Michelle McCool has revealed how much she hated the “Piggy James” storyline with Mickie James.
Back in 2010, Mickie James was embroiled in a rivalry with WWE Divas Champion Michelle McCool and Layla. Laycool began to bully Mickie James, claiming she was overweight (despite clearly being incredibly in shape) and nicknamed her “Piggy James”.
It was a real low point for the WWE, especially in a time when they moved to PG and had numerous anti-bullying segments over the years. Nobody involved in the angle liked it either, including the perpetrator Michelle McCool.
The new WWE Hall of Famer recently appeared on Insight with Chris Van Vliet to talk about the storyline. Michelle McCool revealed that she hated the storyline where she had to bully somebody for being supposedly overweight.
She added that every week, Laycool would apologize to Mickie James for what they’d have to say although she gave credit to her for taking it all on the chin during a difficult time.
“I give credit to this day, and I said this to somebody the other day, and I said it to her. But the whole Piggy James storyline, me at heart hated it, just because of what it was. You’re bullying somebody, supposedly that they’re supposedly overweight, and that has never been me. Every week I’d go up to her, ‘Mickie, I’m so sorry. This is what they want us to say,'” McCool said.
“Complete professional. Not once did she try to change things, which often girls did. Not once. She’s like, ‘No, it’s good. It’s cool.’ She knew that took two to tango. She knew what her role was. She knew what our role was, and she really, I think, put us on the map with that storyline.” added the new WWE Hall of Famer.
