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Match results (2018)

## January

1. RAW 1284: January 1, 2018 **Singles Match**: Asuka def. Alexa Bliss
2. SmackDown 958: January 2, 2018 **Six-Woman Tag Team Match**: The Riott Squad def. Natalya, Carmella & Tamina
3. RAW 1285: January 8, 2018 **Tag Team Match**: Sasha Banks & Bayley def. Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville
4. SmackDown 959: January 9, 2018 **Singles Match**: Becky Lynch def. Ruby Riott
5. RAW 1286: January 15, 2018 **Singles Match**: Asuka def. Nia Jax via match stoppage
6. RAW 1286: January 15, 2018 **Singles Match**: Sonya Deville def. Sasha Banks
7. SmackDown 960: January 16, 2018 **Six-Woman Tag Team Match**: The Riott Squad def. Charlotte Flair, Naomi & Becky Lynch
8. Mixed Match Challenge: January 16, 2018 **Mixed-Tag Team Match**: Finn Bálor & Sasha Banks def. Shinsuke Nakamura & Natalya
9. RAW 1287: January 22, 2018
10. SmackDown 961: January 23, 2018 **Singles Match**: Naomi def. Liv Morgan
11. Mixed Match Challenge: January 23, 2018 **Mixed-Tag Team Match**: The Miz & Asuka def. Big E & Carmella
12. RAW 1288: January 29, 2018
13. SmackDown 962: January 30, 2018
14. Mixed Match Challenge: January 30, 2018 **Mixed-Tag Team Match**: Braun Strowman & Alexa Bliss def. Sami Zayn & Becky Lynch

## February

1. SmackDown 963: February 6, 2018 **Singles Match**: Charlotte Flair def. Liv Morgan
2. SmackDown 964: February 13, 2018 **Singles Match**: Charlotte Flair def. Sarah Logan
3. SmackDown 965: February 20, 2018 **Six-Woman Tag Team Match**: The Riott Squad def. Charlotte Flair, Naomi & Becky Lynch
4. SmackDown 966: February 27, 2018 **Singles Match**: Ruby Riott def. Naomi

## March

1. SmackDown 967: March 6, 2018 **Singles Match**: Becky Lynch def. Carmella
2. SmackDown 968: March 13, 2018 **Singles Match**: Carmella def. Naomi
3. SmackDown 969: March 20, 2018 **Singles Match**: Natalya def. Charlotte Flair
4. SmackDown 969: March 20, 2018 **Tag Team Match**: Becky Lynch & Naomi def. Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan
5. SmackDown 970: March 27, 2018 **Singles Match**: Becky Lynch def. Ruby Riott

## April

1. SmackDown 971: April 3, 2018 **Singles Match**: Charlotte Flair def. Natalya
2. NXT TakeOver: New Orleans: **NXT Women's Championship**: Shayna Baszler def. Ember Moon to win the title.
3. WrestleMania 34 **WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal**: Naomi won the 20-woman battle royal.
4. WrestleMania 34 **SmackDown Women's Championship**: Charlotte Flair def. Asuka to retain the title.
5. WrestleMania 34 **Mixed Tag Team Match**: Ronda Rousey & Kurt Angle def. Stephanie McMahon & Triple H
6. WrestleMania 34 **RAW Women's Championship**: Nia Jax def. Alexa Bliss to win the title.
7. SmackDown 972: April 10, 2018 **SmackDown Women's Championship**: Carmella def. Charlotte Flair to win the title.
Eden Stiles

## Bio

It’s safe to say that Eden grew up with a massive bug for entertainment. For as long as she can remember, this talented personality wanted to work in television. A former local news reporter and anchor, Eden eventually moved to Miami to pursue the world of modeling and acting. After being featured in national ads for Budweiser and KFC as well as Maxim Magazine, she jumped at the chance to join WWE as an announcer.

Conducting her ring announcing duties on NXT, Eden seemed right at home with the microphone in her grasp. It wasn't long until she was promoted to ring announcing WWE Main Event and SmackDown and conducting backstage interviews for WWE.com during Raw. Her WWE career may have been brief, but as Superstars and the WWE Universe alike can attest, an interview with Eden was just another day in paradise.

## Release

WWE has granted Eden (wife of Cody Rhodes) her request to be released, as of Tuesday, May 24, 2016. WWE wishes Eden the best in all her future endeavors.
Total Bellas: November 2, 2016

Bella Family Secrets

Nikki questions whether Brie is making the right decision putting Bryan before her career; and a potentially life-altering secret comes to light.

## Recap

Despite Daniel Bryan’s desire to distance himself from the craziness on E!’s Total Bellas, Brie joins him in his self-imposed exile in order to stand by her husband during a last-ditch doctor’s appointment that might clear him for the ring. And if Bryan is miserable when she gets there, he’s downright despondent when the news comes down that he is really, truly done with in-ring competition. For Brie, the development is doubly hard as she isn’t even able to soak in her own impending retirement, but after realizing he will have to remain strong for his family, Bryan begins to climb, inch by inch, out of the void.

Pretty much everybody loves Winston, Nikki Bella’s lovable little pooch. But John Cena, alas, has proven to be somewhat resistant to the little guy’s charms. Nikki thinks, at first, it’s because caring for Winston tends to put a damper on her and Cena’s date nights, but J.J. — who, you’ll remember, is expecting a child with his wife Lauren — has another theory: Given Cena’s adamant resistance to having children, he (and Nikki, for what it’s worth) likely view Winston as a stand-in for a baby and he’s not entirely sure how to handle it as a result.

