Chapter 68: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The night after RAW (March 6, 2006)...

Jay Leno: My next guest is currently the World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Champion, the November 2005 Playboy cover girl, and 2006 Babe of the Year. She's also got an album called "The Beauty of St. Louis" which is in stores right now. Please welcome, Nicole Mitchell.

Nicole comes out wearing a white collar midriff dress shirt, black tie, black pants, and her hair in a ponytail with a silver butterfly clip on the right side. She also has the customized Women's Championship belt over her left shoulder. Jay greeted her with a hug and a kiss. As they both sat down, the audience was still applauding.

Jay Leno: Alright. By the way, I like your navel piercing.

Nicole: Thank you.

Jay Leno: When did you get that?

Nicole: Last June in my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

Jay Leno: Was your boyfriend John Cena okay with this?

Nicole: Oh, he was fine with it. He loves it so much, the only time I take it off is when I shower or take a bath. I happen to love it too, you know.

Jay Leno: I see. And speaking of John Cena, we're gonna talk about him in a minute, but first off, how did you become interested in wrestling?

Nicole: I started dancing at the age of two and I continued doing that while doing gymnastics and cheerleading. After graduating from the University of Missouri at Columbia, I competed in fitness competitions during the summer and I was crowned Miss Fitness America 2002.

The audience applauded.

Jay Leno: Were you a fitness model as well?

Nicole: Yes, I was. I've done that for a year and a half before I started training to become a wrestler.

Jay Leno: That's great. Now, um, speaking of wrestling, you're currently dating the WWE Champion John Cena.

Nicole: Yes, I am.

Jay Leno: Now ever since you two got together, there's been a lot of buzz, positive buzz, and now you guys are referred to as the "it couple." I mean, does that freak you out?

Nicole: No, it doesn't and I'm glad that people like us as a couple. It just makes me and John feel good and...hey, it just feels good, you know.

Jay Leno: How long have you two been dating?

Nicole: 11 months. A year is April 3rd, the night after Wrestlemania.

The audience applauded.

Jay Leno: That's great. Now, before we talk about Wrestlemania, last month, you released an album called "The Beauty of St. Louis." Is that correct?

Nicole: Yes.

Jay Leno: And I wanna say congratulations because it debuted at number seventeen on the Billboard Charts.

The audience cheered and applauded.

Nicole: Thanks to everyone who bought it.

Jay Leno: And this was kind of a personal album for you.

Nicole: Yes, it was. When I first came into the WWE, I was in this group called Evolution and I was claiming to be the greatest diva and all that and I was also this evil person wearing skin-tight clothing. To be honest, that's not me and I was in Evolution for four months until I left to start over. So now, I'm clean.

Jay Leno: And also, this album has a song talking about your breakup with Randy Orton, right?

Nicole: Yes. The song is called "Sorry Excuse for A Man" and the song is talking about how Randy went from being nice to being stupid and how he almost ruined my life. And now he's a psychopath, just completely out of his mind.

Jay Leno: You probably was thinking, "Why the heck was I engaged to this guy?"

Nicole: Yeah.

The audience laughed.

Jay Leno: Well, now you got John Cena and the rest is history. Bada-boom.

Nicole: Bada-bing, bada-boom.

The audience laughed again.

Jay Leno: Yeah. Now we got a clip of your music video called "All I've Been Through," your first single, and it made its world premiere the day before Valentine's Day, right?"

Nicole: Right.

Jay Leno: Alright, well, let's see.

They showed the clip of the music video and the audience applauded.

Jay Leno: Alright, very good. Now, another diva who was on this show about a month ago, Candice Michelle, said that she was gonna try to go for the Women's Championship at Wrestlemania. Is that gonna happen?

Nicole: I don't think so because last night, there was a falling out between her and Torrie Wilson during the revealing of the April 2006 issue of Playboy magazine and she's claiming to be the hottest diva to pose for Playboy, which I think is ridiculous. So, no, there's not gonna be a Women's Championship match between at Wrestlemania between me and Candice Michelle.

Jay Leno: But will there be a Women's Championship match at all at Wrestlemania?

Nicole: If there's anybody who's got the guts to face me, so be it. I'll be waiting.

Jay Leno: Alright. Well, congratulations on all of your success.

Nicole: Thank you.

Jay Leno: And everyone, be sure to watch Saturday Night's Main Event, coming back right here on NBC, on March 18th at 8:00pm where Nicole Mitchell will be the special guest referee for the match between John Cena and Triple H versus Randy Orton, Kurt Angle, and Rey Mysterio.

Nicole: That's right.

Jay Leno: And be sure to watch Wrestlemania on April 2nd in Chicago, Illinois on pay-per-view. The WWE Women's Champion, Nicole Mitchell, everybody.

The audience applauded.