Though known now as Fandango's ditched dancing diva and Mrs. Undertaker, Layla El and Michelle McCool's run as the "flawless"-ly narcissistic "Team LayCool" from 2009-2011 marked one of the most intriguing and unique runs by two female performers in WWE history. Team LayCool savagely insulted Mickie James about her weight, then co-defeated Beth Phoenix for the Women's Championship and became the "Co" Women's Champions (with appropriately split title belt). The unified the Divas Championship, and also wrestled Natalya and Beth Phoenix (in a losing effort) in the first Diva's Tag Team Tables match in WWE history. Finally splitting in April 2011 as McCool retired from professional wrestling, they were (possibly unexpectedly) a truly impressive tandem.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
