Michelle McCool Addresses Whether She Received Preferential Treatment Backstage

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Former WWE Women’s Champion, Michelle McCool, has opened up for the first time about her entire WWE career in an audio memoir on her official website.

Michelle, who retired in May of this year, discusses her entire run in the company from Diva Search to her retirement at Extreme Rules.

The former Diva, who has been subject to much controversy, doesn’t shy away from the big questions and addresses rumors of preferential treatment backstage during her time in WWE.

Michelle says:

People can say what they want to say, but I can honestly look at myself in the mirror and know that I fought for every single thing I got. I never once asked anybody for help or used anybody for help, that’s not in my character. I fought that my whole entire life growing up with both my parents being pretty big public figures where we were at. Everybody always thought I got special treatment because my last name was McCool. [...] I learned from a very young age that as long as I know and that I can look myself in the mirror and know what’s going on, I don’t really care what people say.

People constantly said that it wasn’t deserved, that it was handed to me, it was this, it was that… People think they know me. They think I haven’t ‘earned’ anything. They have no idea. They love to hate me and I think they put a lot of my personal life into that which it is what it is. People don’t know me, they don’t know the other girls, they don’t know what goes on backstage, so bottom line, it always comes down to Vince. He always has the final say in everything and I think he respected the fact that Layla, Vickie and I would go knock on his door and pitch ideas right and left. He liked that, he respected that and that’s why we were on TV.

On hate getting leveled at her and LayCool teammate, Layla, for constantly being on TV, Michelle responds:

I remember several times [on] pay per views when Layla and I weren’t on it but were getting the call saying, ‘Hey, we’re going to use you on the pay per view’ and we were like, ‘But I thought this was Gail and Maryse’s match?’ or ‘I thought this was so-and-so’s match?’ [...] Then we would get hated on for that, and it’s like, we didn’t even know what we were doing half the time. The perfect example is, we pitched when we were going back and forth from Raw to SmackDown, we were like ‘Why aren’t they using these other girls? Why aren’t they using the girls on Raw?’, so we pitched an idea to get kicked off of Raw and that’s when we did the pre-tape with Nattie that we didn’t get let into the building. We joke because two weeks later, we got called to go back to Raw and it was like, ‘We just got kicked off Raw, what are we gonna do?’ and they were like, ‘We need to use you for this or that’, which is a complete honor. That said a lot to our characters that they enjoyed writing stuff for us and Vince liked what we were doing so they used us. I find that very flattering.

Michelle concludes:

People have no idea. They can say what they want to say. Because of the situation, they’re going to continue to talk. They’ll never want to believe that I take pride in the fact that I was a completely hard worker from the day I signed on to be in this business. Never stopped working hard, never stopped trying to learn, never stopped asking questions, never stopped pitching ideas, so think what you want to think, but there’s definitely no preferential treatment backstage. It’s just a bunch of hard work that paid off.

On people, including fans and those backstage, wanting to see her fail as she rose through the WWE ranks, Michelle says:

I could care less. All that does is light a fire under me and want to prove people wrong even more. When you start climbing to the top and you start getting higher and higher on TV more, storylines being more and more intriguing — whether it’s backstage, in the audience, in an airport — it doesn’t matter, people are gonna start to talk and nine times out of 10, they’re gonna start to talk negatively about you.

Michelle also discusses becoming the first ever Divas Champion, saying:

I actually had been pitching to get [a championship] on SmackDown for probably close to two years to give the girls something to fight for. I pitched it to Steph and I pitched it to Michael Hayes and all the other writers for literally about two years. [...] Sure enough they decided that they were going to do it, and we obviously didn’t know who was going to get it or compete for it, and then they decided that Natalya and I would. Then obviously I became the first ever Divas Champion which I know that was probably very controversial. [...] It’s just such a huge honor to know that I’d been fighting to bring this to SmackDown forever and to actually be the first one to hold it was a really cool moment.

[It’s] sad that the Women’s Championship is gone today. That’s so much prestige, honor and integrity in it. To have this Divas Championship represents the girls more today. Did I like the butterfly look of it? Not particularly, but it is what it is. It’s an honor to have it around your waist and I wore it with pride every single time I had it, I cherished it.

