Layla recalls winning the WWE Women's Championship.
In May 2010, Layla pinned Beth Phoenix to become the WWE Women's Champion. She earned the title in an unusual fashion, beating Beth in a Handicap Match, which saw her team with Michelle McCool. She's now taking the time to reflect on her monumental achievement, revealing that the original plan she was aware of was to get the championship on to Vickie Guerrero after Phoenix suffered an injury.
Speaking on the Heated Shenanigans podcast, Layla recalled being in disbelief when being told she was going to win the title despite that always being a dream of hers.
"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 planning."
Layla went on to describe her reaction when Fit Finlay, whom she says LayCool owes everything to, told her she was actually going to be winning the championship.
"[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.'"
Recently, Layla has opened up about potentially returning to WWE, noting that she would like to work with Chelsea Green and Piper Niven. Read her comments here.
Layla is also open to being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame alongside Michelle McCool. Read her comments on that matter here.
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