EXCUSE ME! I said EXCUSE ME!! It’s time for some “Real Talk”! This week I am turning in my tiara for a full-zip custom hoodie…and I gotta admit, I’m pretty fired up. I’ve wanted to write about Lay-Cool for a while now but I keep getting distracted. First by Beth’s knee injury. Then by my sudden fascination with the Bellas. Then by my favorite French Canadian Maryse (I’m proud of that column by the way. It only took me 2,300 words to prove that Maryse is “hot”. I know, impressive.) But no more. Now is the time. Now is the time for me to write about one of my favorite tag teams ever. Honestly, I haven’t enjoyed a tag team, male or female, this much since the Hart Foundation broke out the pink and black almost 25 years ago. (Seriously…go back and watch WrestleMania 3 and tell me if you ever saw a cooler tag team.)
First off, let’s get this out of the way – some of you might not think Layla and Michelle are officially a “tag team” because the WWE doesn’t have an official women’s tag team division. Well, I think you’re wrong. I think Lay-Cool can be classified as a traditional tag team because they meet the required criteria, as defined by yours truly…and in this case I am the judge, the jury, and the executioner (no, not THE Executioner who lost to Tito Santana in the first WrestleMania.) Trivia time: What big name grappler played the Executioner that night? Did you know it was that Executioner’s only WWF appearance (and it happened at WM?!? WTF?!?). It also led to one of my all-time favorite Gorilla Monsoon lines: “I don’t know much about this particular Executioner.” There were others he DID know a lot about??? God I loved the Gorilla. My favorite Monsoon expression ever? Every time Nikolai Volkoff would wrestle Gorilla would say “the Big Russian doesn’t have a clue how strong he is”, usually right before Volkoff got pinned. Killed me every time. In Gorilla’s honor I have a framed Volkoff signature in my basement and I know all the words to the Soviet National Anthem. “Mr. Glamazon requests that you all rise and respect his singing of the Soviet…National…Anthem.” Boooo! USA! USA! USA! I would make a great heel.
It is possible you and I have a different definition of a tag team. I guess technically R-Truth and John Morrison were a tag team, but I will never enjoy that kind of “pairing” (i.e. two individual superstars thrown together for a few months) because I grew up in the Golden Age of Tag Team Wrestling, the mid-to-late 80’s. Back then pro wrestling featured a surplus of amazing teams such as the Hart Foundation, the British Bulldogs, the Road Warriors, Demolition, the Fabulous Freebirds, the Killer Bees, the Bushwhackers, etc. There were a few short-lived teams such as the Mega-Powers, but for the most part tag team divisions were full of talented, interesting, and (most importantly) veteran teams. I loved it. Even stables such as the Four Horsemen consistently competed for tag team championships. I gained a real appreciation for the art of tag team wrestling. (I think things started going downhill when Vince stuck Haku with Andre the Giant and packaged them as the Colossal Connection…not really peanut butter and jelly with these two.)
For me tag teams should have a coordinated look and feel. I like teams that have a team name, matching team uniforms, a recognizable entrance, good chemistry in and out of the ring, and a power finisher. Unfortunately tag team wrestling has been deemphasized a bit over the past 10 years and more and more we see teams just put together for the short term (ShowMiz, anybody?) And if a pairing catches on, management seems to be in a rush to break them up. I thought Miz and Morrison were fantastic together. Once they split up I lost interest in them because they weren’t doing the Dirt Sheet anymore, etc. (although admittedly they are fine as single performers). The Colons were good together until they went loco, then they got lost in the mid-card shuffle. I like the Hart Dynasty but there just aren’t enough quality teams to build an interesting division around them. It seems like the WWE just randomly pairs guys together, which ultimately waters down the product. Case in point, this past week on Superstars featured a tag match between Goldust / Yoshi Tatsu vs. Primo / Zack Ryder. WTF?!? Man I really miss the days of the Islanders vs. the Killer Bees.
In terms of the Divas, other than the Bellas we haven’t really seen a consistent female pairing in a while and very few over the course of WWE history. (Hey, I like the Jumping Bomb Angels as much as the next guy, but it is definitely a short list.) That is what makes Lay-Cool so special. I’m not 100% sure that the folks at WWE headquarters thought Layla and Michelle would click “quite” this good, but whether they lucked into this or not, the WWE has since kept these girls together and given them a chance to shine. And give Michelle and Layla some credit because they took the ball and ran with it.
