10 Wrestlers Lumbered With Dead On Arrival Gimmicks

7. Flatulent Natalya

Maria Mike Kanellis
WWE.com

WWE is one gigantic paradox, best exemplified by the fact that it is the most popular wrestling organisation on the planet but still, all too often, has an audience of one: Vince McMahon.

How else do you explain Natalya's inability to control her gas? Christ, even writing that sentence is an embarrassment. Natalya must have felt sick going into work, knowing she had to perform a crass comedy routine for the amusement and entertainment of absolutely nobody. Here in the WhatCulture office, I am surrounded by fellow wrestling fans, #GamerLads and comic book enthusiasts, essentially running the gamut of a geek culture in a plush and elevated safe space. And I'm still dreading perusing the lowlights of this run on YouTube lest I get questioned for my choice of hobby.

Natalya, as I've just been reminded, once ate the pin in a tag team match because something she ate beforehand disagreed with her and the referee, who was repulsed at the stench she let out when applying the Sharpshooter. Tamina took advantage of the distraction. "That's funny," you can imagine Vince saying in Gorilla. "But it wasn't as good as that time she killed the midget, d*mmit!" Natalya in an earlier backstage segment, of course, also broke such heinous wind that it killed Hornswoggle.

This bullsh*t wouldn't make the grade at CBeebies.

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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!