Natalya recently appeared as one of the guests on WWE’s The Bump for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling, including her thoughts on one specific prospect.
During the appearance, Nattie spoke about Toni Storm and how she feels she has the potential to become the new Women’s Champion on the Friday Night SmackDown brand.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview where she touches on this topic with his thoughts.
On Toni Storm naming her as one of her dream matches and Storm’s potential in WWE: “Toni, to me, I think she’s such a special talent. She’s somebody that when I see her and when I look at her body of work, even going back to her work Japan before she was ever with WWE, she’s somebody that has passion. She loves this. She wants this on her tombstone and I know not everybody has that and maybe it’s a detriment sometimes, but I love when I meet people, especially women that I can compete against that have passion and work ethic and ideas and a vision. She’s also humble. She’s a nice person. She’s somebody that’s so sweet and likeable. Her etiquette is just — she’s just great to be around but also, for me, I’m already thinking in my head about the magic that we can make in the ring. So I hope Toni is ready for me to kick her a**.”
On why she thinks Storm could become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion: “I would say to Toni, ‘Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.’ As Charlotte’s touted, she’s the dirtiest player in the game, and Toni is really going to have to stay on her toes, but it is possible and it’s always impossible until it’s done and I think Toni Storm can become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion. I absolutely do.”
Check out the complete episode of WWE’s The Bump featuring the in-studio appearance by Natalya via the video embedded below courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes.)
