If you think we’re harsh on Maria, newsflash — heard it all before. Someone saying it for the umpteenth time doesn’t make a difference to me.

That’s not to sound as though I don’t care about your opinions, because I do and I read all of the comments on the site. But unless you’re getting extremely personal, I would never tell anyone to censor their opinion just to placate me or other readers.

I’m very blunt and the regulars know what they’re getting themselves into when they visit this site.

astrozombie50 — I apologise for the ‘word vomit’ comment.

Actually I have to be honest here, as soon as I reread my comment (after I posted it) I instantly regretted what I said. Sadly I couldn’t delete it. As for the ‘professional’ comment, really there’s nothing I can say that can back me up here other than while I was typing my comment I had completely forgotten that it was a blog. This (to me at the very least) feels more like a wrestling dirtsheet. It’s where I go to check the latest diva gossip, rather than a dirtsheet where it’s primarily focused on top superstars in the business.

I apologize if I came off as rude, I figure I owe you at least that much. Though I hardly consider anything I said is considered as ‘word vomit’ I was just voicing my opinion as well.

Although your comment strikes me a little odd this week and makes me wonder if you actually bothered to read what I wrote before writing? Perhaps you just saw the picture and decided to word vomit? I did give Maria her due props this week if you actually bothered to read, her outfit was still bad but it had redeeming qualities and I liked the look she was going for, as I wrote in the actual piece.

Kaledrina — Clothing/ring attire is pretty much individual choice, as far as I know. Though as spiffy mentions, they gotta dress appropriately.

Everything they wear when appearing on tv has to be cleared by management first, especially garments that have text or brand logos on it. They also don’t want wrestlers sort of promoting a clothing brand that in any way affects WWE. That could be if WWE has an exisiting deal with a rival brand, the wrestler sort of getting a sponsorship deal without WWE’s consent or profiting from, or sayings on a shirt that WWE might get backlash/negative feedback from. If the wrestler/diva won’t be on camera, I don’t think it matters as much. But I’m pretty sure the girls wear their own clothes. It just needs clearance on tv.

I’ve noticed that on some occasions, Divas have appeared on tv in outfits they recently did photoshoots for. Maryse and Mickie for sure did (ironically, I think on each occasion Mickie got sprayed in the face). And I’m pretty sure photoshoot outfits are picked out by WWE stylists (though Maryse has worn that black leather half-jacket more than once, maybe it’s hers to keep). These photoshoot attires are probably a subliminal way to get people to visit the website.

I’ve also read that WWE has a dress code for all employees coming to the arena. Kinda like the NBA, although not nearly as strict. They’re expected to dress an appropriate way. I think the exceptions to the dress code are if it’s in-character or if it’s a top level guy like Triple H.

Here’s a question for you, Melanie, or anybody else who might know.. Do the Divas/KOs actually get to dress how they like or is it something that they have to clear with creative/writers? I understand there are somewhat certain limits with in-ring attire, but as all the ladies featured in this week’s List are in non-wrestling attire, I was just wondering if it was them or not who dressed themselves?.. Hope that made sense!