History Wrestling / LayCool

* ButNotTooBlack: Layla is mixed race yet over the years has made herself look more "Anglo" by wearing her hair straight and even lightening it to blonde for a time. Whether this is to distinguish herself from the darker skinned Divas like Wrestling/AliciaFox, Naomi and Cameron, or to fit the ValleyGirl persona we're not quite sure.

* [[KickTheSonOfABitch Kick The Bitch:]] Considering that she just lost a Loser Leaves WWE Match, it really wasn't all that necessary or required for [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Kharma]] to pretty much kill Michelle... but '''DAMN''' if it wasn't cathartic.

* LoserLeavesTown: The group disbanded at Extreme Rules 2011, where Layla defeated Michelle, forcing her to leave WWE. Just to make sure it stuck, Kharma also debuted that night and proceeded to [[KickTheSonOfABitch kill the]] [[MemeticMutation bitch dead]].

* [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped a Bridge on Her]]: Michelle's departure seemed really rushed. They began to show cracks a while ago, but aside from a couple of sneak attacks and a couple of matches, there wasn't much of a payoff for it, especially in comparisons to other current feuds such as Wrestling/MichaelCole vs. Wrestling/JerryLawler. Real Life Writes the Plot below seemed to indicate that there might have been more to it, but it got cut short for one reason or another. It's especially bad since Michelle and Layla are a couple of WWE's better Divas and [=LayCool=] was one of the things that made Women's wrestling a little more enjoyable to watch (since WWE's writers tend to forget storyline most of the time and turn the Divas into a PG-rated JiggleShow.)

* AwesomeMcCoolName: JustForPun.

* StunnedSilence: When Wrestling/MaeYoung (who the girls had been mocking) suddenly demanded that Mean Gene Orkerlund give her "a match with these [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior sluts]]" their jaws simply ''dropped.'' When Mae followed up by shrugging off her jacket and shouting "You little bitches, let's go!" they visibly recoiled several steps.

* StunnedSilence: When Wrestling/MaeYoung (who the girls had been mocking) suddenly demanded that Mean Jean Oakerlund give her "a match with these [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior sluts]]" their jaws simply ''dropped.'' When Mae followed up by shrugging off her jacket and shouting "You little bitches, let's go!" they visibly recoiled several steps.

* WHAMLine: "The Harts don't belong in the Hall of Fame"

* CryCute: Layla, when it became apparent that Michelle hated her guts towards the end of the groups run.

* DoubleStandard:
** People were outraged at them calling Mickie James fat and immediately started calling Michelle "[[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]]" among other things. Anorexia is just as big a problem as obesity and Michelle has struggled with it in the past.
** Mostly since, if she has suffered anorexia, having Michelle go around and call other healthy, slender gorgeous women fat made her look a little like a hypocrite, since many eating disorders go hand in hand with bullying. It's by no means Michelle's fault (blame can be sent to the WWE Creative team), but it is coming out of her mouth, and WWE fans have never been above [[ShootTheMessenger shooting the messenger.]]

* CreepyCoolCrosses: On Michelle [=McCool=]'s ring attire, though she was creepier ''before'' this team's formation she did not display any of the good behavior you would associate with it.

* SmoochOfVictory: They give two to Kaval. The first when he regained the number one ranking in the Rookie Poll and second when he won NXT Season 2.

*** Layla's also two inches shorter, and the same weight as Mickie. Whoops.
*** Arguably both ends of this are [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by Michelle being the Divas' top heel at the time. After all, most {{Big Bad}}s in wrestling and other media are intended to be ''hated'', right?

* DanceBattler: Surprisingly averted by Layla. She is a trained dancer and former member of the Miami Heat dancing team. She was also part of the dance troupe Extreme Expose (with Wrestling/KellyKelly and Brooke Tessmacher) on ECW. Yet in her matches she makes barely any reference to her dancing.

* NickNamingTheEnemy: [[Wrestling/MickieJames Piggy James]], [[Wrestlnig/KellyKelly Smelly Kelly]], Maria the underfed redhead and [[Wrestling/BellaTwins The Belly Twins]]. They also dubbed Melina "Lady Wawa" due to her excessive crying after she won the Divas' title.

* PutOnABus: Michelle first; she retired from in-ring competition after her match with Layla, leaving the latter on her own. The latter's solo run never got out of the blocks because she suffered a knee injury, she tore her acl and mcl, putting her out of action for year.
* RecycledSoundtrack: This seems to be Layla's thing, though mostly through sheer coincidence. When she hooked up with Michelle, she took on the latter's theme song as her own - and kept it when Michelle retired. Although, the song Layla used while she was with Michelle and later kept was originally Torrie Wilson's theme song for a short time while she was a heel. So [=LayCool=]'s theme song, "Not Enough For Me", was recycled from Torrie.

* TheRival: Layla with {{Wrestling/Aksana}}. In 2012 and 2013 they faced each other in a lot of house show matches, complete with promos on Tout to hype them up. When Aksana was released, Layla tweeted ''"I had some of my fav and best matches with @WWEAksana that never made TV...blessed to have worked with you"''

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Vickie Guerrero allied herself with them briefly thus giving them the colours.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The two genuinely cared for each other, getting each other matching BFF necklaces and being concerned for the other's well being. Commentators even felt sad when the two split up. They also seemed to care for Kaval as well, being unambiguously happy when he won NXT.

** When [=LayCool=] properly became a thing, Layla stopped wearing her hair curly.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Happened when they were mentoring [[Wrestling/LowKi Kaval]] on NXT since he was a face.

* BreakupBreakout: After April 2011, Layla stayed with WWE and even becomes [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-diva.html WWE Divas' Champion]]. Michelle got released due to stipulation.

* JerkassFacade: Layla, who just seems more stupid than actually mean. She eventually got the hint when Michelle made Layla her latest target, and subsequently apologized.

* TheRival: Layla with {{Wrestling/Aksana}}. In 2012 and 2013 they faced each other in a lot of house show matches, complete with promos on Tout to hype them up. When Aksana was released, Layla tweeted ''[[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments "I had some of my fav and best matches with @WWEAksana that never made TV...blessed to have worked with you"]]''

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart Natalya]] told them their combined IQ was lower than their non-existent waist size. They took that as a compliment meaning they were skinny.

The IWC is pretty divided in their attitude towards the team mainly because Michelle is an easy target for haters due to her marriage with Wrestling/TheUndertaker, VillainSue push, and outspoken attitude towards her critics, but the duo were very important in building the WWE's women's division up in 2010 when injuries and firings nearly buried it completely.

* [[AwesomeMcCoolName Awesome [=McCool=] Name]]: JustForPun.

* TheRival: Layla with {{Wrestling/Aksana}}. In 2012 and 2013 they faced each other in a lot of house show matches, complete with promos on Tout to hype them up. When Aksana was released, Layla tweeted ''[[HeartwarmingMoments "I had some of my fav and best matches with @WWEAksana that never made TV...blessed to have worked with you"]]''

* StunnedSilence: When Wrestling/MaeYoung (who the girls had been mocking) suddenly demanded that Mean Jean Oakerlund give her "a match with these [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior sluts]]" their jaws simply ''dropped.''