During a recent appearance on the “Redefined with Leslie & Arielle” podcast, Brie Bella commented on the importance of the Total Divas reality show. WWE Total Divas debuted in 2013 and ran for nine years. She said,

“I was able to take a step back and say, okay, this is a job, but the one thing I noticed quickly is that even though this is a job, what could we do to change? My sister and I, coming from athletics, and being these soccer players and being able to keep up with the boys. As athletes, because we’re always intermingling with the guys, we all get smart allecy with each other and get that thick skin. We already had that mentality going in. My feelings wouldn’t get hurt if people said dumb comments. I always was able to kind of see through people. My sister and I were like, ‘Obviously, this is what they want from women, but we can change that. We do have voices.’ We heard no, a lot, until we finally heard yes. To this day, I will always thank ‘Total Divas’ for becoming such a hit show because it did open up the door for women’s wrestling. Women were already doing incredible things at that time, but it opened it up in a way that allowed more spots for women. It allowed us to be showcased, because really the men only were, and it gave us different opportunities that we were all really begging for. It was hard. I’m not going to say it was easy, because it wasn’t. There were a lot of times I went back to my hotel room and cried and thought, ‘Do I want to be part of this? Is this what I want?’ I’m also very competitive and I knew, ‘Yeah, they’re not going to win.’ It would fire me up in a way and I’d go back and I knew how to stand up for myself. Having a twin (helped). Nothing I would want my daughter to go through.”

On a recent edition of their “Talk’n Shop” podcast, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson commented on Jey Uso’s big win in the 2025 men’s Royal Rumble match.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

Luke Gallows: “Yeet, yeet, yeet, LG was right. I picked Jey Uso, everyone said, ‘no, no,’ I was right. Yeet, yeet, yet, LG was right. Big round of applause for Jey Uso. Big round of applauses for the big LG, Luke Gallows. He called it from a mile away. Yeet, yeet, yeet. Goodbye. Headed to WrestleMania.”

Karl Anderson: “How about that? We debuted in WWE in 2016, and who was the first team that we attacked? The Usos.”

Luke Gallows: “I was there when The Usos came in the first time. I thought it was great. I’m super happy for him. You can’t deny the reaction. He got a huge pop. It’s all about the pop, and there were a lot of great pops, and it was a great Royal Rumble, and I love a great pop.”

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