For the past two weeks we’ve been watching the rise of the most exciting performer to ever grace the WWE. The artist formerly known as Awesome Kong, Kharma, debuted back at Extreme Rules giving Michelle McCool the greatest exit of any Diva. Since then she’s been scaring Divas on both Raw and SmackDown, taking out the likes of Alicia Fox, Maryse, and Eve Torres along the way. This week not only does Kharma add another Diva to her list of casualties, she sets her sites on someone else. Dun dun duuuuuuuun!
This week’s Diva portion of SmackDown kicks off after an unfortunate plug for the main event later in the evening (which I won’t be watching because I’m still boycotting, haha). Layla is in the ring, dressed in street cloths and holding a microphone, and her music is playing. I’m just going to call it her music now because it’s the second week in a row that she’s used it. Anyway, once the music fades, she starts speaking. Layla says that at Extreme Rules her friendship with Michelle McCool came to an end when she finally beat her in a Loser Leaves WWE match. Layla continues on by saying that during the match she ended up hurting her knee, but as painful as the injury is, it was worth it. She’s glad she finally rid the WWE of the poison that is Michelle McCool.
That prompts Michael Cole to come out of the Cole Mine, microphone in hand, and put a stop to Layla’s promo. He gets in the ring and oh so politely tells Layla that no one cares about her or Michelle. In fact, he adds, no one apparently cares about any of the Divas. He tells Layla that she’s been inhaling to much hayseed here in the Volunteer state. Womp womp. He makes a reference to Layla’s promo saying that it sounds like something out of the original Housewives (wtf?! REAL Housewives, asshole) and he turns to the crowd. He says they only want to hear him talk about Tennessee’s own, Jerry Lawler.
Like puppets, the crowd pops.
At this point, I’m tuning out because personally I don’t give a crap what Michael Cole has to say. His feud with Jerry Lawler has been one of the biggest wastes of time I’ve ever seen. I was in Atlanta for the ‘Mania match and it came off as one of the worst matches of the night. The fans used it as filler to get beer and go to the bathroom, myself included despite the massive crush I’ve developed on Jack Swagger recently.
Layla starts talking again. Michael Cole makes another stupid, tasteless reference to his mother being alive. And Layla goes, “wow, Michael. Wow.”
Exactly girl. Are your ears bleeding too?
“Michael… SHUT UP!” Layla gets in his face but the pompous jackass just rolls his eyes. She tells Cole to go crawl back into his little glass house like a little puppy and Cole cuts her off. He tells her that she’s just like all the other Divas; nothing but a pretty little crybaby. He mocks her and her injury, and then makes the horrific comment that the Divas shouldn’t even be in the WWE. He’s about to launch into a massive rant when the music of Kharma hits. Cole freezes. Layla freezes. Both of them in the ring turn towards the entrance ramp where Kharma is making her way onto the stage.
She locks her eyes on Layla as she slowly makes her way to the ring. Cole gets the impression that he’s safe from her wrath and he begins harassing Layla about the fate she’s sure to suffer. Kharma gets in the ring and when Layla goes to run, Cole sticks his foot out. Layla trips over and falls on her face which makes her easy pickings for Kharma. Layla kisses the ring mat via Implant Buster and Kharma adds another victim to her list. Cole starts taunting Layla, and he’s really going at it.
But then…Kharma turns her sites on him!
Cole looks petrified and rightfully so, and he hightails it out of the ring and back to the safety of the Cole Mine. Kharma follows him and for a few intense seconds she stares a hole right through Michael Cole. He wets his pants (I’m totally making that up) and finally, Kharma leaves him be. She’s sent another message.
What’s going to happen on Raw now?
In my personal opinion I hope Michael Cole gets slaughtered on Raw so we don’t have to waste another pay-per-view match on himself and Lawler. If I sound slightly annoyed in this Redux it’s because I am. The reason I’m annoyed is probably going to surprise you, though. It absolutely makes me sick to write this but having stupid Michael Cole interrupt Layla’s promo is perhaps one of the smartest things the ‘E has done for the Divas other than hiring Kharma. At this point, Cole is a heat magnet and despite the fact his promo began with the crowd cheering for Lawler, it ended with the crowd sympathizing with Layla. We all agree that Layla should be SmackDown’s top face and when Cole tripped her the crowd was all over him for the heinous act. As a result, Layla was fed to Kharma and she was put away with the Implant Buster. The segment also served as yet another tool in getting Kharma over, not that she needed any more help. The crowd was going nuts when she was eyeing up Cole and who didn’t want her to just rip the Cole Mine out of the ground and wrap her hands around Cole’s scrawny neck?! I’m a little impressed by this. Kudos to you, WWE. You actually decided to think outside of the box for a change.
That said, if I ever have to see a Kharma vs. Michael Cole match, I will scream. No doubt it would be enjoyable, but if the powers that be won’t let a legit Hall of Famer beat the cocky so-called broadcast journalist, then there’s no way in Hell they’re going to let a woman beat him, not even a woman like Kharma. Of course I could be wrong, but at this point, I doubt it. WWE doesn’t give fans what they want and if they do start, it won’t be in the Diva’s division I can promise you that. Call me negative, or even a cynic. I don’t care. These have and always will be the musings of a real wrestling fan.
It’s just here lately this real wrestling fan is a lot more jaded. Until next week… goodnight!
86 Comments
at 3:20 am
i don’t like layla as a face….
at 3:24 am
Layla’s promo was pretty bad lol..
at 3:25 am
I’m not really feeling Layla as face.I hope they give Kharma something new really soon because attacking Divas at the end of their matches/segments is getting repetitive.
