{"id":166010,"date":"2025-02-14T14:30:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=166010"},"modified":"2025-02-14T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:43:18","slug":"michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle McCool on the &#8220;Piggy James&#8221; storyline, having to redo a WWE match with Victoria because their punches looked better than the men&#8217;s punches, the wrestler who stood up for them, returning for the 2023 Royal Rumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2302085428\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><b>Insight With Chris Van Vliet with guest Michelle McCool<br \/>\nHost: Chris Van Vliet<br \/>\nPodcast available via <a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.chrisvanvliet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcasts.Apple.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4rl8yZ9IdAc?si=J2KFWiNYi4GP96MD\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>On being in the 2023 Women&#8217;s Royal Rumble:<\/b> &#8220;Yeah, that was fun. That was interesting. I&#8217;ve told the story before. They called me on very short notice. I think it was eight, nine days. Asked me if I wanted to do it and I was like, Oh shoot. I mean, yes I&#8217;ll work out. But I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard it a million times, ring shape is a whole different ball game. I was in for a few minutes. I think at one point I was kind of in a corner with either Piper or Naomi and I was like, give me a second y&#8217;all, I&#8217;m tired. But, yeah, that was super fun. I knew I was going to be there with the kids watching, my dad was there, and it was something different. They said I could wrestle in my sweatpants and Uggs, I should have been doing it my entire career. I was like I am in. Honestly, it was a thing where Mark [Undertaker] and I talked. Our daughter was kind of struggling, she&#8217;s a perfectionist, and if she can&#8217;t do something on the first try she gets so mad. So it was a kind of a lesson. I said, You know what? I&#8217;m just gonna let her know this is something that mommy is kind of a little bit terrified to do on such short notice. I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m ready to do it, but you know what, we can be scared and brave at the same time and go out and do it. So it was kind of a lesson I was trying to build in for her. Don&#8217;t really know that she got that, she just loves WWE period. Not even sure she was cheering for me. But that was part of the reasoning as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>On the &#8220;Piggy James&#8221; storyline:<\/b> &#8220;I give credit to this day, I said this to somebody the other day and I said it to her, but the whole Piggy James storyline, me at heart hated it, just because of what it was. You&#8217;re bullying somebody that they&#8217;re supposedly overweight and that has never been me. Every week I&#8217;d go up to her, \u2018Mickie, I&#8217;m so sorry. This is what they want us to say.&#8217; Complete professional. Not once did she try to change things, which often girls did. Not once. She&#8217;s like, \u2018No, it&#8217;s good. It&#8217;s cool.&#8217; She knew that took two to tango. She knew what her role was. She knew what our role was, and she really, I think, put us on the map with that storyline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>On the pitch for the storyline:<\/b> &#8220;I don&#8217;t remember the original pitch. A lot of times back then things started with personal digs at somebody, or maybe somebody got in trouble and they wanted to make fun. I don&#8217;t know what it was, but it just came out of the blue. Layla [El] and I were stupid. We acted dumb together, we said stupid things, we had a lot of fun. But when that storyline came about I was like oh, this is just mean. But it did get us over and I give all the credit in the world to Mickie for that. She easily could have said, \u2018Guys, this is too much, too far, I&#8217;m not doing it.&#8217; She was already over, but she didn&#8217;t [object]. She knew how the business worked, it got her more over, and she helped us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>On being in the first-ever women&#8217;s table match:<\/b> &#8220;I was proud of that Tables match. It was not only the first, it was fun. Earlier in the day we were walking up the ramp and I remember somebody saying, &#8216;The table is fine, it&#8217;s gonna break. There&#8217;s two of them, right? There&#8217;s Layla and Michelle.&#8217; Yeah, no problem. That sucker did not break. Table would not put us over, didn&#8217;t like us either. So we hit and I&#8217;m like, oh gosh. I look back up, Nattie, climbs back up and it couldn&#8217;t have turned off better with her going back up for the second time. But yeah, that was a big moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>On having to redo matches:<\/b> &#8220;There was one point where Victoria and I had a match. We came backstage, getting changed, and they came back and said, &#8216;Hey, y&#8217;all need to come back out and do your match again.&#8217; We&#8217;re like, &#8216;What do you mean come back out and do our match again?&#8217; They&#8217;re like, &#8216;Your punches and kicks look better than the guys.&#8217; We&#8217;re like, &#8216;Wait a minute. We have to go redo our match because our punches look too good? That doesn&#8217;t sound like an us problem.&#8217; Chris Jericho at the time, he stood up for us, and he said, &#8216;If the guy&#8217;s punches don&#8217;t look as good, that is not the girl&#8217;s fault. That&#8217;s not their fault.