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By ANDREA ASUAJEMichelle McCool is a Diva, but only to the rest of the world.
“My life’s not really completely different,” McCool said.
The 30-year-old Palatka native, known internationally as half of the reigning WWE Women’s Champion team and a WWE Diva, said it’s hard for her to see the celebrity others see in her.
In McCool’s eyes, the important stuff has stuck around: Family, friends, passions and herself.
“I’m still the same person,” she said. “I just happen to be on TV now.”
McCool grew up in Palatka watching the WWE with her father and grandfather — her favorite nights of the week, she said.
“They were the only nights I was allowed to stay up late,” she said.
In school, McCool was always an athlete, participating in volleyball, softball and basketball, she said. Competition was always in her blood, she said.
“It’s in our genes,” she said of competition and the McCools.
She continued to watch the programs as she grew up, taking her interest in the industry with her to Florida State University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in exercise science, and onto her teaching career at Jenkins Middle School.
She got her master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of North Florida the first year she taught 7th grade science at the middle school.
She loved teaching, she said, describing how rewarding it is to reach out to help young people — a trait she still considers important in her new career.
All the while she was still a fan of the WWE.
And then, the competition bug struck.
‘Fish out of water’
McCool said she didn’t tell anyone she was entering the WWE Diva Search. She said she took some “unprofessional” pictures at Ravine State Gardens, and before she knew it, she was on television.
She called herself a “fish out of water” in the competition.
But despite losing the competition, she was declared a Diva.
Since 2004, McCool has participated in Smackdown, RAW and the Women’s Championship.
She’s also made an appearance on “Project Runway,” where a designer created a stage costume especially for her.
She often wears crosses on her uniform, a testament to her Christian beliefs, she said. With a worldwide audience, this is a way for McCool to spread her own religious message to her fans.
“I am a Christian,” she said. “(The WWE) is such a platform to reach out to millions and millions of people. If you can make a difference in one life…”
And she wants her fans to know that despite her sometimes playing a villain or a bad girl, she’s just a regular girl.
“I’m real,” she said. “I’m genuine.”
Life in Texas ‘private’
Putting aside the glittered costumes, the championship belts and the on-stage persona, life is not all glitz for the WWE Championship Diva.
McCool said her days consist of washing laundry, unpacking, repacking and traveling.
She spends more than 300 days a year on the road, she said.
“Most of the time I’m in the airport,” she said. “Not quite as glamorous as it seems.”
She said her life as a Texas resident is quiet and private.
Although she’s recognized on occasion, she leads a typical life, she said. And most of the time, she’s working.
Still, she said she tries to find time to return to Palatka to visit her family, who she said has supported her through her climb to stardom.
“I’ve always had my family,” she said. “They’re my biggest fans.”
And as much as she loves the spotlight and glamour of her job, McCool said that sometimes she dreams of just sitting on the beach, relaxing without a care in the world.
“Doing absolutely nothing all day,” she said.
She may be a TV superstar, but McCool still feels like a hometown girl.
“I still don’t think I’m anybody,” she said. “I’m the same old Michelle McCool.”
Her life: The ring, Project Runway, charity events
The WWE Divas are the female stars of World Wrestling Entertainment. The women wrestle, appear in WWE promotional material and often pose for Playboy, although she hasn’t.
Michelle McCool became a Diva in 2004. In 2008, McCool became the inaugural WWE Divas champion, declared at The Great American Bash. She won the WWE Women’s Championship, along with Layla El, at The Bash in 2009.
McCool also appeared alongside five other Divas in an episode of Project Runway, where the competing designers created outfits for the women to wear while wrestling. She’s also appeared with other WWE Divas and wrestlers on five episodes of Family Feud.
Aside from television appearances, McCool said she and the other Divas participate in charity events, such as Make-a-Wish projects, and reading challenges for children.
Roots run deep in Palatka
Michelle McCool isn’t the first McCool to influence young minds as a teacher and a role model.
Her mother and father, Jenny and Terry McCool, were both involved in the Putnam County school system, with her mother as a teacher and her father as the former superintendent of Putnam County schools.
