It came as a surprise to me to find out we had a Divas match on Superstars this week. I’m not complaining, however! Tonight we get one half of the Blondetourage, Tiffany taking on one half of Lay-Cool, Layla. Personally, I’m looking forward to see these two mix it up. Can Tiffany overcome the power of Lay-Cool? Watch below…
Out first is Tiffany, in a cute blue & yellow top and skirt. I have to say, the skirt is starting to grow on me. Next comes the self professed co-Women’s champions, Layla and Michelle McCool. Layla’s in her red gear, which I adore. Michelle’s sporting cut off shorts, a light blue ‘Flawless’ shirt and knee high boots. Normally I’m not a fan of ultra-short shorts but Michelle’s got the legs to pull them off.
The bell rings and the two go into a collar and elbow tieup. Layla slips behind Tiffany, clutching her by the waist. Tiffany applies her elbow to Layla’s wrist which causes the brunette to simply push Tiffany foward…and then she kneels down and fluffs up Tiffany’s skirt. Not gonna lie, I laughed. But this seems to get Tiffany riled up as she strikes with a knee to the gut, followed by some stiff forearms! She goes to whip Layla off the ropes but Layla reverses and Tiffany executes a nice looking sunset flip! It’s only good for two, but as they get to their feet and Layla rushes at her, Tiffany hits a very impressive arm drag. At this point, Layla scoots into a corner, holding her hands out to ward off Tiffany. But the blonde won’t be calmed down, she starts in on her opponent only to be physically held back by the referee. (They seem to do this a tad bit more for the women than for the men. I’ve seen them restrain the guys before but not nearly as often. Its as if they don’t want the women to be seen as too aggressive…)
In a flash, Layla’s up but she’s met by a forearm to the face, followed by Tiffany grabbing her arm in a lock. Layla reverses, however, working over Tiff’s arm until Tiffany flips forward and manages another reversal. Nice bit of chain wrestling here! All too rare. She continues to work over Layla’s arm until the brunette beauty manages to shove her into the ropes. Tiffany comes off them and hits Layla with a shoulderblock that sends Layla to the mat hard. She’s holding her head and as she sees Tiffany coming at her once more, she rolls to the outside. Tiffany follows, however, refusing to let up on Layla. As Layla tries to get a respite, leaning against the announcers table, Michelle comes up to comfort her. Tiffany (in one of the most hilarious moments of the matchup) SHOVES Michelle to the ground yelling, “Michelle get out of the way!” I about died! You GO girl, let that aggressiveness out! We hear Michelle exclaim, “Are you kidding me?!?” How dare Skirt Tiffany put her hands on the Flawless one?!
A kick to the gut on Layla is followed by Tiffany shoving her back into the ring. But as Layla distracts the referee and Tiffany climbs back onto the apron, Michelle nails a nasty kick to Tiffany’s left hamstring! Ow! Down goes Tiffany and Layla senses blood in the water. She has a very devious grin on her face as she just watches Tiffany moan in pain, clutching her leg. Michelle has her face close to Tiffany, mocking her. When the ref tells her to get out of the way, Michelle responds, “Her skirt’s in the way.” Too funny! Whoever said Michelle has no personality needs to listen to her lines in this match.
Back in the ring, Layla leisurely crawls over to Tiffany before getting to her feet and landing a hard kick to Tiffany’s hamstring. The referee backs her up, but while she keeps him distracted again, Michelle slams Tiffany’s leg against the corner of the ring. Back on offense, Layla pulls Tiffany up to her feet, landing a forearm before twisting Tiffany’s leg around the middle rope, getting in a solid kick, then stretching it. Tiffany’s still got fight in her and she latches on to Layla’s throat, simultanously choking and getting in some hits to Layla’s chest. Layla stumbles away to get her breath but when she comes back at Tiffany she’s met with a kick to the midsection. Tiffany’s managed to get out of the corner but a kick to her leg sends her back down to the mat.
Layla scampers out of the ring and grabs Tiff’s leg, slamming it onto the ring’s edge. She grabs it again, seeking to repeat, but Tiffany kicks her away, buying enough time to roll into the ring, away from the edge. She’s actually up on her feet but Layla’s back in and cuts her back down with a forearm to her leg. Grabbing the leg again, Layla gets a modified spinning toe hold on the injured limb. With a malicious look on her face, Layla ties up Tiffany’s legs into a modified Indian Death Lock! Very nice! She applies pressure, making Tiffany yell in pain. Tiffany refuses to give up, so in an excellent manuever, Layla rolls up Tiffany while still keeping her legs tied up in the death lock! She only gets two – Tiffany’s not ready to concede just yet!
