At WWE’s 2010 Survivor Series event, Natalya bested Michelle McCool and Layla in a two-on-one handicap match for the Divas Championship. The next month, the trio shared the ring again, this time in WWE’s first-ever women’s Tables match also involving “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix. During a recent appearance on “Insight With Chris Van Vliet,” McCool reflected on this historical moment, which pitted her and Layla, together often called LayCool, against Natalya and Phoenix, also often called The Divas of Doom.
“I used to be happy with that Tables match,” McCool, now an impending WWE Hall of Famer, said. “It was not only the primary, it was fun. Earlier within the day we were walking up the ramp, and I remember anyone saying ‘Surely, the table is effective, it’s gonna break. There’s two of them, right? There’s Layla and Michelle, yeah, no problem.’ That sucker didn’t break. Table wouldn’t put us over. They didn’t like us either. So we hit it and I’m like, ‘Oh gosh.’ I look back up and we’re like ‘Nattie climb back up.’ And it couldn’t have turned off higher along with her going back up for the second time. But yeah, that was a giant moment.”
As McCool alluded to, Natalya was initially planned to win the match for The Divas of Doom by pushing each members of LayCool through a table. Their impact, nevertheless, barely made a dent. As such, Natalya ascended to the highest rope and firmly broke the table with a splash. Elsewhere within the match, Natalya marked the primary ever double Sharpshooter by locking each McCool and Layla in it.