Athletics also run in the family, with her older brother Jeff McCool as a former football player for the University of Cincinnati and her uncle Jim McCool as the former head football coach of Palatka High School.
Her aunt is also the supervisor of elections for Putnam County.
♥ “Life in and out of the ring” by Andrea Asuaje
Short little segment on SmackDown, but it definitely brought on the LOLz! We see Michelle and Layla backstage celebrating the glorious victory from this past PPV, Money in the Bank, where Layla defeated Kelly Kelly to retain the Women’s Championship. The girls are so excited, they decide to their bubbly on! Bottoms up!
Michelle and Layla go on to discuss how good they are for one-another, which Michelle ended up getting Layla a gift – and, wait a minute! So did Layla! Gift Exchange! ZOMG, their enthusiasm is just too much for us! What’d they get?! Michelle got something that says “Be-Fri” while Layla’s says “St-Ends”! The cameras then zooms up as the girls decide to put them together, in which they’re holding “Best Friends” necklace. So cute! Wait a minute; we’re distracted by something rather large and rather sparkly in the camera shot. Woah!! Check it out, Michelle’s wearing… our favorite accessory this week, the bangle! 
Enter: Teddy Long. While the girls are going on about how excited they are about their matching necklaces, Teddy goes on to congratulate Layla on her victory for defending her title. Michelle chimes in and reminds him that it’s HER title, too. Teddy warns Layla to enjoy it while it lasts, because next week, she’ll be defending her women’s title – Michelle chimes in once more and says it’s THEIR title – against Tiffany. Skirt Tiffany? Michelle questions… Teddy tells them now that is “Real Talk.” As he walks off, the girls go on about how offended they are that she’d even be considered. Furthermore, how dare Teddy goes ahead and uses their lingo – and not even properly! They mock his “Hollah, Player, and Keep it pushing” and even give us a goofy dance. Oh, how we heart thee. So corny, yet oh, so adorable!
On the fashion front (and boy was this a GREAT week for Michelle), right off the bat we notice Layla wearing one of our favorite dresses to have draped Michelle’s flawless body. As much as we love Layla, Michelle definitely wears it better. Than again, we are a little biased, as Michelle dished out that dress in early 2008 when she reveled her “GaGa” bangs. Ah, the memories. But enough about Layla, can we get to Michelle? SHE FREAKIN’ KILLED IT! While she does have on the jeans that have been passed around the locker room more times than (enter your least favorite Diva’s name here), she still wears them well – and better than Maria or Nikki Bella ever did! Michelle’s hair was fiiiiiiiierce! Love, love, love! It’s about time she changed up her golden locks. As for her pleather jacket displaying her envious abs? A very nice touch! We’re absolutely hoping she got a photo shoot out of this outfit, sure would hate for all of that fabulous fabooshness to go to waste!
Remember our little warning to Barbie a few month back when it was announced that Michelle will be apart of the fall 2010 Mattel/WWE lineup? Well, truer words have never been spoken written! Thanks to ToyNewsI.Com, we’ve got our first look of Michelle’s new action figure, and we love how flawless the First Lady of SmackDown looks! Fierce curly hair? Check! Stunning figure? Oh, yes — check! Our second favorite wrestling attire (behind the black sequins) – badabing, that’s a check! We’re pretty excited about adding this to our growing collection of Michelle McCool memorabilia. Someday, we’ll become millionaires at the estimated net worth Allen Greenspan has quoted the McCruel stock. Just go with us here.
Okay, so maybe there are a couple of imperfections on Ms. Flawless in the form of plastic, but it’s still looking pretty darn good for Michelle’s second figure. Leaps and bounds ahead of her first figure, the Lilian Garcia look-a-like, that’s for sure. Again, her face is just a little off, and her thighs sorta look like they were borrowed from Randy Orton’s figure collection, BUT, she’s once again immortalized and it’s pretty darn hard to duplicate perfection in the flesh.
Sorry, Dolph!
We’re looking forward to having our own little dream match of Michelle McCool & Dolph Ziggler taking on Barbie & Ken. No holds barred, pink corvette and dream house on the line. Oh yeah, someone’s getting their asses handed to them!
