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As promised, MichelleMcCool.Net brings to you Michelle’s first interview since retirement back at WWE Extreme Rules on May 1st, 2011. Today marks the fifth-month anniversary since Michelle has parted ways with WWE, and she is ready to share her story. After having answered close to 350 questions over the years, we knew this interview had to separate itself from anything we’ve previously done — and we may have done just that.

In what is truly her most revealing interview ever, Michelle McCool sits down for a two-part, memoir-style walk down memory lane. If Michelle were ever to write a book, we imagine it to read somewhat as she speaks here; it’s that intimate. Michelle has recorded over two hours of material, in which she discusses her frightful first day on the job to her tearful last. For the first time, Michelle relives the storylines that have defined her career, and her fans, otherwise known as her Faithful Followers, get an inside look from the Diva who lived those magic moments.

In Part One of our two-part special, Michelle begins where it all had started: the 2004 RAW Diva Search. For the next hour, Michelle will share stores from on the road and how her journey really began. Also, at the end of part one, for the first-time ever, Michelle will finally address to what she refers to as “The Million Dollar Question,” preferential treatment backstage. In the later part of her career, Michelle had been plagued with rumors that her accomplishments and accolades were not well-deserved, and merely handed to her. How does she react? You may be surprised.

PART ONE:
* First Day: Diva Search
* Diva Dodge Ball
* Diva Search Elimination
* WWE Contract
* First Day ‘On The Job’
* “Under Their Wing”
* Layla & Vickie “Not There”
* Debut Match
* Feud With MNM
* Divas vs. Diva Search
* Offer From Playboy
* Dawn Marie Backstage Confrontation
* Video Game Debut
* Deep South Wrestling
* Bill DeMott
* Developing A Character
* Heat With Stephanie McMahon
* Larger Breast Implants
* Hot For Teacher
* “Dying To Be On Tour”
* First Magazine Cover
* Southern Accent
* “Diva Cloned”
* Memorial Day Bikini Battle Royal
* Loving Life / All-American Girl
* Chuck Palumbo & Jamie Noble
* Put To The Test
* Wardrobe Malfunctions
* Fans Turning – “SMARKS”
* First Action Figure
* Divas Championship
* Vince McMahon & Character Transition
* “Million Dollar Question” – Preferential Treatment Backstage

If you’re wondering why she may have not covered a particular subject during her 2004-2008 career, don’t fret! Chances are, she’s already answered them. Since 2005, Michelle has given MichelleMcCool.Net dozens of interviews, and has answered close to 350+ questions — including a first-ever vlog! Believe us, it isn’t easy coming up with questions entering our seventh year online, but we do try! So, please be sure to take some time to review our extensive collection of interviews with Michelle in our archives section of the website.

As for Part Two in our exclusive interview with Michelle McCool, that will be posted a week from today, on October 8th, 2011. Be sure to check back for teaser clip in a preview for which Michelle discusses the controversial “Piggie James” storyline and any possible apprehensions she may have had being involved. Believe us, you don’t want to miss it!

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There are many words that could be used to describe Michelle McCool — aggressive, cruel, malicious. But more than any of these things, the tough-as-nails Diva was a fighter.

First introduced to the WWE Universe as a contestant in the 2004 Diva Search, McCool didn’t win the competition, but she was so dynamic that she was brought to SmackDown later that year. Her early days were unremarkable, but McCool refused to be held back, because she had struggled for too long to get where she was.

Before she ever stepped in the ring, Michelle was a teacher in Florida. She spent her days educating schoolchildren about science, but she always knew what she really wanted to do with her life. From the day she attended a WWE event with her father and grandfather when she was six years old, McCool vowed she would be a sports-entertainer. The little girl set eyes on the “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes and she was hooked.

Living by the motto “Faith to fight the good fight, heart to believe and soul to search within,” McCool battled her way from Diva Search reject to the top of the division. At first wasted as the manager of a forgettable tag team known as The Teacher’s Pets, McCool began to carve her own path when she set out as a singles competitor. Early matches weren’t always pretty, but her perseverance paid off in July of 2008 when she defeated Natalya to become the first-ever Divas Champion.

The victory was a huge one for the Florida native and it inspired a change in her. No longer was she concerned with pleasing the fans. Instead, her main goal was to stay on top of the Divas division at any cost. It was a shocking change of personality, but a shift that brought McCool more accolades. In June of 2009, she defeated Melina at The Bash to capture the Women’s Title, becoming the first competitor to win both the Divas and Women’s Championship. On that night, her legacy as a historic Diva was cemented.

From there, McCool formed an alliance with the equally nasty Layla. Collectively known as Team Lay-Cool, the mean girls became the wickedest duo in WWE. Like two nasty high school students, they resorted to namecalling to belittle the other Divas in the locker room and found every way to cheat to hold on to the Divas Championship they shared.

They were evil, but effective. That was until WrestleMania XXVII when Team Lay-Cool was put in their place by “Jersey Shore” star Snooki. The loss stung and led to the eventual breakup of McCool and Layla. But insteading of ending their successful partnership on good terms, the former friends battled in a “Loser Leaves WWE” Match at Extreme Rules.

Michelle lost that match, bringing a premature end to a stellar career she’d worked so hard to attain. It was a rough way to go. After being pinned by Layla, she was brutalized in the ring by the monster known as Kharma.

That night, McCool left the WWE battered and bruised, but she didn’t mind. The Diva was used to fighting.

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In a MichelleMcCool.Net exclusive, on October 1, 2011 – the first interview since Michelle McCool’s WWE retirement will finally be revealed. In this memoir-style interview (with over an hour of content), Michelle discusses her nearly 7-year storybook career, and leaves no stone unturned; from her first day on the job to how long she had been contemplating her eventual May 1st retirement at Extreme Rules. Also, for the first-time ever, she discusses the rumors of backstage politics and preferential treatment that has plagued the later part of her career. Michelle’s setting the record straight. It’s her story. In her own words. Only on MichelleMcCool.Net

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In the teaser clip provided, Michelle goes into detail about a life-threatening injury she had sustained in 2006.