Nikki Bella and John Cena Try to Rekindle Their Romance in Total Divas' Season Premiere Cliffhanger—See the Full Recap!

By Kamala Kirk Mar 17, 2014 5:01 AMTags
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Sunday marked the premiere of the new season of Total Divas, and in true Diva style, there were celebrations, fights and plenty of tears.

In case you missed it or you just want to relive it, we've got the best moments from the show in a full pic/gif recap!

The episode starts off with all of the Divas meeting backstage with the WWE Senior VP of Talent Relations. We are also introduced to the newest Diva, Summer Rae. She's blonde, she's pretty, and she's paired up with the one and only Fandango.

Wait, is this Total Divas or DWTS?

The Senior VP congratulates Summer Rae for doing so well in her fights and he announces that he wants her to travel with Eva Marie.

He even suggests the possibility of the duo taking on the Bella twins or the Funkadactyls. Nattie points out that wrestling ability is needed to do that. Ouch!

Backstage, Brie Bella runs into Eva Marie. Brie immediately notices something different about Eva's engagement ring.

Eva is rocking a wedding band to prove that she is now a married woman and officially off the market!

Eva Marie and husband Jonathan right after getting married.

When Brie asks Eva Marie if she and Jonathan eloped, Eva Marie fesses up and admits that no one knows - not even her parents.

Nikki Bella stops by and suddenly notices Eva's second wedding band.

Nikki tries to hide her frustration with the fact that everyone around her is getting engaged or married. She and boyfriend John Cena are currently separated because he doesn't want to get married.

Another close-up of Eva's double bling, just because.

After telling fellow Diva Trinity Eva Marie's secret, Nikki and on-off boyfriend John Cena share an awkward glance from across the room.

What's more awkward than having John Cena as an ex? Having a shirtless John Cena as an ex.

When asked about her situation with John, Nikki reveals that she's been staying at her mom's condo so that she can have space to think.

Even though he's not her boyfriend at the moment, it's still hard to resist the sight of a shirtless John Cena.

Then Nattie and Ariane show up and are told about Eva Marie's secret.

Nattie is the least surprised of them all when she hears the news.

Back in Austin, Brie and Nikki are getting their makeup done with their mom. It's their birthday and the twins are getting ready to celebrate their "dirty 30."

Nikki shares her thoughts on turning 30.

A big limo is waiting outside, and as Nattie gets in, she tells the other girls that she's going to try and keep it "PG" for the night. Given her track record, we're not so sure...

The ladies then formulate their game plan for the night.

Ariane's boyfriend Vincent appears out of nowhere and starts to get down on the dance floor. Lots of fist pumping ensues.

Even the Bella twins' mom gets down at the club.

Even though it's Brie's birthday, the star of the night is Vincent, who is surrounded by the ladies. He and Nattie start to get down.

This is clearly his night. Even he can't believe it. #winning!

Ariane isn't so cool with this and she jumps in, shoving Nattie to the side.

The ladies then go outside for a talk. Nattie claims that she's just having fun, but Ariane equates her dance moves to Daniel Bryan in the wrestling ring.

After the girls hug it out, they quickly run back inside after a policeman walks up to them and says that if they don't move along, they will be taken to jail.

Back in Orlando, Eva Marie is in the car with her hubby Jonathan when she gets a phone call from her mom, who says that she wants to visit the following week. 

Eva Marie has trouble hiding the stressed look on her face while Jonathan reminds her that she should have been honest with her parents from the start.

Eva Marie jokes about putting Jonathan up in a hotel, but it's clear that she needs to face her fears and deal with her situation before it gets worse.

Back in Austin, the Bella twins arrive at Wizard World, a convention where they will be signing autographs for fans.

Nikki admits that it's difficult to be at the same event as John, not to mention the fact that his face is everywhere.

As the twins sign autographs, one fan congratulates Brie on her engagement in front of Nikki. Awkward.

Then a little kid asks Nikki where John Cena is. Double awkward!

A fan starts to cry after taking a picture with the Bella twins. So. Much. Happiness.

Suddenly their next fan comes in. It's John Cena!

