Natalya Can’t Wait For Paige to Return, Says Winning The Title Was Her Destiny

– Natalya recently spoke with Planeta Wrestling (transcript via WrestleInc), here are the highlights…

On Waiting For Paige to Come Back: “I can’t wait for Paige to come back,” Natalya said. “I love wrestling Paige, she’s one of my favorite opponents. But if she thinks that she’s gonna take my SmackDown Women’s Championship, she’s got another thing coming. I’m gonna be the SmackDown Women’s Champion forever. I would love to dance again with Paige in the ring, but she’s definitely not taking my championship.”

On Winning The Smackdown Women’s Title: “When we got the [new] women’s championships, I felt like this is part of my destiny,” she said. “I grew up in this huge, incredible wrestling family, but I’ve never ridden on my family’s coattails. I’ve always fought very hard to have everything that I have on my own, and I’d feel like it would be a huge injustice to myself, to Nattie, to not say that I was once a Women’s Champion. So for me to be Women’s Champion now, it just feels like it’s destiny, and that it was meant to be and it was part of my wrestling journey. I really feel like it’s been one of those important things that was a life lesson to me about not giving up and persevering.”