WWE has been teasing with a promo package of Lana since the very first week of Superstar Shakeup after she got drafted to Smackdown along with her husband Rusev. All those teasers became pretty successful as well as they got criticised by the fans too.
Lana has never been portrayed as a wrestler. She is famously known among the fans as the valet of ‘The Bulgarian Brute’ Rusev. However, from her Total Divas appearances, it seemed she was trained as a professional wrestler too.
Last year, on an episode of Total Divas, Lana claimed that Dana Brooke stole her finishing the move. The No Hands Cartwheel Splash used by Dana Brooke in a match against Natalya actually belonged to Lana. Check out the video footage yourself;
Recently, the news broke that Lana will be seen wrestling from now on. Fans criticised this decision of having Lana as a wrestler. Fans also criticised her new dancing gimmick for being too sexualized. Lana responded to her critics on twitter via several tweets;
U pathetic villager. Unfortunately the women of @WWE have forgotten what it means to be a feminine woman. It’s my body &I can do what I want https://t.co/o7tKXteCyk
— CJ (Lana) Perry (@LanaWWE) April 26, 2017
People forget that feminism is our personal right as women to do whatever we please with our bodies. Plus I will #LanaKick heads off https://t.co/89ICskNW6o
— CJ (Lana) Perry (@LanaWWE) April 26, 2017
Don’t you worry. My black belt in Judo, jiu jitsu & Muay Thai will make sure that I CRUSH every female superstar on the roster. #LanaCrush https://t.co/fZn6ke0f4m
— CJ (Lana) Perry (@LanaWWE) April 26, 2017
You pathetic fool. I am the revolution. I started the revolution when I stood up & spoke out to all the top male superstars in @WWE history https://t.co/tVPutl5puc
— CJ (Lana) Perry (@LanaWWE) April 26, 2017
Natalya also claimed once on Total Divas that ‘she (Lana) works really hard.’ Hopefully, Lana will be able to shut her critics up. Even though her tweets looked more like based on kayfabe but she made a little mistake when she said that she has a black belt on Muay Thai. There is no black belt in Muay Thai. Maybe it is also just a part of kayfabe.