The Divas Championship tournament comes to an end tonight when Gail Kim and Maryse battle it out for the gold silver in the finals. Who will be the new Divas Champion? Will Gail Kim make history and complete the trifecta of singles gold in WWE and TNA? Will Maryse make history by becoming the first multi-time Divas Champ? The Diva Dirt writers weigh in with their predictions:
Cryssi: Are predictions really needed for this? It’s been set in stone since Maryse needed surgery that when she returned her precious butterfly belt will be waiting on her. We already know she was supposed to go over Melina. We already know this tournament is just a pointless way of giving her the title back without it being to obvious. She’s the only Diva on Raw who gets mic time. She has random little bits and pieces with the Miz (who for some reason the WWE thinks is better than John Morrison). Maryse is the WWE’s ‘it’ girl and there is nothing any of us can do about it. That said… I’m picking Gail Kim to win the Diva’s Championship. Why the hell not?
Erin: I feel like it’s been obvious from the start that this has been Maryse’s tournament to lose. Meaning, it’s been all about her from the get-go (if placing her in the forefront of the tournament by putting her on commentary and giving her mic time when no other Divas receives the same didn’t make it obvious) and the only twist the tournament could have had is if someone shockingly managed to defeat her. I didn’t see that happening, and it didn’t. Pitting her against Gail was another obvious move, but it’s not because I feel that the WWE is jonesing to put the Divas Championship on Gail–it’s because she was the default top babyface in Melina’s stead and thus is the one destined to be the last one to fall to Maryse. Still, maybe she can have a title feud with Maryse as a consolation prize. But the point is that tonight, Maryse will win the Divas Championship. It was destined to happen back before Melina got injured, and Maryse’s victory tonight will fulfill that destiny.
Melanie: First let me just say, Cryssi I love your style haha! Anyway, WWE has made no effort in masking the chances of both of these Divas. Let us compare: Gail’s qualifying match was on WWE Superstars, Maryse is guaranteed a spot on Raw every week. After Gail and Maryse had advanced and there were just two spots to be filled, Gail was nowhere to be seen during the Alicia-Kelly match but Maryse was ever-so prominent in the Eve-Katie match. Last week in the semis, Maryse got a better spot with more time and got to cut a promo before her match. Gail didn’t get an entrance and her victory celebration was cut short for a segment between Alicia Fox and Dule Hill. We know WWE always has their favourites so it’s not Maryse’s fault, but if you’re going to have a tournament at least freakin’ try and mask that the girls all have equal opportunity. There’s nothing to suggest Gail will win tonight. Maryse is the hot act right now and she has it in the bag.
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u see i love the new girl already but yea she is right but wwe needs to surprise us more espically when it come to these divas they have all came up together as a division 2 improve their wrestling they need to be used more better then they way they r being treated
Maryse b.c she is the “money maker” as far as Divas go on RAW, Vince loves her, and she gets the majority of air time for the divas. I have hopes that tonight’s match will NOT be as bad as everyone thinks.
Would love to see Gail win but I’m a realist. It’s gonna be Maryse, especially since we have a face female now as the champion on Smackdown. Whatever. I’m already prepared for the 3 minute botchfests under a Maryse reign. lol
wow photo shop, what did they do to Gails face it looks different
hope she wins, a maryse title rein would be like 7 years of darkness, with her lack of doing anything in the ring
You know something, WWE has pushed Maryse since she’s returned. She’s been unstoppable from the Gobbledy Gooker to the reminiscense of that Jackie Gayda match to the shoedown with Dule Hill. She eventually was going to win the title from Melina, but, WWE may be messing with our heads. They want us to suspect that Maryse is going to win the title but then out of nowhere, Gail pops up being the one holding the gold up high above her head. But then again, they need one face champion and one heel champion. So it’s kind of 50-50 and you dont really expect what to think !
If roumours are true then Maryse is gonna win the title, but i would love to see Gail win the Divas Championship, not only will this make her the number 1 babyface on raw ( which she desevers by the way) but it means she will be the ONLY female wrestler to have won the WWE Women’s title , WWE Diva’s title and the TNA Knockout title.
EAT UR HEART OUT TRISH!
Sorry, I meant to say showdown in the Dule Hill part !
Man I love Cryssi…
Erm…anyways,
I’m not a realist,I’m a freak.So I’m going with Gail to win tonight just for the “shock factor” WWE has been known to play out so well.
gooooooooooooooooooo Maryse….Hopefully it’ll be a decent match similar to their Smackdown matches!
