Natalya calls out Masha Slamovich.
In 2025, the WWE-TNA partnership has been the talk of the wrestling world, prompting many stars to talk about their desire to appear in the other promotion.
On the other hand, many wrestlers are praising the nature of the partnership, noting that it's a great and positive thing for the world of pro wrestling.
In a new interview with Contralona, Natalya first praised TNA, saying that the company has a stacked roster.
“First of all, I love TNA and I love NXT, so the fact that they’re collaborating and working together is amazing because there’s so many talented men and women that are going to get the chance to work in WWE and have that platform but we also get the chance to soak up all this great stuff that’s going on right now with TNA. I saw Tommy Dreamer the other day and was like, ‘I’m looking at TNA, all their shows are sold out, the crowds look amazing, and they have a stacked roster.’"
Then, Natalya proceeded to call out Masha Slamovich, saying that she's coming for her TNA Knockouts Championship.
"Masha Slamovich, I really want to have a championship match with her. Masha, I’m coming for your championship. I’m coming for your championship. That’s the cool thing right now. I’m challenging you right now Masha. I think Masha is so talented.
Natalya proceeded to pivot from Slamovich to talk about TNA's women division and the way that they're using Ashante Thee Adonis.
"I think there’s so many women there. I know she was called Dana Brooke in WWE, but Dana is very talented, she’s somebody that takes really calculated risks in the ring, she’s awesome. Jordynne Grace did such a good job of really kind of being a very symbolic representative of that women’s division in a sense that she was strong, she was different, she colored outside the lines but she set the bar high so Masha’s kind of following in those footsteps and blazing her own trail. I think it’s cool because now we see Cora Jade working in [TNA], Ashante Thee Adonis, he’s getting a chance to show all off all of his hard work and show what we can do and having that platform with NXT and TNA, it’s just so cool. It’s creating so many more opportunities for people that are so deserving like Ashante."
Natalya centered her focus back on Slamovich and issued her an official invite to the Hart Dungeon.
“Listen Masha, if you want to come down to the dungeon, this is an official invite for you. I’ll try not to kick your ass too much. But yes, that’s an invite.”
Cora Jade recently stated that she'd like to face Masha Slamovich in a Hardcore Match. Check out her full comments on the matter here.
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