WWE Female Star Recalls 'School Bus Fight' Over Papa Shango

This current WWE female star was determined to protect kayfabe as a young kid.

By Jamie Kennedy /

WWE

Natalya once got into a school bus fight about the legitimacy of Papa Shango's gimmick.

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The current WWE star told Ryan Satin's 'Out Of Character' that she was dead set on protecting the integrity of the pro wrestling business at the time. All bets were off when one kid suggested that the green slime Papa Shango would make other wrestlers vomit wasn't totally legit.

How very dare they.

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A young Nattie stood up for the biz and argued back and forth. Things got heated enough that the kid's parents had to talk to her folks - teachers got involved too, broke up the fight and the school contacted both families for an explanation.

Of course, Natalya's father was the late, great Jim 'Anvil' Neidhart. He was probably proud of his daughter that day, but had to play nice with the school and apologise for things getting out of hand; Nattie admitted that both she and "Harry" (Davey Boy Smith Jr) were "in tears" when other children said that wrestling wasn't real.

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It was still real to them, damn it!

What a story that is. Natalya and Davey Boy got into a scrap because someone dared say that Papa Shango wasn't really a witch doctor. Cracking stuff.

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