Controversial Ex-WWE Star Makes Heartbreaking Confession: “I Never Got A Solid Storyline”

A former WWE superstar is frustrated about never getting a memorable storyline in WWE.

As somebody who worked for WWE for two separate runs, you might think that Eva Marie would have had a good storyline during her time working for the company. However, it never really happened for her.

Eva Marie’s two WWE runs were from 2013 as part of the Total Divas reality show, and she remained on the main roster until 2017. Eva’s second run lasted about one year after she returned to the company in October 2020.

The most significant rivalry that Eva Marie had led to a SummerSlam 2021 match against Alexa Bliss, but her run didn’t evolve much past that. Eva was paired with Doudrop (now known as Piper Niven), but that story didn’t offer many memorable moments.

While speaking with Insight’s Chris Van Vliet, Eva Marie discussed her WWE comeback for most of 2021 and her frustration with not having a great storyline.

“I love the business. I love it. There’s nothing like it. I owe everything to WWE. I’ve learned so much. I’ve grown as an individual.

I feel like I have a love-hate relationship too, because I feel like I never really got a solid shot, a solid storyline. I never did. I never even had a title run. I went for the NXT title. But when you really look at the grand scheme of things, of storylines, and me on the main roster.”

Eva Marie Didn’t Mind Being The Butt Of Jokes In WWE

One of the most memorable parts of Eva Marie’s WWE career is a wardrobe malfunction she had before an August 2016 match against Becky Lynch on SmackDown. While some people may frown upon a silly storyline like that, Eva actually had positive memories about it.

“So that whole kind of storyline was fun. There’s always going to be an excuse for me not to get in the ring. One I got stuck in traffic. The other one I hurt my knee, and then the wardrobe malfunction. I can’t remember who exactly thought of that idea, but it was pitched to me. I’m obviously easy, I’m really am, especially because I’m a bad guy as is, so I have removed really quickly being the hero or being like, the one that doesn’t look silly.

Because I think that also is a big component in going into WWE. Sometimes some superstars have a really hard time with [being the butt of the joke], or not being the man.

I kind of let that sh*t go, because it was like, it’s fine, here we are, and it worked. People really did hate me. There’s a sign, and I can’t remember what city it was, it was like, if Eva Marie’s here, we riot. Or just this crazy little section of this is Eva Marie’s section or something so obnoxious, but it was fun, because they couldn’t wait to just talk sh*t to me when I came out.

But the wardrobe one was gnarly, because it’s live television, so to make it realistic, we had to do like we did a run through with it, because the last thing that we needed me actually dropping my top. So cameramen were paranoid, freaking out, so I was securely taped, but it came off pretty good.”

Also read: Eva Marie Reveals What May Have Led To WWE Firing