As Kathy’s wedding to John Laurinaitis draws ever closer, tensions between the spouses-to-be begin to spike when Kathy has found a lump in her breast, yet is choosing to keep that information secret from her children. The couple has a knock-down fight over the secrecy, and Johnny ends up throwing caution to the wind by flat-out telling J.J. and Nikki what the deal is. That leads to a confrontation between mother and children smack-dab on the eve of the wedding. During a trip to a doctor (under the condition that nobody else in the family be told about it), Kathy reveals both a family history of breast cancer and the surprise that she’s known about the lump for longer than previously indicated.

Watch the Season Finale of E!’s Total Bellas Wednesday at 8/7 C.
Обучение

Обучение - это часть игры, в которой нас лишь учат тому, как выживать в мире cattails. Оно довольно долгое, как я считаю, а пропустить его, к сожалению, невозможно.

### Встреча с Коко

* Эй, что ты здесь делаешь?

* Ты не выглядишь, как местный.

* Я Коко.

* Почему бы тебе не подойти и не сказать своё имя?

Вы можете ходить используя WASD на клавиатруе. Попробуйте и подойдите к Коко!

Разговор с Коко (Ходить WASD, Говорить Е)

* Хммм... говоришь, твоё имя [имя игрока]?

* Хорошое имя для тебя, если ты решил поговорить.

* Говоришь тебя бросили? Выкинули на дорогу?

* Как ужасно! Ладно, если это твоя история, тебе многому нужно научиться. Ты должен найти себя в дикой природе.

* Если ты не умеешь использовать травы, плавать, охотиться и сражаться, ты не продержишься здесь и пяти дней! Лови каждое моё слово!

* Я могу показать тебе как выживать. Для начала, расскажу про собирательство.

* Собери немного **желтокорня.** Это растение с зелёными листьями и красными ягодами. Мы используем его, чтобы залечить раны.

* Почему бы тебе не найти немного **желтокорня** и не принести мне? Это не сложно. Дай мне знать, если потребуется помощь. Иди и собери!

### Поиск желтокорня

Найдите желтокорень и соберите его с помощью клавиши Е

Как только вы найдёте желтокорень в левой стороне локации - отнесите его Коко.

* Выглядит, как будто кто-то нашёл желтокорень! Попробуй дать мне его. Подними его и передай.

Откройте инвентарь (Z), выберите желтокорень, после возьмите его.

*!!Статья нуждается в дополнении!!*
Total Bellas: October 19, 2016

Who's the Boss?

Nicole is determined to help Bryan figure out his next steps after retirement and JJ feels under-appreciated and considers quitting his job at Kathy's company to pursue a career in wrestling.

## Recap

Everyone is feeling unfulfilled on this week’s Total Bellas, starting with brother J.J. The male contingent of the Bella brood is in the midst of a passive-aggressive fight with his mother, whom he works for as part of Kathy’s company JBN (that’s J.J., Brianna and Nicole). Though J.J. holds a fairly lofty position in the company, he finds he’s being relegated to Kathy’s gofer and is increasingly frustrated with the career path (or lack thereof) he finds himself on.

A trip to the WWE Performance Center with Nikki Bella and Daniel Bryan, however, leaves J.J. starry-eyed with dreams of becoming a WWE Superstar, but unfortunately, his request that John Cena put a word in with him at the PC goes nowhere, awkwardly. John Laurinaitis is a bit gentler in letting J.J. down, but a family brunch enlightens Kathy to the idea that she should treat J.J. more as her equal if she wants him to stick around. So, she gives him 20 percent of the company.

What started as a general post-retirement adjustment period for Bryan has begun to spiral into full-blown depression, which Brie Bella reveals he’s prone to two-day bouts of as it is. Being apart from Brie, who’s still full-time with WWE, isn’t helping, and the trip with Nikki to the Performance Center, initially designed to lift his spirits, ends up doing the opposite. Bryan has an animated discussion with Sami Zayn about the style he was planning to adopt to wrestle Brock Lesnar, only to come down after he remembers he can’t compete anymore.

For what it’s worth, everyone in the family seems supportive of Bryan taking up a trainer’s role at WWE NXT, but that doesn’t seem to be Bryan’s style. By the episode’s end, even a swim with the manatees can’t cheer up D-Bry, and Brie stops juuuust short of asking him to go to therapy.
Alundra Blayze

## Bio

On the night of Dec. 18, 1995, Alundra Blayze walked onto the set of WCW’s Nitro with her WWE Women’s Championship in hand and proceeded to dump the title into a garbage can on live television.

At a time when WCW had the advantage over WWE in the storied Monday Night War, the incident was a cannonball through the front gates of Mr. McMahon’s crumbling empire. Not only had another one of his competitors aligned themselves with the competition, but a WWE title had been publically disgraced.

Still, while the segment has become one of the defining moments of a classic era in sports-entertainment, it has served to overshadow the stellar in-ring career of Alundra Blayze. A tall, attractive stunner with a fast smile and no shortage of attitude, Blayze clawed her way out of frostbitten armories in the Midwest to become a mainstream celebrity in Japan and the competitor who almost singlehandedly revitalized the Women’s Championship in WWE. And she did it with the same moxie that led her to trash a title on TV.

