No matter how negative, Eva Marie isn’t afraid of the feedback she’s getting from the pro wrestling fanbase. The the recently returned star spoke with Scott Fishman of TVInsider to discuss her comeback to WWE RAW and how she was always on positive terms with the McMahons and WWE:
“I’m back on the best show in the world,” Eva said. “It was always one of those things where, when I left the company, I was really fortunate enough to have Vince [McMahon], Stephanie [McMahon], and Hunter [Triple H] to always be supportive of all the projects I’ve done on the outside. It wasn’t a matter of “if” but a matter of “when.” Those talks always stayed in circulation. Within the last year and a half, that’s when it really picked up to where it was like, ‘Let’s do this.'”
Marie also reveals that her odd alliance with Piper Niven, aka Doudrop, has been on the agenda for quite some time.
“I knew for quite some time about getting paired with Doudrop and the vignettes and going into that creatively. It was a matter of the timing of when it would be put in the actual show. It just so happened that now is the time. The fact that I got to experience the ThunderDome before we actually start having live crowds again is amazing,” Eva said, having high praise for her frienemy. “Having Doudrop to work with is awesome. Not only is she an incredible athlete, but I enjoy working with her because it creates another element to the division.”
How about the element of playing a villain?
“I love it. That’s what it’s all about. I have the best fans. The WWE Universe is 100 percent the best fans in the world. The fact that I get love and hate, that’s what it is all about. I have no problem playing that villain. I embrace the criticism and all the hatred because I want all those fans to come to a live show and boo me, cheer me, be extremely happy seeing the smile on my face get knocked off by a Becky Lynch or a Bayley or a Rhea Ripley or anybody in the women’s division. If they’re talking, I’m doing my job.
“The Twitter wrestling [world], and Instagram wrestling world, is amazing. They think they know about ‘Eva-Lution’ or know what Eva Marie is going to do. They have no idea. That’s what is fun. There is a lot of stuff out there they think they know. They don’t. This storyline has only been on for three weeks. It has already done twists and turns that initially, Twitter wrestling thought differently. I bring my storyline on Twitter and Instagram because you only get a small amount of time on television. I want to bring the WWE Universe into the ‘Eva-Lution.'”
