During her time in WWE, Barbie Blank portrayed Kelly Kelly.
Kelly Kelly made her debut on the ECW brand as an exhibitionist. During her first week, her name was just Kelly. One week later, she was Kelly Kelly.
"I wanted Barbie," Kelly Kelly said on Byron Scott's Fastbreak. "I wanted Barbie so bad, but it's trademarked. They gave me a list of ten or 15 names and Kelly was on there. 'Oh, I like Kelly. That's cute.' She was a Barbie. There was a Kelly doll. It was Kelly. Then, I debut, and the next week it was Kelly Kelly. Vince, who knows the way he thinks, but he had seen a 'Cheers' episode, and I guess the girl bartender is Kelly. It was before my time. There was a song, 'Kelly, Kelly, Kelly.' That's how Kelly Kelly became."
Scott confirmed that Woody Harrelson's character would sing "Kelly, Kelly, Kelly" at the bar.
Asked how she felt about the name, Kelly said she was fine with it. "Nobody had two of the same name, so it would stand out."
Kelly Kelly hasn't wrestled since the 2022 women's Royal Rumble.
It is unknown if or when she will return to the ring.
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