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Layla El

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Layla El Flag of England
Statistics
Ring name(s) Layla El
Billed height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Billed weight 52 kg (114 lb)
Born June 25, 1978 (1978-06-25) (age 29)
London, England
Resides Miami, Florida Flag of Florida
Trained by PWA
Debut July 10, 2006

Layla El (born June 25[1], 1978) is an English professional wrestling diva of North African heritage[1], currently residing in the United States. She is employed by World Wrestling Entertainment, and appears on the ECW brand.[2]

Before joining WWE in 2006, Layla El was a dancer for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association[1], and has also danced for Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards[3].

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[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment

 

[edit] Diva Search

Layla El first got in to the world of professional wrestling after her trainer suggested she try out for the $250,000 WWE Diva Search contest in 2006.[4] During the contest she won a week's worth of "immunity" on the July 14 (taped July 10) edition of SmackDown! after winning Sgt. Slaughter's "Diva Boot Camp" obstacle course[5] - despite having jumped over several tires in the tire hop section of the course[6] and to have not had both of her feet cross the finish line due to her doing a split. She won another competition, the "Diva Search Talent Show," on the August 11 SmackDown!, when she danced dressed as a police officer.[7] She won the entire Diva Search, beating out Jen England in the finals on August 16.[4]

 

[edit] SmackDown!

She made her first "official" WWE appearance at the 2006 SummerSlam pay-per-view in a backstage segment with several other divas, during which they initially taunted and teased her before revealing that "it was all in fun" and part of an "initiation" of sorts. Afterwards they dragged her into the showers, fully clothed, where they procceded to spank her whilst laughing.[8]

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 didn't allow her the chance to say much, spending most of the time talking about himself.[9]view After this she wasn't seen on WWE TV for weeks, reappearing during the September 22 SmackDown! and getting into confrontations with both Kristal Marshall and Jillian Hall.[10] She again went missing for a number of weeks, 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.[11]

Layla made her official in-ring debut, a "Diva Trick-or-Treat Battle Royal" on October 24. The match ended in controversial fashion when she was pulled from the ring apron by The Miz, causing her to lose.[12] This led to a short teaming of Miz and Kristal Marshall in a short feud against Layla.

 

[edit] ECW

On January 23, 2007, Layla was moved to the ECW brand.[13] On ECW she joined up with Brooke Adams and Kelly Kelly as Extreme Exposé', performing a weekly dance segment with the group.

 

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

 

[edit] Other media

She could be seen dancing in Christina Aguilera Dirrty video as a dancer in the shower scene. Since winning the Diva Search contest El has also done some modeling work. She has been featured in a spread in King magazine[14] and was the covergirl for the first ever issue of Liquid[15]

In April 2007, Layla, along with Ashley, Kelly Kelly, Brooke, Torrie Wilson, and Maryse, filmed Timbaland's new music video "Throw It On Me" featuring The Hives. [16]

She has also modeled for JET Magazine.[17] She will also be featured in FHM with Extreme Exposé'.

Will appear in an episode of The Family Feud with Batista, John Cena, Mr. Kennedy, King Booker, Candice Michelle, Maria, Michelle McCool, MVP, and Queen Sharmell.[18]

 

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c HEAT Dancer 2005: Layla. NBA.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  2. ^ TV Shows > ECW > Superstars > Layla > Profile. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  3. ^ Superstars > Divas > Diva Search > Layla El > Profile. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  4. ^ a b c Cohen, Eric. Interview With Layla El, Winner of the 2006 Diva Search. About.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  5. ^ Zeigler, Zach. Layla earns immunity. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  6. ^ SmackDown! Results - July 14, 2006. PWTorch.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15. “Layla El [...] was next [...]She screwed up the tires again and looked to have skipped some.”
  7. ^ Medalis, Kara. Divas show their talents. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  8. ^ SummerSlam 2006 results. Obsessed with Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-15. “BACKSTAGE: Layla El was initiated by other WWE Divas insulting her and throwing her in the shower and spanking her..”
  9. ^ SmackDown! results - August 25, 2005. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  10. ^ SmackDown! results - September 22, 2006. Obsessed with Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  11. ^ No Mercy 2006 results. Obsessed with Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  12. ^ SmackDown! results - October 24, 2006. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  13. ^ ECW results - January 23, 2007. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  14. ^ Layla El - King Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  15. ^ LIQUID Magazine main page. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  16. ^ Kara A. Medalis (WWE.com) (April 20, 2007). The Sexiest Women in L.A.. Retrieved on April 21, 2007.
  17. ^ JET Beauty of the Week - Layla El. ebonyjet.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
  18. ^ Medalis, Kara A.; Craig Tello and Zack Zeigler. Diva Dish: FHM goes Extreme. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.

 

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