Layla El
| Layla El | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 25 1978 London |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Billed height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) |
| Billed weight | 115 lb (52 kg) |
| Debut | 2006 |
Layla El (born June 25, 1978 in London, England) is a professional wrestling diva of English and Moroccan heritage currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on their SmackDown brand after winning the 2006 WWE Diva Search. She was raised, and currently resides in Miami, Florida, where she worked as a dancer for the NBA's Miami Heat. She has also danced for Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards.
World Wrestling Entertainment
Diva Search
In the 2006 $250,000 WWE Diva Search Layla won one-week's worth of immunity on the July 14 (taped July 11), edition of Friday Night SmackDown when she won Sgt. Slaughter 's "Diva Boot Camp" obstacle course. During the course she is said to have jumped over the tire hop section of the course instead of going through it and to have not had both of her feet cross the finish line due to her doing a split (in which she ripped her tights in a humourous moment), but she was awarded the immunity none the less. She won another competition, the "Diva Search Talent Show", on the August 11 edition of SmackDown, when she danced dressed as a police officer. She went on to win the entire Diva Search, beating out Jen England in the finals aired on the USA Network on August 16.
Layla made her first "official" WWE appearance at the 2006 SummerSlam in a backstage segment with several other divas, during which they initially taunted and teased her before revealing that "it was all in fun" and part of an "initiation" of sorts. Following this they dragged her into the showers, fully clothed, spanking her and laughing.
SmackDown!
The week after SummerSlam Layla made her debut as an official member of the SmackDown brand in an interview with Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, although he didn't allow her the chance to say much, spending most of the time talking about himself.