WWE Divas Can't Act

[AndThat'sTheBottomLine]

My God The Champ and Alittude are arguing like two spoiled baby back bitches. The continuous quoting and back and forth arguing is annoying me. Its just another guys opinion stop bitching.

Anyway it wasn't the best acting in the world but the scene wasn't meant for you to focus on eve it was to focus on cenas reaction to the accusation which was pretty intense it was the most pissed off ive seen him in a while i laughed when he slapped the microphone out of the guys hand. But yea the current divas cant act. None of them. AJ did good in the big show/DB segment with her acting like she had gotten run over but eves fake crying was no worse than big shows. So you cant say she sucks without putting the other divas in the same category because in reality they are all poor actresses.

 

[whoever]

I'm not for one second going to say that the diva's are great actresses because that would be a lie. However, their jobs are made more difficult by the fact that creative don't seem to follow through with their characters.

If we take Eve as an example. When Kharma was taking out divas left, right and centre - Eve was one of the first women to attempt to fight back. Later on in the year she delivered a decent promo on Beth and Natalya saying she was not a Barbie doll. She'd been built up as a sassy, brave diva and it seemed to work for her. Now she's being told to cower and run and cry and it down't suit her character at all. I'm not suggesting that she should have faced down Kane all by herself but she'd been built up as a character who wouldn't have sat by idly while Zack Ryder was being destroyed (a cheeky chair shot to the back, then run away or something.)

I think if you're working with people with limitied acting abilities (which includes a lot of the WWE roster) then you find out what they can do and you stick to that. If the whole purpose of the Eve/Zack romance was to facilitate John Cena embracing the hate then they should have used a diva more suited to the damsel in distress role.

 

[Bernkastel]

Um ... yeah ... she could tell she stunk!

I thought Eve's acting was terrible on RAW. The way she said "Zack, are you ok?", when he is obviously unconscious was ridiculous! And why was it John Cena's fault at the end? He wasn't allowed near the ring ...

That is getting into a different issue. John Cena interfering on Ryder's behalf would have been the moral thing to do, even if it cost Ryder a title opprotunity. In kayfabe it was as if cena let this happen to Ryder when he had the power to interfere but didn't.

As far as Eve's acting goes, it could have been better. Looking at the way that Trish and Lita and even Kelly interacted with Kane, that was pretty weak. Even if Kane never landed a hand on her, I would have liked it better if Eve tripped over herself in fright and was on the ground trying to crawl away from him, rather than just slowly backing away.

 

[XXJJ]

I've seen better acting in porno movies than these Ryder and Eve segments.

She got a huge opportunity and I thought she dropped the ball. She is not as bad as Kelly-Kelly, who makes you want to cringe everytime she talks. But I thought all her segments with Ryder, Cena, kane were just awkward.

 

[#hamler]

This is news to anyone how exactly?

Diva's have always been shitty actors; especially now. With the Diva's division losing focus, there's no way WWE management actually cares whether the attractive blonde who can stretch her legs out in the corner can actually act well or not. They're eye candy. The divas are getting tiresome. I'm tired of expecting something to become of them. In fact, I'd much prefer the divas in the type of role Eve has been playing for the last couple of weeks; bad acting or not. I would much rather see Eve show us some mediocre acting than some two minute match featuring the same moves as every other diva match. She’s there to gain sympathy for Zack Ryder; that’s all. I see no big deal here.

 

[Trevez]

I am new in to this forum so go easy on me lol. I think the crictism of Eve is very harsh. I think that the whole segment was done very well, from the chokeslam, to Zack Ryder not moving, to the ending. I don't get how Eve looking around means that she forgot her words!? She looked really upset and cried heavily on the spot, which is very hard to do. Not saying it was the best, but I don't believe it deserves this much crictism as half of the men can't act!

 

[BK Styles]

They can, just not brilliantly. there's a huge difference.

