It has only been five days since Naomi was planned to face IYO SKY and defend the Women’s World Title against her on Raw. However, fans are still in the dark about what is going on with the world champ. WWE confirmed that Naomi wasn’t medically cleared to compete against SKY this past Monday, but everything else has been rumors or hearsay since.
While speaking on Busted Open Radio, Natalya gave her thoughts on what is going on and very politically explained that Naomi will speak on it when ready.
“Especially for the locker room, it’s one of those things that, well, somebody will know what’s going on, but in this situation, like, Naomi is a really close friend of mine, but I just feel like it’s a time right now where she needs space. So usually when something crazy is going on, I don’t think it’s crazy in a bad way, but I think that, like, obviously, it’s private, it’s personal. Nobody ever wants to go down with an injury. Knowing how hard Naomi has fought to get this spot that she’s in. She’s at the top of the division,” she said. “She has this groundbreaking moment at Money in the Bank. She wins it, and then she cashes in at the second-ever all-women’s pay-per-view, she cashes in at Evolution, which is a great way to cash in. I mean, every girl was at Gorilla, hugging her and crying, and every guy was too. Everybody was just so happy for her, so excited for her.
She continues, “So it is crazy, because she is so excited. As far as I know, the last time we talked, she’s like, ‘I know what I have, and I’m so grateful for it. I can’t believe all this is happening.’ But, I feel like she’s so, so beyond grateful for it. So whatever is going on right now, it’s definitely like, there’s a part of me that wants to be like, ‘Hey, Trin, like, what’s going on? Tell me, give me the scoop.’ But the other part of me is like, sometimes when people are going through something, or they’re dealing with, like I said, an injury or some extenuating situation, I feel like she will talk about it when she’s ready to talk about it, but I know she would have loved to have wrestled IYO on Monday.” (Fightful/Transcript)
Reports have stated that Naomi was at Raw on Monday, but she was obviously not used on TV. It was also said that her not having her match with IYO was a surprise to many talents who were kept in the dark about Naomi not being able to compete.