Breaking into sports-entertainment in the mid-80s, Blayze started out in Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association with the ring name Madusa Miceli. She may have been inexperienced, but her long legs and revealing outfits introduced a bit of rock star appeal that was uncommon in Minnesota rings at the time.

Tangling with future WWE Hall of Famers like Wendi Richter and Sherri Martel, Blayze developed quickly and earned passage to All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. The greatest showcase for female talent that ever existed, AJW boasted icons like Bull Nakano and Aja Kong, who helped Blayze develop into not only a well-rounded grappler, but a minor celebrity in Japan.

Upon returning to the U.S., Blayze entered WCW where she served as a villainous member of Paul Heyman’s Dangerous Alliance and a close ally to “Ravishing” Rick Rude. She broke out as a competitor on American soil in 1993 when she joined WWE as the face of a revamped Women’s Championship. Defeating Heidi Lee Morgan to win the vacant title, Blayze introduced the physical Japanese style to the States through a series of grisly bouts against Nakano and Kong.

When interest in the Women’s Championship waned, WWE disbanded the division and released all female competitors, including Blayze, who was still the WWE Women's Champion. Blayze was immediately hired by WCW where she would finish out her ring career once again as Madusa. Following her controversial dumping of the title, she battled dangerous opponents like Akira Hokuto and Luna Vachon, linked up with “Macho Man” Randy Savage and even defeated Evan Karagias to win the WCW Cruiserweight Title.

Blayze was honored for her illustrious career when she was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on the eve of Wrestlemania 31.

Blayze retired from the ring in 2001 after nearly two decades as one of the most revered women in all of wrestling. As for the WWE Women’s Title? She’s still holding onto it.
Total Bellas: October 4, 2017

Wine About It

The launch of the new Bella wine has Bryan disapproving Brie tasting the wine while pregnant; J.J. ends up injuring Nicole, and Kathy has a breakdown.

## Recap

With Daniel Bryan in tow, The Bella family is headed to Sonoma, Calif. this week for both business and pleasure: The twins are about to launch their wine, Belle Radici (“beautiful roots” in Italian), and they decide to get a little family vacation in while they’re at it. (John Cena and JJ’s family stay at home for this one, though they both drop in via FaceTime.)

All this business talk is a little too fussy for JJ, who decides to liven up the mood by playing an increasingly disruptive series of pranks, and his first target is Mama Bella (more on her in a bit). Nikki gets the better of JJ by shoving him in a pool, but baby brother’s grand finale — he literally jumps out of the bushes and yells — ends up going too far when Nikki tumbles down the steps and hurts her hand. Everyone’s annoyed at JJ, and he’s left to give an embarrassed apology, making him, like so many others, both the winner and loser of the prank war he started.

The launch of the Bellas’ wine is a triumphant occasion for everyone except Brie Bella, who is pregnant and unable to give herself a taste. While some say she can try it without worrying about the baby, Bryan is having none of that idea, and Brie decides this isn’t the hill to die on. It does lead to a fun social experiment where Nikki straps on a fake baby belly and has a drink at a winery to see how people react (they’re wary but admit to dabbling themselves once Nikki explains the situation). Thus, Brie decides not to try the wine and leave quality control to everyone else for the time being, a pleasantly low-key move for such a drama-filled episode.

It’s been a long time since Mama Bella got the spotlight on her daughters’ show, but Total Bellas casts its eye toward the matriarch, and we get a very stressful insight on what it’s like to be her. For one, Kathy attempts to give her kids business advice before the Belle Radici meetings, only to be met with dismissiveness, if not outright sarcasm. Bryan, who’s debating a business venture of his own, is the only one who considers what she has to say.

Sensing blood in the water, the kids bust their mom’s chops for the duration of the trip, and while some of it is all in good fun (a Mama Bella rap gets rave reviews), Bryan and John Laurinaitis point out that it starts to cross the line at a certain point. Which, of course, it does, and Kathy breaks down in front of the whole family. The kids back down and insist their jokes are all in good fun, and everyone settles down and gives Kathy three cheers by way of an apology. Of course, five minutes later, JJ pranks Nikki and she hurts her hand, but, you know, you take the wins when you can get them.
Total Bellas: October 11, 2017

The Wrong Move

The results of a DNA test constructed by Bryan leaves everyone shocked; J.J. gets into a bet about gaining more followers on social media, and Nicole's WrestleMania match with John is left to be questioned after an injury scare.

## Recap

JJ’s excessive competitiveness comes to the forefront this week on E!’s Total Bellas, as some mild joking over his wife’s profession (she’s a blogger) leads mom Kathy to place a $1,000 wager on whether JJ can triple his Instagram followers. The Bella brother seems like he’s well on his way via a combination of humor (mimicking Nikki’s own posts), stunts (getting his chest waxed while Daniel Bryan films) and brown-nosing (asking female Superstars to take selfies and repost them). But Lauren calls foul when she discovers he agreed to take care of their daughter so he could post photos of the two, as it sort of negates the whole idea of parenting when you’re doing it for Instagram followers. Nikki manages to coerce JJ into apologizing to Lauren, the bet is forfeited, and all he has to do is buy dinner.

