A Look Back at Michelle McCool's Career

[EliteDiva]

Numerous reports have indicated that McCool is officially done with the WWE. I truly respect the woman because she had showed a tremendous amount of improvement for the past few years. McCool has even carried the women's division at the WWE for some a small amount of time during the departures of fellow ex-WWE divas Victoria and Mickie James. Michelle has proven that she has the physical ability and the skills, as well as beauty to be a TRUE WWE Diva. She has even mentored some divas that came in, to help them.

Okay, seems like Michelle is pretty much done with wrestling and I do applaud her for what she has become! She has been 2x Divas AND Women's Champion, Slammy Award Winner, and PWI has once ranked her #1 female wrestler of the year. Her most memorable moment with the WWE is obviously her time in LayCool. As they broke up, it led her on to the 2011 Elimination Chamber "Loser Leaves WWE Match." The match was pretty decent and truly showed that both McCool and Layla has good chemistry in the ring. Unfortunately, that was so far McCool's confirmed "last match." Even though the doors has closed for Michelle a new door has opened for WWE's newest "diva"....KHARMA!

Even though Michelle have had a pretty much successful career one thing had bothered me on what people had called her. First of, people often said McCool was only successful only because she had married The Undertaker. Those people who had said that are truly mistaken because when great women wrestlers in the WWE had been dispersing, McCool showcased actual talent WWE divas had at the time didn't have. I admired how she stepped up and took the role of "head diva." She stood out from the rest because she had actual talent.

So I started this thread to get some of your thoughts. What do you guys think?

 

[RKOx7]

Michelle McCool did have a great career. I don't believe that she became great because of the Undertaker, but I would be a blind fool if I didn't believe that being with the Undertaker helped her immensely over the last year and a half or so of her career.

Michelle McCool was the first Diva to hold both the Women's and Divas Championships and the one to unify them... so she will always be in the record books. She had great matches and great maneuvers... and really could pack a fight as one of the skinniest of the WWE Divas.

Anyway, I congratulate Michelle on a hard worked career and all her accomplishments.

 

[My$terio_Fan]

McCool had a great career(for a diva). No she won't go down with the Lita/Trish/Moolah's/Chyna's ect of wrestling, but she did leave a mark. She was the best wrestler the diva's search ever produce, and you have to respect Michelle for working hard in order to get to the point where people ranked her up with the cream of the crop of WWE divas, and not just another diva-search reject.

LayCool was one of the best female tag team/stable, and became a highlight of a stagnant diva division for over the year. I hate that she litterally get's no respect because of the Taker relationship(and while she may have been give some special treatment, she always worked her ass off to improve and become a solid wrestler).

She also should get credit for helping the other girls out. I know the Nattie thing got her a bad rap, but Maria, Tiffany, and other diva's are on record saying how much Michelle helped them out in the ring and they all give Michelle huge props.



One of my favorite Michelle matches <3

 

[whoopin' ass]

only successful because of taker. may have been technically alright in the ring but as we all know, that doesn't make you a star. she got put into storylike after storyline, angle after angle yet the crowds never really cared about her. don't say she got heat - so did xpac. in a way, i would say she became the female version of cena - got pushed like crazy and people just got fed up with her. couldn't act worth a damn - her mad face is the same as her sarcastic face which is pretty much the same face she makes anytime she is in the ring. if it wasn't for taker, she wouldn't have been used nearly as much as she was over the years and probably would have been cut a long time ago.

 

[AntiChristDeicide]

Bah i like Michelle Mccool especially with her school-teacher gimmick. Anyone who says she was pushed because she is maried with taker, well its your right to think so but she was still good in the ring (not the best) regardless of Taker.

 

[Da Truth]

McCool was ok. I like her best with her run with Laycool. It just something about her i just couldn't get into when it came to her. She was pretty descent in the ring; ok on the mic. She was given alot of accolades I feel could've went to a better female wrestler but that just haven't been the WWE's thing for the past few years. But she represented the division well. She never had that signature feud or moment that makes you say wow McCool has arrived.

 

[RD_21]

I'll agree with whoopin' ass... only because of Taker. Girl has 0 charisma, 0 acting skill, 0 mic skill and she had to always overact badly. Never cared for her, never will. She was ok to good in the ring but it's 100% not true that she was the only "wrestler", Natalya is 10x better in the ring and should have been the first diva champ, but McCool got the belt anyway. Glad she is gone because the only heat she was getting imo was because of how embarrassing her acting, or lack of, was.

 

[triniphenom]

are u crazy she didnt cause of taker, michelle, had a good techinal style in the ring not the best but just to make her matches good, shes good on the mic, and makes the divas division entertaining on the smackdown side, i will miss her, but when taker return we will see if she does too well to the ring....

 

[Mac Attack]

I'll agree with whoopin' ass... only because of Taker. Girl has 0 charisma, 0 acting skill, 0 mic skill and she had to always overact badly. Never cared for her, never will. She was ok to good in the ring but it's 100% not true that she was the only "wrestler", Natalya is 10x better in the ring and should have been the first diva champ, but McCool got the belt anyway. Glad she is gone because the only heat she was getting imo was because of how embarrassing her acting, or lack of, was.

