As an add on to what I previously wrote, what I think is ruining the
"Women's Division" more than Michelle McCool is: Maryse, Eve Torres, Layla,
Kelly Kelly, The Bellas, Tiffany, Rosa Mendes and NXT Season 3.
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:17 PM, FondyMark <fondy54935@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Michelle McCool is Ruining WWE's Women's Division!
> By: Renee Gerber
> on September 16, 2010
>
> Just as my title states, Michelle McCool is ruining World Wrestling
> Entertainment's Women's division. It's true. It's not benefiting the divas
> (aside from McCool herself, of course) or women's wrestling in general, and
>
> it's infuriating many fans.
>
> It really all started back in 2008, so let's take a little trip down memory
>
> lane to reflect...
>
> Michelle McCool, one of the divas who competed in-but didn't win-the first
> ever Diva Search, and who was signed to a contract, was certainly not what
> one would call the most "popular" diva in the WWE. Sure, she had some fans,
>
> but as far as popularity went, she could never compete with women such as
> Mickie James or Melina, who were always very over with the crowds. But, no
> matter what she did, Michelle just couldn't get over like them or several
> other of her fellow divas.
>
> Sometime in the spring, she started receiving a push. To the ordinary,
> casual fan, it probably raised a few eyebrows as well as questions. Nobody
> seemed to care about this woman, so why this sudden push? The IWC, however,
>
> knew the reason behind it. Several months earlier, wrestling news sites had
>
> revealed that Michelle McCool was in a relationship with Mark "Undertaker"
> Calaway. The rumors had of course proven to be true, as the pair just got
> married this past June 26.
>
> Back to spring of '08, though, McCool received a massive push that started
> with her winning a ridiculous divas contest on SmackDown! that went on for
> several weeks. It was also around this time that the company paired her off
>
> with another diva, Cherry. Cherry had recently turned babyface and broken
> away from Deuce & Domino, the tag team she'd been managing. I believe the
> only reason behind this pairing was an attempt to get Michelle over with
> the
> fans, as Cherry was quite popular, especially after her turn. It didn't
> seem
> to work, but the push didn't stop. McCool won the contest and received a
> shiny new motorcycle as the ultimate prize...And the fans didn't care. In
> fact, the only thing they did seem to care about was when Victoria and a
> debuting Natalya attacked her after she won.
>
> Fast-forward to June of that same year. The WWE had unveiled a brand new
> championship in the Divas title. It was explained that the SmackDown! divas
>
> deserved their own championship, just as the RAW divas had their Women's
> title. And thus, a tournament began where divas would compete in singles
> matches each week until there were only two left.
>
> Naturally, and as everyone reading this knows, the last two standing were
> Natalya and Michelle McCool. They would go on to compete in the final bout
> at The Great American Bash pay-per-view, where McCool ended up the winner
> and first ever Divas champion by making Natalya tap out to a submission
> maneuver. It was a disgrace, disgusting, and a huge slap in the face to not
>
> only an amazing third-generation wrestler in Natalya, but to the entire
> Hart
> family. It was just laughable, a joke, yet horribly sad all at the same
> time
> to have to witness Nattie Neidhart be made to tap out to someone with half
> her skill and half her bulk!
>
> Amazingly, Maryse took the Divas Championship off of McCool a mere six
> months later, with Maria as special referee for the match. This was
> probably
> all just a ploy to set up for a heel-turn by Michelle, who had gone around
> attacking other divas during that time, most notably Eve. Maria suffered a
> beatdown after Maryse's victory, and the crowd barely reacted, if even at
> all.
>
> On April 13, 2009, at the draft, Maryse, along with her title, was moved
> over to RAW. However, this was when a whole new chapter opened for Michelle
>
> McCool as well, as Women's champion Melina was drafted to SmackDown! in her
>
> place.
>
> Predictably, Melina ended up feuding with Michelle, who constantly declared
>
> that she was going to take away her championship. It was also during this
> time that Alicia Fox was paired up with McCool, once again, as a way to get
>
> her over.
>
> For three months, Melina was booked to look like the weakest of champions
> while McCool was booked to the moon and back to look like the "dominant"
> diva of SmackDown! One would have thought she was Beth Phoenix-minus the
> muscles and charisma. It was really painful to watch. And it all led to the
>
> two fighting for Melina's championship at the same pay-per-view at which
> McCool "made history," a year earlier, only with a slightly shorter name in
>
> The Bash.
>
> Let's not kid ourselves here...Melina was buried at that show. She was
> booked horribly, barely able to get any offense or defense in, and was
> robbed. It was one of the most sickening displays I've ever had to watch in
>
> my 20-plus years as a pro-wrestling fan, and very frighteningly reminiscent
>
> of Triple H burying Randy Orton during his first WWE Championship reign.
>
> While the two continued to feud for awhile longer after McCool "earned" the
>
> right to call herself the first diva to ever hold both the Divas and
> Women's
> championships, Melina never regained the title. And thankfully, the pain
> her
> career had to endure came to an end by October, when she returned to RAW to
>
> win the Divas title that same night. However, someone else had to pay the
> price by going over to SmackDown! in her place.
>
> That next victim was of course Mickie James.
>
> With Alicia Fox gone, traded over to RAW, Michelle started pairing up with
> the much more charismatic Layla (see the pattern here?). The two started
> teasing and taunting the SmackDown! newcomer by making jokes about her
> weight. It was a cheap way to get heat, but it seemed to work, probably
> mostly because, overall, Mickie was the most over diva in the entire
> company.