Where does a Bella Twin come from? If you ask Nikki & Brie, their entire personalities can be traced back to their presumably feisty Mexican-Italian heritage, which is why Brie is looking for a middle name for Birdie that suitably embodies their ancestry. It turns out Bryan carries a fair amount of “Viking” in his blood, to the surprise of nobody, but he’s also fairly certain the whole Mexican-Italian thing doesn’t hold water under scrutiny. So, when the Bellas commission a DNA test and find out they carry typical European mixed heritage (plus a little Jewish and Native American), Brie tries to get in touch with her new roots while simultaneously ignoring Bryan’s. Her husband jokes that this is par for the course in their marriage, but she gets the message and throws him a Viking-themed party. And Bryan, honoring a Jewish family tradition of middle-naming a child after a late loved one, announces that Birdie’s middle name will be Joe, after Brie’s “Pop-Pop.”

As it turns out, Nikki’s comeback run was never intended to be long term, and the understanding was that she’d call it a day after WrestleMania to focus on her other business ventures. However, after she and Brie get a good look at their new, Barbie-esque Mattel WWE Superstars dolls, Nikki wonders if she might be better off prolonging her career to help inspire more little girls. She floats the idea to John Cena, who reminds her that she probably doesn’t have the bandwidth to juggle all these projects if she were to keep her WWE schedule. Ironically, however, the decision might not end up being hers to make: During a match on SmackDown LIVE where Cena takes on Fandango, Nikki re-injures her neck while delivering a spear to Tyler Breeze. It doesn’t appear to be profoundly serious, but Nikki leaves the episode with the sinking feeling that her comeback might not even cross the finish line she’d intended.
NXT ArRIVAL

Paige defends her NXT Women's Title against her longtime rival Emma.

## NXT Women's Championship: Emma vs. Paige (c)

The #EMMAlution will not be televised. At least not on NXT ArRIVAL , thanks to a successful NXT Women’s Championship defense by Paige against Emma.

The “Diva of Tomorrow” Paige has been on the periphery of the WWE Universe throughout her time on NXT, and she more than lived up to her lofty reputation on the biggest night of her career. She was met by a stiff challenge in Emma, though, who gave the “Anti-Diva” a run for her money at nearly every turn. Emma rolled to an early advantage by unleashing her diverse move-set, stringing Paige up in the Dil-Emma tarantula hold before plowing her into the corner with the Emma Sandwich splash.

With Paige on the ropes, Emma went big with a sunset flip sit-out powerbomb from the top rope that very nearly put the champion away. Paige fired back with a superkick to the gut and her Paige-Turner neckbreaker which no NXT or WWE Diva had never kicked out of … until tonight! Emma managed to get her shoulder up before the count of three, which left Paige’s usually fair complexion red with shock, self-doubt and anger. The NXT Women’s Champion then channeled her rage by applying a torturous looking Scorpion Cross Lock submission hold that earned her the title retention by tap out.

## Alexander Rusev attacked Xavier Woods and Tyler Breeze

Hold the selfies and calls to your momma: Xavier Woods’ battle with the self-portrait-obsessed Tyler Breeze didn’t even get out of the blocks, thanks to a ruthless intrusion from Alexander Rusev that left both competitors flattened under the Florida moonlight. The NXT Universe showered “Prince Pretty” with chants of “BREEZE-IS-GORG-EOUS,” though he wasn’t for long when The Bulgarian Brute thundered to the ring and pancaked both men with splashes and cross bodies into the corner. As a final showcase of his dominance, Rusev wrenched Woods into his “Accolade” submission hold while his ambassador, Lana, extolled his virtues as a “super-athlete.” Given his display, who’s going to argue?

## Results

* Paige (c) def. Emma by submission to retain the NXT Women's Championship (13:01)
Bull Nakano

## Bio

The name Diva would never have fit Bull Nakano comfortably. There were no little black dresses in her closet, no red-soled Louboutin shoes on her feet. She was a warrior, plain and simple, and the women who survived their run-ins with Nakano have the scars to prove it.

Debuting as a competitor in the notoriously stern world of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling when she was only a teenager, Nakano became familiar to WWE fans when she terrorized good girl Alundra Blayze in 1994. She competed in WWE long before that, however, teaming up with powerhouse Dump Matsumoto as The Devils of Japan on a series of shows in 1986.

Even back then, Nakano was already carving out her persona as a black-hearted villain with a captivating appearance that was equal parts Tokyo scream queen and Bowery punk rocker. Shaving the sides of her long hair before Skrillex was even born, Bull rocked leather vests and fright makeup to draw the attention of the crowd, but she was much more than just a “Mortal Kombat” cosplayer.

A singles champion in Japan, Mexico and WWE, Nakano intimidated opponents with her unbridled intensity and put them down with her imposing 200-pound frame. Taking obvious pleasure in causing pain, she’d grab a handful of hair and fling a rival across the ring in tribute to The Fabulous Moolah. And her Guillotine Legdrop claimed more victims than a French executioner.

Nakano became a revered sports-entertainment figure following a string of physical encounters against formidable opponents like Aja Kong and Manami Toyota in Japan. It was this international reputation that brought her to WWE in 1994 for a rivalry with Alundra Blayze that revitalized the long-stagnant Women’s Title. The two battled exhaustively throughout the year with Nakano’s biggest victory coming on Nov. 24, 1994, when she won the Women’s Championship in front of more than 42,000 fans in the Tokyo Dome.