Why does everyone keep callling that match Jackie Gayda esque? It was not, at all. There was one noticeable botch (by a Bella) and Maryse covered it very well. And to Cryssi, The Miz is a lot better than Morrison on the mic and that’s what seems to be what the officials want these days. That being said, go Maryse! I love Gail but she isn’t over enough to carry a title yet, the WWE needs to push her first.
jamboslilangel-Leave*sob*Trish*sob*ALOOOOONE*pissed off sob*
I think the only reason they picked Gail to be in the finals was because they wanted a REAL wrestler to fall to Maryse which would make her look good
This is how I see it, Gail dominates the entire match doing her high flying moves, then Maryse puts one leg out tripping Gail, nailing her DDT for the win
Gails first win was on WWE superstars(the D show),then she got no entrance for her match against Alicia, and then after she beat Alicia she gets 5 second to celebrate until they go to the next segment
Marsye on the other hand has had the spotlight all over her every week. i would LOVE FOR GAIL TO TAKE THAT DIVAS TITLES but theres no signs of it happening
lol why would Trish care if Gail won all 3 of the titles, Trish has never even had any contact with the divas or knockouts titles
If there is justice to Womens Wrestling, Gail should be given the championship. Yet Maryse (as much as she is one of my favourites and totally gorgeous), she’s been nothing but bland in the ring since her return. Yeah yeah, I know it’s booking, but Gail is more exciting still because WWE book stuff they know she can do like crossbodys etc. I’m cheering for Gail and I hope WWE will shock us, yet it’s most likely going to be MARYSE who will transform from the cacoon that doesn’t really do anything into the butterfly. Sorry for that lmao!
Maryse gets a bigger reaction from the crowd then all the babyface divas do. Enough said.
Dameon333 has a very good point but i doubt WWE is that smart haha
but i am totally for Gail Kim winning the title and have Maryse be the #1 contender and take it from her down the road idk but than again all signs point to Maryse being the champ.
iLUVMARYSE-No she doesn’t,Mickie does.(Example:Last night -.-)
And bookers don’t book the ENTIRE match,they jsut set up SOME things they want in the match,i.e Maryse not wrestling a lot.
TrishMelinafan – Look am not picking on trish in anyway, i think she is a great wrestler (though Lita will allways be my number 1) , but am just stating the Fact that if Gail wins(which she problery wont) she will be the only female wrestler to hold all three Singles titles in TNA and WWE. That more of a historic moment than trish’s 7 time record of only holding 1 title!
and WWE is not about to allow Gail (quite yet) to be that three belt winner. WWE does not want all the resultant publicity and the name TNA to be in every single Gail Kim winner writeup … therefore when Gail does win the Diva Belt, and yes she will win it before the end of her current WWE contract … Gail will win it at a PPV so it can be taken away from her the very next night on Raw cutting down the PR time, and the on line recognition time as well. So tonight is NOT the night for Gail Kim to win anything.
If wwe was smart and actually cared for women’s wrestling, they would give the title to Gail, cause lets be honest here, Maryse is horrible in the ring. But sadly, wwe isn’t smart so they’ll give it to French Maid Barbie.
I think the only reason Gail got to the finals was just so she could carry Maryse through to match and make Maryse look credible. this is how I see it going; Gail will totally dominate in this match, then Maryse will get one move in and then win.
Firstly, Cryssi, Miz > Morrison ;D
Secondly, Maryse is WWE’s favourite girl, no doubt about it, it could have been masked in a better way but sadly it didn’t. Gail may pull out a shocker, but Maryse will be the champion soon after. To be honest, they brought in the Diva’s title as the second tier title, it’s no where near the Women’s title in terms of prestige (that being damaged slightly by Candice’s reign).
Cyrissi I freaking love u lmao I like ur style….I know Mayrse is gonna win but who cares Gail Kim for the freaking win
WWE doesn’t even care if Gail becomes the first woman to hold all 3 titles, it matters to us because we’re women wrestling fans but to WWE, she’ll only be the 4th woman to hold both the womens and divas titles and I don’t think WWE wants as there 4th woman, maybe there 5th or 6 th woman
if WWE wanted Gail away from the divas title, then she wouldn’t have been placed on smackdown where the orginally divas title was and then traded to Raw where the divas title was taken too.