The show kicks off with Matt Striker goes through the obstacle course first before the arena ever even fills up. Polls open TODAY at noon Eastern time, 11 Central. Don’t forget to vote for Kaval!
Striker’s time? 41.5! I’m not sure if that’s good bad. The Rookies are doing the course first, so we shall see if he’s up to standards!
Oh just kidding, Cole’s a big fat liar. MVP’s VIP Lounge kicks off the show first. Can LayCool be his guests?! Or Percy. Hmpfh. One of these days, I’m telling you. LayCool is either going to be on a talk show or they’re going to host their own! And yes, it will be called, “REAL TALK!”
Percy and MVP make up, then Matt Striker comes out. He says that next week there will be an elimination and MVP should say why Percy should be number one in the poll. Psht, not as long as Kaval is around! Percy will just have to settle for number two. Striker cuts Percy off, Cody Rhodes come out and it’s their turn to say why Husky Harris should be number one.
…Striker announces a match. Uh, LayCool better get a turn! And what happened to the obstacle course Cole was yammering about being next?
A Rookie video for Lucky Cannon plays. Layla says, “He’s gotta a good look.” Michelle agrees, “He does have a good look and he has the World’s Strongest Man trainin’ him.” There ya go, the truth, I mean, what LayCool thinks of Lucky.
The Pros are now out to watch the action! LayCool are all dolled up in their retro outfits! Cole tries to redeem himself by saying LayCool and The Miz are sitting next to each other and they are three of the greatest Pros of all time. Nope, didn’t work.
Another Rookie video for Michael McGillicutty. Michelle tells us, “He’s as close to perfect as it gets!” Layla also agrees, “He sure is!” Then Michelle adds, “But he’s not Flawless.” “No way!”
Matt Striker finally asks LayCool and Kaval why he should be number one. It’s about time! Michelle says there are plenty of reasons. She and Layla take turns saying he has passion, heart, skills, smarts and best of all, he has LayCool, and that means he’s almost Flawless! Kaval says he has the confidence to go up against the greats like Evan Bourne, Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio. He has the ability but we have the power to make it happen. Cole says that was horrible. Yeah, well, your face is horrible, SHUT IT. Nobody asked you.
It’s finally time for the obstacle course! The Rookie who completes it the fastest has immunity next week. Kaval is up! He’s the only person who does the push ups right. The big heavy rolly cart thing stops him up though and he doesn’t manage to beat the top time of 26.7. LayCool are still cheering him on though! He did good!! “That was so good!” Michael McGillicutty wins the challenge. Michelle starts trash talking him a little bit! Ohhhh!! Layla joins in, and then the show ends. Why’d they have to cut it off on the good part?!
Don’t forget to head over to WWE.com today to cast your vote for NXT Rookie Kaval! Let’s keep him in the competition, keep him at number one and continue to see LayCool grace our television screens every Tuesday night!
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To find out what Michelle McCool will be getting herself into this Friday night, jump ahead to read the spoilers!
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Last week we get to see any McCool. Sniff! Tonight should be different as her bestie, Layla defends her title against Smelly Kelly.
Layla won the title in a 2-on-1 match, will she defend it in the same way? Will Vickie Guerrero once again be the wild card? Give us your thoughts in the comments! Then, come back tonight to MichelleMcCool.Net for live, play-by-play coverage of what goes down!
Kelly and Tiffany come out first. Tiffany looks like a hot mess who just walked in off the street corner. What in the world?
“You’re not enough for meeeee, ohhhh nooooo!” Layla and Michelle come out. Michelle’s in jeans and a backless shirt with I believe the word Flawless down her back instead of on a shirt. Interesting. Kinda like Morrison putting the rhinestones on his abs.
Bell rings, and Kelly and Layla go at it. Layla looks hot in her new ring attire too! You go girl!
Kelly takes it to Layla. Angry much? She goes for her back handspring into an elbow by Layla moves.
Kelly kicks Layla out of the ring. Kelly gets on the apron, and Layla trips her up then goes on the attack. Good girl! Michelle’s taught her well!
