Last night’s WWE Superstars saw a first (I think, don’t quote me!) as Maryse and Natalya did battle for the first time in singles action. It was a clash of the Canadians as the two former Divas Champs represented Montreal and Calgary respectively.
Watch below:
No play by play… let’s just get into the meaty bit, okay? That was kind of a shocker, no? I didn’t expect to see Maryse pick up the win over Natalya. It feels like forever since we’ve seen Maryse in a singles match and honestly, I can’t recall the last time we saw her in one. This is probably the longest singles match I’ve seen her in in well over a year, but I don’t feel like I’ve missed anything. It seems Maryse is still hitting her regular moves without any progression as a wrestler.
Can’t say this match did much for me, I’m afraid, but I did like the DDT on Nattie.
Your thoughts?
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It was fair for maryse standards. While maryse may b an amazing character, her wrestling is not where it should b in terms of how long she has been wrestling, when girls like eve, and tamina has surpassed her ability’s. It seems as if she doesn’t want to change, in the sense that she is so repetative. Same for nattie. Besides the fact that she is great at the things she does its the same. While i love her and where she comes from and what she does, it gets old seeing the same moves and all. I’m not going to b like everybody else and say the match was great, or try to make it better than what it was, because nattie was in it. I’m going to b honest and say it was a fair standard divas match.
the match wasn’t really that bad – at least it wasn’t slow moving, i hate that lmao. i’m really glad nattie stepped outside of her submission/mat style wrestling some, that made me happy :D
maryse getting a win wasn’t a bad thing either, i just wish that’d be the same for alicia fox though. =\
plus, i wish Superstars would venture out a little more and have like a triple threat or something with the Divas that we RARELY catch on RAW/Smackdown
At first I thought this was Maryse & Natalya , 1st time going one on one, but its not. They went one on one b4 on Raw with Eve & Melina on commentary.
I still stand by what I said , I enjoy Maryse in the ring she is one of the most entertaining divas in the ring , despite the fact that she does NOTHING in her matches. She keeps you laughing … im glad she got a win though , its not really a shocker some of these top faces need to be knocked down off their throne sometimes. You cant keep getting wins all the time
@DaWayne999 you basically took the words right out of my mouth. Maryse has an amazing character, theres nothing she needs to change with it, but wrestling wise..she needs so much work. She uses the same moves, she looks sloppy and she sucks at selling. She’s 1 of my favorite diva’s on the roster but her matches are pretty damn bad.
an ok match for maryse but sloppy ddt
Is this the shortest RAW redux ever!!??? wow…
The match was ok..I think maryse should wrestle no more, she is all over the place. She has gone down so so so much since she injured her knee! Back then she was good but now shes just lost that wrestling credability. Shes better as a valet!
Re-watching the match, I stand by my statement I made in the previous superstars thread.
“an ok match for maryse but sloppy ddt”
I disagree about the DDT. The French Kiss looks vicious, but no one ever really gets hurt by it. That’s pretty much the whole idea behind pro wrestling, not getting hurt while making it look you got hurt very badly.
i agree maryse has an amazing character, she along with laycool are probably the only divas with personality but that isnt enough. maryse needs to learn how to carry a match and how to sell nattie offense. when nattie did the body slam, maryse just quickly got up in a splint second!!! your not supposed to do that it doesnt make the move look good. maryse did good on sd soo well, but i guess we can thnx michelle mccool for carrying her and putting her over. mickie and gail also put maryse over.
she needs to improve in the ring. girls like eve, tamina, layla hell even the bellas have exceeded her!
WOW to be fair every diva in wwe repeats moves over and over..obviously wwe doesn’t care about the WRESTLING ablity anymore…..I see why they have to repeat moves over and over they get 3 mins only..What can you really do in 3 mins?..I have to terms with Maryse’s wrestling ablity, she can put on decent matches when there longer. In all this match imo was much better then that hot mess on Raw…I cannot get into the Bella’s and Eve Torres, they’re so BORING. I’d rather have these two going after the title..btw is it me or has almost every diva on the roster been a champion, except Kelly, Rosa, and Katlyn.
Oh hold on I meant shorest WWE Superstars redux :P
Maryses selling often looks so awkward and painful, she can injure hurtself, dont get me wrong we all know she has it in her perform really well (look at her when she was on SD) but now its painful to watch!
