Earlier this year, Cody recalled (via “Six Feet Under”) bringing the WWE Women’s Championship, then split in half to reflect Layla and Michelle McCool’s on-screen friendship, to television tapings. In the process, Cody noted that airport officials would often inspect and question his luggage that contained the title. After multiple instances, Cody then began to tell TSA agents that he collected belts, instead of explaining LayCool’s dynamic and his corresponding relationship to Layla.

According to Layla, Cody was “exaggerating” his account. He did, however, transport her half of the Women’s Title at least once.

“Sometimes I pack a lot more than usual. I do remember he just wanted to get through security quickly and stuff like that, so he grabbed the title and he goes, ‘Okay, let me put this in my bag. Let me put this in your bag,'” Layla said. “I was like, ‘Okay.’ Then I remember going through security and I’m like, ‘What are you doing?’ He’s like [shifting his eyes]. Then they’re all looking at him weird. Then when the guy pulls it up, it says half of the Women’s Championship. I remember he’s just standing there, and he goes ‘It belongs to her, my girlfriend,’ and then they kind of all laughed it off. He exaggerated. That happened one time.”

Regardless of the differences in their stories, Layla hailed Cody as an overall “gentleman” for his kindness, with him routinely carrying her baggage through airport security as they traveled to various cities for WWE-related appearances.

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