WWE SmackDown star and a former WWE SmackDown Women’s champion Natalya who is also a former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion recently expressed her desire on how she wanted her legacy to be. She also explained how she was giving back to wrestling.
Natalya is one of the longest serving WWE stars who is working in WWE for over 15 years. She is the daughter of the professional wrestling legend “The Anvil” Jim Neidhart. Started her professional wrestling career back in 2000 and worth on the independent circuit for nearly seven years. She won a lot of Championship accomplishments while working on the independent circuit.
Natalya Discusses How She Wants Her Legacy To Be
In 2007, she got her biggest call as she got a professional contract from WWE. She has never been treated as a potential main event start in WWE but she won some championships in WWE such as the WWE Divas Championship, WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship and WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
She is still active in WWE and she is doing really good. But right now she is mostly working to promote upcoming new stars and she is doing a decent job to push younger talents. She is not a jobber but whatever she is doing in WWE is really praiseworthy. We hope to see her in WWE till her retirement.
Natalya who is also a former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion recently wrote on her Instagram Account where she expressed her desire on how she wanted her legacy to be. She also explained how she was giving back to wrestling. She said;
“This whole thing would collapse if you just go out there and think of yourself. It’s been my view my entire career to give back whenever I can. New talent, established talent, top of the card or not. I wanted to make sure the business that runs through my families veins, is there even stronger after I’m done with it. This past year has been incredible. I somehow ended up with three @guinnessworldrecords. (And it wasn’t for having the longest fingernails or eating the most hot dogs in 10 minutes ) It was for a massive body of work in @wwe— 15 years of uninterrupted work. A whole lot of insanity!
The hardest decision was to step away this November. Normally I’d work through anything. I always have. Injuries. Deaths. Tragedies. Emotional and physical pain. Taking a break for the first time gave me a chance to reflect on what this all means to me. My time away has helped me see my own piece of a massive jigsaw puzzle. And it’s helped me define what success in our business is and what success in my own personal life is. Attaining longevity while cultivating the future is like the ‘pat your head and rub your stomach’ trick. Not many can do it, but I’m very grateful to be someone who can.
I’m excited to wrestle in 2023 and for women’s wrestling! I always want to make that my top priority, to continue to contribute as much as I can to women in this sport— to give back to all the women who gave to me. Women who inspire me to earn my spot every time I walk through the “curtain.” You never know which little girl you’re going to inspire.”