What's your honest Sensible Take on Michelle McCool (Here's mine)?

Agreed. Likewise, I've never been able to understand the heat that Michelle takes from members of the WS. Is she the most talented women's wrestler of all time? Of course not, but WWE has long since stopped focusing on in-ring ability with their female stars and Michelle is right at the top of a relatively shallow pool.

People either forget or don't realize this, but for oh, three years or so now, Michelle has quite literally carried the diva's division on Smackdown all by herself. Yes, it's improved it's quality dramatically over the past four to six months, but look at the situation objectively: Since 2007, and before Beth Phoenix (who I would argue Michelle is better than anyways) and Mickie James arrived via the draft or diva's trade, has anyone with the exception Natalya, who herself has made very little impact, been anywhere near her league? Nope, and to be honest, it's not even close.

Yes, the Diva's title is worthless, but when Michelle was champion she at least made it partially credible. She defended it regularly, unlike every Diva's champion since. People ask why she deserves to be the first one to ever win it? That's obvious, she earned it. She's the one out there every single week working some of the only WWE Diva's matches that aren't painful to watch. And like you said, she has vastly improved in the ring over the last two and a half years as well.

Look at her women's title reign right now. Has she defended the belt that much? No, but I'm actually interested in her program right now with Beth Phoenix and Mickie James. That's a rarity with the Diva's, no matter which show you're talking about. Finally, FINALLY, she has some real help and talent with her on Smackdown and guess what? She's actually working a good story. It isn't her fault that she's forced to work stupid skits like the one last week where she chopped up Mickie's clothes. That's Vince's sadly out-of-touch line of thinking that is responsible for that.

A big part of the problem is that internet forums, like YA, are populated with wrestling fans that hate whatever the WWE does, and refuse to look at the situation, no matter who it involves, objectively. Whoever is pushed is the wrong choice. Every face should turn heel. The wrong guy/girl is always champion. It never really changes with a lot of these people. They just LOVE to complain, and Michelle, because she's pushed, is one of their favorite targets.

I agree with you completely, and I never understood the hate.

And one thing I never understood was the fact that people bash her for winning both the Womens and Divas Championships before the other Divas. SO WHAT?! Even though the Divas Title came later in time and is uglier in design, both hold the same amount of prestige, and the win isn't that serious at all. And even with Michele McCool supposedly "making history" (like anyone really should give a damn), Mickie James did the exact same thing 1-2 months later, and Melina followed suit as well.

Second, people that complain that Natalya should've gotten the Divas Title are WRONG. She may be a better wrestler, but Natalya isn't that much different than McCool in style, not to mention that Natalya was only on TV for a month! People complaining about wrestlers getting titles too quickly and then cried when Natalya didn't win it doesn't make sense to me, and the proof is there with Gail Kim when she won the Womens Title in her debut match.

It's funny how people constantly, CONSTANTLY bring up this supposed relationship with The Undertaker, yet want to dodge any questions about HHH's relationship with Stephanie McMahon. And besides, SHE'S A DIVA; the choices for who holds the titles are pretty obvious to choose from, and the ones that should never are damn easy to spot. Michelle McCool is skilled enough in the ring to hold the title, and I don't understand how people keep complaining about this "relationship" she's in.

I find it even funnier when people say McCool can't wrestle, yet I see the Wrestling Section is filled with Maryse bandwagoners, and she is WORSE in the ring.

I'm actually a fan of Michelle McCool's in ring work. She's far from being the best female wrestler on the roster, but she does continuously show improvement.

Michelle McCool won the divas championship for a reason. I can see why WWE put the Divas championship on Michelle McCool. She was the only diva on Smackdown that fans were interested in. She got legitimate cheers from the fans and was the most popular diva on Smackdown at the time. Fans seemingly had no interest for divas like Natalya, Victoria, Maria, or anyone else. Michelle McCool was probably the only diva that could give the Divas championship a proper start. However, I thought Victoria would have been an excellent choice if WWE booked her correctly. She could have been really over with the fans if WWE made some decent booking decisions with Victoria. Victoria already has experience in being a Women's championship and she has the necessary experience to become a decent champion.

