Women’s Tag Team Champions, Natalya and Tamina Snuka had a match against Eva Marie and Doudrop on the bygone edition of Raw. In the process, Nattie has picked up a serious injury. As a result, she wasn’t involved in the finish of the match which saw Tamina delivering a Superkick on Eva to secure the pinfall win.
There was a spot during the match where Natalya and Doudrop were tangling on the mat for pin attempts. Doudrop’s body weight accidentally fell on the left leg of her opponent causing the injury. One-half of the tag champs was then helped out of the ring as she headed toward backstage. She was seemingly having issues with her knee. But it appears that she has rather hurt her ankle.
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According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, Natalya was said to have suffered an ankle injury. The severity of the injury is unknown at this point but she could be of action after it was revealed that she requires surgery to fix the problems. Further diagnosis will be done to her leg after which the rehab procedure will be diagnosed. For the time being, she will be sidelined from action.
“It was not evident watching the match, but what happened was essentially Doudrop, Piper Niven, when she did the takedown, (Natalya) kind of rolled, and the ankle was twisted in a really ugly way. We don’t know right now how serious it is, but it’s probably serious. I don’t know that she’s had x-rays or anything, but it’s not the knee, it’s the right ankle. And I saw the clip, and she just rolled it when she did that cradle spot. That’s what happened,” the source mentioned.
Thank you to everyone for the kind words about what happened on #WWERaw.
There are the beatings you can plan for, and the ones you can’t. That’s the job. But I’m willing to give whatever bones, muscles and tendons I have to continue doing what I love. Good thing I’m UNBREAKABLE. pic.twitter.com/2K18Lj6IgE— Nattie (@NatbyNature) July 28, 2021
Today my surgeon told me that I’m an anomaly. It’s been an intense week to say the least. All I asked was to be put back in the fight and FAST. Surgery will fix me, defending our championships will drive me. #UNBREAKABLE pic.twitter.com/KUfeVnPBoH
— Nattie (@NatbyNature) July 30, 2021
Natalya thanked WWE Universe for their concern
Natalya, then herself took to Twitter and thanked her fans for reaching her out after the injury scare on Monday’s RAW,
“Thank you to everyone for the kind words about what happened on #WWERaw. There are the beatings you can plan for, and the ones you can’t. That’s the job. But I’m willing to give whatever bones, muscles and tendons I have to continue doing what I love. Good thing I’m UNBREAKABLE.”
The tweet also includes a photo of Natalya’s leg bending under Doudrop’s body as she rolled over with her on the mat. That was the exact moment when she bent her ankle in a nasty manner to pick up the injury. We have to wait further to learn how serious the injury is. In case it’s fatal then the reigning tag champions may just have to surrender their tag champs.