Back up on her feet, Layla stalks Tiffany, leaning over to grab the blonde by her hair. This leaves her open to a nice kick to her head, which sends Layla reeling back. Layla tries again but gets two kicks to her own hamstring, the latter of which gets her down to the mat. Tiffany’s reviving, managing to climb to her feet and start in on those forearms to Layla’s midsection and face. The crowd’s starting to rally to Tiffany’s side as she shoves Layla into the corner, following up with a jumping (or as much as one can jump when her hamstring is still sore) clothesline, and a running bulldog that slams Layla’s face into the canvas. Layla’s head just bounces off the mat! Tiffany covers…good for two! The pain and fustration is evident on the blonde’s face as she shakily pulls Layla up to her feet. Kick to the midsection, then a HUGE suplex on Layla! Another cover, another two count. What’s she going to have to do to put the Women’s Champion away?
Tiffany’s up on her feet in the corner and Layla charges but is tripped up, her head bouncing off the second turnbuckle. Tiffany senses an opening and climbs up to the second rope. She launches herself off for a huge crossbody – but Layla scrambles out of the way, leaving Tiffany to eat canvas! As Michelle screams encouragement, Layla darts over, pulling Tiffany to her feet. She sets up the Layout and Tiffany takes it like a pro, lying prone. Layla gets the three count at last, screaming her happiness. Michelle’s quick to grab their titles and climb in the ring, hugging Layla as they celebrate a very hard fought victory.
VERY solid five minute match from these women! I can’t express how much I enjoyed this match. Both women showed aggression, stamina, ingenuity and power. Tiffany’s strength continues to impress me, along with her prowess in the ring. I love her aggression most of all. She’s so cute and friendly outside the ring but once that bell rings, she is ALL business. She’s not afraid to mix it up. Layla’s small but her speed, agility and adaptability make her a formidible opponent. That modified Indian deathlock was a treat to see, and her finisher (a reverse stunner) is so simple but effective – it looks like she could literally break someone’s neck. Layla’s title reign has been controversial, with the whole “co-women’s champions” thing, but on her own, I can easily see her dominating the division without Michelle’s help. (At least until a certain Firebird makes her return.) Kudos to both women, between this match and the match on Monday, it’s not been a bad week for WWE Divas’ fans!
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A great match between them! Both divas looked great and have better chemistry then Layla an Kelly. This shouldn’t been the MITB match!
Very nice write-up!!
this is the best women’s match i seen on smackdown (superstars) in quite some time i hope they can keep the momentum going and for god sakes WWE please give Tiffany a win. Oh and has Layla won a singles match without Michelle interfering?
Couldn’t agree with you anymore. Tiffany keeps impressing me week after week. When she does her entrance, she’s all cute and kind, but when she in the ring, she is 100 percent serious. Like Melanie said, I like how Tiffany’s move set is more manly and not the usually diva cliches (dropkick, ddt). How many divas do you know do a suplex that DOESN’T have the body like Beth Phoenix and Natalya. I should now call her the mini-glamazon. I just couldn’t stop laughing at Tiffany yelling at Michelle and pushing her to the ground. She has always had such a mean streak lol. Last week, she dropkicked Layla and yelled at her to “Stay Down!”. Even her Ecw days as GM showed her toughness. I remember one episode where Jack Swagger refused to leave the ring and Tiffany told him off and made him go to her office. That Tiffany/Swagger promo was like a mom punishing a kid for misbehaving lol. Also, how can anyone forget the final Ecw episode where Tiffany came out and attacked Rosa. She then yelled at her and Ryder. I just love when Tiffany is angry.
Very good match!! michelle was entertaining too
Very nice match and Tiffany continues to impress.
I totally laugh when Layla fluffs up Tiffany’s skirt.
This was such a good match. I love it and hope to see Tiffany’s as Champion now.
Great redux Jennifer, Tiffany always majorly grew on me since I saw her matches at fcw she has a hell lot of agression and isn’t afraid to break a nail, she can also sell moves very nicely lay-cool did great on this match too I loved the indian deathlock and how Michelle reacted when she got pushed
Although Layla still great as the women’s champion. Plus I cringed when I saw Michelle’s back. It look so burned and tanned. Like Ew.
Its a shame that Kelly is the one Getting the PPV’s when Tiffany is Clearly x100 better
that was a good match, they both did well, i loved when Tiffany shoved Michelle over
Hell to the yes! Great match, maybe its because i watched this match and the tna match on the same day but this was actually impressive. I can see Tiffany winning a championship in the next year or so. Tiffany showed personality which was awesome, i don’t know how she became number one contender though. I’m glad Layla won!