After losing the Divas championship against Maryse after their feud, McCool had a completely different personality. She grew more vicious, more calculating, and determined to win back her Divas championship. Fans were intrigued in Michelle McCool's new personality for a couple weeks, but that interest rapidly evaporated. Smackdown's Divas division was solely focused on Michelle McCool and revolved around her. It did have some benefits for Michelle McCool because she's the only legitimate heel in the WWE heel now because there are no heels like Michelle McCool. Beth Phoenix seems like a tweener, Mickie James, Melina, Gail Kim, and others are faces. There are hardly any heel divas at the level of Michelle McCool because of how she's booked. Fans started not to care about her anymore and if you noticed, the reactions she receives are little to none.

She became Women's champion because she was a solid title holder. WWE has a tendency to make most of their champions heels and I'm guessing that Melina chasing the championship against Michelle McCool was something that WWE wanted. The only problem was that besides Melina and Michelle McCool, there wasn't any diva that can be considered as a champion. Winning both championships isn't something she solely accomplished. Mickie James and Melina are at the same position as Michelle McCool. Michelle McCool was the only Smackdown diva that people actually cared about. WWE doesn't care about wrestling ability, they care about their connection and marketability with the fans.

Michelle McCool is talented. She's far from being one of WWE's top wrestlers, but she is consistent. Has there been another diva more consistent in their performances? Mickie James has had her fair share of bad matches in recent months, Melina hasn't been as consistent, etc. When Michelle McCool is in a match, you can usually expect it to be decent. She doesn't botch horribly in the ring and she knows how to execute wrestling maneuvers. She's athletic, powerful, and agile in the ring. She has made some interesting counters and her mat wrestling skills have improved drastically. She was just another eye candy, but look where she is now. In the divas division of the WWE, its rare to see almost any diva make a drastic improvement. Michelle McCool seems to have worked hard to improve her ability.

Michelle McCool using The Undertaker's backstage power to get ahead? I already explained why she won these championships in the first place. She won because she was the only one eligible. The others didn't have nearly the popularity, exposure, or credibility. Even if the backstage power rumor is true, is Michelle McCool the only person known for backstage power? Countless stars use backstage power. Hulk Hogan overused backstage power, Shawn Michaels used backstage power to become champion, Triple H used backstage power, etc. Michelle McCool simply gains more criticism because she's easier to target with her relationship with The Undertaker. She's also a diva that many fans don't like.

Copying a move is something every wrestler does. Although she has copied the finishers from wrestlers with far more skill and ability, but moves aren't copyrighted. I don't mind McCool using Styles Clash as long as she doesn't botch the maneuver. It's extremely dangerous and even AJ Styles has botched Styles Clash before. So many wrestlers use each others movesets, but the others aren't mentioned. CM Punk copied GTS from KENTA, Shooting Star Press is from Jushin Liger, everyone uses the Chokeslam, spear, Sharpshooter, Figure Four Leglock, etc. These wrestlers don't get criticism from use of another wrestlers moveset. McCool isn't the first and she certainly won't be the last.

Michelle McCool's rapid improvement didn't come because she dated The Undertaker. She worked her way to the top and tries hard to develop her character.

you make very good points, but let me break it down a little more....

1. it's good that she made history winning the Divas & Womens titles first, but look at some of the other deserving divas that she passed up to do so. the Divas title was created in my opinion because WWE hasn't had this many divas at 1 time and they are constantly gettin more. it would be good to see all the divas fight over 1 title, but instead, they created another title for the other brand.

2. the Undertaker/Michelle relationship took me by surprise cause I thought he & Sara were still together. I don't doubt that Michelle has put some work in for herself, but let's not forget Undertaker still holds that backstage 'political stroke'. now he may not use it for his own advancement cause he really don't need to, but let's not forget that little thing called nepotism. I believe she shot to the top so fast ultimately because of his influence

3. She can wrestle and she has come quite a long way since she competed in the diva search, but I believe in falling in with the ranks unless you plan to surpass the rest and stay ahead or the rest. like I said before, she was put in line ahead of some other more deserving divas (in my opinion) when it came to making history and winning both titles. I say that cause you have other divas like Mickie James, Gail Kim & Victoria (pre-retirement) that are pretty much at the top of their game and don't really need much improvement, whereas Michelle could stand to learn a few things from them

Wow its strange, someone is asking for my honest opinion on something but i don't really have anything to rant and rage about... i don't like this feeling at all if i'm honest. Michelle McCool doesn't really strike me as a bad wrestler, i don't care who she's sleeping with if she was truly awful they wouldn't give her that high of a profile because even The Undertaker wouldn't want them to push her if she wasn't right for it... i do believe he still wants to do whats best for the company and even thinking with his penis wouldn't change that.

