7 Reasons Eva Marie Should Be WWE SmackDown's First Women's Champion

For a long time, entrances in WWE had grown very generic and stale. The males had a random jockrock tune blaring – and pyro if they were important enough - as they sauntered to the ring and did their video game taunt poses while the females bounced out to some run-of-the-mill top 40 pop rip-offs. The closest thing that division had to an original entrance was AJ Lee skipping.

Gradually, over the last few years the entrances have gotten a little more elaborate. The Shield doing something as simple as coming through the crowd worked wonders to set them apart; similarly The Wyatt Family strolling to the ring shrouded in darkness in an arena lit by “fireflies.” Those are all great, but every single thing about Eva Marie’s entrance is designed to make us even more furious.

And it works.

An entrance should enhance a character rather than just signal their arrival. Their signature music should elicit a reaction – think the screech of Brock Lesnar’s theme or Stone Cold’s shattered glass – and the short walk from the stage to ringside should let us know exactly what we’re in for. Eva Marie’s is reminiscent of Matt Hardy’s entrances during his Version 1 phase, where the screen would show “Matt Facts.” Eva’s graphics proclaim her greatness and humorously use a false narrative to do so, such as naming her the winner of the 2013 Diva Search (there wasn’t one that year). Some think that was simply a mistake on WWE’s part, but I’d prefer to believe that it was an elaborate move to make her even more obnoxious. Toss in the personal ring announcer and it’s gloriously over the top in its ridiculousness.

Either way, her entrance ramps up the despicable factor with this lady to eleven.