Vanessa Borne - WWE NXT

No this is not Layla El 2.0
This is Danielle Kamela who works for WWE NXT under the ring name Vanessa Borne.
Besides the physical resemblance, both Layla and Vanessa were dancers (Layla was a Miami Heat dancer and Vanessa was a Phoenix Suns dancer) and models before coming to the WWE.
But where Layla came up through the Diva Search, Vanessa was trained by Rikishi and Gangrel at Knokx Pro Entertainment and made her debut on March 26, 2016.
Less than a month after her debut, she was signed by the WWE.
Although I think that Kairi Sane is going to win the Mae Young Classic, I think we will be seeing more of Vanessa.

WWE NXT - Liv Morgan

There's not a whole lot going on with Liv Morgan (Gionna Jene Daddio) in NXT, despite the fact that she has been with them since 2014.
Yeah, it's been that long.
I really wish they would do something with her though.
After hearing that she used to backyard wrestle with her siblings, take pedigrees and powerbombs, and pretend to be Lita...I kinda root for her you know?
That's the kind of person that you WANT to make it in the business.

Sasha Banks - WWE Women

I haven't done anything for a while on "The Boss"...so here are some shots of beautiful WWE Diva Sasha Banks.
I have been a fan of Sasha's since she was known as Mercedes KV back in her Indy days.
Her real name is Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado and she made her wrestling debut back in 2010 for Chaotic Wrestling, which is based in Woburn, Massachusetts, and also where she trained.
She is a former NXT Women's Champion and hopefully soon a WWE Women's Champion.
Her finishing moves are the Bankrupt (which is a Straight jacket neckbreaker slam) and the Bank Statement (Bridging crossface transitioned from a double knee backbreaker).

Day of Paige - Part 6

In 2012, Paige went to work for the WWE at Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), which had been changed to WWE NXT.
Though she lost her first match to Sofia Cortez (Ivelisse Vélez), she went on to defeat Audrey Marie, Sasha Banks, Emma, Aksana, and Alicia Fox (several times).
Paige then feuded with Summer Rae and went on to become the first NXT Women's Champion, defeating Tamina Snuka, Alicia Fox and finally Emma.
In April of 2014, Paige was forced to vacate her NXT Women's Championship (ending her reign at 308 days) because she went to the main roster and won the WWE Divas Championship.

Day of Paige - Part 5

Before going to the WWE, Paige (as Britani Knight), worked for Shimmer Women Athletes.
She teamed up with her mother Saraya Knight, as the Knight Dynasty, and they were managed by Rebecca Knox (now WWE Diva Becky Lynch).
Together they won the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.
Eventually though, Saraya and Paige feuded in Shimmer as well.
She defeated Saraya under no disqualification rules, in her final Shimmer match.

Day of Paige - Part 4

When Paige was just 14, she wrestled in countries like Scotland, Wales, Belgium, France, Turkey, Denmark, Norway, and Germany, as well as the United States.
At the age of 16 she competed for the World Wide Wrestling League (W3L) Women's Title and part in a tournament where the winner would become the first WAWW British Champion.
In 2009 she engaged in a feud with her mother Sweet Saraya and they had matches in promotions like Herts and Essex (HEW), the WAWW, and Real Deal Wrestling (RDW).

Day of Paige - Part 3

In Paige's first match at the age of 13, she teamed with her mother in a triple threat tag team match in World Association of Wrestling (WAW).
She went on to form a tag team with another wrestler, Melodi, called the Norfolk Dolls.
The Norfolk Dolls won the World Association of Women's Wrestling (WAWW) Tag Team Title in 2007.

Day of Paige - Part 2

Paige's real name is Saraya-Jade Bevis and she was born on August 17th, 1992 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
Her father Ricky Knight, her mother Sweet Saraya, her brother Zak Zodiac and her half brother Roy Bevis are all wrestlers as well.
Paige is five foot eight and weighs 120 pounds.