Nakano and Blayze rumbled again in WCW in 1995, but her ring career began to wind down soon after. Following a brief stint as a professional golfer (no, seriously), Nakano officially retired from wrestling on Jan. 8, 2012. Although her run in WWE was brief, her stunning look and in-ring daring made her a competitor that was impossible to forget.
AJ Lee

### Highlights

Divas Champion; Raw General Manager; 2012 Diva of the Year; 2014 Diva of the Year

## Bio

Was AJ Lee the figment of some Manga-geek’s adolescent imagination? She was an avid video gamer, regularly thumbing through comic books and wearing the scuffs on her Chuck Taylors with pride. But don’t be fooled. This unpredictable young woman was not as innocent as she looked.

Although she stood a petite 5-foot-2, AJ was a fierce competitor with an energetic, high-flying style that posed a threat to any Diva. This bold New Jersey native first introduced herself to the WWE Universe on the third season of WWE NXT. She finished in third place but won many WWE fans with her lucha-inspired moveset and indomitable fighting spirit.

A year after debuting on SmackDown in May 2011, AJ was pivotal in the 18-second outcome of the World Heavyweight Championship Match at WrestleMania XXVIII with a kiss to her beau, Daniel Bryan. The couple’s subsequent breakup sent AJ into an emotional tailspin, and she went on to become romantically entangled with WWE’s top Superstars, including CM Punk, Kane and even John Cena.

Following a brief and controversial stint as Raw’s General Manager — a tenure marred by controversy due to her increasingly erratic behavior — AJ found herself in the arms of the brash Dolph Ziggler. Coincidentally enough, it was in the femme fatale’s home state that The Showoff cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Alberto Del Rio to become the World Heavyweight Champion just one night after WrestleMania 29.

It wasn’t long before AJ claimed a championship of her own. After winning a No. 1 Contender’s Divas Battle Royal on Raw, AJ defeated former friend Kaitlyn to ensnare the Divas Title and would go on to hold that prize for a record-shattering 295 days until she was unseated by NXT Women’s Champion Paige the day after WrestleMania 30. It would be her first of three Divas Championships.

Even though it was impossible to predict what AJ would do next, one thing remained a constant: She always kept us guessing.

## Retirement

On April 3, 2015 WWE.com released a statement: "AJ Lee (April Mendez) has decided to retire from in-ring competition with WWE. We wish AJ the very best."
RAW 32: September 20, 1993

The 32nd episode of Monday Night RAW. Luna Vachon continued her management of Bam Bam Bigelow.

## Episode recap

### **Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Lavern McGill**

In an enhancement match, Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Lavern McGill. During the bout, Luna choked McGill ringside when the referee's back was turned.

## Results

* Bam Bam Bigelow (w/ Luna Vachon) defeated Lavern McGill (5:19)
Total Bellas: September 13, 2017

Martial Mayhem

Nikki has concerns when J.J. wants to get advice from John about his marital problems, and Brie gives Bryan a feel of what it's like to give birth.

## Recap

JJ and Lauren still haven’t quite resolved their issues on the latest Total Bellas, so a compromise is reached wherein he will crash at Nikki Bella and John Cena’s villa in Phoenix until things blow over. Unfortunately, a towel-clad JJ wanders by while Nikki is on FaceTime with her mother, leading Kathy to believe Nikki has a secret boyfriend she’s hiding from Cena. This idea, of course, is insane, and Nikki (who had, to her credit, kept JJ’s secret as promised) must come clean to her folks about her brother’s situation to clear her name. This prompts an awkward intervention-style meeting where the Bella family takes him to task for snowboarding in Tahoe on a family trip while Lauren tended to their baby alone.

It’s worth noting, however, that JJ has no idea what to do and is just trying his best, including seeking some advice from the one man he knows who’s been through a similar rough patch: John Cena. He does so against Nikki’s wishes, as she’s worried that JJ will vent so much that Cena decides that marriage simply isn’t worth it. But the big guy is all too happy to lend an ear to someone who needs it, reassuring Nikki that he sees a long, happy future for them down the line and even letting on to JJ that the marriage thing isn’t as much of a deal-breaker as it used to be. Really, the only thing he does take issue with is the way JJ wears his ball caps, which, in the grand scheme of things, is small potatoes.

Brie Bella is having a baby, and Daniel Bryan has questions. Many, many questions involving vitamins and nutrients and so many other subjects, causing Brie to suspect Bryan might be trying to hog the spotlight of her pregnancy, or at least make it more about his concerns than hers. It doesn’t help matters when he insists on buying reusable cloth diapers for the baby, as disposable diapers are an environment-ravaging waste (he even takes Brie to a landfill to prove his point).

Given that Bryan is so adamant about sharing the load of the pregnancy, Brie decides to give the man what he wants and hook him up to a machine that simulates labor pains. With the family watching, Bryan takes the zapping like a Zen master (JJ is a little less stoic when he tries it), and Brie concludes that, when it comes to being pregnant, having a husband who’s super into the experience and wants to share in it isn’t the worst lot in the world to have.
Io Shirai

If you needed any additional confirmation that the Mae Young Classic has attracted the globe’s best talent, look no further than Io Shirai. Named the top women's wrestler of the year three times by national Japanese newspaper Tokyo Sports, Shirai was announced as a new NXT signee at a WWE Live Event in Tokyo in June.

