Natalya is one of the longest-serving women's wrestlers in WWE today, signing for the company back in 2007. The Hart Family member has been carrying the legacy of her family, and she still has several years left in her career.
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Since Natalya has always been a full-time performer for over a decade, she has tons of experience in the squared circle. Despite such longevity, she has won the Women's Championship only twice. But Natalya is the woman with the most matches in her career and consequently, she has also played different characters over the years. Other than being an in-ring performer, Natalya has played the role of valet in her career.
9 Indies
Before Natalya became a WWE Superstar, she gained experience as an in-ring performer in the independent circuit. Being from one of the renowned families in professional wrestling history, she started wrestling from her family's promotion along with her father, Jim Neidhart.
Besides her family promotion, Stampede Wrestling, Natalya also wrestled in promotions in Japan and England, not to mention in different promotions of her home country, Canada. Her independent career ended when WWE signed her in early 2007.
8 WWE's Developmental Brand
There was no NXT when Natalya had signed for WWE back in 2007. She wrestled and developed herself after working with her future opponents there. Given her previous wrestling experience, she didn't have to spend more than a year in the developmental brand. It was certainly the least popular version of Natalya in WWE.
7 The Veteran
With over a decade of experience in WWE, she is called a veteran now, and the company has acknowledged it on TV numerous times. In the past couple of years as a veteran, Natalya is yet to be in a steady storyline, but she has had many short feuds and different tag team partners.
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One of the most noteworthy achievements of Natalya as a veteran was when she became one of the first women to wrestle in Saudi Arabia. This version of Natalya has also teamed up with different tag team partners like Liv Morgan, Lana, and most recently Tamina.
6 The Manager Of Tyson Kidd & Cesaro
As Natalya and Tyson Kidd were regularly featured in Total Divas, the fans were aware of their relationship, and WWE also acknowledged it on the screen. As a result, Natalya and Tyson Kidd were paired together, as the former was basically the manager of the latter.
It was a heel version of Natalya, who did a commendable job as a manager and helped Kidd and Cesaro to become WWE Tag Team Champions. Her role was also crucial to extend their reign. While she was primarily a manager, she had also wrested when she needed to.
5 Ronda Rousey's Sidekick
Ronda Rousey might have wrestled in WWE for just one year, but her whole tenure was impactful. Rousey was already a real-life friend of Natalya, and the latter helped her a lot to make a transition from an MMA fighter to a professional wrestler. Since Natalya was a babyface, she decided to join hands with her real-life friend, Ronda Rousey, on the screen as well.
Natalya was just a sidekick for the Baddest Woman on the Planet, helping her on many occasions and saving her from the heels. She even challenged Rousey for the RAW Women's Champion once but failed to win it. Perhaps this version of Natalya would have been interesting had she turned on Rousey.
4 Partnership With Beth Pheonix
While Natalya had many tag team partners in the squared circle, her remarkable partnership with Beth Pheonix should remain at the top. Owing to their similar appearance and great chemistry, they made a successful tag team, which was known as the Divas of Doom. Meanwhile, they were a heel team during their run together.
Divas of Doom were successful, but it was more beneficial for Beth Pheonix than Natalya because the former won the Divas Championship during their tenure. Natalya helped Pheonix to renew her title reign, but she herself didn't get an opportunity to win the Divas Title.
3 The Rookie On The Main Roster
After graduating from the developmental brand, Natalya debuted on the main roster right after WrestleMania 24. She had an amazing year as a rookie because she was in the title picture after a couple of months of her debut.
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Natalya punched a ticket to compete for the inaugural Divas Championship, facing Michelle McCool at The Great American Bash 2008. She ended up being runner-up. She was also a participant in the traditional Survivor Series match. Considering it was her first year as the main roster star, she certainly had one of the best runs of her career.
2 The Divas Champion
Natalya won the Divas Championship for the first time in her career after a few years of her debut. It was also her first accolade in WWE.
Natalya defeated LayCool in a Handicap match to win the Divas Championship at the 2010 Survivor Series. She was fighting champion, and her title reign lasted not more than seventy days. This version of Natalya got over as champion, making it one of the greatest phases of her career.
1 The SmackDown Women's Champion
Natalya won her second women's championship after a gap of seven years, capturing the SmackDown Women's Title in 2017. Natalya, the SmackDown Women's Titleholder, had an amazing run with multiple title defenses.
Her title run of 86 days ended against Charlotte Flair. Needless to say, the SmackDown Women's Champion version of Natalya received the biggest push of her whole career.
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