Tuesday 31 May 2011

Divas Of The Months, May 2011.

Divas Of The Month (May Edition)

This end of May, thewrestlerdivas.blogspot.com gives one of WWE Divas as our “Divas of the Months” (May edition). She is our first and inaugural divas of the months. Even she was former of WWE divas but her character bring WWE to most dramatic especially to the divas after formed LayCool with Layla. Her name is Michelle Leigh McCool (born January 25, 1980), who is best known for her time in under SmackDown. She married to WWE Superstar on 2010, under ring name Undertaker who currently inactive due to injury. She left WWE after defeat by her former partner (Layla) on Extreme Rule 2011. Which report by anonymous that WWE forced McCool to leave WWE to spend time with her husband and will return with her husband anytime.

McCool originally worked as a middle school teacher in Palatka, Florida. She joined WWE in 2004 after participating in the 2004 WWE Diva Search. In her initial on-screen role, she acted primarily as a personal trainer and occasional wrestler. She also acted as the manager to the team of K. C. James and Idol Stevens, collectively known as The Teacher's Pets, in 2006 after changing her on-screen character to that of a teacher. At The Great American Bash in 2008, she became the inaugural WWE Divas Champion, holding the title for approximately five months. She then won the WWE Women's Championship at The Bash in 2009, becoming the first female wrestler to have held both titles. At Night of Champions in 2010, she unified both titles becoming the first WWE Unified Divas Champion. She has held both titles on two occasions which makes her a four time champion overall. She also crowned as Woman of the year 2010 by PWI, “Slammy Award” Diva of the Year 2010 by WWE.com, “Slammy Award” for knucklehead of moment for the year 2010. LayCool also were given “Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic” (2009) for exploiting Mickie James’ weight issues by Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards.



Let start how McCool become a wrestler: McCool first came to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a competitor in the 2004 WWE Diva Search, losing to Christy Hemme. Although she was eliminated, WWE signed her to a three year deal in November. Despite not winning the contest, she later debuted on SmackDown as a fan favorite with a "Personal Trainer" gimmick. She wrestled in her first SmackDown! match, teaming with The Big Show to defeat Dawn Marie and René Duprée on March 3, 2005. A few months later, McCool became a part of the feud between MNM and Heidenreich when she defended Heidenreich against MNM's manager Melina's verbal attacks. In a match on June 30, Melina defeated McCool by pinning her with the illegal aid of the ring ropes as leverage. After the match, MNM performed their finisher, the Snapshot, on McCool.

McCool was then sent to WWE's developmental facility, Deep South Wrestling (DSW), where she wrestled, performed interviews, hosted segments, and provided color commentary. While in DSW, she was hospitalized after having an allergic reaction to a prescribed medication and was temporarily sidelined to recover. Eventually, she started to train in WWE's other developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). While in OVW, she began managing the duo of Amish Roadkill and K.C. James.

On June 2006, She returned to SmackDown , this time working as a heel with a "sexy teacher" gimmick, pulling on her real life experiences. Upon her arrival, she aligned with Kristal Marshall to feud with Jillian Hall and Ashley Massaro. This feud led to a Fatal Four-Way Bra and Panties match at The Great American Bash, which Massaro won. She won her first singles match on the July 28 edition of SmackDown!, defeating Hall by illegally using the ropes as leverage. Soon after, she began acting as valet for the team of K. C. James and Idol Stevens, who, because of her association with them, were nicknamed The Teacher's Pets. The trio began feuding with Paul London and Brian Kendrick, and their valet Massaro, for the WWE Tag Team Championship, but never won the title. The feud ended when London and Kendrick won a match against them at No Mercy in October. On November 28, McCool was hospitalized with an enlarged kidney, a broken sternum, and an electrolyte imbalance. She was released from the hospital on December 2.

Again, McCool returned on the March 30, 2007 edition of SmackDown, where she participated in a 10-Diva tag team match. On the April 13 edition of SmackDown, McCool became fan favorite once again when she came to the aid of Ashley Massaro after she was attacked by Jillian Hall backstage. On the May 28 edition of Raw, McCool won the Memorial Day Bikini Beach Splash Battle Royal by eliminating Melina. Subsequently, a series of matches took place between Victoria and McCool, including a Mixed Tag Team match where Victoria and Kenny Dykstra defeated McCool and Chuck Palumbo. McCool even made the save of Torrie Wilson who was attacked after a match against Victoria, on the August 10 edition of SmackDown. That would lead to the last match between the two, with Michelle getting the victory.