I don’t even think WWE has put the pieces together that gail would be the 1st woman to have won all 3 titles, thats just us because anaylze stuff like that
Where are these huge crowd reactions for Maryse that I keep hearing about? Because, when I watch, she’s either getting catcalls or the same silence that the other divas do. The only people that seem excited about her seem to be on the internet. Mickie? Yea, she gets a response. Beth too. But Maryse? Not so much. The crowd doesn’t even make much noise when she’s speaking French. And that’s an old school heel tactic!
MARYSE!!<33
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but i do believe this is going to be a long and good
match, because normally, 1-on-1 Maryse and Gail
have some excellent solid matches.
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Jamal- I agree, where are these so called reactions people are talking about?? The only I hear her get is catcalls or nothing at all. She gets no heel reaction what so ever, pretty obvious shes not that good of a heel.
hahaha imma laugh if we are all wrong and Gail ends up winning it may be a 1 and a million chance but why the hell not wish. Anyways with Mickie winning last night i doubt wwe will have two babyface divas as champions, I was holding out some hope that if Mickie didn’t win that Gail would surely win but with Mickie winning its skinda of out of the question. My prediction is that Gail will hit huge air, get the ground going and Maryse will win by possibly putting her feet on the ropes are cheating some how. Because she shouldn’t be giving that glory to beat Gail Fair and Square she just doesn’t deserve it. I give it 4 1/2 minutes woo!
Mah predictions
- Maryse to come out to cat whistles
- Maryse to get that head stomped in by Gail
- The crowd starts to get into it…
- …then a butt ugly botch caused by Gail kills the crowd
- Maryse wins
- Diva fans crap collective lead bricks
- Maryse’s role in her matches continue to go misunderstood
Maryse’s thing isn’t to go out there and do a bazillion moves. She is suppose to go out there and piss people off that she is used instead of people they want to see because “she can’t wrestle”. Out comes whoever to shut her the hell up. And if she does a decent job at “looking like she is kicking Maryse’s butt”, the crowd will start to build interest. It has worked with Gail, Kelly, the Bellas, and Eve so far. It’s really effective since they don’t have a Diva shagging up with a major player backstage on Raw to give them stupid storylines. lol
But like it has been widely regarded as far as Diva fans go, “More moves > rhyme or reason”.
MARYSE!
i DONT CARE IF IT IS OBVIOUS!
I DO NOT CAREEEEEE!!
IF IT IS OBVIOUS THEN BE IT …
With her looks and tendency to be pretty amusing, Maryse is going to continue to get cheers/whistles rather than boos unless they have her do things that just can’t be defended or cheered. Until that happens, she’s going to be a heel who is liked by some of the fans, like Orton.
and by the way if you people actually think that maryse is boring, patetic, no diva material blah blah..
Let me tell you something boo, she is the only diva on raw who got some crowd reaction! maybe is for sexy i dont know, but yes she does and that is a FACT…
so why all of you people who doesnt agree maryse (maybe) winning tonight turn your tv off.. cause actually there is some people who wants to see her like champ..
and I would be happy if gail wins, cause i support the diva’s division, and Im going to be happy for whatever happend on that ring tonight.. I’m not going to be picky .. unless wwe gives the title to some bella, cause that would be a problem
Maryse’s role is to also look at least half-way competent in the ring and she’s yet to show that. Plus, her selling is nearly as wacky as her over the top gestures and mannerisms.
And Terri Runnels used to get catcalls too. Doesn’t mean she should have been holding the women’s title.
The one in purple, will not fail.
The one in white, can not prevail
The E likes women, that are blonde
Of Gail Kim, they are not fond
For my opinion, I predict Maryse as coming away with the title belt. Unless Melina comes back as a heel, I don’t see Gail winning this title because when Melina does come back, it is certain that she will have a run for the title. Having a heel as a champion makes more sense right now anyways because of the former champion having been a face. Besides, Maryse has returned and the whole reason why she doesn’t have a title at the moment is because of her injury. Why not reward her with the belt? Although I think Gail deserves the Divas’ Championship AS WELL as a Women’s title reign, WWE thinks up their butts at times. So, Maryse for the win.
“Maryse’s role is to also look at least half-way competent in the ring and she’s yet to show that. Plus, her selling is nearly as wacky as her over the top gestures and mannerisms.”
Is this that “fainting” issue some people bring up when it comes to Maryse’s matches? If so, have you every been hit repeatedly only to gather all of your strength to end the fight? lol
Maryse being over the top is part of the act. She’s suppose to be all goofy and crazy at times. That is why she stands out amist a bunch of Divas that only have one expression (“=D” for the faces & “>=(” for the heels). It is better then her trying to do a bunch of moves/spots she isn’t capable of doing. It is better then her botching left and right.