But judging by the comments on this site seems many of you don’t agree with me. It seems that Lay-Cool has actually gotten under your collective skin. Shut’em up! Break’em up! Enough of Michelle hogging the spotlight! The co-champions gimmick is stupid! (Just for the record, they are the second set of WWE co-women’s champions. The Glamazon and Mr. Glamazon were the first. We had a short run but it was memorable.) I find it really interesting to read the wide range of opinions on these two. When you consider how prominent they have been on Friday Night SmackDown this past year, and the somewhat controversial nature of their storylines, I guess that isn’t surprising. Lay-Cool has become polarizing. In part that is what makes them fantastic.
Initially paired up in the summer of 2009, Michelle and Layla gradually started to change their look and became a much more integrated team. As Michelle was defending her Women’s Championship, Layla was right by her side as a supporter, but more and more it felt like they were equals in this relationship. I certainly felt this way when they would be in the ring together. You could see dramatic improvement in Layla’s wrestling ability, and to this day she more than holds her own as McCool’s partner. Layla’s kicks are always on point and she is developing some very smooth mat wrestling. Working with McCool is obviously helping, though some will still criticize McCool as a wrestler (almost refusing to give this girl credit for anything). Michelle knows all the basics and has a few signature spots that round out a nice move set. Her finisher, the “Faith Breaker”, is punishing and she uses it effectively in her matches (often times different angles set it up) but people harp that she stole it from AJ Styles. (Please, enough of this. I don’t hear people complaining that Maryse stole the DDT from Jake Roberts. I just saw Curt Hawkins deliver a beautiful flying elbow on Smackdown and people don’t moan about Randy Savage. Let it go. Few people are true innovators in this industry.) I like Michelle’s intensity in the ring and I think she works well with Layla, who bumps strong and sells their collective emotions. As wrestlers I just don’t see any weak links. Michelle plays the leader, Layla plays the foil. Perfect. Their relationship with Vickie Guerrero even worked for a short while, although I like the two of them better on their own.
So technically I think Lay-Cool is very, very solid. Truthfully I don’t hear a lot of disagreements about that. It seems most people get annoyed with their behavior and overall “gimmick”. The “mean girls” routine. The matching hoodies. The choreographed entrance. This is probably one of those “agree to disagree” situations because this is entirely subjective. I love their overall style and attitude and I think they are pretty funny as “BFF Champs”. It is refreshing and different. I like the spins at the beginning. I like the two championship belts. All of it just works for me. I like that each girl has a distinct personality that really shines through, both in their interviews and in the ring. LayCool has even managed to coin a few catchphrases. How many Divas can you say that about? When I spoke with Layla at the WWE Art Auction she said that she and Michelle put a lot of thought into their characters. You can tell they work hard on their backstage promos because they are fairly lengthy and complex (seriously, pick a friend and try to count to 20 in unison…I bet you can’t do it without a lot of practice.) The Divas have to work extra hard to stand out in the WWE, and Lay-Cool has managed to become both very unique and very substantial within the company (as evident by their spot on NXT). Not a trivial thing to do.
We might disagree on the hoodies, the spins, the interviews, but here are three aspects of LayCool that should resonate with each of us to some degree:
1) Layla has become a breakout star. At some point Layla and Michelle will go their separate ways and when they do, Layla will be more than ready to become a main event-caliber performer. Her growth this past year has been stunning, and although not completely due to Lay-Cool, a large part IS due to working with Michelle. I’m so glad the WWE didn’t break these girls up yet. With the injuries to Melina and Beth and the departure of Mickie, the division needs stability. The girls on Raw are doing a good job keeping that show afloat (especially Gail and Alicia) and Lay-Cool is doing the same for Friday nights. The WWE can eventually book Layla vs. Michelle, but for now Lay-Cool’s star power is helping disguise some shortcomings on the roster. Using them as a mentor on NXT shows you how effective the WWE feels these girls are in getting talent over. So give Michelle credit for helping to elevate Layla, and I support any storyline that results in building future stars.
