Layla & Kaitlyn Layla & Kaitlyn were a babyface tag team performing in World Wrestling Entertainment . The pair began teaming together in 2012 , back when Layla was the reigning WWE Divas Champion , and mainly feuded with Eve Torres , who took the title from Layla at Night of Champions , and Aksana , who attacked Kaitlyn at that same event . After Kaitlyn won the Divas Championship in January 2013 , dissension was teased between the pair due to Layla ' s jealousy , but their alliance continued until Layla turned heel in August . History . Feud with Eve Torres ( 2012 - 2013 ) . At the Money in the Bank PPV on July 15 , 2012 , WWE Divas Champion Layla and Kaitlyn teamed with Tamina Snuka in a victorious effort against Beth Phoenix , Eve Torres , and Natalya in a six - Diva tag team match . On the August 12 edition of " Raw " , Layla and Kaitlyn defeated Phoenix and Eve in tag team action . Two weeks later , Layla was on commentary as Kaitlyn won a # 1 Contender ' s battle royal by lastly eliminating Eve . For several weeks , Eve would cozy up to Layla and Kaitlyn ; even teaming with them in defeating Beth , Natalya , and Alicia Fox on the September 10 edition of " Raw " . At Night of Champions , Kaitlyn was attacked backstage by a mysterious woman and had to forfeit her title opportunity . Eve later replaced her and defeated Layla to win the Divas Championship . Eve defeated Kaitlyn and Layla on back - to - back weeks on the October 8 and 15 editions of " Raw " , respectively . It was eventually revealed that Aksana was the one who attacked Kaitlyn at Night of Champions , and on the October 26 edition of " SmackDown " , General Manager Booker T announced that Eve would defend the Divas Championship against both Layla and Kaitlyn at Hell in a Cell . Later in the evening , Layla and Kaitlyn were defeated by Eve and Aksana in a tag team match . At the PPV , Layla and Kaitlyn both lost to Eve . The next night on " Raw " , Layla and Kaitlyn defeated Eve and Aksana , with Kaitlyn getting the pin on Eve . Two weeks later , Kaitlyn defeated Layla to earn another Divas Championship opportunity at Survivor Series . Kaitlyn was defeated by Eve at the PPV . Kaitlyn would finally defeat Eve on the January 14 , 2013 edition of " Raw " to capture the Divas Championship . Dissension and Split ( 2013 ) . Following Kaitlyn ' s Divas Championship victory , Layla began turning villainous due to her jealousy of Kaitlyn ' s latest success . On the February 22 edition of " SmackDown " , Kaitlyn and Layla defeated Tamina and Aksana in tag team action . After the match , Layla took Kaitlyn ' s championship and stared at it before giving it back to Kaitlyn . Two weeks later , Kaitlyn lost a non - title match to Tamina after Layla caused a distraction . On the March 15 edition of " SmackDown " , Layla and Kaitlyn again defeated Aksana and Tamina when Layla pinned Aksana after Kaitlyn speared her . The angle was rumored to result in Kaitlyn competing against the evil Layla in a title match at WrestleMania 29 , but it was dropped after March 15 . However , in an interview on April 7 , Layla suggested a heel turn and said that she wants the Divas Championship back ; claiming that she hadn ' t gone anywhere being the nice girl . Despite this , on the April 26 edition of " Superstars " , Layla and Kaitlyn defeated Aksana and Tamina once again . At the Payback pay - per - view on June 16 , Layla appeared to console Kaitlyn after she lost the Divas Championship to AJ Lee . Layla would later spend several weeks in Kaitlyn ' s corner during her matches , including the Divas Championship rematch at Money in the Bank on July 14 , where Kaitlyn failed to regain the title against AJ . Layla turned heel on the August 2 edition of " SmackDown " , when she betrayed Kaitlyn during her Divas Championship match against AJ and cost her the title . After the match ended , Layla left the ring with AJ to cement her heel turn .