1. Oh Dear God. Total Divas Returns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb-soRnchAM The worst show in the world has returned to TV this past week. I thought if we just ignored it, or pretended it never aired, it would go away. It didn't happen. No, nothing could keep it away. Total Divas season 2 has returned. Yes, all your old pals like Vinnie the Douche, Cameron the Annoying, Ava Marie's Psychotic Family and Drunk Natalya have made your Sunday nights more painful than ever. The worst part about this show (well, one of the worst since it's really hard to pinpoint exactly what the worst would be from this pile of stink) is that the storylines don't exist in their own bubbles. They cross over. On Raw, the announcers were congratulating The Bellas (for some reason) on the return of their show, and teased Nikki about her possible engagement to John Cena. We have to tune in to find out! But on Raw and SmackDown storyline, John doesn't really have a girlfriend. At least he's never actually mentioned Nikki. We also know that Fandango is just a plain old dude on Total Divas, but on other WWE programming he's a ballroom dancer. It just feels weird to cross promote a show with wrestling storylines and fake reality TV storylines. There's no consistent logic between the two, yet some storylines are part of the WWE cannon while others are just ignored. No one makes it out of this show looking better. John Cena comes across as self-centered OCD weirdo, Natalya has been consistently annoying, which has shown why she has never received a decent push, and Ava Marie is a 29-year-old coward who is incapable of having an adult conversation with her family.What is there to like about anyone? Well, in some promising news, the debut of season two didn't do so hot in the ratings. Maybe there's a way out of this mess yet. Or maybe it will just end up on the WWE Network someday, and further tarnish anyone who comes within 500 feet of the show.
Andrew Soucek
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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