She spent time in developmental territories Ohio Valley Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling , before being assigned to the SmackDown brand in In , she was drafted to the WWE Raw brand, and won the Divas Championship for the second time in , making her the first woman to hold it more than once. In , she returned to the company and became the manager of her husband The Miz.
That year, she joined the cast of the reality show Total Divas. She also began developing a range of makeup products. On the September 22, , episode of SmackDown! By the time she began appearing regularly on SmackDown at the beginning of , she had adopted a snobby attitude and become a villainous character.
She suffered a minor broken nose after receiving a bulldog from Maria in August Maryse began a rivalry with Michelle McCool in September , challenging her for the WWE Divas Championship at Unforgiven , [ 21 ] and in a rematch the following week on SmackDown , but failed to win on both occasions. It was later announced that the injury was not major, and therefore only missed a few weeks action. The following week, Maryse lost a championship match against Kelly by disqualification, meaning the championship did not change hands, and won a rematch by pinfall two weeks later on June 8.
After losing the championship, Maryse underwent a legitimate knee surgery. After the match, she revealed herself by attacking the Divas Champion Melina. The following week, Maryse chose to continue appearing on NXT , disbanding their alliance in the process.
During the match, Maryse slapped Ryder's father, who was in the front row, in order to distract Ryder and allowed Miz to capture the championship for the fifth time, thus becoming his manager in the process, where the two then became an on-screen power couple. After being drafted to Smackdown as part of the WWE draft which took place on July 19, [ 79 ] [ 80 ] she helped her husband to retain the title on several occasions.
