The Divas of Doom

The Divas of Doom

Phoenix (left) and Natalya (right)
Statistics
Members Beth Phoenix
Natalya
Name(s) The Divas of Doom
Heights Beth Phoenix: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Natalya: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Combined
weight		 285 lb (129 kg)
Debut August 12, 2011[1]
Disbanded March 22, 2012[2]
Years active 2011–2012
Promotions WWE

The Divas of Doom[1] was a professional wrestling tag team in WWE, which consisted of Beth Phoenix and Natalya.

Phoenix and Natalya first began teaming together when the latter was Divas Champion and was feuding with LayCool in late September 2010.[3][4] In August 2011, both women turned villainous and developed the character of anti-Divas, who were violently opposed to the acceptance of "cute", "perky", "Barbie doll" women in the company. Their slogan of "Pin-Up Strong" was also the name of their submission maneuver.

History

In late 2010, following the split of Natalya's stable The Hart Dynasty, Natalya set her sights on LayCool (Michelle McCool and Layla) and the Divas Championship.[5] After coming up short twice due to LayCool's machinations,[6][7] Natalya finally defeated the duo in a handicap match for the Divas Championship at the Survivor Series pay-per-view.[8] She was attacked after the match by LayCool, but Beth Phoenix, returning from an injury she'd suffered in May which was credited to LayCool, made the save and then congratulated Natalya.[8] From there, the two formed an alliance against LayCool, and at the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view in December, Phoenix and Natalya defeated Lay-Cool in the first Divas tag team tables match in WWE history.[3][4] The alliance quietly ended a month later when Natayla lost the Divas Championship to Eve Torres at the Royal Rumble, and went back to competing exclusively on the Raw brand.[9]

On the August 1, 2011, episode of Raw, both women competed in a battle royal to determinate who would receive a Divas Championship match against Kelly Kelly at the SummerSlam pay-per-view. Phoenix won the match, then turned villainous by attacking Kelly, and stated "[her] days as the perky, cute, blonde little bimbo are officially over."[10] Four days later on SmackDown, Natalya defeated her protégé AJ, and afterwards attacked AJ before telling Phoenix, "I'm with you sister. The days of the cute perky little princesses are over". Phoenix and Natalya officially debuted together as "The Divas of Doom" on the August 12 episode of SmackDown, defeating AJ and Kaitlyn, who they continued to assault after the match.[1]

Natalya then accompanied Phoenix to her Divas Championship match at the SummerSlam pay-per-view against Kelly Kelly, who was accompanied by Eve Torres, but she failed to win the match. On the September 5 episode of Raw, Phoenix defeated Eve Torres to earn another title shot at the Night of Champions pay-per-view, where she again lost. On the September 19 episode of Raw, the Divas of Doom lost a tag team match to Kelly Kelly and Eve Torres after Eve pinned Natalya for the win. On the September 26 episode of Raw, Phoenix pinned Kelly Kelly in a tag team match to earn another title shot at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view. On the September 30 edition of SmackDown, Natalya lost a match to Kelly. Following the match, Phoenix jumped into the ring and delivered a Glam Slam to Kelly, then Natalya applied their new submission, Pin-Up Strong. At Hell in a Cell, Phoenix defeated Kelly Kelly with help from Natalya, winning her first Divas Championship. At the Vengeance pay-per-view, Phoenix defeated Eve to retain the Divas Championship. At the Survivor Series pay-per-view, Natalya accompanied Phoenix to a successful lumberjill Divas Championship match against Eve Torres.

On January 29, 2012, at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, the Divas of Doom competed in an eight-woman tag team match alongside The Bella Twins, and defeated the team of Eve Torres, Kelly Kelly, Alicia Fox, and Tamina. The next night on the January 30 episode of Raw, Phoenix successfully defended her Divas Championship against Eve. At the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, Phoenix successfully defended her championship against Tamina.[11] Following the match, Phoenix and Natalya quietly split. On the March 22 episode of Superstars, Phoenix teamed with Eve Torres against Natalya and Tamina, with Phoenix's team winning the match, effectively ending the team.[2]

In wrestling

Phoenix setting up the Glam Slam (an elevated double chickenwing facebuster) on Eve Torres
Natalya applying the sharpshooter on AJ

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 Aider, Jim. "WWE Smackdown Spoilers For This Friday (8/12/11)". Wrestle Heat. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Namako, Jason (March 22, 2012). "Superstars Results – 3/22/12". WrestleView. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Sokol, Bryan (2010-12-20). "TLC delivers highs, lows and a new champ". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  4. 1 2 Medalis, Kara A. (2010-12-19). "Lay(-Cool)ing it all on the table". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-12-20. first-ever Divas Tag Team Tables Match
  5. ↑ Plummer, Dale (September 28, 2010). "RAW: Orton breaks the Walls down". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
  6. ↑ Hillhouse, Dave (October 4, 2010). "Hell in a Cell: Betrayal, fan interference, and flying shoes". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
  7. ↑ Sokol, Bryan (October 25, 2010). "Cena central to Bragging Rights; Smackdown wins again". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  8. 1 2 Plummer, Dale; Tylwalk, Nick (2010-11-22). "The fate of Cena is finally decided at so-so Survivor Series". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
  9. ↑ Plummer, Dale; Tylwalk, Nick (2011-01-30). "Super-size Royal Rumble saves biggest surprise for last". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  10. ↑ Tedesco, Mike (August 1, 2011). "Raw results – 8/1/11". WrestleView. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  11. ↑ Raymond, Katie (February 19, 2012). "Divas Champion Beth Phoenix def. Tamina Snuka". WWE. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  12. ↑ Martin, Todd (August 11, 2008). "Todd Martin's Raw Report for August 11". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
  13. ↑ Namako, Jason (September 13, 2012). "Superstars Results – 9/13/12". WrestleView. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  14. ↑ Tedesco, Mike (November 25, 2011). "Smackdown 11/25/11". WrestleView. Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  15. 1 2 Benigno, Anthony. "15 Superstars' "secret weapons" Pin-Up Strong (Natalya)". WWE. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  16. ↑ "WWE Superstars: July 12, 2012 (46:52)". WWE. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  17. 1 2 Martin, Adam. "Superstars Results – 7/12/12". Wrestleview. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  18. ↑ "RAW Results (September 10th, 2012): Show Stealer". Kaitlyn Online. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  19. ↑ Burdick, Michael. "SmackDown results: The best thing going?". WWE.
  20. ↑ Lynch, Bill (2008-07-12). "In the ring with WWE diva Beth Phoenix". The Charleston Gazette. Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  21. ↑ WWE Superstars Results – 4/21/11 « Ringside Xcess | Wrestling News, Rumors, Spoilers, Results, Coverage, Radio Show, Much More
  22. ↑ "WWE: Glamazon (Beth Phoenix) – Single". Apple Inc. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
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