@randallsnow19 I thought that too! the divas title is being passed around the locker room like a football on a football pitch.
liam, the only reason maryse performed so well is cos michelle mccool carried her in all her matches. look her best matches of her career were with michelle, such as unforgiven, when she won her first divas championship, and also a few times on sd.
One thing I love about Maryse’s matches is that they are never slow paced…
She is always doing something; even though she isn’t doing power slams and diving clotheslines, she is always helping her opponent look good as a face, and is playing to the crowd with her heel bitchy like persona.
Even arguing with the referee in her matches is amusing and entertaining. Comparing to Eve vs Nikki, which IMO wasn’t garbage, “except for when Brie got involved” they had a very slow paced match. Nikki and that little submission move of her’s takes too much time away from the match. Eve can move at a pretty good pace, but Nikki slowed her down.
Maryse is always moving around doing something, laughing maniacally, a flipping her hair, which actually keeps the crowds attention. I think they are waiting for the WWE to break the mold with her, as I am, and allow her to use a little bit more wrestling as compared to 95% character in the ring. She can wrestle, everyone know’s that, as we all have seen it from 2008-mid2009. Perhaps when she gets her official face turn we will see a hair flip during her entrance, and thats it.
Good match, I can honestly say I give it two thumbs up.
:)
Oh, and one more thing, Maryse has stated herself that she wants to evolve as a character/wrestler and wants to do everything she can as a womens wrestler. Face turn/valet/champion etc. Thats all that matters is that she actually wants it. Things take time, and eventually she will be fully embraced by the fans. You can bet your bottom dollar on that one!
Maryse always tries hard to play her character well, and it really shows in this match. She was interesting to watch. But perhaps that’s one of her problems. She focuses too much on her character and not on her wrestling. At the end of the day it just means she has to do more training.
But fact is, she’s one of the few Divas with a distinct personality. Who else has a personality? Melina did, at least until they took the words out of her mouth. Lay-Cool isn’t bad, but they’ve had so much airtime to get over. Alicia has personality, but is never used anymore. And then all the faces seem to lack any personality whatsoever.
What it really means is that the DIvas need more non-wrestling segments in order to get over. Either that, or they play their characters up a lot more in the ring, which Maryse does do. With the multitude of Divas that they now have (and more supposedly incoming) it’s imperative that the individuality of the different Divas is emphasized, otherwise they just end up blended together and hard to care about.
Maryse wasnt great WRETSLING WISE…but damn she owned this match with her hair flip!!
a Sexy Pin, and a Hair Flip standing on Natalya lol AWESOME!!
BTW Natalya did great too
Great job ladies
Aksana, Maryse, and Maxine all belong in the same catergory. They can entertain alot outiside of the ring but inside the ring they aren’t as entertaining. I think Maryse won’t be needed anymore when Aksana comes up to the main roster since she has a bigger and better personality then Maryse. I was happy when WWE paired Maryse with Ted and didn’t have her compete as much. That was a good and professional idea. You should have the personality girls be valets and let the real women do the job.
Aksana with Goldust and Maxine with Wade Barret xD
As for the match, it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t good either. Still alot better then RAW though.
@Piggie James: I agree with that of which you’ve said. One of the reasons I am so high on Maryse, even though she doesn’t show much of an apparent basic knowledge of wrestling, she makes her self stand out with her character and personality which is something that only Layla, Michelle, and Alicia in my opinion do. Beth has faded into just another face, who just so happens to be strong, Melina lost her “paparazzi princess” gimmick a long time ago IMO, the Bella’s do twin magic and thats about it. Its not even a gimmick with them, they’re just twins. Kelly has always played that pretty good girl role, but I can’t say it does a lot for her. She needs a Candice Michelle/Torrie Wilson type heel turn. All the Divas seem to just conform into the word Diva without trying to show the different aspects of what a Diva should be.
not a bad match, it would have been better if Maryse had of had a better move set, but she did her best and the match was alright, and Nattie was awesome, and thats about it so good on them :)
@Lily exLVEF It doesn’t matter if a woman can wrestler if she has no personality, and it doesn’t matter if a woman has personality and can’t wrestle. You need both to be successful. Thats the bottom line. Eventually, they grow together and make the total package, ex: Lita, Trish, Victoria/Tara, Mickie James, Awesome Kong, Gail Kim, Michelle McCool, Layla…after a while it all comes together.
