Natalya Hits HUGE WWE Landmark On SmackDown

The latest episode of SmackDown was a big, big night for Natalya's WWE career.

by Jamie Kennedy
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Natalya just hit a major career milestone on the latest episode of WWE SmackDown.

The WWE female star scored her 500th win by beating Naomi and Aliyah - Nattie teamed with Shayna Baszler for the tag-team match, and it was notable for a quick count from the referee (the "SmackDown Screwjob"?).

Afterwards, Baszler noted that this was a landmark moment for her partner for the night. Natalya, staying in character, said that she had always been there to "elevate" the women's division. Then, she called herself the "greatest of all time".

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WWE generally didn't make a big song or dance about the 500-mark, but it's pretty huge. It also seems that the number takes into account house shows, which is fine. Who knows how close Nattie is to that figure in terms of televised victories; someone out there will crunch the numbers, no doubt.

It's unclear whether or not the count takes development bouts into consideration too. If so, then FCW wins would be included. Natalya's first FCW/WWE victory was over Krissy Vaine and Shantelle way, way, way back on 26 June 2007.

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She's been around a while then.

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