Like I said, Maryse’s thing is to piss off people. But since she is hot and funny, people aren’t that pissed off to give her silence. lol
I’m definitely rooting for Gail, but Maryse seems to be a company favorite so the odds are clearly in her favor. Gail would no doubt be the best option right now. Maryse, while interesting, isn’t ready to carry the division. She is terribly limited in the ring which only hurts the credibility of a belt that already looks like it is some kind of joke.
Catcalls or not..it’s still a reaction. Something Gail,Eve or The Bellas cannot garner. Kelly Kelly is pretty popular too & im pretty surprised it wasnt her & Maryse in the finals. Point being, I guess i wasnt clear then, Maryse gets a bigger reaction out of the crowd then all the Raw babyfaces do. (except Melina who’s injured) lol.
I’ll be expecting Maryse to pick up the victory (…c’mon). In terms of the quality of this matchup, my expectations are set REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY low. Really low. But whatever happens, happens.
I’d like to think differently, but this is Raw so I predict Maryse will win in a short match that won’t hold a candle to their SD matches, mainly because it will last less than 3 minutes, but I don’t expect any major screw ups like recent weeks.
Also, bear in mind when talking about crowd reactions, this is the company that had Michelle McCool hold the “real” womens title for almost a year and gave her a long storyline where she humiliated the most popular girl every week and after all that she still gets less of a reaction than all the other heels who get a fraction of her TV time. If WWE really listened to fans she would be nowhere near the title.
Michelle’s lack of reaction has it’s benefits though, you don’t even have to buy the new WWE CD to get a perfect copy of her entrance theme, if you’re lucky enough and the announcers don’t talk during her entrance, you can record a crystal clear version of it, because generally there’s not a single boo, catcall or cheer in there to obscure the sound when it plays ;D
I Would LIKE TO SEE:
2 minutes of Pure Offense from GaiL
1 minute of Offense from Maryse
2 Major Spots
a possible systematic destruction of a limp by Maryse
3 Close KICKOUTS
FINISHERS USED MORE THAN ONCE
The Arrival of a New Badass Signature Move by Maryse
A RUN-IN by Alicia Foxx / (Save by {insert diva here})
(only 1-3 botches)
A DIVA CELEBRATION IN STYLE
(that’s an 8 minute match)
What We WILL SEE:
Rushed match with Gail Kim edging out Maryse for the setup of a small program
( I am gonna say 5:34 will be the entire length of the re-cap clip w/ entrances an all)
ebmich took the words off my finger tips LOL
I have no beef with a wrestler having a limited offense. But when they botch that offense, when they do actually do it, that’s a problem. Maryse might be good, in the ring, in a few years. As it is, she’s terrible. And if she’s supposed to be pissing people off and not getting a pissed reaction from the crowd, well, something’s wrong there too. She’s just a goof and no one takes her remotely serious. She’s like Santino with less work rate.
i want to see the divas match !!!!!!!!!!!! its gonna be no longer than 6 minutes b/c these qualifying matches are taking place but a lot can be done in 6minutes.
“I have no beef with a wrestler having a limited offense. But when they botch that offense, when they do actually do it, that’s a problem. Maryse might be good, in the ring, in a few years. As it is, she’s terrible. And if she’s supposed to be pissing people off and not getting a pissed reaction from the crowd, well, something’s wrong there too. She’s just a goof and no one takes her remotely serious. She’s like Santino with less work rate.”
Limited? Do you actually watch her matches? She takes a few hard shots before retaliating with a hard slap, but before she gets a chance to do something else, the other Diva is on top of her wanting to beat the hell out of her. Once the ref separates them, she either keeps her distance to catch her breathe, gets hit by another move or goes for her DDT/finish. She’ll hold on to the ropes to block a move or she will take advantage of her opponent thinking she “has Maryse beat!” and kick the momentum literally from them.
I think Maryse is a very good worker because there is a REASON for the things she does (or doesn’t lol) do. It is a lot better then seeing her do a bunch of painfully contrived spots to she just she has “improved” or how much “stronger” she is. I admit she could be doing more moves, but I actually watch her matches. They are short and follow a formula that does get more crowd reaction then the matches that Diva fans praise. You know, the matches where it’s “Hit moves 1-6, PIN! WIN!”
main event for the divas?
they are definitely not getting the main event… no divas match tonight
that explains why they weren’t dressed to wrestle earlier, in that backstage segment