Her acting isn't terrible. Yes, she could have been more believable, but have you ever been in a position like that? How the hell do you know how to react? Remember that Cena is/was one of Ryder's friends and supporters. She has to weigh that up with the fact that Cena is responsible for what has happened. She'd be confused. THAT would be the natural reaction, and I think she did an alright job. It wasn't brilliant, no, but so what? It's not like she's carrying a story on her own, so what should it matter? We're watching wrestling, not an emmy-award winning TV drama. If she was meant to be a good actress she would be in such a show, but she isn't. She's in wrestling because she has a look that WWE like, amongst other reasons.

Not only that, but several dvias have been poor at acting, hell, some have been TERRIBLE. As Hamler mentioned, it's nothing new, but I would definitely say that Eve is NOT a terrible actress compared to some.

There's a difference between not being able to act, being bad at acting and not being brilliant. She can act. Not well, but certainly not badly. She doesn't need to be brilliant at it.

It's not important, get over it.

 

[Ithil]

Eve and the Bellas are painfully bad at acting. Kelly Kelly is terrible too.

Actually I hate every single thing about Kelly Kelly, from her bleached hair to her endless screaming in the ring and sloppy roll up victories.

 

[Alittude]

To the people saying it's not important and not worth mentioning you really seem to be confused. The divas are not worth mentioning when they have their own little crappy 2 minute matches, when they are placed in one of the MAIN storylines and nearly ruin a segment with their horrible skills that's when it becomes important. If you can't find a diva to be atleast bearable do not put them in a MAJOR storyline. She was horrific and anyone with vision can see that. Keep the diva's away from anything important until you find one with talent.

 

[BK Styles]

To the people saying it's not important and not worth mentioning you really seem to be confused. The divas are not worth mentioning when they have their own little crappy 2 minute matches, when they are placed in one of the MAIN storylines and nearly ruin a segment with their horrible skills that's when it becomes important. If you can't find a diva to be atleast bearable do not put them in a MAJOR storyline. She was horrific and anyone with vision can see that. Keep the diva's away from anything important until you find one with talent.

...are you fucking serious? It didn't nearly ruin it at all. You seem to be confused with average acting and bad acting. Bad acting would be to massively, MASSIVELY overplay it. Bad acting would be to just stand there and say 'Oh no. What am I going to do' in a really bland voice. Eve tries, she tries to put emotion into it, and it works. It's not brilliant, but to call it horrific is stupid. If you actually knew a thing about acting then you wouldn't be shitting on it, because whilst it wasn't brilliant, it was nowhere near as bad as you're making out it was.

 

[Jessie Lynn DivaGirl]

Being an actress myself I hate the divas to hell and beyond. Yinz are all right, none of them can act! AJ and Kharma are both decent tho, I'll admit to that. One thing these airheads have not yet grasped (which everyone else already has- seriously, do they even bother to turn off their damn phones when CM Punk talks? That's MY weekly acting lesson and I've been acting for years) is that you NEVER go exactly to the script- unless it's Seussical (in that case there's too many songs and too few dielect to screw with). They can't act and they probably don't even know what improv means. They've turned a respectable mid-roster brand into a complete joke. As good as Beth and Nattie are in the ring, they need a lot of work too. This is reality tv chicas, not a cold read!

 

[boywithbluehanger]

This is a pretty funny subject to me because I believe that this doesn't only apply to the Divas. I find that maybe 80% of the male wrestlers deliver promos and vignettes in a way that sound far too rehearsed.

 

[KoC417]

The Divas are TERRIBLE. One thing that's always bugging me is...what is kelly kelly doing on her way to the ring? Drying her pits out? I mean no matter if its PPV, or regular TV she ALWAYS walks out with her arms in the air the WHOLE way to the ring. I mean what kind of shitty entrance is that!? And then the acting..don't get me started! These girls need a miracle to ever be convincing. I remember when Stephanie was taken by the ministry and hidden in the boiler room. When Shamrock found her the REAL fear that was in her eyes made it seem real. Eve on the other hand "is he ok??" "this is all your fault Cena..you've done enough". She is about as entertaining and charismatic as Linda McMahon.

