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Natalya
Jun 7, 2022 11:41:13 GMT -5
Post by john84 on Jun 7, 2022 11:41:13 GMT -5
Yeah, she was feuding with the Riott Sqaud at the time so they had that tables match. Completely forgot that until now. Just...so weird. I really wish they had committed to Ruby. Now I'm sad and angry Ruby is one of the missed opportunities.
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Post by BRV on Jun 7, 2022 12:02:49 GMT -5
I remember during the 2021 Royal Rumble when she wore gold and black instead of pink and black and people reacted like it was Hulk Hogan dropping the Big Leg on Randy Savage at Bash at the Beach 1996.
That's how stale she's been for a decade.
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Post by Nosnorb on Jun 7, 2022 12:25:52 GMT -5
Natalya is a very good worker, but just doesn't have "it" and she's been the stalest wrestler on the roster alongside Dolph Ziggler for YEARS.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jun 7, 2022 12:44:57 GMT -5
I remember during the 2021 Royal Rumble when she wore gold and black instead of pink and black and people reacted like it was Hulk Hogan dropping the Big Leg on Randy Savage at Bash at the Beach 1996. That's how stale she's been for a decade. She's been some variation of respected and beloved vet (face) or inflated ego/entitled vet (heel) for said decade and I'm not sure she's capable of more at this point. Her ring work has always teetered between solid and very good, but beyond that, I just don't find myself caring much about what she's doing
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Post by defectiveepitaph on Jun 7, 2022 12:57:17 GMT -5
They've never really tapped into it on WWE programming (with the exception of her brief 'Coach Nattie' run in 2016 where she annoyed SD's faces and heels alike by unintentionally quoting old pop songs), but Natalya's social media has a fun and offbeat humour to it, including a series of self-feuds with her assistants:
Twitter Nattie is hilarious and I wish they would push this version of her.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jun 7, 2022 13:00:44 GMT -5
They've never really tapped into it on WWE programming (with the exception of her brief 'Coach Nattie' run in 2016 where she annoyed SD's faces and heels alike by unintentionally quoting old pop songs), but Natalya's social media has a fun and offbeat humour to it, including a series of self-feuds with her assistants:
REALLY NATTY? CHUMBAWUMBA?
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Post by Hypnosis on Jun 7, 2022 21:22:40 GMT -5
They've never really tapped into it on WWE programming (with the exception of her brief 'Coach Nattie' run in 2016 where she annoyed SD's faces and heels alike by unintentionally quoting old pop songs), but Natalya's social media has a fun and offbeat humour to it, including a series of self-feuds with her assistants:
REALLY NATTY? CHUMBAWUMBA? ![](https://i.imgur.com/gWOrm6t.gif)
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Post by Ryushinku on Jun 8, 2022 7:48:20 GMT -5
She's one of the most reliable and solid hands they've ever had in the women's division. That she's been able to do that for so long (14 years in WWE alone), keep herself in top shape and work with a variety of styles and workers is major credit to her.
It also makes her hugely valuable for the less experienced and newer woman on the roster, as she knows the fundamentals of everything needed to be a pro wrestler in WWE. Every pro wrestling fed with a working woman's division needs someone like Natalya.
It's just that, she's kind of the same song every time. There have been attempts to change it up a little, but never radical, it's pretty much still the same song. And with such a long career, yeah, that's gonna get stale.
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Jun 8, 2022 7:50:59 GMT -5
I think she's one of the best wrestlers on the roster and top 5 in terms of beauty.
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Natalya
Jun 8, 2022 15:01:29 GMT -5
Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jun 8, 2022 15:01:29 GMT -5
On one hand she seems to be a nice person and her reliability, durability, and longevity are all definitely traits that should be admired. But man is she so boring and uninteresting. The fact that they gave her these random pushes seemingly every year doesn't help her from a popularity stand point. Like if they just strictly used her as a veteran hand who is exclusively used to put younger girls over then I don't think people who would have as much of a problem. However we'll get cases like this where she's still getting World Title feuds and that really shouldn't be the case.
It feels like the Pro Wrestling business is the only profession where longevity is bad in that instead of being respected instead most people are just like "oh man please just f**k off already". I guess it doesn't help that you have people like Nattie, Ziggler, and Miz who despite being on TV for a decade and half with almost no breaks on top of it due to them rarely getting injured; who don't really change or evolve at all as characters. I don't know if that's more on them or creative but if you are going to keep someone on the payroll that long as a regularly featured character on your roster I think it's really important to change them up more frequently.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jun 8, 2022 15:05:03 GMT -5
Great worker, good hand all around, can talk a little. Not the woman you’d build the entire company or division around.
She’s the definition of aight.
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jun 8, 2022 15:07:41 GMT -5
Great worker, good hand all around, can talk a little. Not the woman you’d build the entire company or division around. She’s the definition of aight. Right. And that's not even an insult. You *need* a hand like her in the ring in your division.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 8, 2022 15:12:44 GMT -5
Thinking about it, she's sort of another casualty of Tyson Kidd/TJ Wilson's career-ending injury, because I do think they were finding a really good dynamic together, Kidd, Nattie, and Cesaro. After that, she had the Nikki feud and has had a couple of decent tag stints, but that felt like her last chance to do something different.
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Natalya
Jun 8, 2022 15:28:03 GMT -5
Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jun 8, 2022 15:28:03 GMT -5
Thinking about it, she's sort of another casualty of Tyson Kidd/TJ Wilson's career-ending injury, because I do think they were finding a really good dynamic together, Kidd, Nattie, and Cesaro. After that, she had the Nikki feud and has had a couple of decent tag stints, but that felt like her last chance to do something different. Honestly from a career standpoint it probably benefitted Natalya. I liked the Tyson/Natalya dynamic but from an in ring perspective what was it really going to lead to for her? If anything she was reverting back to 2009-10 Natalya when she was with the Hart Dynasty where she was pretty much just a valet for the two guys and didn't do much other then the odd match here and there and was pretty much just an afterthought. After Tyson's injury they started focusing more on her being a contender in the women's division again and she's had a pretty good run since as she got another title reign and has continuously has always had something to do.
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Natalya
Jun 9, 2022 9:48:23 GMT -5
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Post by lildude8218 on Jun 9, 2022 9:48:23 GMT -5
When Natalya shows up children say, "I thought it was gonna be He-Man!"
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Post by y4j1981 on Jun 18, 2022 20:43:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2022 20:45:55 GMT -5
Damn, imagine getting owned by Nattie.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Jun 18, 2022 22:03:36 GMT -5
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Post by john84 on Jun 18, 2022 22:03:48 GMT -5
Damn, imagine getting owned by Nattie. I think this gif is rather appropriate right now... ![](https://media.giphy.com/media/WsG9rqt4UMwFReb82u/giphy.gif) Seriously though, I kinda wish Nattie was this entertaining in her promos.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jun 18, 2022 22:18:32 GMT -5
Ronda is so bad at trash talk.
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