10 WWE Storylines From 2017 That Will Never Be Resolved

3. Natalya Is Leaving

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No, she isn't.

After failing to recapture the SmackDown Women's Title from Charlotte at Clash of Champions, a teary Natalya, already a heel, turned on the fans after grabbing the microphone from one of the robots. Dasha probably.

"Tonight, Charlotte did what Charlotte does best. She used her family's name to cut corners."

That, presumably, was a rib.

"I have given the WWE Universe some of the best matches the women in this company have ever seen, and I have carried this entire division for 10 years. All of you have treated me with nothing but disrespect. You wanna turn your back on me? Well, now I'm turning my back on all of you!"

Dolph Ziggler did something similar on the next episode of SmackDown. Between that, the Kevin Owens third foreign menace wheel stuff, and the consecutive guest commentary fits, this is a brand incapable of not plagiarising itself. It's so weird. It's so terrible.

At least Ziggler did b*gger off for a few weeks; Natalya simply announced herself in the Women's Royal Rumble match in a dot com exclusive a week or so later, clarifying that she meant she was just going to mute fans on Twitter.

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