Michelle McCool is best known for her time with WWE, where she is a former two-time WWE Divas Champion and a two-time WWE Women's Champion.
33 Facts About Michelle McCool
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Michelle McCool joined WWE in 2004 after participating in the WWE Diva Search.
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At The Great American Bash in 2008, Michelle McCool became the inaugural WWE Divas Champion, holding the title for approximately five months.
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Michelle McCool then won the WWE Women's Championship at The Bash in 2009, becoming the first female wrestler to have held both titles.
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Michelle McCool held both titles on two occasions, which makes her a four-time champion overall.
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Michelle McCool has an older brother who played football at the University of Cincinnati.
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Michelle McCool later received her Master's degree in Educational leadership from Florida State University, and taught seventh grade science for four years in her hometown of Palatka, Florida.
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Michelle McCool competed in National Physique Committee fitness contests, taught gymnastics and kickboxing, and worked as a personal trainer.
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Michelle McCool first came to World Wrestling Entertainment as a competitor in the 2004 WWE Diva Search, losing to Christy Hemme.
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Michelle McCool was then sent to WWE's developmental facility, Deep South Wrestling, where she wrestled, performed interviews, hosted segments, and provided color commentary.
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Subsequently, a series of matches took place between Victoria and Michelle McCool, including a mixed tag team match where Victoria and Kenny Dykstra defeated Michelle McCool and Chuck Palumbo.
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Michelle McCool was then repackaged as "The All-American Diva", where she began accompanying her on-screen friend Chuck Palumbo during matches against Jamie Noble.
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The partnership was dissolved when Michelle McCool refused to accept his apology.
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Michelle McCool then defeated Gail Kim on the May 22,2009, taping of SmackDown to become the number one contender for the WWE Women's Championship.
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Michelle McCool then allied with Layla to form LayCool, and the duo entered a controversial feud with Mickie James, in which LayCool bullied James and made fun of her weight.
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At Night of Champions, Michelle McCool defeated Melina to unify the WWE Women's Championship with the WWE Divas Championship, becoming the first WWE Unified Divas Champion, and both Michelle McCool and Layla carried their own separate championship belts.
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Michelle McCool accepted under one condition, which was that the loser leaves WWE.
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At Extreme Rules, Michelle McCool was pinned by Layla, in what is her final full-time WWE match.
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On January 22,2018, Michelle McCool was honored as part of a segment involving women that contributed to the company's success on the WWE Raw 25 Years special episode.
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Michelle McCool was eliminated from the match by Ember Moon.
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Michelle McCool replied that she would gladly fight the "Queen of WWE", Charlotte Flair, and did not rule out such an option in the future.
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On January 29, Michelle McCool returned to the 2022 Royal Rumble at number 10 and eliminated Dana Brooke.
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Michelle McCool lasted over 20 minutes before being eliminated by former rival, Mickie James.
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On January 28,2023, Michelle McCool was seen sitting front row for the 2023 Royal Rumble with her children.
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Michelle McCool returned from the crowd at number 25, eliminating Tamina quickly after entering the match and helping 10 other superstars eliminate Nia Jax, before being eliminated by Rhea Ripley, making it to the final 10 women in the match.
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Michelle McCool appeared on the February 6,2008, episode of Project Runway with Maria Kanellis, Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson, Kristal Marshall, and Layla El.
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Michelle McCool appeared on a special WWE edition of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.
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Michelle McCool appears in SmackDown vs Raw 2008, SmackDown vs Raw 2009, SmackDown vs Raw 2010, SmackDown vs Raw 2011 and WWE '12.
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Michelle McCool was married to Jeremy Louis Alexander, whom she began dating in high school.
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Michelle McCool married fellow wrestler Mark Calaway, known professionally as The Undertaker, on June 26,2010, in Houston, Texas.
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Michelle McCool is a devout Christian, and she incorporated Christian crosses on her wrestling attire.
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Michelle McCool has had several wrestling-related injuries; in November 2007, she fractured her nose during an overseas WWE tour after Victoria's clothesline hit her in the face.
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Michelle McCool has been hospitalized twice, had two broken ribs, a broken sternum, and a broken xiphoid process.