 

[Alittude]

...are you fucking serious? It didn't nearly ruin it at all. You seem to be confused with average acting and bad acting. Bad acting would be to massively, MASSIVELY overplay it. Bad acting would be to just stand there and say 'Oh no. What am I going to do' in a really bland voice. Eve tries, she tries to put emotion into it, and it works. It's not brilliant, but to call it horrific is stupid. If you actually knew a thing about acting then you wouldn't be shitting on it, because whilst it wasn't brilliant, it was nowhere near as bad as you're making out it was.

What are you ******ed? She started to say something to Cena, stopped and looked away for a second and then started the same line again. She was obviously putting all her energy in trying to remember her lines which made her actual acting atrocious. I have studied acting all my life and do it as well so yeah I know about acting and anyone that does would agree that it was a horrible performance.

 

[BK Styles]

What are you ******ed?

No, but you're an idiot.

She started to say something to Cena, stopped and looked away for a second and then started the same line again.

With about a second in between her stopping and starting again. The sentence she says is "This is...this is all your fault." The speed you read that is actually the speed that it happens. To me, that says shes confused, she wants to scream at him, but shes trying not to flip as she knows it won't do any good. Oh, and for her turning away, she turns away to the ambulance a couple of times before she starts speaking, and it might have something to do with her boyfriend being in a motherfucking ambulance. But no, let's say it is a fault on her part. You're really nitpicking over the fact that she repeats the beginning of a sentence in a moment that's meant to be very emotional? Okay.

She was obviously putting all her energy in trying to remember her lines which made her actual acting atrocious.

...or she's confused in a time of high emotional stress. Remember, her boyfriends best friend is both responsible for this, and tried to help. It works with the situation, even if what you say is the case. but I doubt it, she hardly has a monologue from a Midsummer Nights Dream, does she?

I have studied acting all my life and do it as well so yeah I know about acting...

So have I. Got a degree that says so. It's shiny. Your point?

...and anyone that does would agree that it was a horrible performance.

See above. I completely disagree. Her acting was very averagely realistic as opposed to naturalistic or the WWE usual of melodramatic, whether it be on purpose or by accident. She stops, looks away for one second, and begins to speak again. Quick, lets give her a Razzie right now. Idiot.

Ironically, I think she is one of the better divas, behind Beth, Natalya and Kharma. At this point I'd also like to point out that she only started wrestling in 2007, through the Diva Search. She wasn't originally a wrestler, yet she was passionate enough to want to become one. Considering that, I think she's one of the better divas on the roster. I'd much rather see her wrestle than either of the Bellas or Kelly Kelly or Alicia Fox any day, and the same goes for backstage segments.

Again, her acting isn't great. Nowhere near. It's plainly average at best. But it's not atrocious as you say. Not even slightly.

 

[Alittude]

No, but you're an idiot.



With about a second in between her stopping and starting again. The sentence she says is "This is...this is all your fault." The speed you read that is actually the speed that it happens. To me, that says shes confused, she wants to scream at him, but shes trying not to flip as she knows it won't do any good. Oh, and for her turning away, she turns away to the ambulance a couple of times before she starts speaking, and it might have something to do with her boyfriend being in a motherfucking ambulance. But no, let's say it is a fault on her part. You're really nitpicking over the fact that she repeats the beginning of a sentence in a moment that's meant to be very emotional? Okay.



...or she's confused in a time of high emotional stress. Remember, her boyfriends best friend is both responsible for this, and tried to help. It works with the situation, even if what you say is the case. but I doubt it, she hardly has a monologue from a Midsummer Nights Dream, does she?



So have I. Got a degree that says so. It's shiny. Your point?