McCool then became caught in the middle of a feud between the villainous Jamie Noble and her on-screen friend Chuck Palumbo. After a series of matches between the men, Noble won a date with McCool by defeating Palumbo in a match. In the storyline, Palumbo accidentally elbowed McCool during a match, causing her to suffer a concussion. The partnership was dissolved when McCool refused to accept his apology. She then went on to compete in a series of contests with Victoria, Eve Torres, Maryse and Cherry to determine SmackDown!'s top Diva, subsequently winning the title. At The Great American Bash on July 20, 2008, McCool defeated Natalya Neidhart to become the inaugural WWE Divas Champion.

On the December 25, 2008 episode of SmackDown, McCool lost the WWE Divas Championship to Maryse. After the match McCool blamed Maria, the special guest referee of the match, for her loss and attacked her, establishing herself as a heel. In the following weeks, McCool also attacked Eve Torres, resulting in Eve's debut match, which McCool won. McCool then defeated Gail Kim on the May 22 taping of SmackDown to become the number one contender for the WWE Women's Championship, which she would win a month later at The Bash by defeating Melina. She retained the championship against Melina during a rematch on July 26 at Night of Champions.

McCool then formed an alliance with Layla, and entered into a feud with Mickie James, which resulted in a five-on-five Elimination match at Survivor Series, which James' team won. She later feud with James who  became the number one contender for McCool's championship at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, where McCool successfully retained the championship. However, McCool lost the WWE Women's Championship to James at the 2010 Royal Rumble, though she regained it on the February 26 edition of SmackDown  when special guest referee Vickie Guerrero interfered, costing James the Championship. On the April 23 edition of SmackDown, she and Layla attacked Beth Phoenix with a spray and table. The attack was a reference to the upcoming Extreme Makeover WWE Women's Championship match between McCool and Phoenix at the 2010 Extreme Rules, which McCool lost. On May 14, 2010, McCool and Layla faced the then-WWE Women's Champion Phoenix in a two–on–one handicap match, in which Layla pinned Phoenix and won the WWE Women's Championship. Then LayCool named themselves as Co-Women Champion due to the match as handicap match but un-official by WWE.

On the July 30 edition of SmackDown, McCool took the place of Layla in her WWE Women's Championship match against Tiffany, defeating her and retaining the title. They also start a feud with Kelly Kelly after she were draft to SD. Kelly Kelly also formed an alliance with Tiffany but then feud with Kelly Kelly alone due to Tiffany was released. LayCool retained the championship to Kelly Kelly, after McCool disturb the match. Then LayCool lost to Melina and Eve in tag team match and challenge Melina a match to unify the championship as Night Of Champions. Melina agree with one condition as Lumberjack match. McCool defeated Melina to unify the WWE Women's Championship and the WWE Divas Championship, thus becoming the first ever WWE Unified Divas Champion with help of Layla. At Survivor Series on November 21, she lost the Divas Championship when Natalya defeated LayCool in a two-on-one handicap match. After the match, they attacked Natalya but save by return divas Beth. Then LayCool were challenge by Beth and Natalya at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs. She and Layla were defeated in the first ever Divas tag team tables match by Natalya and Beth Phoenix. LayCool unsuccessful win the rematch even in a single match.  At WrestleMania XXVII on April 3, 2011, McCool, Layla and Dolph Ziggler (accompanied by Vickie Guerrero) lost to Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Trish Stratus, and John Morrison in a 6-person mixed tag team match after Snooki pinned McCool.

On the April 8 edition of SmackDown, LayCool began to fall out again after being defeated by Beth Phoenix and Kelly Kelly after McCool avoided being tagged in Layla, blaming a back injury. The next week, Layla lost to Kelly despite McCool's help. After the match, McCool scolded and shoved Layla. On the April 22 edition of SmackDown, LayCool attended a couples therapy session. As Layla started to get emotional, McCool hugged her and apologized. When Layla went to thank the therapist, McCool attacked her, and as a result, LayCool has been disbanded. On April 25, during the 2011 WWE Draft on Raw, Layla lost a match to Eve Torres and attacked McCool for costing her the match. On the April 29 edition of SmackDown, McCool faced Layla in a singles match, ending in a double countout. Layla then challenged McCool to no disqualifications and no count outs match at Extreme Rules. McCool accepted under one condition, the Loser Leaves WWE. McCool lost the match at Extreme Rules, which forced her to leave WWE. After the match, she was attacked by the debuting Kharma.

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