What's the story with Lana anyway?

[The Trashman]

I dont care as long as she is still on my tv.

[Dave the Dave]

She's a cornball manager who hopefully doesn't get into a verbal fight with Zeb who will destroy her. She's decent with a couple bullet points. The ridiculous Star Trek quotes and "Rusev Crush" thing...blech.

[PKO]

She was part of the "Diva Search" when they were looking for women for Total Divas. After getting cut I heard she continued training with Sara Del Rey and then got herself hired.

In WWE context she's a really good actress. Seeing her acting reel, she's just like thousands of other girls and is nothing special. But that's in terms of the acting business. In WWE (with it's many, many terrible actors) she stands out as being good.

I wonder if she'll have a "Kofi" moment in years to come and lose her Russian accent.

[Hit Girl]

I like her. She's embraced her character, stands out and gets massive heat. She's so effective, she even got Jack Swagger over as a face.

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Jul 1, 2014 15:29:46 GMT -5 PKO said:

I wonder if she'll have a "Kofi" moment in years to come and lose her Russian accent.

Hopefully, because it's pretty well terrible.

[Lance Uppercut]

Jul 1, 2014 15:29:46 GMT -5 PKO said:

She was part of the "Diva Search" when they were looking for women for Total Divas.

Damn, she bypassed Eva Marie. Company must really like her.

Speaking of Eva and Lana:

"Oh no, She's Blonde. NATTIE'S GONNA BE PISSED!"

An actual line from Total Divas.

[Mozenrath]

Jul 1, 2014 15:38:04 GMT -5 @akeem said:

Jul 1, 2014 15:29:46 GMT -5 PKO said:

I wonder if she'll have a "Kofi" moment in years to come and lose her Russian accent.

Hopefully, because it's pretty well terrible.

That kind of makes it more charming for me. I like some corniness in my wrestling.

[Capt. Internet Darling]

She actually seems like not a bad actress. In that last clip on the reel she is basically Lana but with a gun.

[EvenBaldobombHasAJob]

the deal with Lana is she's in her early 40s and works for Mr. Burns. thanks for asking!

[benstudd]

Show her ass and say crush and do some cartoonish speach won't get you an Academy Award for sure but this type of stuff works in Wrestling, I guess.

[Deleted]

I don't think it's really Rusev and Lana being awesomely talented that got Swagger that reaction. It was the Real Americans being a great team and rejuvenating Swagger's career, Zeb Coulter being extremely effective on the mic and having his fair share of comedic moments, and their having a gimmick that was supposed to be offensive he was never able to get too crazy within WWE's content guidelines, thus never garnering much real heat. Add in a catchphrase? He was basically a face already.

Also, fans sometimes pop huge when things just...make sense. Who better to take exception to Rusev than Jack Swagger/Zeb Coulter?

[Mozenrath]

Jul 1, 2014 20:09:27 GMT -5 Capt. Internet Darling said:

She actually seems like not a bad actress. In that last clip on the reel she is basically Lana but with a gun.

Yeah, she's not really bad here given it's a demo reel and the aim is range, not really focusing on the content as much. "I can be in comedies or drama or be sexy and vapid, etc", not if they are Meryl Streep.

By the way, your screenname is awesome.

[trollrogue]

I totally support the WWE hiring more entertaining-yet-still-gorgeous women like her and Renee Young who aren't just cookie-cutter vapid Barbies that can barely put on passable 'wrestling' matches and little else. Renee being the first de facto female commentator is huge, and Lana is single-handedly bringing back the female manager role to the point where she's outshining Paul Heyman's mic skills. Love it, love itttt.

[saneiac]

Jul 3, 2014 5:48:50 GMT -5 trollrogue said:

I totally support the WWE hiring more entertaining-yet-still-gorgeous women like her and Renee Young who aren't just cookie-cutter vapid Barbies that can barely put on passable 'wrestling' matches and little else. Renee being the first de facto female commentator is huge, and Lana is single-handedly bringing back the female manager role to the point where she's outshining Paul Heyman's mic skills. Love it, love itttt.

Dear God, no.

Lana is horrible. She isn't attractive, her accent sucks, and I think Rusev would be better off without her. Rusev, hero of the evil country of Russia belongs back in the 80s cartoon era. Rusev, guy from Russia who came to America to fight? It happens in MMA. It would work just fine in wrestling. Lana talkie segments are the most unwatchable thing on RAW since...um...I don't know, Chavo vs Hornswoggle maybe? Nah, that one was amusing at first, it just went on too long. I'm not sure what to compare Lana to. I can't think of anything this bad. I just know that when she comes on, I change the channel. And outshining Paul Heyman? She couldn't even outshine Mike Adamle.

