Natalya On Being Scared Of Injuring Nikki Bella, Who She Regrets Not Working With

WWE Superstar and Total Divas cast-member Natalya recently appeared as a guest on E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness for an interview. Below are some of the highlights.

On being proud that she was able to help Charlotte Flair improve in the ring: “I always wanted to be good for other people, so we could keep paying it forward. And the way TJ helped me, I’m proud to say, like, I helped Charlotte Flair that way, because when we had our match, we had a very famous match in NXT and we’ll talk about that another time, like, that match helped her so much to believe in herself. And she understood what it’s like, and now I’m going to put myself over, she understood what it was like to drive a nice car. She got a chance to work with somebody that was better and that way, she could learn and grow. That’s how I got better, by working with people who were better than me.”

On Charlotte being one of her favorite opponents and the two establishing an unspoken connection through the years: “One of my favorite, favorite, favorite opponents is Charlotte Flair. It’s just a magical chemistry that we have with each other. When I first met Charlotte Flair, one of the things I loved about her was how vulnerable she was. We had a very emotional conversation and she told me how she still didn’t believe in herself. I love working with Charlotte. I know I can go in the ring and get the job done. She can go in there. She hits hard. I hit hard. It’s very, very, very physical to a point where I feel like we’re almost in a relationship and I mean that in the best way, a.k.a., the German suplex. But I love working with Charlotte. We just have this unspoken [bond]. We don’t have to talk. It’s just this connection that we have.”

On loving working with Nikki Bella but being scared of injuring the future bride of John Cena: “Someone else that people would be surprised that I loved, loved, loved working with was Nikki Bella. She was determined to prove herself after her injury and you guys both know what it’s like to go through serious injuries, and especially anything to do with your spine. And Nikki had come back from this spinal fusion and it was really serious injury. I helped Nikki kind of with her in-ring return, but I was nervous because I was like, ‘TJ, I don’t want to be the one that hurts Nikki and have John Laurinaitis, Brie Bella, Daniel Bryan, and John Cena staring me down.’ Like with Nikki, you get the whole package. You get all of them.”

On regretting not having a solid work program with WWE Hall Of Famer Beth Phoenix before she retired: “One of my biggest regrets is that I didn’t have a feud with Beth. We walked into SmackDown one day and they were like, ‘oh, you and Beth are wrestling.’ I went for years, and years, and years not having a rivalry with Beth. We were either always both bad guys, or both good guys, or teammates. And so, that was a regret that I had.”

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Check out the full episode of E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness featuring the Natalya interview at Art19.com.