Why does everyone hate Michelle McCool?

[stratusfaction]

I keep reading on a bunch of wrestling forums and websites and there is just tons of Michelle McCool bashings! Obviously there is alot because even McCool herself has been addressing it in her blogs and on wwe.com. My question is why all the hatred towards Michelle? Is it because she competed in the Raw Diva Search...because so did Layla, Candice, and Maryse. Is it because she is holding the Diva's Title and Victoria isn't? I'm a big fan of Michelle McCool along with Maryse, Candice Michelle, and Melina. I agree though that Michelle isn't the best women's wrestler but she defiantly isn't the worse. In my opinion McCool handles herself very well in the ring and she is still improving. She doesn't have a great gimmick but then again neither does half the divas on the roster. That really isn't her fault...and they way they book her isn't her fault either. Just wondering if there are any other Michelle McCool fans out there?

[Comradebot]

I keep reading on a bunch of wrestling forums and websites and there is just tons of Michelle McCool bashings! Obviously there is alot because even McCool herself has been addressing it in her blogs and on wwe.com.

 

My question is why all the hatred towards Michelle? Is it because she competed in the Raw Diva Search...because so did Layla, Candice, and Maryse. Is it because she is holding the Diva's Title and Victoria isn't?

 

I'm a big fan of Michelle McCool along with Maryse, Candice Michelle, and Melina. I agree though that Michelle isn't the best women's wrestler but she defiantly isn't the worse. In my opinion McCool handles herself very well in the ring and she is still improving. She doesn't have a great gimmick but then again neither does half the divas on the roster. That really isn't her fault...and they way they book her isn't her fault either.

 

Just wondering if there are any other Michelle McCool fans out there?

 

Last time I heard anyone hating on Michelle (which was awhile back, though I don't spend alot of time on pure wrestling forums) it was because people felt she was getting a push simply because she was humping the Undertaker.

 

I personally think most people are jealous of:

 

1. Her awesome name

 

2. That she gets to be the one to hump the Undertaker

[jbergey_2005]

I enjoy Michelle McCool.

 

Id guess probably the gimmick is why some on the internet are bashing her Im not sure what else it could be. Anyone the WWE wants to push gets instantly turned on the internet community is seems unless the internet community thinks they decided to give such person a push.

[Self]

I find her cold and aloof. Personal taste.

[ya_its_me]

 

That she gets to be the one to hump the Undertaker

 

Wait, what?

[James Casey]

She's been dating Undertaker for several months now, and it's theorised that this is one reason why she got the Divas title instead of Maryse/Natalya/Maria/Victoria/Hornswoggle etc.

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I think the reason she has the title is because she was the most over face on Smackdown at the time. Victoria obviously is the top female wrestler on Smackdown when it comes to wrestling skills but why would the WWE want to push a woman who is at her prime who is probably going to retire in the next couple of years. With Michelle she is still learning and she is very young.

 

Maryse, Brie, Nikki, Eve, and Natayla are just to new to put a title on them. Maria would be the only other diva that would make sense on putting it on. But Maria wasn't around when Michelle won that title. I see Maria probably getting it after Michelle turns heel and they finish feuding.

 

I personally think they should turn Jillian Hall face and draft her to Smackdown for Michelle McCool. I would love to see McCool feud with Mickie James!

[ya_its_me]

She's been dating Undertaker for several months now, and it's theorised that this is one reason why she got the Divas title instead of Maryse/Natalya/Maria/Victoria/Hornswoggle etc.

 

*does doubletake* Wait what? When did he get divorced?

[Guest Ransik]

Can't stand McCool... doesn't even have anything to do with Taker dating her. She's a bland, boring typical blonde WWE bimbo.

[jbergey_2005]

Can't stand McCool... doesn't even have anything to do with Taker dating her. She's a bland, boring typical blonde WWE bimbo.

 

Shes not bland, shes not a typical blonde in that she does much more than act like eye candy and well it would depend on what you meant by bimbo but again she does much more than just look good. Her gimmick is a former college athlete that uses her athletic ability to win matches. I'm not seeing the typical blonde bimbo that you are I guess.