2) Lay-Cool has been involved in some of the most memorable programs this past year. It has been beaten to death about the political correctness or appropriateness of the “Piggie James” and “Glam-a-Man” storylines, but you can’t deny they were effective in building sympathy for the babyface and ultimately raising Lay-Cool’s profile. We don’t always have to love every storyline or feel everything is in good taste. That ultimately falls to personal preference. (For example, I thought it was funny the Islanders stole Matilda from the Bulldogs. Seeing Haku and Tama walk around with an empty dog collar was hilarious. But my sister-in-law would have been calling PETA.) The beauty of the wrestling world is that normally the babyface gets the final revenge, so I enjoyed Lay-Cool’s bullying and looked forward to Mickie and Beth’s payback (especially since Beth won the title at Extreme Rules in a match I’ve watched 3,407 times.) Note to Kelly Kelly… keep pushing for the “Smelly Kelly” angle because you could use the rub.
3) LayCool passes my “Kate Winslet Theory”. Please, let me explain. One of my all-time favorite movies is “The Holiday” where Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz switch houses to escape the pressures they face at home. Kate moves from Surrey to LA and meets a cool screenwriter played by Jack Black (PS – if you have never seen Jack Black’s “King Kong” song from SNL, run to YouTube right now…trust me.) Kate and Jack start spending time together and eventually fall in love. Fast-forward to the 1:44 mark of the movie…Jack has written a song for Kate and tells her “I used only the good notes.” To this day it is my favorite movie line of all time. When he tells her that, you can see she has completely fallen in love with him. Chills!!! Even though I know they are just actors, I BELIEVE that she really loves him. Kate Winslet makes me believe everything about every character she ever plays because she is such a magnificent actor.
So what does this have to do with Layla and Michelle? Well, whether they really like each other or not, they make me BELIEVE they are best friends. They make me BELIEVE they enjoy spending time together. They make me BELIEVE they enjoy picking on the other girls. For the most part I don’t care about match results or championship belts. I care first and foremost about authenticity. About performers putting everything into their characters and telling us a story. Layla and Michelle make me BELIEVE and that is the biggest compliment I can give them. (In contrast, I find it hard to believe that Mike Knox studied kinesiology, or that Finlay and Hornswoggle are related. See the difference?)
Someday when I am old and grey I will think back and remember how much I enjoyed watching Lay-Cool. They will be on the short list of my favorite wrestlers of all time, nestled right next to Beth Phoenix and the Hart Foundation. I have been collecting autographs for 20 years now and I rarely buy them anymore, preferring to get them in-person if possible. However, I did crack open the piggy bank to buy the LayCool “Glam-a-Man” tank tops from WWE Auction.com. I couldn’t pass up the chance to own the shirts Lay-Cool wore when they beat up Beth on Smackdown. For me it represents the best women’s wrestling has to offer, all of my favorites in the same ring. The shirts will be centerpieces of my collection.
Lay-Cool also has sentimental meaning for me because my 5 year old son is now a big fan. He is just starting to figure this whole WWE thing out and when I showed him his first Lay-Cool match he wanted to know “are they good or bad?” (He asks that about everyone.)
I said they were “bad” and he wanted to know what kind of “bad” things they do.
I told him “they say mean things and once they even cut up poor Mickie James’s clothes!”
He grew real concerned and said “well, that’s not very nice!” I agreed.
Then he asked “but they’re not REALLY bad right? You met them and they’re actually really nice people, right daddy?”
“Yes they are. They just play mean characters on TV.”
And they do it so well people of all ages…believe. To me that is “simply flawless.”
— Mr. Glamazon
Trivia Answer: “Playboy” Buddy Rose
PS – I wanted to mention the Beautiful People in my article because I really like them, but it just didn’t work out. I think they are a fun tag team and I hope TNA keeps using them as the focus of their Knockouts division.
PPS – I would be neglectful to not mention the recent passing of the amazing Rue McClanahan, the sexpot on the Golden Girls. To this day that is one of the funniest shows ever. Here is a challenge – watch a rerun and don’t allow yourself to laugh out loud. I guarantee you’ll fail. Those four women were just that damn funny. Something that wasn’t so funny? Bea Authur’s feet, which I stared at for 2 straight hours when I saw her in concert several years ago. She didn’t wear shoes the entire time. It was a little disorienting. Sadly there is only one Golden Girl left now. “Thank you for being a friend” Rue…you were a modern-day Diva in every sense.
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EXCELLENT column. I too, am a big fan of tag team wrestling, and always have been since I started watching. And again, I am a big supporter of Team Laycool. Like them or not, they have done a lot to keep the WWE Womens Division afloat in the rough times, especially that Smackdown, is going through. While seeing them face Kelly and Tiffany multiple times may get boring, they always find a way to make it different than the last, whether it be with a promo or a catchphrase or a new move.
