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It’s Time for WWE to Bring Back ‘Total Divas’

It really was peak reality TV.

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WWE stepped into the competition television space with Tough Enough in the early 2000s and it was a huge success for them. But in the 2010s, Keeping Up with the Kardashians was one of the biggest shows on television. In an effort to keep up with the times, they gave the world Total Divas. The show followed a group of the women around their daily lives and backstage at WWE, showcasing their off-screen dynamics and how they prepared for their matches. Total Divas was canceled in 2019 but it’s not hard to see and feel the renewed interest in the women’s division and WWE aren’t capitalizing on it as much as they could.

Total Divas was truly ahead of its time, and it was a massive success for WWE. Seeing how beloved the women are was forcing WWE to give girls like The Bella Twins, Paige, Natalya, and Summer Rae more time on television in response. In the years since its cancelation people have discovered the show for the first time. Many people do rewatches on social media; there’s others creating TikTok edits that gain hundreds of thousands of views. The women of WWE have gone on record numerous times stating that it’s one of the most talked about things when meeting fans.

The fact that Total Divas still has this big of an impact all these years later speaks to how iconic the legacy is. What other show could’ve given us a villainous John Cena back then? Exactly.

Total Divas Impact can’t be........

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