10 Candidates For WWE's Bizarre Post-WrestleMania 37 Push

2. Natalya

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Natalya knows where the bodies are buried.

Well, they're buried in catering, but you get the idea: Natalya gets a quite incredible amount of television time compared to several generations of women's talent, and respectfully, it's really quite hard to see why. It is and it isn't, actually.

Lacey Evans never looked more competent than when sharing the ring with Natalya in 2019. She is a very, very solid performer who operates in what is almost an onscreen coach role that can't help but be uninspiring. You don't watch wrestling to feel the adrenaline-fuelled thrill of...watching a talent very slowly improve over the course of several matches. You watch it as a fun distraction from the horrors of everyday life.

But you know, to Vince McMahon, there's always something to be drilled into the thick, ambitious heads of these NXT ingrates, and Natalya was on hand to do precisely that re: Shayna Baszler last year. Does the mad king even know there's a Performance Center?

Maybe "Which one's this, Paul? Rhea...Rhea Ripley? If you say so" needs to learn how to work too.

Enter Natalya.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!