“Skirt Tiffany? There are no skirts in the ring.” lol. Tiffany’s doing good as shes sort of new.
really decent match. tiffany is definitely most improved diva in quite a long time. layla’s and eve’s improvements were huge, but mainly because they didn’t wrestle for ages so it was more obvious. tiffany’s improvement is almost on a weekly basis. keep it up, skirty!
two things i didn’t like though.. mainly that there’s no reason why this couldn’t have happened on smackdown last week, where more people will actually stop and see and think “wow, a decent divas match”. and also, michelle’s appearance at ringside but no kelly. she should’ve been in tiff’s corner.
I am not impressed with your performance, Skirt Tiffany. And Matt Stryker. Michelle was spot on though, and Layla and the match overall were decent enough. Nice to see Melissa participate in Diva Rescue and hand down her old gear to TV wrestlers in need.
Very good match & write up. I love Layla and Tiffany’s interaction together and I was surprised with how good the match was. Great job to all ladies.
Well I said Tiffany was one 2 watch…looks like i have been proven right. Two good Divas matches in the WWE this week..WHO KNEW?!
Tiffany is very very fun to watch and she is starting to use more moves rather then the usual ATOMIC DROP and MONKEY FLIP….
what I don’t like is… Tiffany accompanies Kelly in her matches but Kelly can’t do the same for Tiffany…
Loved this match! Fav moment was at 4:05 after Michelle slammed Tiffany’s leg off the apron she just walks away fixing her hair! Don’t know why but Iaughed so hard! lol
it looks like kelly’s 15 minutes of fame are up and now it’s time for Tiffany to shine
No Smelly Kelly?? Hmm, loved when Skirt Tiffany yelled at Michelle and shoved her down, I laughed so hard. And “her skirts in the way” made me laugh a lot too. Layla has improved SOOO much since she got with Michelle and I love them together, they’re hilarious, especially Layla. I thought it was a good match and I’m glad Skirt Tiffany is getting the spotlight now instead of Smelly Kelly. I like her but Skirt Tiffany is so much better and she hasn’t been there as long as Kelly..
I really want to like Tiffany, and I do, but there are aspects to her that remind me of Eve Torres, and that’s not a good thing IMO. You know, there are points when she seems awkward and clumsy and kinda block-ish in the ring, if that makes sense. Very like Eve, especially when she was on SD last year.
To Tiffany’s credit, she has a lot more natural charisma than Eve, and she’s had less experience, so perhaps she’ll iron out the negatives soon enough.
Tiff & Layla did excellent….I loved when Tiffany pushed Michelle and said Get OUtta The Way….Just Excellent Tiffany is growing and Hey Im not afraid to see her next Womens Champion in the next couple of months or even Next Year…..
i wish wwe could have layla win without mccools help,but most heel males dont win without cheating but have layla cheat on her own…
i was surprised by this match it was considering we’ve had to put up with kellys awfulness lol.
I’m sick of Blonetuorage vs laycool on SD all the time so WWE just create an NXT divas think.
Naiomi Night,Sexy Star,Su Yung,Jamma Palmer,Aksana,liviana,Christina Crawford,and Celeste.and the winner will recive a SD contract !
I loved it when tiffany yelled 2 michelle “get out of the way ” and then pused her down and when layla fluffed tiffanys skirt and when michelle said her skirts in the way and btw it was a great match
i really loved the show…all three girls were flawless :)
i love how tiffany is becoming more comfortable as a character and the crowd seems to be in love with her just watch her entrance and u will see what im talkin about,her in ring work…i cant add any other good words because all is said about her she is very good she is by far my favourite diva right now…now i can understand why vickie didnt allow layla to defend her title against her last week ;)
layla is funny as usual ,when she played with the skirt it was hilarious and her finisher was great..also the way she sold the buldog was perfect
and mccool’s mic skills improved alot to be honest, she doesnt annoy me at all now
Tiffany has been growing on me for such a long time, but after this match – I can definately say that I am a Tiffany fan! She really impressed me, and considering I didn’t like her from the Diva Search, its a nice change. I absolutely loved this match, and I love seeing Tiffany mix it up with LayCool. And, a great write up! :D
i wonder if Kaval is giving Layla private lessons…..:)
Layla is wayyy to funny lol
Amazing write-up Jen. This was probably my favorite diva match of the week. I liked the technical side of it. You don’t usually see that anymore. Tiffany & Layla’s styles mesh so beautifully. Hope to see them go at it again sometime. After seeing this match I really hope WWE gives Tiffany the title sometime this year before Beth returns. I see so much more potential in Tiffany than Kelly Kelly.