Charlotte vs. Paige

Day of Paige - Part 1

I thought for a change I would just do a day of WWE Diva Paige.
She doesn't seem to be getting much of a push lately and I really like her and I feel kinda sorry for her.
So since she is one of my favorites, I will devote an entire day to Paige.

Did you know that Paige debuted at the age of 13 in the World Association of Wrestling, a promotion run by her family?
She used the name Britani Knight.

Paige vs. Nikki Bella
 

Sasha Banks - WWE Women

The Boss, WWE Diva Sasha Banks (Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado) was born on January 26, 1992 in Fairfield, California.
Arguably one of the most popular WWE Divas working today, Sasha is "Frenemies" with another wildly popular WWE Diva, Becky Lynch.
Although Sasha may be relatively new to some of you, she started wrestling on the Indy circuit back in 2010 under the name Mercedes KV.
And before she ever got to the WWE, she held the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship.

Eva Marie vs Cassie - WWE NXT

Well maybe I was right.
I mentioned a while back that Eva Marie was taking her wrestling seriously now and had been training with Brian Kendrick.
Well she showed up on NXT in a match against Cassie...and you know what?
She looked pretty darn good.
You may recall that wanting the fans to take them seriously is what turned Trish Stratus, Candice Michelle and Kelly Kelly into World Champions.
Well maybe this is gonna work out for Eva Marie too.

Look at that sadistic little grin on Eva Marie's face as she wrenches Cassie's arm

WWE Divas - Eva Marie

Yeah I know Eva Marie isn't a great in ring performer.
But Kelly wasn't when she started out either.
Neither were the Bellas.
So I'm willing to give the lady a break.
Right now she is training with Brian Kendrick who has won a slew of titles in his career including the TNA X Division Championship and the World Tag Team Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championship with Paul London.
So let's see what he can do with her.
I'd be overjoyed to see her become the next Lita.

Oh if only Maryse would take Eva Marie under her wing and train her to be a Heel....

Former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson

Former WWE Diva Torrie Anne Wilson.
Yes she is 39.
Yes she still looks like this.
(Should I put this in wrestling or fitness?)
Although Torrie hasn't been with the WWE since 2008, I wonder what the chances are of her being attached to this alleged new E! Total Divas style TV show with former WWE Divas?
You can follow Torrie on Twitter (https://twitter.com/torrie11) and Instagram (https://instagram.com/torriewilson/).

Victoria manhandling Torrie back in the WWE

Eve Is Back On Top In The WWE

We all know that Eve Torres is the first WWE Diva to be a three time WWE Divas Champion.
I've said before that I love heel Eve and now she seems to be pretty much tearing up the scenery.
And Beth and Layla and Kaitlyn.

Of course after she won Stars Earn Stripes, we all pretty much knew she was getting the belt back.

But I don't mind, she looks like she enjoys her work so much.....

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I Still Miss Crazy Victoria (Tara)

I'm happy that Lisa Marie Varon has found a home with TNA.
But I so miss the WWE crazy Victoria.

 I hoped when she went to TNA she would go back to crazy and team up with Daffney...but no such luck.
Then TNA got another lady that can do crazy just as good as Victoria, Mickie James.
I really hoped for the two of them laying waste to the other TNA Knockouts in a truly psychopathic fashion.
I mean...imagine a full-on psycho Tara AND Mickie.

Layla El Returns!

On March 22nd, 2012 in a match at FCW (Florida Championship Wrestling), Layla El returned to the ring.
I wondered how long it was gonna take her to get back up to the "Big Leagues" and it wasn't long as she replaced Beth Phoenix in a match for the WWE Divas Championship at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view on April 29th.

That night she took on and defeated Nikki Bella to win the WWE Divas Championship.
The next night on Raw, she took on the departing Bella Twins in a triple threat match and retained the title.

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Layla has quite a bit of WWE championship history as she is the first British woman to hold the championship, the first Diva Search winner to win the championship, and the last recognized WWE Women's Champion before they retired that belt.