Layla confirmed Punk played a key role in naming the duo after she and McCool had gone too long without an official team name. She recalled someone, possibly Johnny, telling them they needed one, with Punk hanging out at the arena when the pair were scribbling ideas on a piece of paper in a corridor.

Yeah, he did. He wasn't even part of the conversation. That's what's so funny about it. Because Johnny or somebody, I can't remember was like, 'Guys, you need a name? You've been together too long now, it's getting ridiculous. You need a name.' Punk was hanging out at the arena, and he just was like, 'What are you guys doing?' We had a piece of paper, and we were trying to write something. We're like, we're trying to think of a name. And then we were Cool-Lay, it was so stupid. And then he's like, 'LayCool?' Then we're like, yeah, that's it. Punk just happened to be there. We were just in the corridor, I don't know, just happened.

Layla also revealed that Alicia Fox was originally planned to team with McCool instead of her.

Michelle McCool was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last year and made clear she wanted to go in as a team with Layla.