Natalya has posted her latest blog onto the Calgary Sun & she is discussing how ready she is to beat Naomi and hold WWE gold for the first time since 2011.
Here’s what Nattie had to say:
“I have been receiving so many congratulatory tweets about my coming match at SummerSlam, I thought I would write about that this week. For those who don’t know, I am facing Smackdown Women’s Champion Naomi for the title in Brooklyn, one of the biggest World Wrestling Entertainment events of the year.
How am I feeling about having a match at SummerSlam?!
Well, it’s only the biggest event of the summer. No pressure! With less than four weeks to go, I am beyond excited. Over the moon, even. I am about to have one of the most special matches of my career at one of WWE’s signature events.
The inaugural SummerSlam took place at Madison Square Garden, a wrestling shrine, in 1988. In the 29 years since, it has delivered some of the greatest and most legendary moments in WWE history. And now we are headed back to New York City, the Barclays Center, to be specific.
In the words of The Rock, that’s “electrifying!” And in the words of my opponent Naomi … “it’s about to get LIT in here!”
This championship match against Naomi could be one of the biggest moments of my career, if I win.
I have never held the WWE women’s title, but every day I envision myself with it.
To win the WWE Women’s Championship would represent everything I’ve ever fought for. I can imagine holding the title up high and knowing that everything I have been working for over the last decade has been so worth it.
The prospect of being the women’s champ is a reminder of why it has been so important to follow my dreams as hard as I have and to never give up (now I’m quoting John Cena).
Here’s how it’s all unfolded: At the most recent WWE pay-per-view, Battleground, I won a fatal five-way elimination match for the chance to face The Glow Queen: Naomi, in Brooklyn.
I had to beat Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Tamina and Lana to move on to face Naomi.
Naomi is one of the toughest girls I’ve ever faced in the ring. Not only is she fierce, but she’s agile and she’s one of the most athletic superstars in all of WWE. There’s nothing that Naomi can’t do … which means I have to step up my game more than I ever have if I am to beat her.
Naomi’s motto is “feel the GLOW” but little does she know, you never underestimate a submission technician like myself: the Queen of Harts. I’m about to steal your GLOW, girl!
On top of potentially locking Naomi into the Sharpshooter, SummerSlam holds special meaning to me.
I love going back and looking at those who have helped pave the way before me and those who had groundbreaking career moments at SummerSlam like my uncles Bret (The Hitman) Hart and the British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith.
Who can forget their epic, and I mean epic, Intercontinental title match in 1992 at Wembley Stadium in front of more than 80,000 people, during which The Hitman and Bulldog painted a masterpiece on the canvas inside a WWE ring?
Many of my friends who are now Superstars in the WWE have said that it was that very match that made them want to be a performer in the WWE.
Many people who have watched that match, from my co-workers to fans across the globe, have said that match may be one of the greatest wrestling matches in WWE history.
To this day, that match at SummerSlam is one of the proudest moments of both of my uncles’ careers because they were able to tell an incredible story doing what they love: wrestling and entertaining people around the world. I am proud to share their same passion.
Following in my family’s footsteps at SummerSlam is a huge honour and one that I don’t take lightly. I know that pressure is how diamonds are made.
On Aug. 20, live on the WWE Network … I can’t wait to be the new Smackdown women’s champion.”