On the making history thing, Candice Michelle held the title and Trish Stratus is known as the best thing since slided bread in the Diva's but its not okay for one "not worthy" to make history with a title that will be unified with the womens title and forgotten all about at some point in the future anyways... does it really matter? No, do people still talk about the European title now its retired? Not really and that will be the case for the diva's title. Its just something they want to complain about even though at the end of the day they don't care. things in the WWE aren't done on who deserves it most of the time anyways so this is a non issue for me. Since i've already said all i can about her and Undertaker i'll skip that.

Her wrestling is so heavily bashed its hard to understand, the same people praise the crap out of anything Melina does but watch any McCool match and count this mistakes then do the same for Melina and i can bet you Melina would have a much higher number because she's sloppy and uncoordinated but no one EVER speaks ill of her. I think McCool is another case of just not being entertaining but "fans" feeling the need to break down why they don't like her. Its a shame we can't just dislike someone without bashing them for everything but i don't see a problem with McCool or anything she does, i've seen much worse in the diva's division.

Let me tell everyone straight without causing no problems, Michelle works her *** off and they forget it`s all scripted, it`s fake.

It`s what ever Vince and Stephanie Mcmahon does, there the ones who create her to act that way,seen as some jerk or ***** but, that`s the job of a heel!

Michelle in real life, is a nice and sweet person, why do you think I`m dating her, and I agree with your statement

" Don't really understand that also. Kelly Kelly had a relationship with Batista and Maria had one with CM Punk. If that's really the case both of them should be Champs right? No, I tell you why. Because they haven't progressed and improved as much as Michelle did. To me Michelle earned everything she got. She worked hard, improved and moved up the rank like everyone else, Regard-less of her relationship. As for as I am concerned Maria and Kelly Kelly are right were they need to be, Jobbing to the ones more talented than them."

that`s true, Me and Mccool are professional, why do you think we stay far apart in our matches and in the ring, we know it`s our job and not some hang out!

Me and Michelle was a private matter, Michelle works for herself in the WWE, we decided that together, that we would stay separated while doing our matches in till, were done or the whole things over.

Good topic.

I'll respond to each point by number.

1. I absolutely agree that the women's belts in WWE are meaningless. Michelle being the champion doesn't bother me much because of this.

2. The difference between these relationships is that neither Batista nor Punk have as much backstage power as Undertaker does. Neither of those guys are in the position to where they can convince management to put the strap on someone. Undertaker is well respected. WWE wants to keep him happy. If that means putting the belt on his girlfriend, then so be it.

3. I agree that she has improved. However, she went from being awful to being decent. She's still not on the same level as proven in-ring performers like Gail, Mickie, Victoria, ODB, Kong, etc.

I do agree with you that some people just hate because it's the popular thing to do. However, some people do have legitimate reasons not to like her. She doesn't exactly come off as being someone that is extremely likable.

Once again, though, great topic.

ok im gonna admit i like watching her matches and she has excellent chemistry with melina in the ring. i just thought michelle mccool was overrated and i still do a little. michelle mccool isnt the best wrestler and we have all these veterans on the roster that the wwe rather not push then divas with no wrestling skills, which is the way michelle mccool started out. michelle mccool has improved a lot. she is the most improved diva ever she gets it done in the ring way better then trish stratus and i put michelle mccool in a higher ranking then trish stratus also.

in my opinion michelle mccool so didnt deserve to be divas champion it was complete B.S. in her rookie year she beats natalya nediahart a full accomplished veteran? and with a submission hold? that was just another one of the wwe's "SCREW JOBS" in my opinion i didnt like it one bit. as divas champion michelle mccool was pretty good and she just got better and better in the ring. when she became a heel she was better then ever. again michelle mccool wasnt and today isnt the best wrestler far from it but she is really paying her dues and is becoming one of the talented divas.

as womens champion michelle mccool is doing pretty good i just dont like the fact that the wwe is putting her over as the top heel when she isnt. the thing i dont really agree with is that she is getting pushes based on the undertaker. the proof is in the pudding, michelle mccool is developing her craft and she is making a name for herself. the wwe sees that talent in her so i guess thats why they are pushing her, not because she is dating the undertaker.

Michelle gets alot of heat because of he relationship with The Undertaker. If she had not been with Taker she would not have been the first ever Divas Champ nor would she be where she is today. In my opinion I think she's overrated and that there's nothing special about her.

I agree with everything you said.