Wow this is the best idiocy I have read in a while

No in all honesty you are wrong in mostly everything you said in this post. She can wrestle and she can pull of moves better than 90% of the divas in the locker room. She is good on the mic. You say she has 0 charisma but this is absolutely wrong. She has more charisma then most divas do these days. It isn't a coincidence she's the only diva to get a match at Mania. Now for the part where I agree yes Natalya is better at wrestling then her. However McCool over all the categories is way better then Natalya overall. And you're comment on the heat she was getting. Is kind of like the heat you're getting for this awful post.

 

[RD_21]

Wow this is the best idiocy I have read in a while

No in all honesty you are wrong in mostly everything you said in this post. She can wrestle and she can pull of moves better than 90% of the divas in the locker room. She is good on the mic. You say she has 0 charisma but this is absolutely wrong. She has more charisma then most divas do these days. It isn't a coincidence she's the only diva to get a match at Mania. Now for the part where I agree yes Natalya is better at wrestling then her. However McCool over all the categories is way better then Natalya overall. And you're comment on the heat she was getting. Is kind of like the heat you're getting for this awful post.

Wow so basically you can't be an adult and argue. You have to insult and try to put others down calling them idiot if they don't agree with them and I am the one who's called out on the fact that his post are idiotic...fine.

Look if Nattie had win the title instead of miss Undead I may be giving her some slack but we all know what happened and why. People didn't cared for her one bit back then. And before calling me on things I didn't said you may want to read my post again as I have never trashed her ring skill. I said she was ok to good, the rest are just bad. Then she may be good technically but on the story telling of a match she never impressed me while Nattie, Beth and Gail did. On the in ring psychology Nattie could go with the boys.

I guess you could say I have resentment against McCool on top of everything and I do. We are arguing on wheter she got her spot because of Taker and she did. Where's Nattie , Betthand Gail? In diva's limbo and McCool would have been too at one point if she wasn't miss Taker and I can't seriously understand how any of you can say otherwise.

If you look at Danielson who is probably one of the best, if not the best wrestler, where is he without "charisma, mic skills or political rub? Benjamin? Kendrick? London? Haas? Bourne? Kingston? Morrison (before really lately)? Low Ki? A wrestler in the E has more chance to make it on mic skills and it factor, but on McCool case she didn't need those. And I would be ok with accepting she had good ring skills but other divas who are better than her never got that break through while she did and in my case I know why.

 

[Azane]

Marrying Undertaker in 2010 is why she was being pushed 5 years beforehand, when she was married to someone else? I guess Vince has that magical time machine from SvR2011

She was a great talker, and a great performer, she would of been in the same place single.
Laycool was one of the best womens gimmicks since P.M.S.

I liked McCool as a face a little more, but she definitely was the better half of Laycool for this last year.

 

[pbabowler89]

i know that she was gona quit in the first place (even though the shes has foot problems). i can see michelle going to tna or having a baby but after that inverted powerbomb by karma aka awsome kong or amazing kong i wouldn't think shes gonna have one for a while. so i probally think she might go tna in the next couple of months.
thats what i think.

 

[GLOBAL ICON]

Michelle McCool truly has a great career. She is a 2x Divas champion, Women's champion, first diva to hold both the titles and she was a part of the best things in Women's wrestling since the WWE turned PG, LayCool. And she pretty much carried it. She was the female "Face" of the WWE. She stood out from the rest because of her talent and drive to become the top bitch. She also has good mic skills and I think she's the perfect PG diva. Now, she would have done much much more if the PG limits didn't hold her back. Plus, marrying Undertaker, or should I say, Mark Callaway has nothing to do with it. She was getting pushed even before the rumours of her and Mark started spreading.

 

[Viola Moonlight]

Michelle McCool was one of the driving factors in keeping the Diva's division alive for the past few years. Not only was she entertaining as a heel character during her solo reign but she almost wowed audiences with her time in Lay-Cool. There became a point in time when Michelle was considered one of the main attractions of not only the division but of SmackDown! and was up there in biggest heel heat. She's won multiple titles during her tenure and created interesting story-lines we won't see for a very long time.

I've never understood why the crowd was never into Michelle McCool for a majority of her career as I found both her heel and face work great, outdoing a lot of the Diva's... what bothered me the most was when the crowd didn't react as much to Michelle's move-set despite her having one of the most versatile and diverse move-sets in the business. Why shouldn't a technical diva be cheered?

Anyway... with the rant over, I can definitely say that Michelle McCool has been one of the best female superstars to enter the WWE since the turn of the millennium. Sure, she's nowhere near the caliber of Mickie James, Trish Stratus and Lita... but she sure has left her mark on the record books and has not only kept herself relevant but kept the division she fought in relevant too. A great career for her but there isn't anything more she can achieve in WWE... so it's time to move on with her life or explore other ventures.

 

[B.Ware]

Michelle McCool was one of the driving factors in keeping the Diva's division alive for the past few years. Not only was she entertaining as a heel character during her solo reign but she almost wowed audiences with her time in Lay-Cool. There became a point in time when Michelle was considered one of the main attractions of not only the division but of SmackDown! and was up there in biggest heel heat. She's won multiple titles during her tenure and created interesting story-lines we won't see for a very long time.

