Monday 2 February 2015

Two Things: Divas we would like to see back

WWE Divas are known to be some of the most athletic women in the world and there has been some great talent that has come off the Divas division in WWE.

From Trish Stratus to AJ Lee, Lita to Naomi. Find out who we would like to see back inside a WWE ring.

Michelle McCool

There are many words that could be used to describe Michelle McCool — aggressive, cruel, malicious. But more than any of these things, the tough-as-nails Diva was a fighter.
First introduced to the WWE Universe as a contestant in the 2004 Diva Search, McCool didn’t win the competition, but she was so dynamic that she was brought to SmackDown later that year. Her early days were unremarkable, but McCool refused to be held back, because she had struggled for too long to get where she was.

Before she ever stepped in the ring, Michelle was a teacher in Florida. She spent her days educating schoolchildren about science, but she always knew what she really wanted to do with her life. From the day she attended a WWE event with her father and grandfather when she was six years old, McCool vowed she would be a sports-entertainer. The little girl set eyes on the "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes and she was hooked.

Living by the motto "Faith to fight the good fight, heart to believe and soul to search within," McCool battled her way from Diva Search reject to the top of the division. At first wasted as the manager of a forgettable tag team known as The Teacher's Pets, McCool began to carve her own path when she set out as a singles competitor. Early matches weren't always pretty, but her perseverance paid off in July of 2008 when she defeated Natalya to become the first-ever Divas Champion.

The victory was a huge one for the Florida native and it inspired a change in her. No longer was she concerned with pleasing the fans. Instead, her main goal was to stay on top of the Divas division at any cost. It was a shocking change of personality, but a shift that brought McCool more accolades. In June of 2009, she defeated Melina at The Bash to capture the Women's Title, becoming the first competitor to win both the Divas and Women's Championship. On that night, her legacy as a historic Diva was cemented.

From there, McCool formed an alliance with the equally nasty Layla. Collectively known as Team Lay-Cool, the mean girls became the wickedest duo in WWE. Like two nasty high school students, they resorted to namecalling to belittle the other Divas in the locker room and found every way to cheat to hold on to the Divas Championship they shared.

They were evil, but effective. That was until WrestleMania XXVII when Team Lay-Cool was put in their place by "Jersey Shore" star Snooki. The loss stung and led to the eventual breakup of McCool and Layla. But insteading of ending their successful partnership on good terms, the former friends battled in a "Loser Leaves WWE" Match at Extreme Rules.

Michelle lost that match, bringing a premature end to a stellar career she'd worked so hard to attain. It was a rough way to go. After being pinned by Layla, she was brutalized in the ring by the monster known as Kharma.

That night, McCool left the WWE battered and bruised, but she didn't mind. The Diva was used to fighting.

Torrie Wilson

Amidst the potatoes, corn and wheat typically grown on the sprawling and spacious farms of Boise, Idaho, one of wrestling's most enticing Divas emerged.

Looking like she’d spent her entire adult life inside a gym, Torrie Wilson kicked off her career in WCW, but made the move to WWE in 2001 when Mr. McMahon took over the sports-entertainment company. Immediately turning heads with a body that looked like it had never even been in the same room as a carbohydrate, Wilson had Superstars like Tajiri and Billy Kidman smashing each other just for the opportunity to get near her. At the same time, her flawess bone structure was splashed across the covers of men's magazines like FHM.

Torrie's seven years in WWE weren't all about boyfriends and fashion shoots, though. Things got ugly between the beautiful blonde and Divas like Sable, Melina and Stacy Keibler. She even waged war with the buxom Dawn Marie after the vixen married her father. Thankfully for the WWE Universe, most of Wilson's most heated rivalries were settled with bikini contests.

Since parting ways with WWE in 2008, Torrie has stayed busy by opening her own clothing boutique and competing on the reality TV game show, "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"

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