On this week’s Smackdown, Beth Phoenix took on independent wrestler She Nay Nay, and Michelle McCool, Mickie James, Layla and Natalya competed in a Divas Costume Contest.

On Friday’s edition of Smackdown we saw Beth Phoenix destroy the young Jenny Brooks (aka She Nay Nay). It is rare that WWE goes out of their way to bring in unknown female talent to work as Jobbers. We could all remember years back Victoria wrestled Mercedes Martinez, Melissa Anderson & Talia Madison. Although this match wasn’t as competitive as those encounters, Beth Phoenix seems to be on this new road to becoming the major player she truly is. Expect to see more of Beth Phoenix the coming weeks as she seems to be Michael Hayes new pet project. We could also see some new female faces have their 3 minutes of fame on a weekly basis. In the end Beth Phoenix showed her dominance and is on the road to becoming a major threat in the division once again.

This week also featured a Divas Costume Contest featuring Mickie James dressed as Elektra, Michelle McCool dressed as a “She-Devil”, while Natalya dressed up as a “Matador” and Layla dressed surprisingly as Michael Jackson. Although Layla got surprising support from the crowd in one of the most unique choice of costumes, Mickie James in the end, for the third year in a row, once again won the divas costume contest. But in Costume contest tradition, the divas brawled. It seem all eyes were on Mickie James and the three women were about to take her out, but a miscommunication between Natalya and Layla could have made this attack a major failure but Michelle outsmarted Mickie once again by taking her out. The segment wasn’t as good as it could have been, but it served its purpose.

On another note, Vickie Guererro, dressed as princes, came out with her latin boy toy Eric Escobar standing at ringside. Escobar could really benefit from the amount of heat Vickie draws.