History Wrestling / LayCool

* VillainTeamUp: With Wrestling/BethPhoenix, Wrestling/VickieGuerrero and Wrestling/DolphZiggler. It was doomed to fail with Beth because she was inevitably pursue their championships while Dolph and Vickie blamed them for losing at Wrestlemania.

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

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Layla as of [[http://instagram.com/p/UvvW0vHlQ4/ December 2012]].
* TheDitz: Layla more so than Michelle but both of them fit.

* TheDogBitesBack: Michelle clearly didn't bank on Layla going absolutely apeshit on her when she sneak-attacked her on Raw.
* DoubleStandard: People were outraged at them calling Mickie James fat and immediately started calling Michelle "[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]]" among other things. Anorexia is just as big a problem as obesity and Michelle has struggled with it in the past.

* FunWithAcronyms: Michelle's heel hook was named "MAD-T" - Made A Diva Tap. Layla's springboard crossbody is named the "LOL" - Lots of Layla (though Matt Stryker once incorrectly referred to it as "Layla Out Loud").

* HotForStudent: When Michelle [=McCool=] Managed the Teacher's Pets (KC James and [[Wrestling/DamienSandow Aaron Stevens]]) in their bid to win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE Tag Team Championships]] from [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]. A time period of which she is reportedly not proud.
* ImportantHaircut: Michelle dyed her trademark blonde hair brown after leaving WWE. Layla hyped up her switch to blonde as one, though nothing really came of it.

* LovableAlphaBitch: Layla, to a degree.

* 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 before she suffered a devastating injury. In Layla's case TheBusCameBack almost exactly a year later.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The stipulation, as of the Smackdown taping before ''Extreme Rules'', was supposed to be that the loser would leave Smackdown (Read: Move to Raw). But with Michelle reportedly leaving the company, it was changed that the loser would leave WWE (You could even tell that it was dubbed in).

* OldShame: According to Michelle, the sexy teacher gimmick she played when she redebuted in 2006. She was apparently terrified of her old co-workers seeing that in case she wanted to get her old job back.

* [[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 god '''DAMN''' if it wasn't cathartic.

Team '''Lay Cool''' (also simply called Lay-Cool) were a tag team in ProfessionalWrestling that consisted of WWE Divas Michelle [=McCool=] and Layla. The two teamed together regularly in standard diva tag matches in 2009 before officially forming an alliance at the end of the year. They were given new characters as exaggerated versions of AlphaBitch and ValleyGirl tropes, feuding with the other divas. As 2010 went on they slowly became more prominent in the WWE, even becoming the first female pros on NXT as well as co-holding the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-wm.html WWE Women's Title]]. The majority of their feuds with the other divas were based around their ValleyGirl gimmicks ie. with Mickie James they made fun of her weight, with Wrestling/BethPhoenix they kept calling her a man etc.

!!'''This team provides examples of:'''

* AbortedArc: Layla and Kaitlyn showed signs of tension with Layla seemingly being jealous over Kaitlyn's title win and Kaitlyn not happy about Layla blind tagging herself into a match. It never went anywhere and they were back to being friends in a few weeks.

* ThoseTwoGirls

* [[AwesomeMcCoolName Awesome [=McCool=] Name]]

Team '''Lay Cool''' (also simply called Lay-Cool) were a tag team in ProfessionalWrestling that consisted of WWE Divas Michelle [=McCool=] and Layla. The two teamed together regularly in standard diva tag matches in 2009 before officially forming an alliance at the end of the year. They were given new characters as exaggerated versions of AlphaBitch and ValleyGirl tropes, feuding with the other divas. As 2010 went on they slowly became more prominent in the WWE, even becoming the first female pros on NXT as well as co-holding the Women's title. The majority of their feuds with the other divas were based around their ValleyGirl gimmicks ie. with Mickie James they made fun of her weight, with BethPhoenix they kept calling her a man etc.

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 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.

* ArchEnemy: The entire Diva's division, really.

* AwesomeMcCoolName

* BreakupBreakout: After April 2011, Layla stays with WWE and even becomes Diva's Champion. Michelle gets released due to stipulation.