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

Jul 3, 2014 6:17:52 GMT -5 saneiac said:

Jul 3, 2014 5:48:50 GMT -5 trollrogue said:

I totally support the WWE hiring more entertaining-yet-still-gorgeous women like her and Renee Young who aren't just cookie-cutter vapid Barbies that can barely put on passable 'wrestling' matches and little else. Renee being the first de facto female commentator is huge, and Lana is single-handedly bringing back the female manager role to the point where she's outshining Paul Heyman's mic skills. Love it, love itttt.

Dear God, no.

Lana is horrible. She isn't attractive, her accent sucks, and I think Rusev would be better off without her. Rusev, hero of the evil country of Russia belongs back in the 80s cartoon era. Rusev, guy from Russia who came to America to fight? It happens in MMA. It would work just fine in wrestling. Lana talkie segments are the most unwatchable thing on RAW since...um...I don't know, Chavo vs Hornswoggle maybe? Nah, that one was amusing at first, it just went on too long. I'm not sure what to compare Lana to. I can't think of anything this bad. I just know that when she comes on, I change the channel. And outshining Paul Heyman? She couldn't even outshine Mike Adamle.

You may not like her, but to say she's worse than Adamle and Chavo/Swoggle is just ridiculous hyperbole, plain and simple.

[Ryushinku]

It's a shame Brigitte Nielsen looks so different from her Rocky IV days, because otherwise that'd be a fun guest segment to do.

[Sin Cara Tres]

Jul 3, 2014 6:17:52 GMT -5 saneiac said:

Jul 3, 2014 5:48:50 GMT -5 trollrogue said:

I totally support the WWE hiring more entertaining-yet-still-gorgeous women like her and Renee Young who aren't just cookie-cutter vapid Barbies that can barely put on passable 'wrestling' matches and little else. Renee being the first de facto female commentator is huge, and Lana is single-handedly bringing back the female manager role to the point where she's outshining Paul Heyman's mic skills. Love it, love itttt.

Dear God, no.

Lana is horrible. She isn't attractive, her accent sucks, and I think Rusev would be better off without her. Rusev, hero of the evil country of Russia belongs back in the 80s cartoon era. Rusev, guy from Russia who came to America to fight? It happens in MMA. It would work just fine in wrestling. Lana talkie segments are the most unwatchable thing on RAW since...um...I don't know, Chavo vs Hornswoggle maybe? Nah, that one was amusing at first, it just went on too long. I'm not sure what to compare Lana to. I can't think of anything this bad. I just know that when she comes on, I change the channel. And outshining Paul Heyman? She couldn't even outshine Mike Adamle.

You'll never see her sweater kittens now.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Jul 3, 2014 6:30:24 GMT -5 "Gentleman" AJ Powell said:

Jul 3, 2014 6:17:52 GMT -5 saneiac said:

Dear God, no.

Lana is horrible. She isn't attractive, her accent sucks, and I think Rusev would be better off without her. Rusev, hero of the evil country of Russia belongs back in the 80s cartoon era. Rusev, guy from Russia who came to America to fight? It happens in MMA. It would work just fine in wrestling. Lana talkie segments are the most unwatchable thing on RAW since...um...I don't know, Chavo vs Hornswoggle maybe? Nah, that one was amusing at first, it just went on too long. I'm not sure what to compare Lana to. I can't think of anything this bad. I just know that when she comes on, I change the channel. And outshining Paul Heyman? She couldn't even outshine Mike Adamle.

You may not like her, but to say she's worse than Adamle and Chavo/Swoggle is just ridiculous hyperbole, plain and simple.

No worse than saying she outshines Heyman. She's not Adamle or Chavo/Swoggle-levels of bad, but I think it would be fair to say of all the people who get regular mic time she's one of the bottom four or five.

[Beast Army Ass]

Jul 1, 2014 22:45:59 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Jul 1, 2014 20:09:27 GMT -5 Capt. Internet Darling said:

She actually seems like not a bad actress. In that last clip on the reel she is basically Lana but with a gun.

Yeah, she's not really bad here given it's a demo reel and the aim is range, not really focusing on the content as much. "I can be in comedies or drama or be sexy and vapid, etc", not if they are Meryl Streep.

By the way, your screenname is awesome.

All I'm noticing from the clip is that she can do Melina splits, which officially grants bonus points.

[King Devitt]

Jul 1, 2014 11:31:40 GMT -5 bootytea said:

Rusev is totally holding her down by being her boyfriend.

maybe he's doing that in other ways too.....