Natalya loves to give back to the business and her friends who have given so much to her.
WWE Superstar Natalya was a recent guest on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet. While discussing her friendship with Nikki Bella, Natalya revealed that she helped train the former two-time WWE Divas Champion for her surprise Royal Rumble return earlier this year.
“Nikki actually has been coming and training with me privately,” Natalya revealed. “So she flies in every week, and she’s been coming and working with me. I will tell you that she hasn’t lost it; she has so much passion for this. It’s funny because I saw her last week. She came to Tampa, and I said to her, this is so funny because we started our careers together in the very same week, Nikki and I and Brie.
“So we started together in the same week in developmental in WWE, and I remember when all three of us had nothing. All three of us were hired at the very base amount of pay, and it was never, ever about the money. It was always about the work, the passion. So we were just laughing and sharing old stories.
The Bella Twins gave Natalya their clothes when she first started with WWE
“I didn’t have enough money to buy wrestling gear, so The Bella Twins were giving me their clothes. Because when you just get started, you’re just kind of literally just getting started. I went to Florida with this one suitcase because I was like, I gotta get down to Florida, I’ll just leave everything behind. I’ll get back to Calgary.
“I never went back to live [in Calgary] because my whole life with WWE has been kind of stateside as far as living, but I didn’t have money for a lot of the things that we need to look like superstars. So the Bella Twins, they were giving me their clothes. They were giving me stuff to look nice. I was taking certain things that they had, and I was cutting them up and gluing my own sequins on them, and trying to make it.
“I look back on that now I’m like Nattie you look like sh*t, pardon my language. But I was like, I wouldn’t have hired you looking like that, because you look horrible, but you do what you have to do. I just remember those early years with the twins. So, being able to help Nikki prepare for Royal Rumble, and of course, I would love to see Nikki back. I’m looking for a tag team partner, and of course, I’d love to have Nikki as my partner.
Training at the Dungeon
“But I just love her, and I love Brie so much, and they just have so much passion. So seeing what Nikki’s doing in the ring and doing in our dungeon, I mean, our dungeon is really like a dungeon. We try to make it as much like the original dungeon that my grandfather started in Calgary. There’s no air conditioning. It’s in Florida. It’s just a small room with enough room to put a ring in, and there’s one bathroom, and there’s some fans, and there’s a lot of stray cats that my husband and I feed.”
Saraya has also made it known in recent weeks that she wants to train with Natalya at the Dungeon before she entertains a return to the ring.
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