I've never understood why the crowd was never into Michelle McCool for a majority of her career as I found both her heel and face work great, outdoing a lot of the Diva's... what bothered me the most was when the crowd didn't react as much to Michelle's move-set despite her having one of the most versatile and diverse move-sets in the business. Why shouldn't a technical diva be cheered?

Anyway... with the rant over, I can definitely say that Michelle McCool has been one of the best female superstars to enter the WWE since the turn of the millennium. Sure, she's nowhere near the caliber of Mickie James, Trish Stratus and Lita... but she sure has left her mark on the record books and has not only kept herself relevant but kept the division she fought in relevant too. A great career for her but there isn't anything more she can achieve in WWE... so it's time to move on with her life or explore other ventures.

Have to agree with you here, her move-set was way more diverse than most of the Divas and she could pull them off with great style. I'm sad that i never really took to McCool before she started teaming up with Layla. I never paid her much attention before that because i just saw her as another throwaway Diva, however her mic skills got me hooked and for the first time i was able to appreciate her in ring abilities. She won't go down as the best female wrestler but the impact she made and the effort she put in developing her character will make sure she is never forgotten.

 

[MrHashasheen]

I was a never a fan, and I hold the opinion she was pushed beyond her abilities.

Becoming the first Divas champion on Smackdown (and now that that's the only women's title, she gets the notoriety of being that first champion), dominating Smackdown's allotted Diva time with Layla, time after time with failed face pushes with likes of Chuck Palumbo and Jamie Noble, the entirely too lengthy run with the belts and Laycool, her being the one to unify the two belts...

She was decent. She was a good wrestler all things considering, she managed to develop her own character and she had a lot of good heel heat that other wrestlers would kill for. But she didn't deserve that big a sustained push.

 

[Reddog1146]

She was definately one of the most skilled divas in the current locker room, and if Kharma was not here, then the divas would have suffered a much bigger loss to their division. She made divas wrestling much more than a two minute catfight like 90% of the matches were, and she did and took moves pretty well, especiallt when she did that kick to the other divas head, that was pretty realistic and looked like it could knock someone out. She probably wont be remembered like Lita or Trish but she will be remembered and may make a few future appearances.

 

[AntiChristDeicide]

i know that she was gona quit in the first place (even though the shes has foot problems). i can see michelle going to tna or having a baby but after that inverted powerbomb by karma aka awsome kong or amazing kong i wouldn't think shes gonna have one for a while. so i probally think she might go tna in the next couple of months.
thats what i think.

I don't think so, of course in wrestling we should never say never. My bet is that she is leaving to be with taker at home, and when he comes back to WWE she will be also. Her going to TNA is not impossible, but very unlikely.

 

[shooter_mcgavin]

I see a lot of mixed reactions regarding Michelle McCool but I think in time history will favor her. She has been one of the key diva focal points and has been quite good in the ring and nailed her character really well. She had some good competative matches, one I can remember is her Smackdown! match with Mileena and she got some great heat with her feud with Mickey James.

Like I said history will favor in her light much like Trish Stratus, who is seen as a legend in Woman's Wrestling but, in actuality, only got good in late 2002.

 

[neildittmar]

In my opinion Michelle McCool's career will probably go down, at best, as unfulfilled. Did she have some wrestling and promo skills, as well as a definable personality? Yes. Did any of it show through in a consistent (not to mention legendary) sort of way requiring a Hall of Fame induction? I'd have to say no. If she had more time, could it have? Unless she gets back in the ring and resumes her career, I guess we'll never know. I can venture a guess though.

To say that McCool was the best in a generation of "divas" who are more apt at being face models for Glamour Shots than serious competitors is certainly not a compliment. I'll agree that McCool was definitely one of the best females on the current roster and it's somewhat of a loss to the company, but in my mind that's akin to comparing cold garbage and hot garbage. The former stinks a bit less than the latter, but both are unsightly and hard to put up with in large amounts for long periods of time.

To be a bit nicer about it, other than possibly the Divas/Womens championship unification thing, McCool didn't really do anything that stood out in my mind as overly impressive. She got better over time, but she was never (and perhaps never would be) on the same level as a Chyna or Lita or Trish. Perhaps she's merely a victim of circumstance and of course, the shoddy divas division that she was forced to take part in. Nevertheless, when history is written I'd be quite surprised if Michelle McCools name is mentioned in anything more than a passing fashion, assuming her career effectively ends here.

On a positive note, McCool did help put over Kharma on her way out which was the right thing to do. As an aside, WWE re-building the divas division around Kharma is one of the smartest moves the company has made as of late. McCool contributing to this in the way she did should help.

 

[The Wrestler`s Wrestler]

This is wrestling booking 101. McCool gets her most overness as a heel, She gets taken out by a BIGGER HEEL, Takes some time out to heel her injuries (and Takers) Then when Kharma has run through every diva on the roster and looks unbeatable, McCool comes back as a FACE and beats Kharma for the divas title and has a LONG run as a face. Simples.