Possessing the same fighting spirit apparent in Japanese greats like Asuka and Manami Toyota, Shirai is one of those rare performers who can seemingly do it all between the ropes. Her offense is a thrilling mix of audacious springboard dives, bone-shattering strikes and suplexes, and wrenching submissions that leave her opponents in agony. And she does it all with a fiery charisma that has made her one of the most buzzed-about talents in sports-entertainment. When Shirai finally hits the ring at the Classic, you’ll see why.
Kay Lee Ray

## Bio

Scottish high-flyer Kay Lee Ray is a fiery star on the rise from the flourishing United Kingdom circuit. A young veteran of eight years, Ray boasts an innovative, daredevil attack. When she’s in action, your best chance of keeping up with her is by following the scarlet streak of Ray’s hair as she soars around the ring, diving through the ropes and propelling herself off the turnbuckle with her graceful take on the Swanton Bomb.

The reigning women’s champion for Glasgow-based Insane Championship Wrestling, Ray is also a former Queen of Southside Champion, Scottish Women’s Champion and SWE Speed King Champion, so she knows what it takes to snare championship gold. In the Mae Young Classic, Ray gets her first chance to make a splash on a global scale.
Total Divas: June 1, 2014

Wedding Mania

Brie Bella and Bryan get married; Nikki Bella's secret marriage is finally exposed; WrestleMania.

## Recap

It’s the big day on E!’s “Total Divas.” Brie Bella and Daniel Bryan are getting married. The places are set, the guests are lookin’ good and the bride and groom are ready to go … and Nikki Bella nearly screws the whole deal up. Or rather, pesky Bella brother, JJ, does so by congratulating John Cena for his super-chill reaction to learning about Nikki’s previous marriage, which, of course, he never actually had because he knows nothing about Nikki’s previous marriage. This forces Nikki to descend from her throne of lies to head up damage control right as Brie’s getting ready to walk down the aisle … but first, WrestleMania!

The ladies are all raring to go for their big Divas Championship Invitational at The Show of Shows, despite some epic last-minute willies by Eva Marie. Trouble starts piling up early, though, when they find out that the Divas match is slated second-to-last just as it was the previous year (which, you’ll remember, ended up getting cut). The timing of the show does, in fact, allow the ladies to compete but, uh, they have to follow this so they’re understandably on edge. As Naomi says, “we some bad chicks,” and they give the crowd a solid show anyway. Even Eva Marie gets a couple moves in.

Back to the Sedona, Ariz., wedding drama: Nikki’s secret is exposed and the rest of the Bella family wastes no time rounding on her in vicious fashion. Happily, the clan pulls it together long enough for Brie and Bryan to say their (breathtaking) wedding vows and Nikki and Cena manage to hash out their problems at the rehearsal dinner. The end result is: John doesn’t particularly care, he’d just like to be on the short list of people who are privy to the big stuff like this.

All’s well that ends well – Cameron even gets over some deep-seeded intimacy issues and tells lovable Vinnie she loves him, while Summer Rae resolves to improve her relationships with the Divas – and we ride off into the sunset drama-free, with everyone happy. Until next season, that is.
Paige

## Bio

A note to all Superstars who step into the ring: Be sure to wipe your feet, mind your surroundings and ask for permission to use the facilities. You’re in Paige’s house now.

Paige originally turned heads with the pale skin and goth-festival makeup that gave her the name of the “Anti-Diva,” but Paige quickly earned a reputation for herself as the Superstar who would, could (and ultimately did) carry WWE’s women’s division into the future. Handpicked as the first NXT Women’s Champion, Paige continued to make history on the main roster when she ended AJ Lee’s then-record-setting Divas Title reign on her first night, becoming the only woman to simultaneously hold the Divas and NXT Women’s Championships.

A day hasn’t gone by when Paige has not performed as advertised. Her allegiances shift as rapidly as the wind, but that just means there are more Superstars for her to beat. In a six month tug-of-war over the Divas Title against AJ, Paige eventually earned a second reign, came within spitting distance of a third, and helped usher a new wave of NXT veterans in as the captain of team PCB during the Divas Revolution. At this point, to call her an “Anti-Diva” is missing the point: Paige is truly The Diva of Tomorrow. And tomorrow, folks, is today.
Total Divas: March 16, 2014

New Diva on the Block

Summer Rae is introduced to the other ladies. Eva Marie has to talk with her parents. Nikki Bella has the possibility of life without her boyfriend.

## Recap

Three things in this life are certain: Death, taxes and “Total Divas.” And good news to all those poor souls parched from an unholy drought of Brie Mode, the confused followers waving “Girl Bye” to no one in particular and cat enthusiasts chronicling King Louis fan-fictions across their Tumblrs, because we. Are. BACK (back-back on top of the world). And with [[[Brie Bella]] and Daniel Bryan’s wedding on the horizon, wedding bells are a’ringin’ and casting a long shadow over the party-hearty ladies of E!’s newest hit.

For one, the upcoming nuptials have driven Nikki Bella headlong into a rut. She’s on break from her relationship with John Cena after his “no kids, no marriage” talk in last season’s finale, and spends the majority of this hour wringing her hands over whether to cast her lot in with the lone wolf or risk wading back into the singles pool to potentially find a guy who’s more open to the idea of starting a family. An eleventh-hour text from Cena inviting Nikki to a romantic rendezvous seems to open up the possibility of a proposal, or at least reconciliation, though the episode ends just as their sunset meeting gets going so we don’t see what the conversation entails just yet.