I personally would love to see some solid womens tag teams form in WWE. Sure we have The Bella Twins and Laycool, and I guess Kelly/Tiffany as kind of a Blonde Bombshell type, but there could be a lot more as well. Jillian and Rosa could work as a Job Squad type of team, sort of a comedy duo if they move Rosa back to Raw and send someone over to Smackdown that desperately needs the move like Gail or Alicia.
Also to note, great job in the mention of Rue McClanahan. Male or Female, you can not tell me that if someone watched Golden Girls, they wouldn’t bust out laughing. It comes on here about six times a day on the hallmark channel late at night, so I’ve thankfully got it with me. Very happy to see Betty White make such a career comeback out of seemingly nowhere just due to a superbowl commercial I believe, but once again, R.I.P. Rue.
i think the same i like what they do & i find them hilarious even if i wished they booked layla better but i also think laylas hard work to train & work with people whos in-ring work is better makes her work harder & michelle,mickie,melina & beth have all helped mold her but its layla who put the work in the get as good as she is…
i give Michelle credit for actually working her ass off to wrestle & is one of the best workers in the womens division & i think layla is helping her with charisma comedy & mic skills.
FANTASTIC article, David. I love Team LayCool as well. I’ve found that they’re the most entertaining women in the WWE at the moment, and I find their gimmick hilarious! It’s the little things they do, though that make me die. Like, I’ll never, EVER forget how hard I laughed in that Piggie Jame’s promo when Mickie yelled at LayCool to “Look at me!” and Michelle just about uttered, “I am, how can I miss you.” XD HAHAHAHAHA!!! God, I DIE everytime I remember that.
I too am a fan of cohesive tag teams. It makes them seem ‘real’, and LayCool is just so loveable. I mean, they’re Fierce, Famous, and Flawless! Hehe. I think they need a tag team finisher, but so far they’re doing good. Last year Layla was McCool’s lacky, now she’s Michelle’s PARTNER, and that is something extremely important to note.
I’d have to argue somehting to a degree. Michelle didn’t ‘steal’ AJ Style’s finisher, but I think it’s obvious she’s derived it from him. He was the only person using that as a finisher, or even a move before she started using it. I have no problem with it, I just wanted to point out she probably got it from him.
It would be great to see Vickie back with LayCool as the ‘evil manager’ type role, but this is now a test for LayCool. Can they draw fan heat on their own, or do they still need Vickie’s help? Friday proved they can get some heat, but we don’t know if it was real. The show is taped, so now they have to be thrown out into a live audience and they have to show if they can gain heat.
Also, I would kill to see an angle where LayCool becomes jaded for some reason and begins to absolutely demolish ALL of the Divas in the WWE one by one. Have them railroad through the competition, and make them a no-nonsense, badass team with Kaval rising as the mastermind behind it all. It could really elevate the division by having inter-brand play. Then they could check everyone off one by one ala’ Victoria in 2007.
Great, great article, David.
Yeah, I agree, great column.
I love tag team wrestling, so although I’m not exactly fond of Lay-Cool, I’m glad that WWE are taking a genuine interest in at least ONE tag team unit at the minute, even if they’re not part of an actual division. Male tag team wrestling has been dead in the WWE for a good while…it showed promise in 2005 when MNM were around, but sadly they had to break up for understandable – albeit irritating – reasons. Then there were Londrick and Kendrick, who actually managed to carry the division for a good year before they were *stupidly* made to drop their titles just a few weeks short of the year mark on some random episode of SD to absolutely no fanfare or hype – to Deuce N’ Domino of all people! Blah.
So yeah, I’m glad that we have at least one long-term cohesive unit in the WWE (well, two…we also have the Hart Dynasty, but they don’t really have much to do). I think McCool and Layla have done their best with it, and despite their obvious flaws, I think it’s actually getting to the point were the positives are outweighing those. And this is coming from someone who couldn’t stand them (in a not-because-they’re-heels-but-because-they’re-really-boring-and-cringy kinda way) a few months back.
