History Wrestling / Layla

* ButNotTooBlack: During the diva search introduction interviews she claimed her curly hair was not from African descent (according to The Other Wiki, she's mixed Spanish and Moroccan), which a few sources on the internet saw as an invitation to argue otherwise. She has also made herself look more Anglo over the years, wearing her hair straight and lightening it to blonde for a time.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Layla circa [[http://instagram.com/p/UvvW0vHlQ4/ December 2012]], though she is currently back to brunette.

** Also, 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"''
* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Layla is one of the only two Diva Search winners who had any success in the company -- the other being succeeding winner Wrestling/EveTorres.
* SignatureMove: An armdrag into a chain of holds she calls infinity (always ended in a pin but what kind of pin varied on how long she decided to keep it going), also a triple jump crossbody she called LOL (Lots Of Layla). A spinning facebuster once she turned face.

As usual, more on Layla can be found at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_El That Other Wiki.]]

* AttentionWhore: She ruined Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}}'s chances of regaining the women's championship and sided with Wrestling/AJLee because she wanted to be in the center of events. AJ being crazy and all, it did not last long.
* ButNotTooBlack: During the diva search introduction interviews she claimed her curly hair was not from African descent, which a few sources on the internet saw as an invitation to argue otherwise. She has also made herself look more Anglo over the years, wearing her hair straight and lightening it to blonde for a time.

* TheRival: She and Wrestling/KellyKelly were frequently on opposite sides of the ring for most of their careers. Notably when Layla tried to apologise to the face Divas after her own face turn, it was Kelly who spoke for them.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When Wrestling/LayCool properly became a thing, she stopped wearing her hair curly and always had it straight. She gave herself bangs around the time she won the Women's Championship and was taken more seriously as a competitor. When she returned from injury as a {{Face}} her hair had grown to waist length, after her brief return in 2015 before her retirement, she cut it into a bob.

* IKnowKarate: She practices muay thai.

* OddFriendship: When in the middle of the latest of a series of fights, Layla and Wrestling/SummerRae seem to come to the simultaneous realization that Wrestling/{{Fandango}} is a spotlight-hogging {{jerkass}} who has wronged them both. After they team up to attack him, Summer wordlessly invites Layla to come dance with her in the ring, and they become fast friends, even forming a TagTeam.

* DirtyCoward

* EvilBrit: Though was more often billed from Florida, she was frequently referred as the first British women's champion and she was a heel during this time. Also when she turned down Jamie Noble, who was being uncharacteristically nice to her, for British bully William Regal.

On July 29, 2015, Layla announced in an interview with WWE.com that she was retiring from WWE. Shortly before her departure, she clocked nine years in the WWE, making her the longest tenured woman wrestler in the company. (Though Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart, Wrestling/AliciaFox and Wrestling/RosaMendes have since tied her).

* TrailersAlwaysLie: The promo for ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2014'' showed Layla playing with [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkles]] and blowing them at the viewer with a kiss. You'd think that that meant she would be a player at ''SummerSlam'', or at least that she would show up at the event in ''some'' capacity at some point, right? Nope. Turned out that she didn't appear at all in the actual pay-per-view.

** Currently with Wrestling/SummerRae as the [=SLayers=].

Layla El-Young (born 25 June 1977), simply known by her first name Layla, is a retired English dancer and professional wrestler.

After some years as a South Florida dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines and [[UsefulNotes/{{Basketball}} the NBA's Miami Heat]] (her last year being the Heat's first championship season), she entered the 2006 Wrestling/{{WWE}} Diva Search and won the competition for the prize of a $250,000 contract with WWE. She became a mainstay of the Divas division and is a former WWE Divas Champion. She is most well-known for being one half of the heel duo Wrestling/LayCool.

On July 29, 2015, Layla announced in an interview with WWE.com that she was retiring from WWE. Shortly before her departure, she clocked nine years in the WWE, making her the longest tenured woman wrestler in the company.

On July 29, 2015, Layla announced in an interview with WWE.com that she was retiring from WWE. Shortly before her departure, she clocked nine years in the WWE, making her the longest tenured woman in the company.

On July 29, 2015, Layla announced in an interview with WWE.com that she was retiring from WWE.

** LovableAlphaBitch: Yes she's a bitch, but her genuine affection for Michelle makes her very adorable.

* TheAtoner: Post-Wrestling/LayCool.

* ButNotTooForeign[=/=]WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: She's English but has spent a considerable time living in the U.S., resulting in a hybrid accent of American, Cockney and RP.
* CatchPhrase/ FunWithAcronyms: LOL is her hashtag - it stands for "Lots of Layla"[[note]]the term 'lol' initially also stood for 'lots of love' before it became short hand for 'laugh out loud'[[/note]] - and it's also the name of one of her moves.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Post-[=LayCool=]. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Maybe.]]

* PutOnABus: Injured her knee (tore the ac and mc ligaments) in May 2011 during Extreme Rules, and hasn't been seen on television since.
** TheBusCameBack: A year after her injury she returns to Extreme Rules and wins the Divas title from Nikki Bella.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She is nearly forty but still looks like she did in her twenties. As if to hammer it in, Layla, with the departures of Wrestling/KellyKelly and Wrestling/BethPhoenix back in 2012, was the longest-tenured active diva on the roster, having been in the WWE since ''2006'', up until her retirement in 2015[[note]]With the new longest-tenured Diva being Natalya, who has been in WWE since May 2008[[/note]]. Yet she hasn't aged a day since she's first arrived in the WWE. [[https://twitter.com/mslayel/status/617737088104972288 Some say she looks even better]].

'''Layla El-Young''' (born 25 June 1977), simply known by her first name '''Layla''', is a retired English dancer and professional wrestler.

* Traitor Shot: Displayed during her {{Revealing Hug}} to Kaitlyn, before Layla turned heel and betrayed her.

'''Layla El''' (born 25 June 1977), simply known by her first name '''Layla''', is a retired English dancer and professional wrestler.