WWE has had a terrible time in promoting their Divas Division. If you were to ask someone to name all of the women on the regular shows, most of them could answer with: The Bella twins, Paige, Natalya, Naomi, possibly Cameron, and Eva Marie. These names are most likely to get listed either because they appear regularly on the shows, or because they have some degree of fame/infamy to their name. Which would lead to someone asking the following question: Who is Rosa Mendes? With the exception of her appearance on Total Divas and her managing of lower card Superstars, Rosa does not have much to say about her WWE career, despite being employed with WWE since 2006. For most of her career she has been either working with other Divas in throwaway feuds or receiving the odd Divas Title shot. This, of course, begs the question, why is she still here? She seems to be comfortable as a manager, but this is the 2010s decade were talking about: the only managers make sense are Paul Heyman and Lana; Heyman because hes the best talker in the company, and Lana because shes gorgeous and she fits with Rusevs gimmick. Rosa, on the other hand, has no defining feature other than being Latina. She didnt speak for Primo and Epico when she was managing them, nor was her interference in Fandangos match particularly memorable. If anything, shes just there for the sake of being there, which means shes taking up a valuable spot on the roster without contributing much to the greater success of the show.
Alexander Podgorski is a writer for WhatCulture that has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was 8 years old. He loves all kinds of wrestling, from WWE and sports entertainment, to puroresu in Japan.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in Political Studies and French, and a Master's Degree in Public Administration. He speaks English, French, Polish, a bit of German, and knows some odd words and phrases in half a dozen other languages.
