Lets be honest, Total Divas was centered around The Bella Twins (and Eva Marie) at the start. Thats why WWE rehired them after they left. So yeah, they were involved in trail blazing something. Plus Nikki Bella wasn't bad in the ring before her neck injury. It's just that she was dating Cena at the same time and so she automatically was getting hate for that. Plus they did attract a lot of women to following WWE. They have a pretty good following on their platform.
Theres more to their success than what happened inside the ring.
As for Smackdown, I watched what I cared about in 45 minutes.
Mandy tonight looked great. Wow. I cannot wait for Otis to come out on top of that situation.