WWE Diva: Eve Torres

2007 Diva Search

Torres entered WWE's Diva Search during the Summer of 2007. She was chosen to be one of the eight finalists to compete at the chance for $250,000 and a one year contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. On October 29, 2007,in Philadelphia live on Raw, she was crowned the 2007 WWE Diva Search winner; defeating finalist Brooke Gilbertsen and becoming an official WWE Diva. On December 20, 2007, it was announced she had received her wrestling license in the state of Kentucky and as of January 4, 2008, had started training in Ohio Valley Wrestling.

SmackDown!

Promos of Eve coming to SmackDown! began airing on January 11, 2008 the promo aired for 3 weeks before Eve made her official debut in Reading PA on the February 1, 2008 edition of Smackdown interviewing former World Heavyweight Champion Batista. Eve interviewed Edge on the February 8 edition of Smackdown. On the February 29 edition of Smackdown, Eve debuted her theme music. On the March 7, 2008 edition of SmackDown! Eve competed in a Swimsuit Competition, along with Cherry, Maryse, Michelle McCool, and Victoria. In the end, Eve got into a heated battle with Maryse. The following week, she competed in an obstacle course. The next week, she competed in a arm wrestling challenge, losing to Victoria in the first round. She was the third diva eliminated from the "Divas Competition". Later in the night she was the special guest referee for the Cherry and Michelle vs Maryse and Victoria 'Wet and Wild' tag team match. Torres appeared at Wrestlemania 24 as a Lumberjill in the BunnyMania Match. Torres was also on an edition of ECW, in a Divas Dance Off contest, hosted by Tazz. It included Layla, Maryse, Lena Yada, Kelly Kelly, and Torres herself. At the end Kelly Kelly won the contest.