[Guest Ransik]

Shes not bland, shes not a typical blonde in that she does much more than act like eye candy and well it would depend on what you meant by bimbo but again she does much more than just look good. Her gimmick is a former college athlete that uses her athletic ability to win matches. I'm not seeing the typical blonde bimbo that you are I guess.

 

I don't see her do anything I haven't seen Kelly Kelly do.

[jbergey_2005]

I don't see her do anything I haven't seen Kelly Kelly do.

 

You've seen Michelle McCool strip dance on ECW while being Mike Knoxs girlfriend? Kelly Kelly is great but she has had some stupid gimmicks where Michelle McCool seems to have a pretty normal gimmick and it allows her to show her character.

[Guest Ransik]

Yes but ring wise... I've seen Kelly do just as many acrobatics as McCool.

 

When they learn to wrestle.... we can talk.

[Comradebot]

Yes but ring wise... I've seen Kelly do just as many acrobatics as McCool.

 

When they learn to wrestle.... we can talk.

 

It's the WWE.

 

Since when do they care about what a person can do in the ring? Afterall, this is the company that was put on the map partially by a superstar who was far from a great in-ring wrestler (Hogan).

 

 

They might improve in-ring, but as long as they're in the WWE that will come second to everything else that can get them pushed.

[Guest Ransik]

It's the WWE.

 

Since when do they care about what a person can do in the ring? Afterall, this is the company that was put on the map partially by a superstar who was far from a great in-ring wrestler (Hogan).

 

 

They might improve in-ring, but as long as they're in the WWE that will come second to everything else that can get them pushed.

 

True but when Hogan made it big... WHO aside from select guys in the NWA like Flair, Harley, etc... COULD wrestle?

 

In the WWF there was..... Steamboat?

 

When Hogan became a household name... a Shelton vs. HBK match would've surpassed "the bodyslam heard around the world" by eons. By today's standards the Steamboat/Savage match is a snoozer to the general fans... back in the day Hogan just looked like he knew what he was doing.

[Derek B]

Yes but ring wise... I've seen Kelly do just as many acrobatics as McCool.

 

When they learn to wrestle.... we can talk.

 

Ransik, does that mean you're not going to talk at all til they can "wrestle"? I hope so, because your general contributions to any WWE thread is "lack of indy work rate = teh suxors!1!". It adds nothing except opinion and the fact that you wrestle a bit yourself does nothing to qualify your opinion as being worth more than anyone else's. I'd expect you to have a more educated opinion than most people but you come off as an uneducated smark in every post you make, parroting what half of the internet smarks say and trying to lend credibility to it by saying you are a wrestler.

 

As for the topic on hand (and this may sound controversial given what I've just said) but I really don't like Michelle McCool either. I can't put my finger on why not though. I don't care if she's banging Taker because that has got nothing to do with her on screen character. She's not the hottest girl around, but I mark for girls like Awesome Kong and Jazz so that's probably not relevant either. She's not a gimmicky character, so she's not got that to hook me in like a Jillian Hall might. She's not a great wrestler with a ton of flashy moves, but then, flyers aren't my thing either. She doesn't look bad ass like Kong does. She doesn't entertain me on the microphone. She's doesn't kill people in the ring.

 

In fact, I can't think of anything McCool does that makes her better than anyone. The WWE has pushed her as being an athletic female who is good at most things by default. But to me, she's a skinny, unthreatening, bland, relatively unattractive blonde with very little character. When surrounded by gimmicky workers, flashier wrestlers and hotter girls, Michelle McCool just doesn't stand out at all and that's why I dislike her. Well... dislike is the wrong word. I just... don't care about her at all.

[cappyboy]

You know the only time I really have an issue with Michelle is when I read the backstage stuff about her relationship with Undertaker and all. But when she's on my TV and I'm able to not think about that, I don't necessarily have a problem with her.

 

Granted if I take to take things seriously and get all Remianen scholarly about it, I would not put her in the same paragraph as any of the marquee women of days gone by. I wouldn't even say she's undergone as much in-ring development as some of the other women in her divsion. Although I will say I can't find a single woman who gets in the ring in today's E that isn't at least presentable as a ring talent.

