{"id":203349,"date":"2025-08-22T15:19:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=203349"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:19:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:19:23","slug":"parkss-take-the-surprise-of-natalya-outside-of-wwes-main-tv-shows-finding-fun-effective-ways-to-reinvent-herself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/08\/22\/parkss-take-the-surprise-of-natalya-outside-of-wwes-main-tv-shows-finding-fun-effective-ways-to-reinvent-herself\/","title":{"rendered":"PARKS&#8217;S TAKE: The surprise of Natalya outside of WWE&#8217;s main TV shows finding fun, effective ways to reinvent herself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1365162582\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Natalya is the most senior female on the main roster, having been on either Raw or Smackdown for almost two decades. Yet in that time, she&#8217;s basically been the same ol&#8217; Natalya; the heel or face dynamic might change, but the character has largely been the same.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/09\/Staff09ParksC_120_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31220 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/09\/Staff09ParksC_120_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a>That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s been such a pleasant surprise to see her outside her comfort zone and expanding her horizons wrestling independently while still under WWE contract. Working AAA&#8217;s TripleMania, or Bloodsport, or any of the other shows she has done has given us a glimpse of a different side of Nattie. And it&#8217;s a side sorely needed.<\/p>\n<p>Credit to Natalya for getting herself into great shape during this run. It can be difficult for someone, at this stage of their career, to have the hunger to try something new. Not only has she tried, she&#8217;s largely succeeded in getting fans to take notice of her new demeanor and to adjust not only her character, but her in-ring style. Now, it&#8217;s incumbent upon WWE to take advantage of that. So far, they don&#8217;t seem willing to do so, but in time they may.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show covering the latest episode of Raw: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/wwe-raw-post-show-8-18-keller-leclair-discuss-lack-of-chemistry-with-the-vision-fallout-of-naomi-s-announcement-more--67429992\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cwade Keller\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WWE RAW POST-SHOW (8\/18): Keller &amp; LeClair discuss lack of chemistry with The Vision, fallout of Naomi's announcement, more\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=67429992&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>There&#8217;s certainly room on the main roster for a &#8220;shooter&#8221; character, especially now that Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler are out. Plus, people will buy Natalya in this role because of her lineage, trained in the famous Hart Dungeon. For someone who has had to endured a lot of crappy gimmicks and storylines &#8211; and yes, that includes the farting character &#8211; Nattie should be rewarded by WWE for reinventing herself.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wade Keller Post-show (8\/18) - WWE Raw w\/cohost Brandon LeClair\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JHkwm4xWJ3o?start=16&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-488922389\"><div id=\"pwtor-2595894161\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Natalya is the most senior female on the main roster, having been on either Raw or Smackdown for almost two decades. Yet in that time, she&#8217;s basically been the same ol&#8217; Natalya; the heel or <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/08\/22\/parkss-take-the-surprise-of-natalya-outside-of-wwes-main-tv-shows-finding-fun-effective-ways-to-reinvent-herself\/\" title=\"PARKS&#8217;S TAKE: The surprise of Natalya outside of WWE&#8217;s main TV shows finding fun, effective ways to reinvent herself\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,57,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-takes_parks","category-opinion_stafftakes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Natalyaring_3x2Lunn.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203350,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203349\/revisions\/203350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}