Last week on the season finale of Total Divas: Daniel Bryan romantically proposed to Brie, Nattie drunk dials her boss, Stephanie McMahon, Eva Marie introduced her fiancé a guy she’s known for a few months to her family, , and Nikki finally realizes she’s in a dead end relationship with John Cena.
Brie & Daniel Bryan: The couple goes on a nature trip together. While in the middle of the wilderness, Daniel Bryan proposes to Brie in quixotic fashion and Brie accepts with tears in her eyes, “My heart is melting. This is just surreal. This is the greatest day of my life. I am the future Mrs. Danielson.” Daniel set up a surprise dinner for Brie, with a small band; some decorated tables and invites both of their families to share in their moment. Daniel filled Nikki in on his plans to pop the big question, she was prepared to witness her sisters moment but not for the feelings that followed. Although, Nikki is happy for her sister, she realized that she wants that too.
Nattie: After a night of drinking and partying in New Orleans Nattie wakes up to a text from her boss, Stephanie McMahon. She becomes worried because not only does she have a hangover, she does not remember anything that happened. Nattie finds out later on that she drunk dialed McMahon, so she tried to avoid her boss for as long as possible. She decided to talk to her boss and explain her actions. Unfortunately, McMahon played each message Nattie left on her phone, to her embarrassment. “The more Stephanie is playing these messages, the drunk I can tell I became.” The messages voice her displeasure with her current position in the business. McMahon tells her that she can come to her about her ideas concerning her character and does not hold the drunken rant against her.
Eva Marie: She celebrated her birthday with family and brought her fiancé Johnathan along for the ride, but there is one problem: her family doesn’t even know she is in a relationship let alone engaged. As the youngest, and only girl, with three older brothers; she is nervous because she knows how her family can be, especially her dad and brothers, but she tells her mom who promised not to say anything. During dinner the family questioned Johnathan about his tattoos and he points out the tattoo that has Eva’s name on it. This piece of information gives her father and brother’s pause and they begin asking more questions about him and their sister. Eva speaks up and says her fiancé came to ask for their blessing. Johnathan takes over by telling them he really loves Eva and wants to marry her and asks for the father’s blessing. The brothers tell him that she has been engaged before and it didn’t work out and they don’t want to see her get hurt again. Their tone changes when they ask if he has picked out a ring and Eva pulls the ring out. “So you’re coming over my father’s house and telling him you’re going to marry his daughter instead of asking.”
Her father begins yelling “No!” which is keyword for no family blessing and she cried. She loves her fiancé and doesn’t understand why her family can’t see that she is an adult and it’s her life. She storms out and leaves, wanting to get eloped. However, she changed her mind because she wants her family at her wedding.
Nikki: She goes to the doctor and is cleared to get back into the ring. Cena flies in her friends and they set out to enjoy a nice dinner. However, Nikki’s friends end up putting John in the hot seat when the topic of discussion changed to who would be next to get pregnant. One suggests Nikki and John Cena’s face gets uncontrollably tight. The women instantly begin drilling John Cena about his intentions with their dear friend. When asked why he doesn’t want to have kids or get married he explained that his lifestyle is selfish and if he had kids he would want to be with them a lot and his job does not allow him to do that. He has talked to kids whose parents are constantly away and they tend to feel some way about their parents being absent. He ended with he doesn’t want to be married and nothing will change that. Nikki looked hurt because she thought she could be okay with giving up all the things she wanted most in life to be with John for the moment.
Showdown between John & Nikki: With Brie getting engaged Nikki can’t deny that she wants marriage and kids, so she decided to talk to John about it. “I do want to be a mom,” she tells him and John responds with, “I’m going to choose my words carefully. I can’t give you that.” He told her from the beginning that he does not want to get married or have children. Although he respects her decision to want those things, he wants her to respect his decision to not want them. He has bended on things that she wanted: having food in the house, making her feel more comfortable, and more, but he refuses to bend on this. She tells him she feels as though she is sacrificing everything while he isn’t sacrificing anything and it’s causing her to resent him. “I won’t get married again and I won’t have kids,” he restates and Nikki thinks moving in was a mistake. The episode ends with the two at a stalemate, staring at one another.
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