Maxxine Dupri has been trying to get the attention of Natalya over the past few weeks, and the WWE legend has finally responded to Dupri in a recent interview.
Speaking to Ariel Helwani on a recent appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, Natalya was asked about Dupri, and had nothing but praise for the up and coming star.
Natalya is being cautious about who she aligns with
“First of all, I have so much respect for Maxxine. She is very hard-working. On her days off, she’s training, she’s going to several different schools, she’s trying to learn, she’s going to the Performance Center,” said Natalya (via Fightful). “Of course, she didn’t have a wrestling background. She wasn’t on the independents. So she is trying to learn. She’s trying to grow. But for me, to be brutally honest, I do have to be careful about just aligning myself with anyone because think about how many tag team partners I’ve had in the past. That’s also because I’ve been in WWE for so long. Two decades. Of course I’m going to have a lot of tag team partners.
“But I really want to be careful as far as moving forward, what I do and who I’m aligned with, and that everybody has the same sort of vision that I do, which is greatness. I do not want to do anything that’s mediocre. I want to do things that are great. So that’s the thing, I’m ready to do great work. I think Maxxine is totally capable of doing great work, but it’s going to take time for me to really align myself with anyone because of having so many different tag team partners.”
Natalya recently revealed she has written a book, Last Hart Beating. The book will be released on October 28, 2025; it is available now for pre-order on Amazon. During her interview with Helwani, she also revealed how Booker T inspired the title of her book.
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