I do actually think WWE have had great potential in terms of female teams/duos/factions over the past years. Trish/Lita always had that best-friends-better-enemies thing going on, Molly and Gail were great together in their quest to take out Trish, and later Lita and Victoria, Vince’s Devils worked well together, and Melina and Jillian are often a duo that a lot of people overlook. They always tried to do simple things to make themselves seem like a team, and they had a bunch of cute/funny backstage skits that weren’t all that different to what Lay-Cool do. But this is the first time WWE have really made as big an effort as the girls to establish a genuine sense of unity, which is great to see.
David, I can’t say that your beautiful and famous but this article was by all means, Flawless!
I’ll quit with the puns before I make myself sick using them but I whole-heartedly agree with the main points of this article. I wouldn’t say that Lay-Cool are one of my favourite superstars ever but I do love Layla. She has got better and better over the coming years and that’s not only down to her, it’s down to someone else who has worked her arse off, Michelle McCool. I don’t find Michelle attractive and I don’t think she’s the best speaker, but she is a talented woman in the ring, and you’ve got to give her credit for that, and give her credit for tutoring Layla as the case seems to be.
And everyone seems to have a lot of hate for their entrance theme apart from Matt Striker and myself. The song is completely stuck in my head and I am constantly picturing Michelle and my “little tea and crumpets” (couldn’t resist 1 more pun-like saying) doing their BFF entrance. While Layla is slightly overshadowed by Michelle getting to hold a title too, we all know she is the true champion so it doesn’t matter to me that much. We all know that once Team Lay-Cool begin to fued, Layla will be the starlet with the belt.
One thing that I would like to see WWE explore is the Team Lay-Cool Beauty Makeover thing they said about in their promo this week on Smackdown!. Lay-Cool could try and makeover members of the audience at first and then move onto Kaval and then to other WWE stars and that would really get under their skin. The segments would garner some heat for Lay-Cool whilst taking attention away from the fact that Smackdown!’s division is really shallow right now. The segments could also transition to NXT and help Michelle with her mic skills in the process.
Then they’d get someone from the crowd once more who didn’t really want their help. They’d start wanting to put products on this girls face and the girl would not be comfortable. They could call her names and be picky about her etc and eventually the girl would get on the mic and say she was leaving the ring. This outburst would annoy Lay-Cool and they begin to attack the girl. Suprisingly (to the audience), the girl cleans house and sends Lay-Cool packing. AJ LEE HAS DEBUTED!
I only thought of that idea whilst typing this and I think it would be a great way for her to debut!
Very Awesome Column
I don’t think people give Layla and Michelle enough credit. I have been a critic of them in the past, but they do entartain me. Sometimes it was digusting to watch (ex: the Piggie James Angle). But I couldn’t help laughing. I personally like the entrance amd the hoodies and the unison promos. I just don’t like the co-Champions. Unlike the Glamazon-Mr.Glamazon pairing, (Sorry) WWE recoginzes this and it makes Michelle look like she’s hogging the spotlight and it takes away from Layla’s championship reign.
Awesome Report
Playboy Buddy Rose played the Executioner. I think LayCool are a very entertaining duo, excerpt for the whole Piggie James, GlamaMan & Smelly Kelly angles! They both are good in the ring & I love their entrances, the hoodies & the synchronized spins & stuff!
Woops! didn’t read the end where you gave the answer :)
How embarrassing
xAzure – you got the answer right…no need to be embarrassed!
Thanks for the feedback all. :-)
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!! I really enjoyed reading this article. I love laycool and I just think it is just plain terrible that people don’t give them the respect that they deserve.
Great article….and as much as i have to admit it….Lay-cool have become the female version of Degeneration-x (except they don’t say suck it but they have a lot of the same similarites)
i love this column atleast we should be happy that wwe has finally taken interest in wwe divas. btw laycool are really good i love them and lets be honest if it wasnt for michelle layla wouldnt have been where she is and if it wasnt for layla then michelle wouldnt have gained mic skills or charisma.
so i think these girls have both benefited from laycool, it has bought out the best in both divas, we all know michelle is a solid worker in the ring but also with the help of michelle we can see layla as a solid worker.
so haters can hate cos they have no life, wether u like it or not laycool is now the nxt top thing in wwe.
yes i will say laycool need to do the same disgusting mean things to draw more heat thats like the icing on top and laycool will be fully completed!
