That caused the hashtag #PrayForEva to gain traction on Twitter, and before she could compete against The Irish Last kicker on this past Tuesday's episode, she suffered a wardrobe malfunction.
If you couldn't already tell, yes, the idea is to delay Eva's debut match for as long as possible, and WWE is going about it brilliantly. You know the common cliché “looks aren't everything”? Well, they are for Eva, because that is really the only thing that allows her to stand out from the rest of the roster.
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Additionally, she has seemingly come a long way on the mic in such a short span of time as well. In that aforementioned “Miz TV” segment, she came across as wooden on the stick with zero personality.
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Granted, she is nowhere closing to be as great as Paul Heyman on the microphone and likely never will be, but at least check out how convincing she sounds in the above SmackDown Fallout video. If she can keep her lines (as well as her matches) short, sweet and to the point, she will be golden... or red, I suppose.
Needless to say, Eva is still a less-than-stellar wrestler, and having her do anything but compete is a stroke of genius. It isn't going to last forever, but when she does inevitably wrestle a match (or attempt to), she has an exceptional dance partner in Becky Lynch.
I am sure they won't be contesting classics anytime soon, but there is no one who is more capable of getting a good match out of Eva on SmackDown than the Lass kicker.
I have always argued that Eva's place is not in the ring. It might be harsh, but when your progress isn't coming along as quickly as it should be in three years, there comes a point where you have to cut bait and move on.
Apparently, WWE officials remain high on Marie and are adamant about not giving up on her. Whether that means she will be crowned SmackDown's inaugural women's champion remains to be seen (I'd hope not), but either way, she is just barely scratching the surface of what she can accomplish character-wise.