Layla continues her attack on Kelly. She has her in the ropes right by Michelle who trash talks her. Layla dropkicks Kelly out onto Michelle.. oops!? Layla throws Kelly into the barricade, while Michelle fends off Tiffany. While the ref is distracted, Michelle runs over to the barricade and sits on it above Kelly. “FLAWLESS!! I’M NOT DOING ANYTHING!” She counts along with the ref, then Kelly gets up and shoves her to the other side on the ground! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!
Back in the ring now, Kelly attacks Layla and eventually hits the K2. Michelle puts Layla’s foot, I mean.. Layla gets her foot on the rope, breaking up the three count. Ring awareness right there, folks! Kelly gets out of the ring. While Michelle applauds Layla’s intelligence, Kelly and Tiffany are focusing on an attack. LOOK OUT MICHELLE, TIFFANY’S HAIR MIGHT GET YOU! She turns and WHAM! Double clothesline! Kelly gets back in the ring. She goes for a sunset flip, Layla reverses: 1-2-3!
Layla retains! YAY!! Matt Striker hands them their titles, calling Michelle a Sweetie Pumpkin Pie and Layla a Little English Muffin. King says he knows why he mutes SmackDown. Clearly because of Todd Grisham!
Kelly is left a sad mess in the ring. Aww, boohoo!
Celebration time for LayCool!
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♠ Screen Captures > Pay-Per-Views > Money in the Bank (2010)
Today is our very own Katy’s birthday! Ladies and gents, clear the bars: she’s been waiting for this day for a loooooooong time. But, no worries! She just wants to go in and flash her new ID cause she’s got nothing else to flash. Today, Katy can legally prove that she’s 21, even though she looks like she’s 12, going on 2. Most of you know just how near and dear Katy is to me; it’s not every day that you can find someone… so willing, so eager to please, and more than happy to do the hard work and labor around here, while I take all the credit! Wait a minute, did I just compare her to Rosa Mendes? Oh, snaps! Let’s not get it twisted, Tigga: You may be going as “Michelle” to ‘Mania next year, and I’m forced to go as “Layla” – but I’m the Michelle, and you’re just my Layla. All jokes and Birthday roasts aside, Katy Moss, I love you! Happy 21st Birthday!
And, heck. Who gives a crap about a birthday post if Michelle ain’t got nothing to d with it, right?! Don’t worry, your idol pulled through for you. She spoils us rotten, and we expect nothing less on our big day!
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday Dear Katy, Happy Birthday to you! I hope you have a FLAWLESS day!!!!!:)) [Insert Michelle's special message for Katy's eyes only here; *sticks tongue out*] Seriously tho, thanks for the continued support!
Love, Michelle McCool
Okay, so there’s more to it than you know, Tigga. Michelle and I have been working on something extra special, extra epic, and believe-you-me… it’s going to be major! Fabulous for you, horrible for me, and all-around, a sure bet to be your FAVORITE birthday gift this year. Think you’ve got an idea? More deets later.
So let us all come together, and give Katy her props on her big day! She puts a lot of hard work into our websites (well, DolphZiggler.Com) and they wouldn’t be nearly as successful (or damn near updated as much), with out her! So, c’mon, hurry up, we all know I can’t stand it when the spotlight isn’t on me. Happy Birthday, Tigga. :*
Yep, LayCool are not featured on tonight’s episode of NXT. The reason given? They’re treating themselves to a spa day. Ladies, c’mon!!! Couldn’t you move the date to a Wednesday? We NEED you! It’s not the same.
Maybe WWE scheduled the spa day because they knew The Nexus would be scared of them! Yeahh!! We all know LayCool will take people out, and The Nexus are surely no exception!
Another Rookie video played, this time for Alex Riley. LayCool questioned if he was the cute jock. Yes, he’s the cute one. They probably only said that because he bedazzled his Letterman jacket to look like a LayCool original.
Hopefully next Tuesday we’ll see the return of LayCool. Kaval needs guidance and we need entertainment!
