Layla as a face has fans divided. One half found her forced and corny while the other found her natural and entertaining. However they seem to universally agree on her face run being better than her god awful heel turn in 2013.
The "Piggy James" angle was rather polarizing. Some people simply felt that it was a moronically stupid angle, since it still boiled down to basically two girls (who were apparently dumb as rocks) throwing ugly jokes at other girls. Others were at least a little happy that there was any kind of story at all, considering women's wrestling in WWE frequently has no storyline and is merely fanservice.
Crowning Moment of Awesome: Layla defeating Michelle McCool at Extreme Rules 2011. While it won't be winning any Match of the Year awards anytime soon, it was by far one of the best Divas' bouts in a while.
Draco in Leather Pants: Layla. As a heel she was still as spiteful and sadistic as Michelle though she often brought more comedy to the proceedings which caused the fans to love her.
Fan Nickname: Diva Dirt dubbed them "Lay-Kav-Ool" when they were mentoring Kaval. Also for their Halloween costumes they were dubbed "Lady Gagool" and "Layonce" (see Shout-Out).
Hilarious in Hindsight: LayCool having Kaval as their NXT Rookie becomes even funnier when Brian Gewirtz tweeted in late 2022 that the latter was pitched in becoming the secret long lost son of McCool's husband The Undertaker.
Of course, both Lay-Cool and The Beautiful People were likely inspired by a stable on the Indy circuit called the International Home Wrecking Crew, who predates them both. TNA likely was at least aware of that group's predecessor, The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew, since they had one half of it in Radiant Rain (miss Payton Banks). The Beautiful People were not as silly and much more evil though. Laycool also likely owes itself to Vince's Devil's, the trio of Torrie Wilson, Candace Michelle and Victoria, which was dedicated to tormenting rookie divas Ashley much in the same way Laycool targeted Mickie James. Newer than the crew but older than all other mentioned, Team Blondage were likely the first group to really play the Mean Girls allusions for all they were worth since they were put together specifically to capitalize on it. Older than they think in many ways.
Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Michelle definitely. Before the team formed she was a bland heel with appalling mic skills. Then she shocked the world by revealing she had a gift for comedy. She's now much better on the mic and a lot more charismatic. Layla has also improved in the ring vastly.
The special design of the table during their table match against Natalya and Beth Phoenix. It had a image of the duo as anorexic witches.
Took the Bad Feud Seriously: The "Smelly Kelly" feud really was an awful idea but the girls really took it and made the most out of it.
X-Pac Heat: Briefly, for the "Piggie James" angle. Half of it was from people who thought it was just a dumb angle, and the other half was from those who thought that it was unconscionable that WWE would send a message like that to their fans. It was also moronic, since Mickie was crazy over with the fans and it didn't do anything to change that.