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: [[NatalyaNeidheart Natalya]] told them their combined IQ was lower than their non-existent waist size. They took that as a compliment meaning they were skinny.
* ContinuityNod: Even after their feud with KellyKelly was over, whenever they faced her in matches they would mime that there was a bad smell in the air, referencing what their feud was about.

* DoubleStandard: People were outraged at them calling Mickie James fat and immediately started calling Michelle "skeletor" among other things. Anorexia is just as big a problem as obesity and Michelle has struggled with it in the past.

* [[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 MichaelCole / 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.)
* FanNickname: ''Diva Dirt'' dubbed them "Lay-Kav-Ool" when they were mentoring [[LowKi Kaval]]. Also for their Halloween costumes they were dubbed "Lady Gagool" and "Layonce" (see ShoutOut below).
* HalloweenEpisode: They've actually gone past two Halloween specials on Smackdown now. See the ShoutOut below for this year's example. In 2009 Michelle dressed up as a devil and Layla as MichaelJackson.

* HotForStudent: When Michelle [=McCool=] Managed the Teachers Pets in their bid to win the tag team championships from Paul London and Bryan Kendrick. A time period she is reportedly not too proud of.

* [[KickTheSonOfABitch Kick The Bitch:]] Considering that she just lost a Loser Leaves WWE Match, it really wasn't all that necessary or required for Kharma to pretty much kill Michelle... but god '''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 (WWE ring name for Awesome Kong) also debuted that night and proceeded to [[KickTheSonOfABitch kill the]] [[MemeticMutation bitch dead]].

* OhCrap: The sheer look of absolute ''terror'' Michelle had on her face before getting crushed by Kharma ''almost'' made you forget she was the biggest heel in the Diva's division. Almost.

* ShoutOut: For Halloween they dressed up as LadyGaga and Music/{{Beyonce}}.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Michelle was the biggest Heel in the diva's division before she was forced to leave WWE by Layla. Kharma, who seems to be her replacement in this regard, is more intimidating.

* TedBaxter: If their catch phrases were not enough of a hint.
* TheDitz: Layla more so than Michelle but both of them fit.
** Became apparent one night while they were doing commentary. After spending months insulting every person in their path, they actually asked, "Why doesn't anyone like us?"
* TheDogBitesBack: Michelle clearly didn't bank on Layla going absolutely apeshit on her when she sneak-attacked her on Raw.

* VillainTeamUp: With Beth Phoenix, Vickie Guerrero and Dolph Ziggler. It was doomed to fail with Beth because she was inevitably pursue their championships while Dolph and Vickie blamed them for losing at Wrestlemania.

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

* ShoutOut: For Halloween they dressed up as LadyGaga and [[DestinysChild Beyonce]].

* AlphaBitch: Oh god yes. Though Layla's case seems to be because she's more of an idiot than actually spiteful, and at the very least seems to like Michelle. Michelle, on the other hand, is a straight up {{Jerkass}} to everyone, Layla included.
** Nope, Layla was very much as sadistic as Michelle in the early days though she also added a lot of goofiness which caused the fans to root for her.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Layla eventually developed into one. It's why she became so popular

* 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 before she suffered a devastating injury. [[spoiler: In Layla's case TheBusCameBack almost exactly a year later.]]

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Weird case with Layla. She is in fact British, but usually seems to be trying to sound American, with varying levels of success. It seems like she's either deliberately sounding American to avoid the EvilForeigner trope, or she has simply lived in America so long, her accent has simply faded.

* [[spoiler:ReplacementScrappy: Dealt with a bit of this treatment upon her return. During her time with LayCool, she improved in the ring (as far as the present-day Divas go, she was one of the better in-ring performers to begin with) and became an EnsembleDarkhorse. She probably would have gotten a better reaction if the fanbase hadn't spent the entirety of 2012 up to that point anticipating the return of Kharma.]]

** Layla and Michelle more like it. During their break-up angle, they even started attending [[LesYay Couple's Counseling]]