Ever since defeating Beth Phoenix earlier this year to claim the Women’s Championship, Layla has had little problem flaunting her accomplishment. And with Michelle McCool at her side, the self-proclaimed “Co-Women’s Champions” tout themselves any chance they get.
But team “Lay-Cool” hasn’t been as entirely “flawless” as they claim to be. Quietly making a name for herself is Kelly Kelly, who boasts recent victories over both Michelle and Layla. Now, in her first title opportunity ever, Kelly is looking to get a victory when it really counts.
Although Kelly has proven she has what it takes to win, can she avoid two potential obstacles – besides Layla – that stand between her and the Women’s Championship?
The first possible problem for Kelly is Michelle. Will the self-proclaimed “Co-Women’s Champion” accompany Layla to the ring at Money in the Bank? If she does, what role may she play in how things unfold?
Secondly, could Official SmackDown Consultant Vickie Guerrero exert her power in some form? In recent weeks Vickie’s attention has been on Dolph Ziggler and his quest to qualify for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match , but certainly Vickie has not forgotten about Layla. After all, Layla won the title in a Handicap Match orchestrated by none other than Vickie herself.
Despite the associates that Layla has surrounded herself with, Kelly can claim the smart, sexy and powerful Tiffany as someone she can count on. If Tiffany is at Money in the Bank, certainly she will be in Kelly’s corner.
Watch live on pay-per-view on July 18 at 8 p.m. ET to see who will return to Friday nights as the Women’s Champion.
It’s Friday! Which means Pay Day for most of us, and SmackDown for everybody! Josh Matthews is backstage with Kelly Kelly, and it’s really freaking us out. You mean, WWE hasn’t forgotten that Divas are good on the mic, too? Josh brings up the importance of Kelly’s “Money in The Bank” match against Layla for the WWE Women’s Championship. Kelly lets out all but a few words before she’s interrupted.
Layla cuts in singing “Smelly Kelly, Smelly Kelly!” She brushes off Josh, letting him know that his presence is no longer wanted. Wow, how exciting! Kelly’s going to be getting her first title match. Layla even adds some salt to someone’s wounds, asking Kelly if she’ll be doing some extra training like Rosa. (Side note: Awe, where was she this week? I was hoping she’d still be begging for approval. Oh, well. Let’s continue.) The only way that Kelly can possibly beat Layla is if she passes out from the bad smell that just radiates off Kelly. Just as Layla was about to spray some fragrance on Kelly, as a friendly favor, does Kelly actually wrap her hand around Layla’s neck! WHAT?! Temper! Temper!
Thankfully, Michelle wasn’t too far away and decided that if Kelly wants to bring the “violence” to Layla, will she actually bring it harder. SMACK! Michelle thunders over with her Women’s Championship nailing Kelly in the back of the head. Now maybe it was me, but I swear thought I heard something rattle in Kelly’s head… anyway! Michelle warns Kelly that if she wants to mess with Layla, there are consequences: her! After LayCool brushes their hands together, collect their titles and leave Kelly cowering on the floor (where she belongs, hehe), does Tiffany finally run to her aid. Seriously? Where was she when Kelly was getting, oh, I don’t know.. ATTACKED?! Takes a blonde to know a blonde. Which reminds us of joke: How many blondes does it take for LayCool to… never mind we’ll leave the McCruel jokes to LayCool.
So, we’ve got one last week for WWE to build up the feud before the girls take it home, as they compete live on PPV when Layla defends her Women’s Championship against Kelly Kelly. So far, so good… it’s turning out to be an interesting program, and Michelle isn’t even the focal point! On the fashion front, it’s worth mentioning that Michelle wore red this week. RED! A lot of her fans have been asking for her to wear red ring attire, and this is as close as we get. Red does seem to suit her well, however… I don’t know if I’m ready to have Michelle drop the black sequins for some red ones. Michelle looked great, of course, but… she also looked a little bit too much like a WCW Nitro Girl. Perhaps it was the ka-booty shorts! Hopefully we’ll get a photo shoot out of LayCool anyway.
Short. Sweet. And to the point on this week’s SmackDown.
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