Kelly Kelly became one of the most popular female WWE performers and still gets loud ovations today for her occasional return appearances. The women’s division saw Kelly thriving as a face character during a time when stronger matches weren’t encouraged. Kelly was never the best in-ring worker, but her character work helped her find success.

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Quite a few noteworthy moments took place in Kelly’s career that become overlooked throughout the years. WWE was the only promotion to sign Kelly making her entire career part of their library. Each moment in question doesn’t get as much talk when looking back at her work. The following things about Kelly Kelly will provide a deeper look back at her career.

10 Youngest Female Wrestler To Get Called Up To Main Roster

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WWE made Kelly Kelly one of the youngest contracted talents in company history when signing her at the age of 19 and called her up with no real experience. The look of Kelly won over WWE enough to place her on television younger than most.

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Only a handful of male wrestlers and no female wrestlers debuted at that young of an age at the time. Kelly touring the world with WWE at 19 years old was likely a wild experience for someone’s life to change that much before turning 20.

9 Flirting With CM Punk

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The first WWE storyline for Kelly Kelly came on the ECW brand right when the show started and needed new fresh faces. Mike Knox was also called up from developmental to play the jealous boyfriend of Kelly Kelly interrupting her dance segments.

CM Punk was another new character to find his introduction to WWE through the ECW brand. Kelly flirting with Punk backstage and Punk standing up to Knox advanced their storyline. WWE teased a relationship between Kelly and Punk, but they went their separate ways after Punk defeated Knox enough times.

8 Romance Angle With Balls Mahoney

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Another unique romantic storyline featured ECW original Balls Mahoney working closely with Kelly Kelly. WWE wanted to place Kelly in an odd couple romance story shortly after the relationship with Mike Knox ended.

The Miz ended up having a role in the contracts of Kelly, Layla El and Brooke Adams as the Extreme Expose. WWE having Miz show his evil heel side by trying to keep Kelly and Balls apart gave him heat to gain momentum as part of their angle.

7 The Sandman Accidentally Hit Her With Kendo Stick

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Mike Knox and Test developed a short-term tag team in the early months of WWE launching the ECW brand. Kelly Kelly became their manager by association with the romantic angle as Knox’s love interest. Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman developed a feud standing up for ECW against Knox and Test.

The heels showed their cowardly side when using Kelly as a shield when Sandman was about to hit them with his signature kendo stick weapon. Kelly sold it as she was destroyed to get heat on Knox and Test, while sympathizing with her and Sandman.

6 Won Fan Vote To Get Title Shot For Sole Divas Championship Win

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Kelly Kelly had one title win throughout her full-time WWE career when becoming the Divas Champion. There was actually a fun backstory to this as Kelly wasn’t even 100% confirmed to have a title shot heading into that episode of Raw.

WWE had a fan vote running for the winner to get a title shot against Brie Bella. Kelly won the poll and defeated Brie later that night to win the Divas Championship. Fate could have seen another talent winning the poll and getting that title reign, but the fans made their voices heard.

5 First Woman To Win 24/7 Championship

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Another unique title win to come Kelly Kelly’s way after retirement was the 24/7 Championship. WWE loves to find ways to get unexpected names into the comedic title picture. Kelly actually made history during a backstage segment at the Raw Reunion show.

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WWE picked Kelly to become the first woman to win the 24/7 Championship when pinning Gerald Brisco backstage. However, another woman would join the title’s history of champs minutes later when Candice Michelle pinned Kelly with Melina as the referee.

4 Vickie Guerrero Fired Her

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One of the most relevant storylines of Kelly Kelly’s career often gets overlooked. Kelly was fired by heel authority figure Vickie Guerrero during a bigger storyline with Dolph Ziggler and Edge. WWE wanted to double down on the heat for Vickie in this angle.

Guerrero fired Kelly Kelly after she teamed with Edge in a mixed tag match with his World Championship on the line. The audience reacted well to this unfair move that reminded everyone how hated Vickie was. However, it also shined a light on how much the audience enjoyed Kelly as a face to make this idea work.

3 Teamed With Edge To Stop Vickie Guerrero

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WWE running a mini storyline of Kelly Kelly being added to the Edge vs Vickie Guerrero and company feud actually paid off. Teddy Long rehired Kelly when he regained power to continue the story and help her get revenge.

The team of Edge and Kelly defeated Vickie and Drew McIntyre with a full circle ending to the feud. Guerrero was fired as part of the stipulation to end this chapter of her time as the Smackdown authority figure.

2 Slammy Award Winner

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WWE bringing back the Slammy Awards added a fun dynamic to the product for a few years. Kelly Kelly found her way to one single Slammy Award back in 2011. The Divalicious moment of the year featured the top women’s division memories in contention.

Kelly winning the Divas Championship by defeating Brie Bella won the fan vote to give her the Slammy Award. The funny background of that moment coming from a fan poll and Kelly’s award win for that also coming from a poll showed how much the fans loved her.

1 Mentoring Naomi During NXT Season 3

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The older concept of NXT featured the newcomers competing for a contract having main roster talents as their pros. Kelly Kelly was among the younger names on the pro side of any season, but she was picked for the all-women cast of season three.

Naomi was the rookie paired with Kelly as two face acts working together. WWE saw Naomi becoming one of the few breakout stars on the third season with AJ Lee and Kaitlyn. Kelly has spoken positively about Naomi and vice versa, especially given how successful Naomi turned out to be.