Eva Marie, meanwhile, is drifting further and further up a creek with each passing day, as she’s eloped with her boyfriend Jonathan and neglected to inform her less-than-supportive family. The rest of the Divas (Naomi especially), Sandra the seamstress and even Jonathan himself attempt to relate what a terrible, terrible course of action this is, and yet “Eva the Diva’s” grand solution is to literally wipe her (shared) apartment of any traces that her husband lives there and hope for the best when the brood comes to visit. Spoiler alert: This plan does not work, and she ends the episode more or less disowned.

As for resident, already-married veteran Natalya, she’s left to shoot newcomer/potential usurper Summer Rae the side-eye while engaging in a little #BrieMode-esque nonsense of her own, bumping booties with Cameron’s boyfriend Vinnie at the club and narrowly avoiding arrest in the process. But hey, she didn’t text Stephanie McMahon this time, so progress is progress, right?
Sasha Banks

## Bio

Some people are born Bosses. Others have Bossness thrust upon them. Sasha Banks is the former.

An independent wrestler out of Boston, Banks worked her way through various promotions before finally getting a foot in the door in WWE NXT. Eventually, the quiet but talented young woman found her voice, and The Boss was born. Since then, Banks hasn’t looked back for a second, though she turned plenty of heads throughout her astounding rise to dominance as one of Full Sail’s “Four Horsewomen.”

The trailblazing continued past NXT when Banks helped usher in a new era of competition on the Raw roster during the Women’s Evolution of 2015. Since then, the ultra-confident Banks has made history at every turn, competing in the first-ever Women’s WWE Iron Man and Hell in a Cell Matches, all while becoming a multiple-time Raw Women’s Champion. Refusing to be looked over or set aside, Sasha has proven time and again that she runs the roost in the Women’s division. Just like a — well, you know.
Carmella

## Bio

Carmella gets what she wants, when she wants it, and this Superstar has her sights set on making history in WWE. A former NFL and NBA dancer, the self-titled Princess of Staten Island has the athletic abilities to make her dreams a reality, and on SmackDown LIVE’s teeming Women’s division, she has the perfect stage on which to do so.

Considering the unusual road she took to get to the ring, it's not a bad situation to be in. Carmella was working as a hairdresser until an unfortunate incident involving her friends Enzo Amore & Big Cass, a bucket of hair-removal cream and a client's prized poodle culminated in the beauty being out of a job. Looking to take out her frustrations, the feisty Staten Islander approached “The Realest Guys in the Room” about becoming an NXT Superstar, and bada-boom, the rest is history.

Now, the brash beauty has become a staple of in-ring competition, having learned the ropes in NXT’s ultra-competitive Women’s division and built enough of a name for herself to be selected as the final, if F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S., overall pick in the 2016 WWE Brand Extension Draft. Now a staple of SmackDown LIVE, Carmella is looking to take another unlikely beginning and turn it into a rousing success.

Simply put, the princess has eyes on the throne. And after recent events, it appears she might be closing in on it. For, in the first-ever Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match, James Ellsworth helped The Princess of Staten Island steal the victory against Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Natalya and Tamina to claim a contract good for a SmackDown Women's Title Match any time she wishes in the next year. Though she was stripped of the contract at first, Carmella survived another Money in the Bank Ladder Match to claim a contract that could guarantee she becomes SmackDown Women's Champion.
Santana Garrett

## Bio

She might not possess a Lasso of Truth, but Santana Garrett carries herself with so much strength, determination and grace that you’d be forgiven for thinking Wonder Woman had just wandered into the Mae Young Classic.

Garrett is one of the most accomplished competitors outside of WWE. Inspired to pursue wrestling by her father, who was once a grappler, Garrett translated her gymnastics and cheerleading background into a sports-entertainment skillset that has earned her title reigns across the globe. Combine that with the mentorship she received under WWE Hall of Famers like Scott Hall and Larry Zbyszko and it’s easy to understand how Garrett has claimed accolades such as the Cauliflower Alley Club’s Future Legend Award — the same award won by Kurt Angle in 2000 — and a fourth-place position in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s 2016 ranking of the world’s top women’s wrestlers.
Liv Morgan

## Bio

Rocking a snapback, a pair of Jordans and a mischievous smile, Liv Morgan is as unique and authentic inside the ring as her gear might suggest. As a member of NXT’s acclaimed Women’s division, Liv is finally realizing her lifelong dream of becoming a Superstar, a goal that took root in a makeshift ring that she and her brothers constructed in their family’s backyard in New Jersey.

A former competitive cheerleader, Liv boasts a combination of agility and creativity once the bell rings, but she’s not afraid to scrap, either. Looking to make her friends and family back in the 201 area code proud, Liv represents New Jersey to the fullest and refuses to back down from a fight. Will it be long before she has an NXT Women’s Championship to complement her Jumpman and flat brim?
Abbey Laith

## Bio

Abbey Laith had to keep her love of WWE secret growing up. She wasn’t allowed to watch sports-entertainment as a child, so Laith had to be sneaky. While she trained as a ballerina, she was dreaming of becoming a Superstar, and eventually studied the ins and outs of grappling under WWE Cruiserweight Drew Gulak.

Laith has battled competitors across the independent wrestling scene — notably becoming the first (and so far, only) woman to hold the Chikara Grand Championship — but her goal was always to get to WWE. She accomplished that earlier this year, when she was signed to the WWE Performance Center. Now, Laith looks to use the Alligator Clutch, the same inescapable pin once utilized by the great Mae Young, to propel herself to victory in Young’s namesake event.
NXT TakeOver: The End

Asuka looks to hold onto her NXT Women's Championship in a hard fought battle against the formidable Nia Jax.

