Beth Phoenix Calls Out Maria Menounos, SmackDown Rerun Rating

Beth Phoenix wrote the following on Twitter today to Access Hollywood correspondent Maria Menounos about her upcoming in-ring return to WWE: “@mariamenounos are you challenging me? Do u remember what happened last time? Dont forget waterproof mascara #crybabycry.”

Friday’s SmackDown! on SyFy, which was a rerun of the live Tuesday special, drew a 1.39 cable rating on Friday night with 1.94 million viewers. Combing both audiences, that gave the broadcast 4.99 million viewers overall with a 3.39 rating.

Ex-WWE Diva Maria Kanellis Takes A Shot At The Bella Twins

During AfterBuzzTV.com’s post-show for Monday’s Raw SuperShow, former WWE Diva Maria Kanellis took a Triple H-like swipe at former colleagues Nikki and Brie Bella.

Former WWE creative writer Jensen Karp recalled producing a backstage segment involving the word “labiagytis” (on the May 1, 2006 Raw, Candice Michelle asked Vince McMahon in he could cure her labiagytis after he had cured her chest cold). While the program hosts segued to discussion over the Divas tag team match on Raw, Kanellis quipped, “Speaking of labiagytis, The Bellas…”

Kanellis then joked that she was merely kidding, but that she “couldn’t help it.”

This is not Kanellis’ first swipe towards the twin duo on the discussion program as she implied on October 10, 2011 that they once shared a hot tub with John Laurinaitis, referring them as “two Divas who look alike.” She took another veiled shot at the Bellas’ promiscuity the following week, which featured Nikki and Brie flirting with WWE’s Executive Vice President of Talent Relations in a backstage segment.

While segueing, Kanellis said, “And the Bella Twins were in the back with Johnny, moving on…”