Loved her chasing Cole.He was standing right beside her!She should have grabbed him Lol
at 3:30 am
The segment was boring imo.
Now the Im just wondering who kharma will get next? …
at 3:35 am
So yeah this segement was boring. Man seems like I’m growing out of wrestling every week I watch this shyt. I guess Either Melina, Beth or Gail is next. Where the hell is nattie?
at 3:45 am
*sorry didnt mean to put “the” in my comment.
at 3:48 am
I really liked the segment. Im still warming up to layla being a face, but she seemed over as a face which is always a plus. And i thought that it was hilarious how cole tripped layla. Next week i hope we get kharma smashing and destroying the cole mine.
BTW did anybody see kharma’s photoshoot on wwe.com, its really….unique.
at 3:50 am
I have to agree this was pretty boring, I like Layla and I dont care if she’s heel or face, she brings energy to the ring when she’s in a match either way. To me this just seemed to be a way to have Kharma attack yet again, and with saying that.. HOW can we call it “attacking” because she really doesn’t attack lol, she comes out and the girls just wait for her to hit them. I wish she’d of gotten her hands on Cole, and shame on WWE for thinking of Cole interrupting the diva matches, its such a disgrace and a slap in the face to the diva’s. I understand its a “role” but still.. it doesn’t make me hate Cole, it makes me hate whoever thought of him interrupting diva matches/segments, which isn’t the intention.
at 3:50 am
Funny how Layla all of the sudden has a knee injury from Her match with Michelle that was three or four weeks ago but wrestled just fine last week against Alicia lol
at 3:52 am
@JJ two weeks,
just sayin
at 3:55 am
Layla’s promo wasn’t that great but I’m pretty sure they’re using Michael Cole, who gets so much heat from the crowd to put Layla over as the top face diva on Smackdown. However, I’m beginning to wonder why they even drafted Natalya to Smackdown. At least on Raw, she had an occasional match on Superstars….
at 4:03 am
The scripting of this segment began horribly, making Layla reek of far too much self-importance for someone trying to earn a place in everyone’s good graces. “Poison in the locker room”? I’m sure McCool Nazis will love that one. Is the mention of a knee injury legit or a mechanism to sell what would happen later? It’s a shame there wasn’t a bit more interplay between Layla and Cole because she seems more than capable of verbally skewering him. Cole tripping her up was nicely evil. Even though her demise felt more like a vehicle to solidify Cole’s villainy, hopefully Layla has an opportunity for retribution in the future.
at 4:11 am
well since kharma seems to be have an access to both raw and smackdown.. i think that kharma will both have feud with beth on raw while natalya on smackdown.. they will struggle combating kharma but comes ppv..( maybe summerslam) both sister of distraction will team up and fight kharma! woot… but wait.. sister of distraction is not enough.. something bigger is gonna happen. hmmm wonder what could that be.
my 2cents.
using cole as heat magnet mocking the divas is brilliant actually.. its just makes so much sweeter for us (divas fan) too see kharma destroy cole after he loose to king. (keep pushing cole, you’ll gonna get your karma soon! ha!)
at 4:21 am
When Cole trip Layla,so that she could suffer at the hands of Kharma,that I was waiting for Cole to do an evil hee hee after that has happen,then when Kharma came after him the expression on his face was totally priceless.Natayla should had stay on Raw,at least she had competition to choose from.
at 4:29 am
i think its time for a storyline for kharma….
at 4:30 am
I’m still curious as to how they’ll handle Kharma crossing paths with Gail. Even a little homage to their history would be appreciated.
at 4:37 am
So without Michelle, Layla is pretty much nothing. Proves many wrong since all said she would be a great character without McCool by her side.
This segment was plain horrible. Layla was very ackward on the mic, just horrendous. Two, Cole is such a condescending ass. I do not like him as a person nor as a character, and i want him gone from the WWE forever.
at 4:44 am
@Lily
In your opinion, perhaps. Layla has only had two weeks since Lay-Cool disbanded and to write her off before she has been properly developed is a little premature. In fact, even though the segment was badly written, Layla still drew more reaction from the crowd than Lay-Cool did.
Couldn’t agree more about Cole, though. It’s just sad that the cheap heat he gets comes by regularly shitting over the women’s already bare airtime.
at 4:44 am
“I’m still curious as to how they’ll handle Kharma crossing paths with Gail. Even a little homage to their history would be appreciated.”
Who says they will? Kelly, Eve, Maryse, the Bellas, Layla, and Michael Cole all have a better shot at an angle with Kharma right now than Gail does.
at 4:48 am
@ChrisP
Sadly I was more musing over whether they would use Gail as cannon fodder for Kharma.
at 4:57 am
Please, keep Layla away from the mic, she looked cute though haha.
at 5:11 am
“In fact, even though the segment was badly written, Layla still drew more reaction from the crowd than Lay-Cool did.”
I wouldn’t base anything on it. Cole’s heat was real, but during Layla’s promo, the crowd was strangely loud for a bunch of people who could be seen sitting and watching quietly.
at 5:15 am
“Please, keep Layla away from the mic, she looked cute though haha.”
Yeah, I don’t know what the deal was. Her promo was just very awkward, which is strange as she does have experience as a babyface.
at 5:17 am
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at 5:19 am
it was not a very good promo, but loved seeing Layla and also seeing Cole almost poop himself because of Kharma lol