Layla Talks Aging As A WWE Star, Being Turned Down For “Total Divas” Photo Credit: WWE Layla El is one of the few pro wrestlers who say they are retired and means it. The trailblazing former women’s champion believes she should have maybe stepped away sooner than 2015. The superstar is her own worst critic. “I think what it was when I look back now, I see myself. The last few years I was there. I just felt I looked old compared to the other girls,” El said. “I was 10, 12 years older than most of the locker room then.” Even today El can believe men are treated differently than their female counterparts in many ways. There are still double standards when it comes to veterans.