John hugs the girls and wishes them a happy birthday, then they all pose for a cute picture together.

John and Nikki share a deep hug and he asks if she's doing okay. Clearly these two still love each other.

Back in Orlando, Eva Marie is packing up all of Jonathan's items so she can hide the fact that they're living together.

She almost seems a little too eager as she carries Jonathan's clothing out to be packed.

She says it has to be all "Eva the Diva" and no Jonathan at all. Jonathan leaves but he's not happy about it.

Back in Seattle, Brie and fiancé Daniel Bryan meet up with Nikki to go shopping for their wedding registry at some eco-friendly shop.

Nikki agreed to go with them because she loves shopping. But wedding shopping? Not so much.

Brie and Daniel are all about it, but Nikki seems lost and confused. This definitely isn't Williams-Sonoma!

Daniel then asks how things are going with John, and Nikki explains that she's been staying at her mom's condo in San Diego for now, but once her mom sells the place, she doesn't know where she's going to go.

Nikki and Daniel look at some baby boots and she sadly jokes that she's never going to be able to get them.

Nikki abruptly announces that she's leaving because the shopping trip made her depressed. Brie points out that she invited Nikki because she thought it would cheer her up, but Nikki tells her it sucks.

In the lobby of their hotel, Jon, Trinity and Ariane are chatting with Nattie. Summer Rae walks by and says hi. As soon as she's gone, they all remark on her fakeness, although Trinity sums it up the best.

Nattie and Summer Rae have their next confrontation in the wrestling ring. Nattie points out that things go more smoothly in the ring when Summer Rae remains humble, but when they both try to dominate, it's a different story.

Nattie says, "We have better matches when there is one chief and one Indian." Boom!

Nattie ends up winning the match. Victory for the veteran diva!

For Nattie, it all goes back to basic animal instincts. 

Backstage, Nikki opens up to Brie and explains that while she's happy for her sister, all this wedding talk has been extra tough on her because John doesn't want to get married or have kids.

Nikki is faced with a tough decision. Should she leave the love of her life? Or will she sacrifice marriage and kids?

Back at Eva Marie's place, she gives her family a tour of her apartment. She's done a pretty good job at hiding any evidence of Jonathan living there.

One of her brothers notices a bunch of pictures of Jonathan and asks how her "boo" is.

Eva Marie's dad and brothers ask if Jonathan is her manager or her man. Hoping they'll get the hint, she tells them that he's her "husbanger." No one gets it. Seriously?

Jonathan arrives and Eva Marie notices that he forgot to remove his wedding band. Apparently she's not the only one who noticed, because her brother Nate immediately asks if they got married.

Not wanting to hide the truth any longer, Eva Marie breaks down and reveals they are married but that she would still like to have a real wedding.

Her dad is not too happy and he lets her know before the family leaves to go back to their hotel.

Back at her mom's condo, Nikki's phone goes off with a bunch of texts from John. He's on a private plane to San Diego and he wants to see her that night.

Freaking out, Nikki calls Brie and Daniel. Brie immediately asks, "What if he proposes?"

Daniel tells Nikki to stop being such a girl and encourages her to meet John at the pier.

Nikki looks over John's heartfelt texts again, then turns her thoughts to more pressing matters. What should she wear?


Eva Marie and Jonathan meet up with her family at the hotel to talk things out. Her brothers remind Jonathan that they didn't get the family's blessing and ask if Eva Marie got confirmed before getting married.

She points out that her brothers both have live-in girlfriends, but her father says that she disrespected the family by not telling them. Her entire family leaves to go back upstairs.

Eva Marie is upset by their reaction but she stands by her decision. Will her family ever forgive her?

Nikki gets dolled up and nervously heads to the pier to meet John.

He's wearing a suit and standing at the end of the pier holding a bottle of wine and two glasses.

Long dramatic music plays as Nikki walks over to John.

For a brief second we forget we're watching Total Divas, 'cause this seems more like an episode of The Bachelor. Will Nikki get the rose?

 To be continued...

Tune-in to E! next Sunday at 10/9c for an all-new Total Divas!