“Don’t Ever Do That Again” – Vince McMahon Banned Ex-WWE Diva’s Entrance

A former WWE superstar recalls Vince McMahon ending a creative entrance. 

During his 40+ years running WWE, former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was known as a hands-on boss with his creative fingerprints on every superstar who appeared on his television shows.

That also meant that not only did Vince suggest ideas for wrestlers to do during matches, but he also implemented them for ring entrances, the gear wrestlers wore, music, and everything else involved in being a WWE superstar.

Former WWE superstar Layla was a Women’s & Divas Champion who had a nearly decade-long run in WWE from her 2006 Diva Search win until she chose to walk away in 2015.

In an interview with Sportshadow about her WWE career, Layla recalled a time when she tried to do something unique during her entrance, but Vince McMahon made it clear he didn’t want to see it again.

“It was actually a combination of both (herself and people from the backstage in the creative) because if you reflect back in my career when I was in ECW, I used to hold my leg and bend it through and go all the way under the rope.

And, one day I did it, and Vince (McMahon) told somebody to tell me don’t ever do that again. That’s it. Don’t do that again. I was like okay. So, I knew I had to come up with an entrance. So, I was in FCW and I was just trying all this stuff and Billy Kidman was there and I was like this and that. He goes, “That’s it! That’s all you need.”

Like, I literally was like, “What about something like this?” I was going to keep going, like being more elaborate. And he’s like, “That’s all you need!” And I was like, “Okay!” So, that’s how literally it originated because I couldn’t do my other entrance.”

Vince McMahon Enjoyed ECW’s Extreme Expose With Layla

When Layla was a rookie in WWE in 2006, she was part of the Extreme Expose group on the WWE ECW brand, which debuted that summer. It was Layla, Kelly Kelly and Brooke Adams, who went on to have more success in TNA as Brooke Tessmacher.

In the interview she did about her career, Layla revealed that Vince McMahon really liked Extreme Expose as a group.

“So, I couldn’t wrestle, of course, and I wasn’t told to go train and wrestle, right? So, they saw a match with me and Kristal on Smackdown and then they’re like, “Okay, we’re not going to put her out there.”

But then I think it was Johnny Ace who was like, “Well, Layla can dance.” And then, they were so invested in Kelly’s Expose by herself. And you’ve got to remember, Kelly was 19 at that time. And then, I even said to Johnny, “Johnny, I can dance! You know, if you need me whatever.” And Brooke was from my Diva Search too.

So, he put Brooke and Kelly brought it together. And, like basically I was in charge of everything. I designed the costumes. Sometimes I made the costumes. I edited the music. I choreographed the girls. I taught the girls and the first couple of times I think if you look back up, I was mortified. It was awful. The performance, I was just like, this is so bad like. And, I was like, this is so bad. But I kind of need this because I want to maintain my job and learn to train on the side.

So the first couple of times it was not good. Then, I think it was the Pussycat Dolls. Vince pulled me aside after that performance and he said, “I’m really impressed with this. I want to keep moving forward with this. And I know that you’re in charge. So, I need you to do this, this, and this.” He loved Extreme Expose.

The next week we had pyro. Every night we were booked on every live event shows. We weren’t wrestling but we were training behind and then Expose was really great. Like Expose could have done so much more than I think that it actually did.

But, Vince did love it. Like, he he really did. He pulled me aside. I mean, that’s a big deal. That’s a huge deal when you think about it in getting pyro and stuff like that. Expose was awesome. It really was a good time and I think Vince made a good call by putting the three of us together. I think it worked. It really did work.”

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