In an interesting memory, former WWE Women’s Champion Layla discussed what was originally planned to happen when she defeated Beth Phoenix for the title in 2010.
As a reminder of that match, it was a handicap two-on-one that had LayCool (Layla and Michelle McCool) taking on Beth Phoenix in Texas Tornado match. Layla was considered the champion when defeating Phoenix, but McCool was the unofficial co-champion.
While speaking to the Heated Shenanigans podcast, Layla shared her enthusiasm on her championship win and what the original plan was.
“It was a dream of mine. I always dreamed about it. I thought, ‘Yeah, I could do it,’ but then, in the back of my head, I’m like, ‘Yeah, you’re not going to do it. There’s no way. You ain’t got a chance,'” she recalled.
“The actual plan was to give the title to Vickie. They were going to give the title to Vickie because Beth was injured. So, that whole day, that’s how we were planning.”
“[Fit Finlay] came by the ring and he goes, ‘Hey, so you’re winning the title tonight.’ I was like, ‘Oh, okay,’ because he’s always joking around. He goes, ‘No, legit, seriously, you’re winning the title tonight.’ ‘Who me? No.’ I still didn’t believe it, I thought he was just messing with me,” she recalled. “We’re going over the match and what we’re going to do and he goes, ‘Okay, Michelle, Beth, you guys are out and then Layla, you’ll win.’ I was like, ‘What?’ I still didn’t believe it. I’m telling you, nobody thought I was ever going to win that title. Watch that match back.
“It’s in Beth’s hometown I remember it was like crickets. I could hear myself nobody could believe it,” she continued. “It was honestly one of the best moments in my career because now I got the opportunity to shine because nobody expected it. I think it was the best thing that happened for our storyline for LayCool to move on to better things and it gave me confidence, too, that, ‘Wow, they have a little bit of faith in me. Maybe I can do this.'” (Fightful)
This win made Layla the last OG WWE Women’s Champion before it was unified with the Divas Title.
In the same interview, Layla reiterated that she would be down for a LayCool reunion. She mentioned this in September as well.
