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Last night's episode of Total Divas was perhaps the most historically impactful in the show's magical eight-season run.
Season 8's second episode focused on some of the most significant events in women's wrestling history including Paige's early retirement and Ronda Rousey's WrestleMania 34 debut.
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The episode went further than ever before in detailing significant marital trouble between Natalya Neidhart and her husband, former WWE Superstar Tyson Kidd.
Ultimately, the two seem to have made it through their marital turbulence relatively unscathed (at least for now); but, you won't believe who helped them get there.
Paige was heartbroken over her neck injury and ensuing early retirement. The second episode of Total Divas' eighth season explores the emotional trauma the former two-time Divas Champion endured. She also received help from one of the greatest in-ring performers of all time.
We explore all of this and more in 5 Things We Learned From Season 8's Second Episode Of Total Divas.
#5 Lana Goes Into Stalker Mode
Lana is the best, Lana number one doesn't only apply to her status as a professional wrestler. Lana may also be the most skilled stalker on the cast of Total Divas.
Paige has been doing just about anything to cheer up and move on from her career-ending injury, so it wasn't out of character when she found herself in a lingerie shop with her former Absolution stablemates Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville.
As the trio tried on all the best gadgets and devices the Trashy Diva (literal name) lingerie store had to offer, they proceeded to tie one another up, leashing each other by their own necks. Then the stalking began.
Paige began receiving incessant texts from her Total Divas co-star Lana. The texting was fierce with absolutely no-letup. Between Lana's non-stop texting and Paige's own laughter, she had no time to respond.
Lana repeatedly texted:
"Hey Paige"
"What are you up to?"
"This is Lana, btw."
"I can't wait to hang out at dinner tonight!"
"I love you."
"Do you love me?"
"Hello?"
"What are you doing?"
"Are you there?"
The tied up trio got in a much-needed laugh over Lana's obsessive outburst.
#4 Rousey's Mania Performance Left Cast Speechless
The curious cast of Total Divas gathered in the backstage area to watch Ronda Rousey's debut WrestleMania 34 match.
Rousey exceeded all expectations. Teaming with Kurt Angle to take on the husband and wife duo of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, Rousey's debut was arguably the match of the evening.
The Total Divas cast watched in awe, as Rousey put on a stellar WrestleMania performance. Mostly, their mouths literally gaped open with no words to describe what they had just seen.
Like children watching a firework show for the very first time, there were oooohs and aaahhhs; but, what the women had just seen was so spectacular words failed them. Naomi di her best to describe the Rousey debut,
"I definitely didn't expect her to be this good this fast."
The match put extra pressure on Jax, who fought former best friend Alexa Bliss immediately after Rousey's bout.
Still, despite the enormous pressure, Jax performed well and left WrestleMania 34 with her very first RAW Women's Championship.
#3 Tyson Kidd Reduced Natalya To Tears
A troubled Natalya informed Paige backstage,
"I got into a big fight with TJ."
Natalya told Paige that she had spoken to her husband and told him that she desired a WrestleMania moment of her own. TJ coldly responded with,
"No one cares and you don't always get compliments around here."
A broken-hearted Natalya continued,
"I've never felt so unimportant and not included by my own husband. I want TJ to make me feel special and make me feel like I'm the most special girl in the world and right now I'm just feeling like a fly on the wall."
Paige attempted to intervene between the two; but, the tensions grew and became increasingly uncomfortable from there. Paige quickly realized she was the third wheel and made her exit.
Natalya added,
"I just feel defeated and the one person I should receive confidence and support from is spreading himself so thin and I feel like I should be his priority."
#2 Paige and The Bellas Became Marital Counselors
Natalya went to Paige with her marital turmoil and found a friend and a willing counselor. Natalya said,
"Honestly, I'm just about to burst into tears."
She then began to weep. Paige assured her,
"Baby Doll, you're good."
Natalya opened up to her friend and Total Divas cast-mate,
"I just want TJ to be supportive."
She poured her heart out to Paige about TJ's bluntness and her desire to simply be treated nicely by her own husband. She told Paige that she felt insignificant and Paige reassured her,
"You're not insignificant."
Paige pleaded with Natalya that if she has any problems, she could always talk to her.
She also got brutally honest with her friend,
"TJ's busy. He has 1,000 different matches with 1,000 different people. He doesn't need to come up to you and tell you how confident he is in you every single day. That's you baby girl and you need to feel that. You are confident. You are beautiful."
TJ confided in The Bella Twins and Brie Bella asked,
"How are YOU gonna calm her down?"
He found himself in the middle of some pretty intense stares from The Bellas, who are also Natalya's loyal friends.
Nikki added,
"I feel sometimes that men don't realize how easy it is to fix this. Just compliment her. I think for women it's more about the little things and when you do the little things for us, it just goes such a long way."
Nikki advised him,
"If you do little reminders of how much you love her, because us girls are like that. I think what it is is that Nattie just needs to know that she's the number one Superstar in your heart."
TJ was motivated by his counseling and surprised Natalya with flowers and a hand-written card that reduced Natalya to tears, the good kind.
#1 Daniel Bryan Gave Paige Essential Advice
Brie Bella made room for Paige to sit next to an already overwhelmed Daniel Bryan, who just had a triumphant return to wrestling at WrestleMania 34, after three years away from wrestling. Bryan was forced into early retirement due to concussions and seizures. Bryan fought to get healthy and for WWE medical clearance. After three years his wishes were granted and he returned on wrestling's brightest stage, WrestleMania.
Paige revealed to Bryan that she would be making her farewell speech the very next night on RAW and asked Bryan for advice. Bryan was happy to oblige,
"I really tried to focus, not on poor me, because I never wanted to be remembered as poor me. I'm very proud of my career. I'm very proud of what I did and you come from a wrestling family who has worked their asses off in wrestling for years and years and years and none of them ever got to be a part of WWE and as hard as it is to say goodbye, you got to do some amazing things at 26 years old. People focus so much on the negative; but, if you can just flip it around and think of all the amazing people that you've met and the amazing opportunities that you've gotten to do. Tomorrow will be hard. Focus on the positive things."
Paige referred to Bryan as a modern day superhero and revealed that although his injury was very different from hers that he gave her hope for a miracle that could perhaps, one day, allow her to return to the wrestling ring.