## NXT Women's Championship: Asuka vs. Nia Jax

Despite the vicious attack that left Asuka lying last week, the NXT Women’s Champion went right after Nia Jax, throwing a series of strikes that left the No. 1 contender backtracking. However, as the bout wore on, it became apparent that Asuka’s normal game plan of clobbering her opposition with a flurry of fists and boots would not work, as Jax rag-dolled her around with ease. The Empress of Tomorrow regrouped and instead tried to take Jax out with submissions, including the guillotine hold that Bayley used to defeat Jax at TakeOver: London.

However, Jax learned from that match, powering out and suplexing The Empress of Tomorrow into the canvas. The towering Jax was in the driver’s seat, outmatching the NXT Women’s Champion with pure power. Asuka refused to stay down, catching a seated Nia with a knee to face. Having found her opening, Asuka’s battle cry echoed through Full Sail University as she whaled away on Jax with four devastating kicks, the last of which put the challenger down for the three-count and ensured Asuka’s undefeated streak remained intact and the NXT Women’s Championship remained around her waist.

## Results

* Asuka (c) defeated Nia Jax to retain the NXT Women's Championship (9:11)

## Critical reception

* **Bleacher Report** graded the women's contest a **B-**. "This was another example of a Superstar looking strong in defeat as this was really the story of Nia Jax pummeling Asuka, only for her opponent's tenacity to do her in late. The challenger showed more aggression than ever before—a nice addition to what is already an impressive power-based skill set. Asuka, a seasoned pro, held the match together. Her bumping for Jax made the challenger look like the unstoppable force she should be. The result was some excellent storytelling, even if the match itself failed to meet the lofty expectations Bayley, Sasha Banks, Charlotte and Becky Lynch set over the last year-and-a-half."
* **John Canton** of **TJRWrestling** gave the match \*\*\*. "A pretty good match where they told the story of the overpowering heel tossing around the tiny babyface. The announcers kept pointing out how nobody had beat up Asuka like this before and they were right to do it. It’s a way to put over Jax even though she lost clean. Asuka’s arguably the best women’s wrestler in WWE right now, so I’m not surprised when she has a very good match. I’m impressed by Jax because she’s been wrestling for less than two years and is performing at a high level. Nice work by both."
* **Dave Meltzer** of **Wrestling Observer Newsletter** gave the match \*\*¾.
Total Divas: September 8, 2013

A Leg Up

An old leg injury threatens to sideline Nikki Bella. Eva Marie lands a spread in Maxim. JoJo struggles to find her voice. Ariane is nervous when Vinnie starts talking marriage.

## Recap

Oh, snap. Competition is a-brewin’ on E!’s “Total Divas” when the two newbies get their first big breaks in “the business.” First up is Eva Marie, who gets the news she’s been pegged for a “Maxim” shoot and, while the other Divas are cautiously congratulatory over the news, almost everyone is genuinely happy for her. ALMOST.

Playing “Negative Nancy” among the crew is JoJo, who has yet to separate herself from the pack and can’t muster up even a halfhearted well-wish as Eva Marie pulls ahead of her. JoJo decides to break out the big guns and pitches a musical performance, with Naomi (Trinity) helping her to shoulder the load. The two record a solid version of “Somebody Call My Momma” with Naomi’s record-producer father, but their live performance of the song on WWE Main Event – JoJo’s would-be coming out party as a Diva – doesn't exactly pan out, and JoJo finds herself sinking deeper into the doghouse as a result.

Suffering a setback of a different nature is Nikki Bella, who takes a nasty tumble off the apron during a match and injures her leg, which was already iffy thanks to an old soccer injury that never properly healed. The pain persists and, at Brie Bella and John Cena’s insistence, Nikki finally caves and gets her leg checked out by the medical powers that be. The news is – so to speak – crippling: She’ll be bound to crutches with an expected 12-week recovery. Nikki’s sent home to heal up by Talent Relations.

Elsewhere, Cameron (Ariane) and Vincent get their turn in the spotlight this week when Vincent tries to convince Cameron to meet his folks. There’s not a human on or watching this show who doesn’t realize this is Vincent’s setup for a marriage proposal, but a hesitant Cameron gives it a shot anyway. Sure enough, Vincent’s old-school Armenian dad basically tells Cameron to “wife up” and give him a grandkid. The last straw, however, comes when Vincent takes Cameron to a jeweler to pick out a rock, at which point she breaks down and tells the big guy she’s not ready to get married yet. To his immense credit, Vinnie agrees to pump the breaks a bit.
Minor Characters

A list of minor characters found in Reversed Star.

## Evangeline's Family/Acquaintances

### Maximilian Von Heard

Evangeline's boyfriend. He's very vain, and cares a lot about appearances, both physical and social. Doesn't pay much attention to things outside of his worldview. He does care quite a bit about Evangeline, who he has been dating for a little under a year at the start of the story. The two get along well together due to running in similar social circles. His mother is the founder and owner of a famous fashion magazine called *Von*.

### Beatrice Dumont

Evangeline's mother. A self-proclaimed "activist," she loves throwing lavish events and being as social as possible.

## Icaruss and Co's Family/Acquaintances

### Z

A good friend of Thara. In Hell of a Ride, she introduces young Thara to illegal hoverboard racing.