9 Things you may have missed from Total Divas Season 9 

#2. Nia Jax and Carmella have real-life heat

Nia Jax drops the leg on Carmella

This season of Total Divas was filled with strife between WWE Superstars Carmella and Nia Jax. Things got off to a quick start on the very first episode when Nia Jax said that she wasn't looking forward to her upcoming match against Carmella and that she didn't respect her work. Jax took it a step further with the following,

"Carmella's fake. She's an ass-kisser. I don't like her. She's phony. She's the most basic person I've ever met."

Jax continued,

"Women's wrestling has come so far. We're considered true athletes and we sacrifice our bodies day in and day out. I feel as though Carmella has kind of strayed away from what we're trying to express to the world - that we're more than eye candy. She's always afraid of getting hurt in this industry where we always put our bodies on the line. It happens - we get hurt, we get hit and I don't have any respect for somebody that's always shying away from it."

Their feud has origins in NXT and became exceptionally heated after the two had a match together. When Carmella thought Jax was being a little too rough, she called her out in front of the entire locker room, drawing Jax's ire in the process.

When Carmella tried to smooth things over with Jax, the former RAW Women's Champion was quick to point out that she finds "no genuineness" in Carmella and further challenged her authenticity.

Carmella took Jax to task for the remarks,

"It's honestly insulting. I know I work hard. I know I try my best and I know I've never ever hurt anybody and she's pretty notorious for having this reputation of hurting people. I would much rather have the reputation of being safe in the ring, than the reputation of hurting people."

Later, Jax attributed some of her remarks to the struggles she was enduring with knee pain, and after a heart to heart with Nikki and Brie Bella, she finally made amends with Carmella.