Maryse: The Diva you love to hate
By “Bloodthirsty” BOB KAPUR – SLAM! Wrestling
A few weeks ago, Maryse Ouellet made her return to Monday Night RAW after an injury had put her out of action with a goal to regain the Divas Championship. She’s hoping her chance will come at, or not too long after, this weekend’s WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view. SLAM! Wrestling had a chance to sit down with la femme belle days before the big show.
Though she isn’t scheduled to appear on the show, which emanates from San Antonio, Texas, and will be broadcast in Canada on Viewers Choice, Maryse is excited about the event. As its name suggests, it will be heavily-laden with gimmick matches.
“I would say it will be a pretty hardcore pay-per-view,” she predicted. “It reminds me a little bit of ECW, what they were doing a little while ago.”
In keeping with the theme, matches will include a Ladder match (Christian defending his ECW belt against Shelton Benjamin), a Chairs match (Batista versus Heavyweight Champion the Undertaker), a TLC tag team championship match (Jerishow vs. D-X), and a Tables match for the WWE championship match, where newcomer Sheamus takes on champion John Cena.
That last match is the one that Maryse says she is looking forward to the most, as she’s a fan of Sheamus’ in-ring style and also of his look.
“Sheamus is really different,” she said about the challenger. “He’s got a really unique look. He’s so white, and with his red hair and beard, it’s so weird! John Cena is pretty white, but he looks really tanned compared to Sheamus. I like his charisma in the ring, his aggressive style, and he’s got a great bad guy personality.”
In terms of villainy, Sheamus might be only behind Maryse with respect to dirty tactics. The self-proclaimed Sexiest of the Sexy returned on the Thanksgiving edition of RAW when she disguised herself in the Gobbledy Gooker costume and sneak-attacked the Divas champ Melina after a match.
Interestingly, Maryse was not familiar with the Gobbledy Gooker character before donning the disguise, as she was only seven years old when the derided character was first introduced. And her experience with working in the costume was as easy as it was fun for those who remember watching it the first time — which is to say, not so much. Continue Reading »
