Natalya Recalls Locker Room Antics With Brandi Rhodes

Natalya got candid about one of her more colorful backstage habits during a recent appearance on Brandi Rhodes’ podcast, A Shot of Brandi, where the two traded laughs over a running joke from their overlapping days in WWE.

Brandi recalled that Natalya had a well-known reputation in the women’s locker room for casually going about her business completely unclothed, often while multitasking as if nothing were out of the ordinary. She specifically remembered Natalya standing around scrolling on her phone in the buff, legs crossed, seemingly unbothered by anyone around her. When Natalya jokingly asked if she’d been taking a selfie, Brandi clarified she’d actually just been reading something on her phone — but said it always came across like Natalya was showing off her physique to the room.

Natalya leaned into the bit rather than deny it, explaining with a laugh that if you’re “built in the front and stacked in the back,” you might as well let it all hang out. Brandi agreed that’s exactly the vibe everyone picked up on, joking that it felt like Natalya was saying, “Hey everybody, check this out.”

The conversation didn’t stop there. Natalya also shared a memory involving former WWE Divas Champion Eve Torres, recalling a moment when she tried to correct Torres’ in-ring forearm technique — while still not wearing any clothes. According to Natalya, she was mid-explanation about generating power from the hips when Torres cut her off and asked her to put something on.

It’s the kind of loose, self-deprecating storytelling that’s become a hallmark of wrestlers’ podcast appearances, offering fans a glimpse at the day-to-day camaraderie and humor that existed behind the curtain during the WWE locker room’s more chaotic touring days. Natalya, a third-generation performer with one of the longest tenures in company history, has often used media appearances to reflect on her nearly two-decade run, mixing career retrospectives with lighter anecdotes like this one.

For longtime fans of the women’s division, these kinds of stories serve as a reminder of just how tightly knit that locker room became over the years, with performers like Natalya, Brandi Rhodes and Eve Torres sharing years of road time, matches and, apparently, a few unforgettable moments that had nothing to do with wrestling at all.

Whether or not Natalya continues the habit these days remains anyone’s guess, but the story is sure to get a laugh out of anyone who spent time around the WWE locker room during that era.