Kaitlyn and faced The Bella Twins and Tamina Snuka when Nikki pinned Naomi after an interference by Brie. On the April 29 episode of *Raw*, Naomi was defeated by Brie following "Twin Magic" but then Cameron complained with the referee disqualified The Bella Twins despite not seeing the switch. In retaliation, The Bella Twins focused on attacking Cameron for costing them the win.

The cast of *Total Divas* entered a feud with WWE Divas Champion — AJ Lee on the August 26 episode *Raw*, after Natalya's match with Brie Bella, when AJ Lee interrupted and declared war on the *Total Divas* against the "real" hard-earning Divas. On the November 22 episode of *SmackDown*, The Funkadactyls defeated AJ Lee in handicap match, despite the interference from Tamina Snuka. The *Total Divas* defeated "The True Divas" (Foxsana, AJ, Kaitlyn, Rosa Mendes, Tamina and Summer Rae) in a traditional survivor series elimination tag team match at the Survivor Series pay-per-view and the following night on an episode of *Raw*. The Funkadactyls were nominated for the Slammy Award for Diva of the Year, which was won by The Bella Twins, however they won Best Dance Moves against Fandango, R-Truth, Summer Rae, The Great Khali and Miz-co Inferno. Naomi was also nominated for Couple of the Year with Jimmy Uso, but the award was won by Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella.

On December 15 at the TLC pay-per-view, The Funkadactyls and Tensai abandoned Brodus Clay because of his attitude, effectively disbanding Tons of Funk. The following night on *Raw*, The Funkadactyls aligned themselves with R-Truth and Xavier Woods and started managing them to their matches. On the December 24 episode of *Raw*, The Total Divas defeated Aksana, Alicia Fox, Kaitlyn, Summer Rae and Tamina Snuka. On the December 30 episode of *Raw*, The Funkadactyls teamed up with The Bella Twins and Eva Marie in a losing effort to Aksana, Alicia Fox, Kaitlyn, Summer Rae and Rosa Mendes after Aksana pinned Nikki following a distraction from Mendes.

Naomi then received a push and defeated AJ in various tag team matches on both *Raw* and *SmackDown*. However their rivalry was cut shortly after Naomi suffered an eye injury during her match with Aksana on the February 3 episode of *Raw*. On the February 10 episode of *Raw*, Cameron pinned Aksana during a six-Divas tag team match, and once again on the February 19 episode of *Main Event* in a singles match. On February 23 at Elimination Chamber, Cameron received her first shot at the WWE Divas Championship, a match which she won via disqualification after Tamina Snuka attacked her. Five days later on *SmackDown*, Cameron would receive another shot at the title, but was unsuccessful. Naomi would make her return after her eye injury, teaming with Cameron in a tag team match against AJ Lee and Tamina Snuka, which they would win, when Naomi pinned AJ. On April 6, at WrestleMania XXX, The Funkadactyls unsuccessfully competed in the 14-Diva "Vickie Guerrero Invitational" match, where AJ forced Naomi give tapout after the *Black Widow* to retain her title.

Cameron was later inserted in a feud with the new WWE Divas Champion Paige after she interrupted Paige's speech during her press conference on the Payback post-show. This led to a non-title match on the June 5 episode of *Superstars,* where Paige defeated Cameron, who began turning heel during the match. In a rematch, Paige once again defeated Cameron via submission on the June 16 edition of *Raw*. The following night, on *Main Event*, Paige was defeated by Naomi in a non-title match. After the match ended, Cameron shoved Paige, and Paige attacked Cameron while Naomi just watched the cat fight without interfering. On the June 27 episode of *SmackDown*, Cameron once again attacked and lost to Paige in a non-title match, but with Naomi interfering to separate them. After the catfight, Paige turned her back to Naomi and Cameron, which led to Cameron pushing Naomi into Paige, and Paige thinking that Naomi had attacked her, creating tension between them for Money in the Bank, where she lost the match. The next night on *Raw*, The Funkadactyls defeated Nikki Bella in a handicap match, where they had a disagreement after the match. On the following evening on *Main Event*, The Funkadactyls faced Nikki in a tag team match with Alicia Fox which was put on by Stephanie McMahon to do her dirty work, attacking Nikki, giving Cameron the victory. On July 7 on *Raw*, they lost a tag team match against the Divas Champion AJ Lee and Paige after Cameron was pinned by Paige. After the match, they quarreled, signalizing the end of the Funkadactyls and cementing Cameron as a villainess. The feud reached its peak with Cameron defeating Naomi on the Battleground kickoff.