As seen on last night’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW, Natalya was drafted to the RAW Roster.
It appears as though upon her arrival to the RAW brand Natalya will be paired up into a program with Ronda Rousey. Natalya’s move to the RAW roster was discussed on today’s episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, and Dave Meltzer mentions that it appears as the two will be paired together with Natalya probably turning on Rousey somewhere along the way to set up a match between the two.
Meltzer points out that Rousey and Nattie are good friends, and that they really did train together a few years ago when Nattie, Nikki Bella, and Charlotte Flair all traveled to Southern California to train with Ronda and Shayna Baszler. He also noted that because the two have such a good friendship in place already that Natalya would be an excellent person for Ronda to work with for her first regular program, and that because of Nattie already has a good read on Rousey’s wrestling abilities in the ring.
Regarding Natalya’s move to the RAW roster and her pairing with Ronda Rousey, Meltzer stated:
“Natalya’s probably a really good first program to do it with because they’re comfortable with each other, they know how to work with each other. I mean they’ve worked enough with each other that Natalya has a better read on Ronda’s wrestling strengths and weaknesses than almost any other woman on the roster. And it was made pretty clear from the start with Natalya going over. So in that sense, It’s a positive [for Natalya] I mean protecting Ronda Rousey is one of the main things that they’re gonna be doing over the next year.”
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(H/T our friends at Ringside.com for the transcriptions.)
