WWE Star Natalya Reveals Whether She’d Rather Debut Now Than During Divas Era

WWE star Natalya has commented on whether she’d have preferred to be making her debut right now insetad of during the Divas era.

Natalya made her official WWE main roster debut in 2008 at a time that the company saw women’s wrestling as little more than a bit of fun on the side rather than a main part of the show.

Nowadays, that’s different, and Natalya has considered whether she’d have rather debuted now than when she did.

Speaking with the New York Post, she said:

“I think that, truthfully, it would be easier for me to start where the company is right now. Because Triple H really respects wrestling. He loves great wrestling, whether you’re a guy or a girl, I feel like he really respects wrestlers, and respects good wrestling, respects the work.

“I think that of course he understands the entertainment value of everything, but I think it would have been easier for me now to debut in this era. For sure. But that’s the thing, that wasn’t my journey.

“It was tricky debuting in the Divas era, but debuting in 2008 taught me so much about grit. I turned every ‘no’ into ‘yes.’

“I was rejected by WWE for like five years. I kept sending in tapes, I kept trying… I would have loved to have had Bret Hart make a call for me, I would have given anything to be like, ‘Bret, just call someone.’ Wasn’t on good terms with them at the time. My dad wasn’t on bad terms but he didn’t have that relationship with anybody in the company, we didn’t have any family that was working there that could just make a call.

“My life would have been so much easier if family members could have made that call.”

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Natalya also recently opened up about how she fell in love with fellow WWE star TJ Wilson – read more at this link.