Michelle McCool talks Maria
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In General: "I don't have one bad thing to say about her
-- she's great! All the years that we were there together, which was
pretty much both our entire careers on the road, not one altercation.
Not one difference. We just got along. That all started through the
Diva Search. Obviously, neither one of us won, but I remember watching
RAW a few weeks after the Diva Search ended, and King was on
commentary. He mentioned that one of the cast offs was going to be
making their debut on RAW, then they opened up a magazine -- and it
was Maria! I got so excited for her, because her dream was coming
true. She was one of the few [contestants] that actually followed
wrestling, and she made no qualms about wanting to be an announcer. I
just thought that was awesome."
Life's A Ditz: "She ended up with the ditzy gimmick for a
while, but people don't realize that she's not ditzy -- she's actually
extremely smart. Business-wise: she's very savvy, and I admire that
about her."
Working with Maria: "She was on RAW for most of the time
when I was on SmackDown, but there were several cross-over shows where
we did get to work together -- before she eventually moved to
SmackDown when she got drafted. She was a fun babyface to work
against; she can sell like crazy and the fans always got behind her.
She was that underdog, and she was cool. She was all about business.
She got it: she was willing to make sacrifices. She understood what
some people can't always understand; she understood that as a
babyface, she was going to get beat up. She'd end up being able to
return the favor, but she was never one to be like: "All I'm doing is
getting beat up!" So, she was fun to work. I really enjoyed working
her."
Maria The Wrestler: "Everyone always said that she wasn't
a wrestler, and that she shouldn't do this or that. I think it's all
about working together and working on people's strengths -- instead of
trying to expose their weaknesses. I think that's just what you have
to do." [...] "We didn't have a long stint together, but she was
really cool. She was a good worker, a hard worker... she was
committed, and I was sad to see her go. I don't know that we've seen
the last of her, and I hope to see her again. I miss her -- I think
she's going to do big things."
Making The Transition: "I turned heel on Maria, and when I
turned, I gave her a pretty good beating. She took it like a champ, an
absolute champ! I remember Arn Anderson always used to say: "You can't
be a heel! I don't want it, why are they turning you; I don't want you
as a heel!" Then, he ended up coming back to me and saying: "Why were
you ever a babyface -- you should have always been a heel!" Maria
helped in that. You always want that one person that if you're gonna
make a turn, you're gonna want to make the biggest impact possible --
which, at the time, beating down Maria was making the biggest impact
possible."
Diva Search And Beyond: "I knew I liked her in the Diva
Search, but then I remember watching her in the DVD, I don't remember
which one it was, but anyway, she ended up giving me a shout out. She
was saying something about my body, and how cool she thought I was,
and I was like: "Alright, I knew I liked this girl." The friendship
formed and the friendship hasn't ended. I don't think that it ever
will."
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