Natalya is set to make history once again.
After debuting on WWE’s main roster in April of 2008, Natalya has become the longest tenured female wrestler in the company. She’s a former Divas Champion, SmackDown Women’s Champion, and WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, and Natalya also has multiple Guinness World Records to her name.
Speaking in a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Natalya opened up about her incredible achievements, saying the Guinness World Records came as a surprise to her.
“It’s funny because I didn’t even know I had a Guinness World Record until one day I was tagged in something with Randy Orton. And it was like the most, I can’t remember whether it was the most wins of the most pay-per-views or something. And I sent Randy a text like ‘Randy did you know that we have a Guinness World Record?’
“And then Rey Mysterio got one too for the most SmackDown matches. I said, Rey, we both have the most SmackDown matches and then all of a sudden, I just kept getting them and I was like, damn, I’ll take it.”
Natalya Could Have Another Guinness World Record Soon
Continuing, Natalya revealed that another record could soon be hers officially.
“There’s one that they’re looking into because a fan on Twitter pointed out to me that I have the most submission wins of any man or woman in WWE history, and I was like I have more wins than Bret Hart? Well, submissions because TJ pointed out, the wrestling savant that TJ is, he’s like Bret didn’t always win with the Sharpshooter. He’s like you’ve won a lot of matches with the Sharpshooter. But Bret won a lot of his matches with roll-ups and quick pins and things.
“So I was like, damn it, I’ll take it another world record. I’ll take it. But it’s fun.
“I mean, at the end of the day like it’s cool what my world records are really for. It’s just having worked a lot. I worked a lot. I haven’t really had a break in almost 17 years. I had an ankle injury where I had surgery and I was out for three weeks. I was out for three I had surgery and I was out for three weeks and TJ goes Natty you just had surgery three weeks ago and I was like Dr. Andrews Clinic says that I’m like ready to go. I want to get back in the ring.
“So I took three weeks off after having surgery on an ankle injury but in January I’ll have been signed by WWE for almost 17 years and I’ve had three months off in 17 years.”
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