>
> I should also point out that McCool, while Women's champion, barely ever
> defended the title (though the same held true about her Divas title reign
> as
> well). Of course, the "Piggie James" angle wasn't about the title so much
> as
> it was a hurtful, juvenile, junior high-like one. It was also to set up the
>
> official teaming of Michelle and Layla, who were by now known collectively
> as "LayCool." On that note, strangely, Vickie Guerrero also teamed up with
> them after a backstage mishap with Mickie. This made zero sense to me,
> since
> LayCool were infamous for their fat jokes and Guerrero was not exactly what
>
> you would call thin. I believe the only reason for that was yet another
> attempt at getting Michelle over as a heel. What better way to do that than
>
> to put the woman who gets more heat than any other alongside her?
>
> Mickie James went on to win the Women's Championship from McCool at this
> year's Royal Rumble, but her reign was cut short due to a staph infection
> in
> her leg. Who did she drop the title to? Michelle McCool, of course, and I
> failed to see the logic in that.
>
> With Mickie done and then released from the WWE a few short months later,
> Beth Phoenix was next in line to feud with LayCool. Vickie Guerrero was
> still strangely appearing with them at ringside and in backstage skits. In
> fact, she seemed to be the character setting up the feud between McCool and
>
> the Glamazon, who had finally turned full-fledged babyface after several
> weeks of teasing at a turn. McCool ended up dropping the Women's title to
> Beth at Extreme Rules in April, in an "Extreme Makeover" match. It was a
> very good thing that this happened, because, really, who would truly be
> convinced by
>
> Sadly, Beth's reign was cut short because she tore her ACL the next month.
> However, things got very interesting as she competed against LayCool in a
> handicap match in which Layla was the one to pin her and become Women's
> champion. McCool looked none too happy about the outcome, and it appeared
> that we were about to see a brand new feud, as Michelle seemed certain to
> turn on her buddy.
>
> But it didn't happen, and instead, LayCool next appeared with each diva
> sporting a Women's title belt. It was really quite ridiculous, and for two
> reasons: One, Layla was the actual champion and should have had the
> opportunity to walk around as THE champion; and two, the whole declared
> "co-Women's champions" bit was disrespectful to the prestigious title. Of
> course, the worst was yet to come.
>
> I want to point out, as I did in my first article, that, if it were any
> other diva but Michelle McCool Layla was paired with, there would be no
> "sharing" of the championship. Sure, we once witnessed Chris Jericho and
> Chyna declared to be "co-Intercontinental champions," but that was
> short-lived and was only done for the sole purpose of making the storyline
> more intriguing. This, however, is due to McCool's clout in the WWE,
> because
> do you honestly see any other two divas being "co-champions" together?
> Didn't think so.
>
> To make matters worse, once SmackDown! GM Teddy Long told LayCool that one
> of them would have to give up their belt because there could only be ONE
> Women's champion, something even more pathetic happened...Michelle
> relinquished her belt, while Layla's stayed but was revealed to be split in
>
> half so they could share the pieces. This shows that Layla, rather than
> McCool, most likely had the replica belt all along, which is horrible
> because she's the champion. Also, it was even more disgrace tossed in the
> faces of prior Women's champions, at the title itself, and at the entire
> women's division.
>
> I'll keep it short, but LayCool also feuded with Kelly Kelly and Tiffany,
> collectively known as Blondetourage, and McCool buried each of them
> separately on different occasions. Tiffany has of course been missing in
> action due to suspension, but Kelly has continued to have the "honor" of
> jobbing out every so often.
>
> And now, we come back to the present...And this coming Sunday, we get to
> witness more "history" being made, as wrestling news sites have just
> revealed that it will be Michelle McCool-not Layla-who will be facing
> Melina
> in the Women's vs. Divas Championship unification match at Night of
> Champions.
>
> Someone please tell me: Where is the logic in this?! Layla is the Women's
> champion, so therefore, she should be the one facing Melina. Also, the dirt
>
> sheets claim that Layla is going to be angry and tell McCool she's "on her
> own." Now, my guess is that this is just a ploy so that we fans believe
> that
> she's done with Michelle and wants nothing to do with her, yet Layla ends
> up
> showing her true colors on Sunday when she helps her beat Melina to become
> the first-ever Unified Divas champion.
>
> Who exactly does all of this benefit? It doesn't benefit Melina, who will
> once again go down in the record books as being buried by McCool. Layla
> will
> look like the world's biggest fool and masochist, because if she helps
> Michelle, it will look like she doesn't care about herself at all. It
> certainly won't benefit the WWE women's division one bit, as the new
> Unified
> champion will probably just walk around with her nose up in the air and
> barely defend the championship, much like with many of her previous reigns.
>
> There's one person and one person ONLY who will get anything good out of
> this.
>
> And that is Michelle McCool.
>
> Michelle doesn't care about the other divas in the WWE. She isn't an
> advocate for women's wrestling. Everything is about how SHE can get what
> she
> wants, and how SHE can get over. It's exactly why she's been paired up with
>
> other, way more over divas, why she's had more than one chance to claim
> that
> she's "made history," why she's been booked to look more dominant than
> Chyna
> in her hey day, and why she's been allowed to share someone else's title
> reign.
>
> It all boils down to the fact that she's married to a legend in the
> company.
> No one else would ever get any of those privileges.
>
>
> http://bleacherreport.com/articles/464279-michelle-mccool-is-ruining-wwes-womens-division
>
>
>
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