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Fame Burst

Maria Kanellis: 'The Bellas prevented my return to WWE.

Author

Liam Parker

Updated on April 04, 2026

To be 100% honest, I could do without all three of them.

Maria Kanellis was smoking hot, and she still looks good, because I had a good view of her at an ROH show last year, and she was ringside for some guy (I forget his name). But Maria is in the long line of replaceable Divas in WWE history. She was a 10 in my eyes, but how many other Divas fall into the category of being smoking hot with little or no charisma, and having forgettable or horrible matches? That's a long list.

From what I remember, WWE was in the process of building some relationship storyline with Matt Hardy and Maria before she got cut. And before that, I can remember WWE trying to mold a "ditzy airhead, who shows flashes of being smart" character with Maria, but it never took off. Yeah, Maria received some nice pops every now and then, but like so many other Divas before and after her, she was replaceable, because outside of her looks, she had nothing of importance to offer.

I never cared for The Bellas. They're attractive women in my eyes, but they've ran their "sinister twins" characters into the ground. I mean, The Twin Magic trick is hardly believable anymore, because one of them got very noticeable breast implants. They're below average on the mic, in the ring, and the tired "mean girls" act has been done to death.

Do you buy into Maria's claim?


Hard to tell. Could just be a fit of jealously Maria has against The Bellas. That, and she's probably holding a grudge against them for something that happened in WWE, and she wants to use them as a reason for her not being back in WWE. But this is all speculation.

Does her tweet last night burn bridges for a future return for Maria?


I don't think the tweet would have anything to do with a potential WWE return for Maria. I think it's just a case of WWE having no interest in her. Besides, isn't Maria the last Diva to pose in Playboy? I'm not 100% sure, but with the PG era in full swing, I have a hard time believing in WWE wanting Maria to come back, when her biggest claim to fame in WWE is posing nude for Playboy.