“The turning point for me was wrestling,” reveals Natalya explaining how wrestling saved her life
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Natalya is one of the most brilliant WWE talents, having dominated the industry for the past 15 years. While the voyage appeared to be enjoyable, it was not as simple as it seemed.
In 2008, She made her debut in professional wrestling. Since then, she has won a number of championships, including WWE Divas Champion, SmackDown Women’s Champion, and WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion. Natalya also competed in and won the inaugural WWE Women’s match in Saudi Arabia.
On the podcast “After the Bell with Corey Graves,” Natalya—a former WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion—spoke candidly about how wrestling changed her life and which NXT Women’s Stars’ physique she liked.
“The turning point for me was wrestling. It was when I decided I wanted to start wrestling that I realized that I couldn’t be that skinny. Like, I was wearing kids clothes. I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t bump … I remember everything really hurt because I had no meat on me. I was just like, emaciated. So, I realized, ‘I love this wrestling thing. I want to do this wrestling thing, I feel this, but I can’t do it if I’m anorexic. Like, I just can’t do it, my body can’t sustain it’. So it was like, wrestling was really what I feel like change my life, changed my career, and kind of saved me.”
Natalya reveals which NXT women’s body she adores
Natalya then talks about her favorite NXT women’s superstar. She acknowledges Nikkita Lyons and expresses her admiration for Lyons’ well-built physique.
“I actually told that to Nikkita [Lyons] when I was in NXT … I was like, ‘I love your body. Like, you have such a people body’. I was like, ‘People just love that’. I said, ‘You don’t realize how many men, especially, love women with curves. Don’t feel like you have to change. You look bad*ss”
On February 22nd, 2022, Nikkita Lyons made her WWE TV debut for the “NXT” brand. Lyon has remained unbeaten in NXT singles since she stepped into the ring, triumphing over NXT Women’s Champion Mandy Rose on the July 28th episode of NXT recently. This alone shows her superstar potential.
Natalya also discussed the eating disorders and body insecurity that women athletes often face; she also went mentioned stars like Alexa Bliss and Bianca have issues. On the bright side, thanks to wrestling, Natalya is more confident than ever about her physique.
Recently, Natalya has made headlines due to the no-selling home show against Liv Morgan. Morgan slammed her “ObLIVion” on Nattie, pinned her down, and defeated her. Nattie erupted in rage and began to argue with Morgan before leaving the ring.
There has been no official confirmation as to why Nattie did it, but Dave Meltzer feels it was due to the pressure of the situation. He also stated that Nattie’s rage had nothing to do with Liv Morgan and that it was done and over. While all this has taken place with, fans are eagerly waiting for an official statement from Natalya.
Nattie addressed the incident on Twitter shortly after the match. She explained in the Tweet that she was only thanking Morgan. Natalya quickly removed the tweet for unclear reasons.
Nattie and Liv Morgan will face off again in the Championship Contenders match on the upcoming episode of WWE SmackDown. She will have her shot at WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion if she manages to beat Morgan.
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Adarsh Singh
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