Layla El Says She Wasn’t Originally Supposed To Be Part Of LayCool

Layla El reflects on being a part of the LayCool team alongside Michelle McCool and how it was originally supposed to be other Divas.

During the Divas era of WWE in the late 2000s and early 2010s, Layla and Michelle McCool would strike up a tag team in the division known as LayCool. However, one of the team members has now explained that it wasn’t the original plan for the pair to work together.

While speaking to Going Ringside in a new interview, Layla El explained that it was not initially supposed to be her teaming with Michelle McCool.

“Well, I feel that with LayCool, it wasn’t supposed to be me and Michelle. It was supposed to be, I think, Victoria or Alicia Fox, I think that they’re going to put Alicia Fox but they put me me out there is a filler between uh… Michelle and I think Mickie James, our opponent at that time, I feel like it just grew naturally and Michelle and I just had a chemistry that was undeniable, and work ethic that was undeniable.”

In an interview with Fightful late last year, Layla spoke about working with Aksana in WWE. You can read more about that here.

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