The first part of Michelle’s audio memoir, which is a fantastic listen, is available here at MichelleMcCool.net. A second part is due to be released next week.

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<3 her!

Did michelle work hard to become the decent wrestler she was? Yes, she did work hard. No denying that. Her DSW matches i saw were good. She showed in ring potential since her first WWE Match. I won't ever deny she hasn't worked hard to become a decent-ish wrestler.

BUT she did get more chances than any other Divas to be put in the spotlight. After many attempts fail. And I honestly believe keeping Michelle relevant was keeping Taker happy.

Because aside from her decent-ish wrestling, i really DON'T see anything in her to put so much effort into her. She's mono-tone, she's bland, her looks are meh, she never got over in her singles career.

Obviously their was a niche she couldn't get, hence why i never really took her seriously as the focus of the division.

People like complaining about Kelly, but the diffrence is, when WWE decided to toss Kelly in the spotlight, the crowd, supported her.....WWE tried about 8 times to toss Michelle in the spotlight and everytime....the crowd just never received her well and felt emotionally attached to her.

Plus she build her WHOLE career on the B show. Everyone raves about Trish and Lita's rivalry for a reason and not Torrie and Dawn's rivalry that went on for longer than Trish and Lita's Rivalry...why? They were on the A-Show, were the Stars truly belong.

Even when Raw's Divas Division was in it's darkest hour....WWE never moved their "Star" their to help revive it and freshin it up....instead they moved to of the biggest stars in the Raw Divas Division....to give Raw Melina...and Alicia Fox....lmao seriously...who won that trade?

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I had no issues with Michelle, and thought she took a lot of undeserved flack.

Until now, where she admitted she was responsible for the Divas Championship, and therefore the end of the Women's Championship, and therefore responsible for the Barbie Doll dominance, now.

So...

DAMN YOU, MICHELLE MCCOOL! DAMN YOU! smile

Still, LayCool > Kelly/Eve.

I actually liked when there were two titles for the ladies but obviously felt that if there was only to be one it should have been the WWE Women's Title that stuck around..

She likely feels the same way too so don't blame her for wwe making that stupid choice!

Also funny thing is...she's been pitching the Idea of a championship for the women on Sd for 2 years?

Obviously she wasn't close friends with Torrie Wilson, her dawn, Jackie, Nidia and crew have been pitching that idea WAY before her arrival in the WWE Guess her hard work paid off.....but theirs go un noticed? Rolling Eyes

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In retrospect, the two titles were a bad idea, since what got the Women's Division such a high spot after the Brand Extension was the fact that it was Raw's specific thing, part of what made it different from SD, so they had to give the Division a high priority. The old system was they'd develop a Diva on SD, then move her to Raw when they decided she was ready to be a title contender. Moving to Raw for a Diva was moving up the ladder.

That's why I also don't consider Michelle to have gotten any real pushes until 2008, as being the top heel Diva on SD didn't really mean anything. It just meant you weren't high enough on the ladder to be where it counted. So, really, she spent four years not getting a push rather than being pushed to the sky constantly.

And, she confirms what Trish, Lita, and Mickie have always said about getting storylines and pushes, that you don't just wait around for Creative to come up with something. You come up with things and pitch the ideas to Vince and the agents.

I rather see a cruserweight title on Sd then see another womens title.Theres really no divison going on if you only have 4 or 5 girls fighting for it.

^ I would be very happy if they would bring it back but they aren't so it sucks imo because we don't have the Women's Title and we don't seem to ever be getting back the CW title.

Who cares? She's retired. People wanted change, and they got it. Not because she walked away at fans' request, but she left nonetheless. No need to hold a grudge. Onto the next one!

People will always hold grudges against McCool, because of her marriage to the Undertaker. Pretty pathetic if you ask me.

IKR.

There's really no need to be discussing her. It isn't as if she is in position of power backstage.

It's like, people... get off of her dick! Sad!

Knowledge of the Game wrote:: It's like, people... get off of her dick! Sad!

Don't think the idea of her having one doesn't make her more attractive.

Hardy har har, silly. lol

You know what I mean. :bitchslaps

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