You Just said everything that so wonderful about Lay-Cool Mr Glamzon. So i say thank you for this wonderful article that got right to my hart:)
“We might disagree on the hoodies, the spins, the interviews, but here are three aspects of LayCool that should resonate with each of us to some degree” -Mr Glamazon. I love the hoodies,spins and interviews to:)
“Also, I would kill to see an angle where LayCool becomes jaded for some reason and begins to absolutely demolish ALL of the Divas in the WWE one by one. Have them railroad through the competition, and make them a no-nonsense, badass team with Kaval rising as the mastermind behind it all. It could really elevate the division by having inter-brand play. Then they could check everyone off one by one ala’ Victoria in 2007. ” -TrishMelinaFan. I like the sound of that storyline.
Yeah, there have been a handful of women’s tag teams:
-The Jumping Bomb Angels
-The Glamour Girls
-PMS (Pretty Mean Sisters) (Terri Runnels, Jaqueline, and Ryan Shamrock)
-Molly Holly and Gail Kim?
-Vince’s Devils (Victoria, Torrie Wilson, and Candice Michelle)
-The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella)
-Lay-Cool (Michelle McCool and Layla)
Vince’s Devils! I love it! LOL! iLovelita – thanks for the list.
Why are so many forgetting the awesome team of Melina and Jillian? They had a cute little entrance thing (the high five to ass slap) and even had a tag-team move (Jillian holds opponent in a wheelbarrow hold and Melina delivers a face buster).
Great column, now we just need to figure out how to get these girls (including Maryse, Alicia, and Gail) to come out to as much of a reaction (regularly) as Kelly Kelly and the rather useless Maria (well at the end of her time she was pretty much just there, she was entertaining as a ditzy interview)
Awesome article – Lay-Cool is where women’s wrestling is at these days. I had my initial anti-Michelle taking Layla’s spotlight thing like most people but I love them for what they bring to the ring at the moment and hope that if and when they break up it culminates in an epic feud for the Women’s Championship.
Right now though I find myself as a huge mark for Lay-Cool, they are two of my favorite wrestlers right now (along with Alicia Fox and Melina.) And I love what they bring to the ring, they have carried the Smackdown women’s division and made it into what it is today. I think for that, they should go down in history. :) I just hope, for their sakes as well as ours that they get a decent face to feud with for their title. I don’t exactly want them to lose the championship yet, I just want to see a decent storyline, with some decent wrestling from both sides.
Yeah there’s been quite a few female tag team gone unnoticed ;) The Ladies of the Alliance, featuring prominantly Ivory, Stacy, Molly and Torrie, however it was usually Ivory and Molly and Stacy and Torrie. Jillian and Melina as someone pointed out, love how its one of the older things still referenced today as it never happens that much on-screen. Also PMS, Terri and Jacquelina caused mischief for months as well as Stephanie McMahon and the original Tori as the ladies of DX. I remember Stephanie vs Lita with Tori as referee and Torie just beat Lita down for Steph to get the win. Oh and of course Moolah and Mae! The first WWE Divas to get a tag team video (second PMS). Miss Kitty/The Kat and Chyna too!
I’m so pleased they’ve invested so much interest into LayCool, some can twitter on about how Michelle’s slept her way to the top, but everyone knows she has the skills to back it up and Layla has the charisma to assist. In a day where TBP are stale as sin, its refreshing to see a female team be bitchy but original every week and if you think about it, LayCool’s bitchy gimmick has got them more high profiled stuff in a few months than TBP has ever recieved. I like how LayCool have eased Vickie off now too, now that they have enough heat of there own to get by.
Another great and interesting read there David, look forward to the next.
Maybe Diva Dirt should have a live comment section where the fans and Diva Dirt talk and have conversations about women’s wrestling for maybe 1 hour, horrible idea would be too cludderd. But Diva Dirt does that on very special events but I think with Twitter people.
Wonderful article David! You make excellent points about LayCool and give them their just due. Absolutely spot on. I miss the good days of tag team wrestling, the mid to late 80′s but also the late 90′s/early 2000′s when you had the Hardyz, Dudleys, E&C, the New Age Outlaws..it’s a shame that tag teams aren’t as big as they once were. And I hate them throwing random superstars together too. It takes away from the established tag teams.
LayCool is definitely something special. I hope they stay together for a while longer, but when they do decide to split them up, it should be Layla who’s the face. Michelle makes a better heel.
Great article, really enjoyed it. Its nice to see something so positive written about LayCool considering the amount of heat they’ve gotten over the Kaval pairing. They really have come a far way in such a short amount of time, and I completely agree with you on the believeable aspect of them, they really do make the viewer feel they are best friends.