WWE star Nattie will wrestle a fatal four-way match in Las Vegas on Friday night, taking on Faby Apache, La Hiedra and Roxanne Perez for the chance to become the No. 1 contender for the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship at Triplemania 34 Night 1.
The winner of the match earns a shot at the title, currently held by Flammer, at Worlds Collide later this month. Flammer will defend the belt against La Catalina on Night 2 of Triplemania, held Sunday in Mexico City.
Faby Apache and La Hiedra are established names in Mexican lucha libre but will be unfamiliar to fans watching AAA for the first time. Both come from wrestling families. Roxanne Perez, a member of WWE’s Judgment Day, will be making her AAA debut in the match.
“They’re both students of the game,” Nattie said in an interview with OutKick Dropkick. “They’ve been born and raised into this. They’re both second- and third-generation wrestlers, which in WWE, for the females, there’s myself, there’s Charlotte Flair, there’s Stephanie McMahon … there’s only a few in North America or the world that are third generation but in Mexico, with Faby, Faby’s mom was a wrestler, her dad was a wrestler, her sister was a wrestler, it’s a family tradition for her. And same with La Hiedra. She comes from a long lineage of wrestling.”
Nattie noted that Faby Apache and La Hiedra have never wrestled formally in a WWE ring despite the partnership between WWE and AAA, while Perez has been eager to compete in AAA for some time.
Nattie, who competed at Triplemania last year as well, said the match is purely about earning a spot, not personal feelings toward her opponents.
“This isn’t about me liking the girls or disliking the girls. Every woman that’s in this No. 1 contender’s match, we’re in this match to tear each other’s heads off because it’s about proving who deserves this spot to get gold,” Nattie said. “I love and respect Faby, I respect La Hiedra and I respect Roxy. They’ve all worked to earn their spot. But it’s not about me liking them. It’s about me proving I should have gold.”
Nattie said she expects a physical fight to reach the top of the AAA women’s division.
“It’s going to take me scratching, clawing and kicking their heads in. I’ll do it in a very nice, polite ‘Lowkey Legend’ way. But it’s about us out-wrestling each other. It’s about us hitting each other hard. That’s what I love about AAA,” she said.
She recalled a moment from last year’s Triplemania when Undertaker reacted to watching her exchange punches with Faby Apache. “I remember coming back after the match and Undertaker watching me throw these punches at Faby and ‘Taker was watching in Gorilla and he was like, ‘Man, I’ve never seen a girl throw a punch like that.’ And I said to him, this ‘Lowkey Legend’ is different. She’s fighting for everything she felt she should’ve had for 20 years.”
Nattie also pointed to a conversation with Bully Ray about why she continues to push herself despite a long list of accomplishments, including seven Guinness World Records and appearances in five Money in the Bank ladder matches.
“I never rest on all these accomplishments because I believe, as long as you’re doing it, the rent is due every single day,” she said, citing 51-year-old Rey Mysterio as an example of a performer who continues to compete at a high level rather than coast on past success.
Last year at Triplemania, Nattie competed in a triple-threat match for the Reina de Reinas Championship against Flammer and Faby Apache, with Flammer winning the title. Friday’s fatal four-way in Las Vegas gives Nattie another chance to work her way toward AAA gold.
