During the Superstar Shakeup process, one solo female superstar got traded to the WWE Raw women’s division from Smackdown Live.
Natalya was the one who got shifted to the flagship show, all of a sudden after not having a good run on the SmackDown roster. Despite this, WWE officials gave her a title run, last year.
Coming onto WWE Raw, Natalya might have been given a huge task. On the very first night, she was inserted in a storyline alongside Ronda Rousey. Quite surprisingly, Natalya was seen on the same page with Ronda Rousey despite being a heel. It is likely to continue over the course of next few months.
She was eager to feature into in-ring competitions on her returning night on WWE Raw. So, a match was organized against Mandy Rose. After picking up the victory, Mandy and Sonya started attacking her. The former UFC superstar ran down to make the save.
It was probably an indication to start of an alliance on the flagship show. There’s a strong reason why Natalya was sent to a different brand. Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter predicted why this has happened. The primary reason behind this is that both of these are good friends. These were the updates from the source,
“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.”
Ronda Rousey quite often trains with Natalya. Soon, that will happen even frequently to elevate the mainstream name to the championship level. Meanwhile, these two can help each other in a storyline perspective, too.
Natalya is a strong heel in the business who transformed into a babyface, suddenly. Then she was aligned with Ronda Rousey which means at one point, a heel-turn is evident. Nattie would turn on her partner to start a feud to put Rousey over, most probably, before the Summerslam season.
Also, Meltzer stated this pair would help to protect Ronda Rousey for the rest of the year,
“Protecting Ronda Rousey is one of the main things that they’re gonna be doing over the next year.”
It is certain that Nattie will use her veteran skills to do this as she did it, perfectly, for the most part of her career.
