Layla El
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| Layla El | |||
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| Ring Names | Layla | ||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 54 kg (120 lb/8.5 st) | ||
| Born | June 25 1978 | ||
| London, England, UK | |||
| Died: | |||
| Resides | Los Angeles, California, USA | ||
| Billed from | Miami, Florida, USA | ||
| Trained by | Booker T Jesse Hernandez | ||
| Debut | July 10, 2006 | ||
| Retired | |||
| We all have a temper. It just goes up as soon as the lights go on. It’s like any actor with the role they play. It isn’t necessarily who they are as a person. I must admit that character is far fetched from the Layla I really am. [1]
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Layla El (Born in London, England), is a WWE diva, currently performing on the Raw brand.
Latest News
- Layla will appear in the February issue of Flex Magazine alongside Candice Michelle and Beth Phoenix. [2]
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Videos
| Kelly Kelly v. Layla(Diva Dance-off) | Layla at SummerSlam |
| Food Fight: Kelly Kelly v. Layla | Kelly Kelly v. Layla |
Trivia
- Layla used to be a dancer on Carnival Cruise Lines and Miami Heat. [3]
- Layla is afraid of roller coasters. [4]
Quotes
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| Performing for a Heat crowd, they're supportive and they’re excited to be there for the championship. With the WWE, it is very unpredictable. You never know what's going to happen. You never know from night to night if the crowd is going to boo, if they’re going to cheer you, really love you, or really hate you that night. It is just a exciting and nervous feeling, because pretty much what the dancing, I know what I'm going to do from move to move. When I go out there in the ring or go out there doing whatever, I really don't know what's going to happen. You play it by ear. You're on your toes all the time. [5]
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| Knowing that it's live, you just know you have that one chance and that it's not going to be edited or anything like that. And the excitement there is just a little bit more. Everyone is on their toes a little bit more just because you know that it's going to be live. SmackDown!, it's the same kind of feeling. You're still on your toes but you're relieved because maybe something you do could be edited or some things could be changed, because it is pre-recorded. [5]
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Career History
Diva Search
El first entered the world of professional wrestling after her trainer suggested she try out for the $250,000 WWE Diva Search contest in 2006. During the contest, she won a week's worth of "immunity" on the 14 July (taped 10 July) edition of SmackDown! after winning Sgt. Slaughter's "Diva Boot Camp" obstacle course—despite having jumped over several tires in the tire hop section of the course and not having both of her feet cross the finish line due to her doing a split.[7] She won another competition, the "Diva Search Talent Show" on the 11 August SmackDown!, when she danced dressed as a police officer. She won the Diva Search, beating out JT Tinney and Jen England in the finals on 16 August. Layla is the first diva with African heritage to win the WWE Diva Search.
SmackDown
She made her first "official" WWE appearance at the 2006 SummerSlam pay-per-view in a backstage segment with several other divas. During the segment, the other women initially taunted and teased her before revealing that "it was all in fun" and part of an "initiation" of sorts. Afterward they dragged her into the showers, fully clothed, where they proceeded to spank her while laughing.
The week after SummerSlam, El made her debut as a member of the SmackDown! brand in an interview with Mike "The Miz" Mizanin—although he did not allow her the chance to say much, spending most of the time talking about himself. Subsequently, she was not seen on WWE TV for weeks, reappearing during the 22 September SmackDown! and getting into confrontations with both Kristal and Jillian Hall. She again went missing for a number of weeks after this, resurfacing at October's No Mercy event and embarrassing the Miz by tricking him into getting a lap dance from Big Dick Johnson while he was blindfolded and expecting it to be from her as a birthday gift.
Layla made her official in-ring debut, in a "Diva Trick-or-Treat Battle Royal", on 24 October. The match ended in controversial fashion when she was pulled from the ring apron by The Miz, causing her to lose. This led to Miz and Kristal briefly teaming in a feud against Layla and the Boogeyman.
ECW
On 23 January 2007, Layla was moved to the ECW brand. On ECW she joined up with Brooke and Kelly Kelly as Extreme Exposé, performing a weekly dance segment with the group, which Layla choreographed. Extreme Expose danced weekly on the ECW show for months, until the Miz was also placed on the brand, at which point all three ladies began actively pursuing him. When Kelly shifted her attentions towards the much more slovenly looking Balls Mahoney, Layla, Brooke, and Miz openly mocked her. On 1 November, Brooke was released from WWE, and Extreme Exposé dissolved as a group, leaving Kelly and Layla to enter an ongoing rivalry with more active in-ring roles.
Raw
As part of the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft, Layla was drafted to the Raw brand, becoming the first WWE Diva to have been an official member of all three brands. On the 7 July edition of "Raw", Layla made her debut along with Jillian Hall being defeated by Mickie James and Kelly Kelly, who was revealed as the newest member of the Raw brand earlier that night. An angle between her and Jamie Noble soon began, where she started to become a fan favorite, with Noble attempting to impress her with his matches, only to be defeated or thoroughly squashed by his opponents. Noble then finally defeated William Regal, which impressed Layla. On the 15 September edition of "Raw", Layla became a heel by siding with Regal after Noble continuously tried to impress her, despite picking up a victory over Paul Burchill. She came out to the entryway, feigning that she would apologize, before calling Noble a loser and choosing to stay with Regal. Layla was in the corner of William Regal when he captured his second Intercontinental Championship, defeating Santino Marella on November 10, 2008 Due to her managerial and valet position, she has yet to have a singles match on RAW since being drafted, and has only wrestled in a handful of tag team matches. She competed in the Miss Wrestlemania Battle Royal at Wrestlemania XXV but was won by Santina Marella.
Return to SmackDown
On 15 April 2009, Layla was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft. She started a scripted rivalry with Eve Torres, and lost both a dance contest and an arm wrestling match to Torres, before losing a match to her on the 29 May episode of SmackDown. After Torres defeated Layla again on the 18 June episode of WWE Superstars, the two shook hands.
Wrestling facts
- Finishing and signature moves
- Corkscrew Roundhouse kick
- Running Crescent kick
- Tag teams and stables
- Wrestlers managed
- Managers
- Theme music
- "Move Along" by All American Rejects
- "Holla" by Desiree Jackson
- "Nasty Girl" by WWE Theme
Championships and Accomplishments
- WWE Diva Search Winner (2006)
External links and references
- ↑ WWE Diva Layla El Interview, Women's Wrestling Xposed. March 27, 2008
- ↑ Trish Wishes You A Happy New Year, Natalya, Layla, Candice, Ryan Clark, Wrestling Edge. January 1, 2008.
- ↑ Hot moves: Heat dancers' hopes for stardom, Helen Eckinger, Miami Herald. June 12, 2006.
- ↑ Layla gets Extreme with Tony Hawk, November 21, 2007.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Interview With WWE 2006 Diva Search Winner Layla El, Eric Cohen, about.com.