&#8217; Regardless, we had to go out there and re-do our match, and there was a period of about three or four weeks that girls couldn&#8217;t punch or kick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2020256974\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2,4],"tags":[202,3840,2437,282,187,101],"class_list":["post-166010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview_highlights","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-chris-jericho","tag-layla-el","tag-michelle-mccool","tag-mickie-james","tag-natalya","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michelle McCool on the &quot;Piggy James&quot; storyline, having to redo a WWE match with Victoria because their punches looked better than the men&#039;s punches, the wrestler who stood up for them, returning for the 2023 Royal Rumble - Pro Wrestling Dot Net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michelle McCool on the &quot;Piggy James&quot; storyline, having to redo a WWE match with Victoria because their punches looked better than the men&#039;s punches, the wrestler who stood up for them, returning for the 2023 Royal Rumble - Pro Wrestling Dot Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pro Wrestling Dot Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-14T20:30:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"495\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"495\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jason Powell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jason Powell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jason Powell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a\"},\"headline\":\"Michelle McCool on the &#8220;Piggy James&#8221; storyline, having to redo a WWE match with Victoria because their punches looked better than the men&#8217;s punches, the wrestler who stood up for them, returning for the 2023 Royal Rumble\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-14T20:30:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":937,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"chris jericho\",\"layla el\",\"michelle mccool\",\"mickie james\",\"natalya\",\"wwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Interview Highlights\",\"NEWS TICKER\",\"WWE News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/\",\"name\":\"Michelle McCool on the \\\"Piggy James\\\" storyline, having to redo a WWE match with Victoria because their punches looked better than the men's punches, the wrestler who stood up for them, returning for the 2023 Royal Rumble - Pro Wrestling Dot Net\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-14T20:30:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1\",\"width\":495,\"height\":495},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/14\\\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Michelle McCool on the &#8220;Piggy James&#8221; storyline, having to redo a WWE match with Victoria because their punches looked better than the men&#8217;s punches, the wrestler who stood up for them, returning for the 2023 Royal Rumble\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pro Wrestling Dot Net\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a\",\"name\":\"Jason Powell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jason Powell\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.prowrestling.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/author\\\/jasonpowell\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Michelle McCool on the \"Piggy James\" storyline, having to redo a WWE match with Victoria because their punches looked better than the men's punches, the wrestler who stood up for them, returning for the 2023 Royal Rumble - Pro Wrestling Dot Net","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Michelle McCool on the \"Piggy James\" storyline, having to redo a WWE match with Victoria because their punches looked better than the men's punches, the wrestler who stood up for them, returning for the 2023 Royal Rumble - Pro Wrestling Dot Net","og_description":"By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor...","og_url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/","og_site_name":"Pro Wrestling Dot Net","article_published_time":"2025-02-14T20:30:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":495,"height":495,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jason Powell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jason Powell","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/"},"author":{"name":"Jason Powell","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a"},"headline":"Michelle McCool on the &#8220;Piggy James&#8221; storyline, having to redo a WWE match with Victoria because their punches looked better than the men&#8217;s punches, the wrestler who stood up for them, returning for the 2023 Royal Rumble","datePublished":"2025-02-14T20:30:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/"},"wordCount":937,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1","keywords":["chris jericho","layla el","michelle mccool","mickie james","natalya","wwe"],"articleSection":["Interview Highlights","NEWS TICKER","WWE News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/","url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/","name":"Michelle McCool on the \"Piggy James\" storyline, having to redo a WWE match with Victoria because their punches looked better than the men's punches, the wrestler who stood up for them, returning for the 2023 Royal Rumble - Pro Wrestling Dot Net","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-02-14T20:30:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1","width":495,"height":495},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/14\/michelle-mccool-on-the-piggy-james-storyline-having-to-redo-a-wwe-match-with-victoria-because-their-punches-looked-better-than-the-mens-punches-the-wrestler-who-stood-up-for-them-returning-fo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Michelle McCool on the &#8220;Piggy James&#8221; storyline, having to redo a WWE match with Victoria because their punches looked better than the men&#8217;s punches, the wrestler who stood up for them, returning for the 2023 Royal Rumble"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/","name":"Pro Wrestling Dot Net","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a","name":"Jason Powell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jason Powell"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.prowrestling.net"],"url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/author\/jasonpowell\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?fit=495%2C495&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166011,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166010\/revisions\/166011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}