Natalya Loves Kabuki Warriors vs. IYO SKY & Rhea Ripley Story Leading Into Crown Jewel

Natalya is a big fan of the story being told between the Kabuki Warriors, IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley heading into WWE Crown Jewel. Asuka and Kairi Sane will battle SKY and Ripley at Saturday’s PLE, a match that was set up when Asuka turned heel on SKY and Sane followed suit. Natalya weighed in on the matter on the latest episode of Busted Open Radio and you can see highlights below (h/t to Wrestling Inc):

On the storyline leading into the tag match: “I love the story that the girls are telling. It’s very intriguing. Besides Maxxine versus Becky, I’m loving this Asuka, Kairi, IYO, Rhea storyline because it’s got so many layers to it. Kairi, I think will be the standout character of all of it because she’s become very fascinating to me. She’s torn between these friendships and she doesn’t know where she stands. She loves IYO, but she’s loyal to Asuka. It’s just cool. You see this different partnership between Rhea and IYO, that they’ve been very organically brought together.”

On the AJ Styles vs. John Cena match: “We got a lot of wrestling influence in this house, but we really think, TJ [Wilson] really thinks AJ’s in that conversation of one of the best to ever do it. Then, of course, you have John Cena. He’s been talked about as being the Babe Ruth of professional wrestling. It’s coming down to the wire of some of his last matches. So I want to see what magic John and AJ are going to do, especially in that big setting with that big fight feel. I think it’s going to be exciting. I think AJ is going to bring out the very best in John.”