Aksana entertaing??? I thought she was just a copy of Maryse, who def plays a BITCH better then Aksana,,,Wrestling terms she could be tad bit better!!! Other then that I’d rather watch Maryse over Aksana anytime!! :)
“when nattie did the body slam, maryse just quickly got up in a splint second!!! your not supposed to do that it doesnt make the move look good.”
She was supposed to get up. The next spot was her crawling to the corner in order to lure in Natalya.
I fee like for people to say she can not wrestler you don’t know that i mean when she was on smackdown she was doing so much better she did a lot of things i think what it is she is playing to her character the girl that don’t do noting but pull her and do some slaps she is a pretty girl and that is what she is playing to so she is not going to do but you can’t say she is boring like some of the other divas she is the best at what she do and that is entertain people unlike eve yes the girl have some good moves but she is so boring
I agree with a lot of u on the subject. Maryse, and Laycool r pretty much the only girls with personality. While layla and maryse are great when giving the chance to show personality, it couple b said for the same as eve, and gail. When giving the chance, these girls are amazing at cutting promo’s. Especially eve, who I’m sure no one can deny, if giving the oppurtunity, could b a real threat to legends like trish, and lita in the future. Its not just enough to do your job as now a if u don’t have passion its obvious. Not saying maryse doesn’t have passion, cause I’m sure she does, I’m just not sure if she has the passion girls like eve, beth, nattie, gail, and michelle has. Also to those saying that eve and the bellas are boring, i partially agree. Eve may have her moments but usually its the heels who make the match more interesting, but in this case the bellas don’t really seem interesting at all. No one even takes them serious as champions. Pple said that eve was going to be a squash for kong. Imagine what the bellas will b. Sorry about the rant, just venting my feelings.
“Maryses selling often looks so awkward and painful, she can injure hurtself”
I’ve never understood comments like these. The Divas who get called sloppy and awkward the most also seem to be the ones who aren’t getting hurt and aren’t hurting their opponents. Kelly Kelly is probably the biggest example, with Maryse and Alicia Fox right behind her.
I think eve can wrestler really good and i do think she can give the good divas a hard time and will be better as a heel as for maryse going face i don’t think it will work for her if she keep the way she act but only do it to the heels then yes it will work for her cause maryse looks like she is a mean girl and see her being all nice won’t look right for her but we will have to see cause she is good at what she do and that is making her character look good
Damn Maryse just use the damn French TKO as yo finisher!
Oh how I love these two divas!!! Natalya just kicks ass, plain and simple. She is too good for words. I love how she went from that submission move she did to Maryse into a pin.
Maryse is just too sexy. The sexiest of the sexy exact ;)
Aksana, in ring wise has over passed Maryse.
Before I comment on the match i’d like to say that Maryse is absolutley stunning. Seriously, there should be a law to be that pretty. I enjoyed the match, Natalya did try to carry Maryse but its pretty difficult when your getting beaten most the time. Maryse didn’t do all that bad imo, selling was ok, but as usual her wrestling is pretty sloppy. Also, Natalya has a great connection with her fans.
“Natalya did try to carry Maryse but its pretty difficult when your getting beaten most the time.”
I disagree. If you want to help your opponent, you sell for them. Dominating them only helps you. One thing I thought helped this match was that it wasn’t just Natalya running through Maryse like a bulldozer.
I really wish people would stop bitching about the divas all of the time, it seems like almost everyone here is never satisfied with anything.With that being said, I really liked this match, now, I know Maryse isn’t the greatest wrestler, but she knows how to entertain an audience. She isn’t a terrible wrestler either, and although she hasnt really showed too much progression, she does what alot of other divas do not, and that is show character. Natlalya is an amazing wreslter and can also entertain an audience, this match had a very surprising ending, which I think is a good thing. I know thw standards for diva matches have gone down tremendously as of late, but I am a positive fan who looks for the good in all that they do(unless there is no positives)
I really hate Maryse’s selling. I remember last year during her feud with Eve every time Eve did a submission move she’d either over sell or or sell it before Eve could apply it lmao like the armbar all Eve would do it grab Maryse’s arm and she’s start flopping around like a damn fish. Like ive said before Maryse’s doesn’t a shit about her ring work or wanting to improve…Shes stil hot though haha
To be honest, I’d take Maryse’s entertaining spots and shenanigans mixed with average wrestling over the Bella Twin’s boring and devoid of personality “solid” wrestling any day.
