Natalya on Naomi’s situation: “I just feel like it’s a time right now where she needs space”

Just prior to the August 11th 2025 edition of WWE RAW, WWE announced that women’s world champion Naomi was not medically cleared to compete. There has been speculation that Naomi could be out of WWE action for a “long time.”

While speaking on Busted Open Radio, Natalya commented on Naomi’s situation…

“Especially for the locker room, it’s one of those things that somebody will know what’s going on. But in this situation, Naomi’s a really close friend of mine, 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 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 … I feel like she’s so beyond grateful for it, so whatever is going on right now, there’s a part of me that wants to be like, ‘Hey, [Naomi], 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 an injury or some extenuating situation, I feel like she will talk about it when she’s ready to talk about it.” (quote courtesy of WrestlingInc.com)

During the August 15th edition of SmackDown, WWE confirmed that Naomi will be addressing fans this coming Monday on RAW.