Layla Looks Back At LayCool Nicknames For Their Rivals, Says ‘Piggy James’ Was Vince McMahon’s Creation

Layla recently looked back at LayCool’s mean girl-style nicknames for their rivals and laid the infamous “Piggy James” at Vince McMahon’s feet. Layla looked back at a couple of the names LayCool gave to talent in her appearance on They Made Their Way To the Ring, and the highlights are below (per Fightful):

On Mickie James’ nickname: “The first name, which was Mickie James, is very controversial, so I’m not even going to say it. Mickie James….Vince actually came up with that. We had nothing to do with that. We got a lot of heat for it. That wasn’t our creation at all.”

On calling Kelly Kelly ‘Smelly Kelly’ and more: “I think that was Michelle. I want to say Michelle came up with that one. Maria, the ‘Unfed Redhead,’ I can’t recall. I didn’t even know we called her that. ‘Manazon’ (for Beth Phoenix), I’m not too sure. They fit in that era and time. They fit, they were offensive, they did their job. You guys weren’t supposed to like us. You’re supposed to hate us, but find us funny, but also take us seriously and we’re obnoxious.”