Since the WWE don’t look at their Divas for their wrestling ability, Maryse is pretty smart to play up her character. Not many people in the WWE do that anymore, so I’m glad she is at least. I’d prefer her to be Divas Champion, even if the Bellas are tidier in the ring.
This match reminds of something I read from a blogger who used to be in WWE Creative (I think he left in 2010)–that Vince and Creative were happy with Maryse because she wrestled the way a Diva should wrestle…that she was a hot chick who wrestled like a hot chick. I wonder if Creative has told Maryse that in the ring, she needs to wrestle “like a girl”. Plus, she’s a heel. Typically, the heel doesn’t try to wow you in the ring; they want to get the win with the least amount of effort. So no flashy moves. Michelle, Melina, and to an extent Alicia and the Bellas want to punish opponents. Maryse doesn’t, she just wants to pin you.
This match was solid as it told a story involving two characters. The ever ready and resilent Nattie and the flippant, arrogant Maryse.
This is a perfect example of what the WWE should do. Each diva match should have at least one experienced diva. Natalya can have a good match with just about anyone. In this match she even made Maryse look good! The flop matches are when you pair up two divas that are still mediocre (Eve Vs The Bella). Natalya, Melina, Beth, Gail all can make anyone look good in a match. Those are the divas that should be used more. They should be paired up with the mediocre divas to make them look good. This is likely the reason Jillian was around for so long. She was a jobber that could make anyone look good because she was very talented.
Trish said something like that in an interview once, she used Eve and Fox as examples. Like she said put Eve with Nattie and Fox with Tamina (not sure about that one lol) but yeah I think something like this would work.
I disagree @ divaderby. Eve is well above mediocre. The only matches that i can say eve didn’t excell at her fullest was with the bellas. And to b honest, nobody can make the bellas look good. Not michelle, nattie, better, or gail. They just don’t have what it takes in my opinion
@litaluva06
I disagree. Natalya who has amazing wrestling skills and has little to no personality has a big fan base and many admire her skills. I rarely ever see wrestling fans bash her the way they do to the other not so talented girls. Also, people were mad that her reign as champion was cut because they thought she was the only deserving woman on the roster. Now if you have personality and no wrestling skills, that may be a problem. WWE is entertainment but all fans don’t see it that way. They’re mainly there to watch WRESTLING. So having personality might not help too much since all stars are judged on their wrestling skill for the most part. Another example would be Sin Cara so far we haven’t heard a word from him and already is being praised and gets a big pop because of his skills not having personality.
Oh I missed Maryse in the ring. She’s so… Maryse! Idk there’s no other word to explain it. And of course Natalya looked flawless as usual.
first off.. not their first match.. remember when natalya put maryse on sharshooter and eve and melina on commentary.
natalya’s surf board and spinning lariat is freaking cool. shes very crisp on her moves, its joy to watch.
maryse really plays her character hard. shes very entertaining through out the match especially when she argues a lot with the ref.. that was loltastic. i loved her scream, it reminds me of melina, the scream adds a lot of character in the match.
i would loved to see maryse teamed up with aksana one day. now thats blondetarages in full effect!
@Lily: AMEN Sistah.
there is a strong chance maryse will be drafted to smackdown since edge left they might draft alberto del rio to raw and the miz on smackdown and they dont like to split off screen couples
or soo i heard
Is it just me or are Maryse’s mannerisms starting to reflect those of a handicapped person?
I agree. Maryse>Bellas any day. Her wrestling is average but she brings so much from a character standpoint that you actually care about whats going on. The belllas don’t bring anything to the table but the same switch thing. On the mike they’re ok, but they rarely combine their personality into their ring work like Maryse does.
I think Nattie has a ton of personality. She’s very personable and likeable and people seem to love her.
All I can say is “-facepalm-”, and it has nothing to do with the match or the competitors.
I’m cool with maryse winning over natalya but it should have been better if alicia was on the match and won over nattie!
The highlight goes at 5:37 mark when Maryse is screaming and Natalya screams too and with an higher pitch. Funny stuff!
I liked it, and I like Maryse as a character and seller a lot.