See above. I completely disagree. Her acting was very averagely realistic as opposed to naturalistic or the WWE usual of melodramatic, whether it be on purpose or by accident. She stops, looks away for one second, and begins to speak again. Quick, lets give her a Razzie right now. Idiot.

Ironically, I think she is one of the better divas, behind Beth, Natalya and Kharma. At this point I'd also like to point out that she only started wrestling in 2007, through the Diva Search. She wasn't originally a wrestler, yet she was passionate enough to want to become one. Considering that, I think she's one of the better divas on the roster. I'd much rather see her wrestle than either of the Bellas or Kelly Kelly or Alicia Fox any day, and the same goes for backstage segments.

Again, her acting isn't great. Nowhere near. It's plainly average at best. But it's not atrocious as you say. Not even slightly.

Wow second sentence in to your reply and you just further cement how stupid you really are. You are talking as if Eve was meant to do what she did, when it was blatantly obvious that she stuffed up and then started her line again, it wasn't on purpose or meant to show she was scared it was because she fucked up. Can you really not tell that? She didn't show any emotion she showed her inability to act and for some reason you are defending her.

AHAHAHA wow you are still on the point that you think she was meant to act the way she did. Ok so she purposely acted confused, but didn't purposefully act upset or distraught and had no emotion or tone in her voice? That is the most moronic point you could make. She looked confused because she can't act worth a damn.

Yes her acting is atrocious. Nearly everyone agrees especially about that segment and not just on this site, everywhere. It was really that bad I mean just look at AJ on Smackdown, she isn't great by any means but she isn't atrocious and doesn't make you cringe and want to change the channel, Eve does .

 

[Monkey_Mania]

I tend to agree. They all seem so wooden, stiff, and unsure of themselves when they are talking. I long for the days of people like Ivory, Trish, Lita, Molly, and Jazz. They all had their own unique personalities and they all could work them. They were comfortable in what they were doing. I dont know if the current crop of Divas just don't get enough support to care or if they are just really that bad. I'd love to one day quit ragging on the state of the Divas division.

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

WHAT?!?!? NO WAY, I THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL MERYL STREEP!!!

Seriously? This is a thread? Divas can't act, but neither can a majority of models turned "actresses" (or actors for that matter) in hollywood. I buy Eve as distressed more than Paris Hilton in House of Wax. How is this a thread and how does it have 5 pages?

I hope this isn't spam. I don't know what else to say. It boggels me that people expect people who are obviously hired for their looks (in any entertainment medium, wrestling, movies, music) to actually be talented.

 

[The A]

Well I give them the benefit of the doubt. They don't do much anyway. They don't use the good ones. Gail Kim is gold and they had nothing for her. I think Aksana is nice both in ring and in acting and they don't do much with her. They don't pair them up with males as much as they used to. AJ is doing pretty good so far with DB. Why not start pairing them all up with males again?

Divas of Doom went nowhere and it looks like they might just have them go at it at WM by the looks of it. Guess Kharma won't be ready just yet. I expect her to return full time by May. Things should get better by then.

 

[Ken_Shamrock]

I tend to skip all divas stuff so not perhaps best qualified to comment. Never been able to go women's wrestling at all. The fact that you see so many featured in the botchamania vidoes says it all really

 

[metalbass]

If Eve was in a position where she'd have to put on an Oscar winning performance then I'm sure she'd fail. However, this segment's main focus was to fuel the 'embrace the hate' storyline. Cena's acting IMO was worse than Eve's. I laughed hysterically when he made that face and flicking the mic out of Josh's hand didn't help either.

No, Eve's acting wasn't spectacular, but it served its purpose in moving forward the storyline. Right now it's Cena's back and forth momentum that's killing me in the whole thing. One second he's mad, then he's happy-go-lucky, then he's mad, then he's accepting an honourary flag waving position at Nascar, then he's saying nothing will change him and it's all a muddled mess.