 

With Michelle, it's all about the personality side. And even at that, it's nothing tangible like mic skills that makes Michelle work for me. What she does that I love though is something most faces in the industry in general seem to struggle with these days. She sells the idea that she's having fun out there. That kind of joie de vive makes me happy to see her on my screen.

As such, I'm hating this planned heel turn because it's making me think about these kinds of things while I'm watching her. Probably the biggest no-no of all the ones a wrestling company can commit as far as I'm concerned.

[James Casey]

I would suggest that McCool qualifies as an all-rounder - she's decent (by WWE women's standards) a any given discipline. Whereas Victoria is a badass, Natalya a brawler, Maria and Kelly are acrobats etc. Michelle is just a gifted athlete who can turn her hand to any given style.

 

/kayfabe

 

I suspect the real reason that Michelle got the belt over Natalya is that Natalya would just be seen as a Beth Phoenix clone. It strikes me as almost certainly the reason she dyed her hair, too.

[cappyboy]

I would suggest that McCool qualifies as an all-rounder - she's decent (by WWE women's standards) a any given discipline. Whereas Victoria is a badass, Natalya a brawler, Maria and Kelly are acrobats etc. Michelle is just a gifted athlete who can turn her hand to any given style.

 

Makes a lot of sense to me. Michelle doesn't seem like she has a particular match style. Which could be part of why I haven't perceived as much development in her as some of the other women. Jill of all trades, mistress of none. Where the stylistic developments of a Maria or Kelly stand out because they specialize, Michelle's don't as much because they are spread out over a wider range of skills.

[The Masked Orange]

It's me! *shock of thunder* *Evil Laugh*

 

I like Michelle McCool, because out of the generic bland gimmicks they give nearly every diva, (exceptions being Lita, Mickie James, Beth Pheniox, Trish Stratus and Natalya) she looks above every else. I liked it when she beat Natalya with that heel hook because it's sorta beleivable.

 

I may hate certain people who get high up for their "looks" (LBL), but she fought her way through blandness and came up smelling like roses. I respect that. Sure she is still bland, and sure, she is not the best wrestler in the world, but in the blond-haired, big-chested, limited skills niche WWE have set out for Diva's, she has shown actual technique.

[MVP]

I don't like Michelle McCool at all, se seems just another bland blonde chick, she has nothing that stands out in her move arsenal, I would personally rather watch paint dry than watching her wrestle. Of course dating Taker helps, since she's rarely lost a match ever since winning the pink butterfly title, the only time when she really seemed to be trying to develop a personality rather than just being generic-female-babyface-who's-main-selling-point-is-raising-both-arms-and-smiling-to-the-crowd was when she had the teacher gimmick.

[scorpion]

True but when Hogan made it big... WHO aside from select guys in the NWA like Flair, Harley, etc... COULD wrestle?

 

In the WWF there was..... Steamboat?

 

When Hogan became a household name... a Shelton vs. HBK match would've surpassed "the bodyslam heard around the world" by eons. By today's standards the Steamboat/Savage match is a snoozer to the general fans... back in the day Hogan just looked like he knew what he was doing.

 

 

To each their own but this statement shows real ignorance of wrestling history.

[tiarnantman]

I'm not a fan either. She's a pretty decent female wrestler, all things considered, but she lacks a strong personality or likability that people have come to expect with WWE women. I find that McCool comes across as cold and bland, and too stuck up to be top face diva. Not saying that she is for sure, but that's just the way she comes across. Meanwhile, you've got all these other face women (Mickie James, Maria, Kelly, and even Melina at this point) who come across as warmer and nicer, and the crowd reacts accordingly. WWE seemed to be trying to turn her into the new Torrie Wilson (the popular, gorgeous blonde SD! face Diva who the crowd go wild over), but McCool just lacks any kind of warmth, and isn't nearly as cute. Meanwhile, you'd find that in general, her counterpart, Maria, receives the Torrie Wilson-esque kind of crowd reactions, and I firmly believe that WWE are going to gradually replace McCool with Maria when it comes to top SD! face, starting with this feud.