I seem to be straying off topic, LOL, but about Eve to conclude she did her purpose and wasn't a main focal point in the segment. Her performance at the end of RAW earlier tonight though is a different story. She doesn't have a good face to look scared so maybe she should be used more to her strengths.

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

If Eve was in a position where she'd have to put on an Oscar winning performance then I'm sure she'd fail. However, this segment's main focus was to fuel the 'embrace the hate' storyline. Cena's acting IMO was worse than Eve's. I laughed hysterically when he made that face and flicking the mic out of Josh's hand didn't help either.

No, Eve's acting wasn't spectacular, but it served its purpose in moving forward the storyline. Right now it's Cena's back and forth momentum that's killing me in the whole thing. One second he's mad, then he's happy-go-lucky, then he's mad, then he's accepting an honourary flag waving position at Nascar, then he's saying nothing will change him and it's all a muddled mess.

I seem to be straying off topic, LOL, but about Eve to conclude she did her purpose and wasn't a main focal point in the segment. Her performance at the end of RAW earlier tonight though is a different story. She doesn't have a good face to look scared so maybe she should be used more to her strengths.

really? We're going to turn this into a Cena hating thread? I think he's been awesome. He's flipping back and forth because he's trying to resist turning into a hateful person. Do you not follow the story? His aggression feels very real. Then again, I'm not a Cena hater, so I don't see it from your perspective.

Eve has been serviceable in her role as the sad pretty face. You see worse acting in Vampire movies and TV shows about beautiful people every week.

 

[metalbass]

really? We're going to turn this into a Cena hating thread? I think he's been awesome. He's flipping back and forth because he's trying to resist turning into a hateful person. Do you not follow the story? His aggression feels very real. Then again, I'm not a Cena hater, so I don't see it from your perspective.

Eve has been serviceable in her role as the sad pretty face. You see worse acting in Vampire movies and TV shows about beautiful people every week.

Grrr I wrote up a post and lost it midway. Anyway, I'm NOT a Cena hater so I don't know where that comes from. I enjoyed his work with Punk immensely and like the pairing with Zack Ryder but this storyline just fails for me.

They show vignettes of him doing other things all the time and it separates the distinction of character vs. person to the extent that I can't buy his storyline. And seriously I know I'm not the only one that laughed when Cena tried to pull the 'angry' face.

I want to see some development in his character. It's long overdue but it just feels too disjointed to me.

 

[Alittude]

Grrr I wrote up a post and lost it midway. Anyway, I'm NOT a Cena hater so I don't know where that comes from. I enjoyed his work with Punk immensely and like the pairing with Zack Ryder but this storyline just fails for me.

They show vignettes of him doing other things all the time and it separates the distinction of character vs. person to the extent that I can't buy his storyline. And seriously I know I'm not the only one that laughed when Cena tried to pull the 'angry' face.

I want to see some development in his character. It's long overdue but it just feels too disjointed to me.

He's angry face was one of the funniest thing's he's ever done and it wasn't even on purpose haha.


Anyway the only reason I made this thread as I have already stated if people could read is because Eve was involved in one of the biggest storylines the WWE has going. I have seen her horrible acting before but never cared because it was only in worthless diva segments, when you are in a scene with two of the main stars you should at least not be horrific, AJ is doing fine.

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

He's angry face was one of the funniest thing's he's ever done and it wasn't even on purpose haha.


Anyway the only reason I made this thread as I have already stated if people could read is because Eve was involved in one of the biggest storylines the WWE has going. I have seen her horrible acting before but never cared because it was only in worthless diva segments, when you are in a scene with two of the main stars you should at least not be horrific, AJ is doing fine.

AJ doesn't really have to emote. She just has to be small and pout. Cena's angry face was a little much. His reaction to Ryder getting chokeslammed through the stage and pretty much everything else has been about as good as wrestling acting gets. To say that Eve hasn't been as bad as Cena, which he said, is ridiculous.