WWE: Natalya Underwent Nasal Surgery, RAW 30th & Winter 2023 Events Schedule, More News

Nov 9, 2022

Natalya Underwent Nasal Surgery

This past Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in St. Louis, Missouri featured a singles match between Shayna Baszler and Natalya, which was won by Baszler. Following the match, Baszler attacked Natalya with a knee strike to her nose causing a bloody nose injury.

Natayla revealed earlier this week on Twitter that she had recently underwent nasal surgery to repair her dislocated nose.

We moved my dislocated nose back to the center of my face where it belongs!! I love the shape of my nose and it will stay the same, thank goodness! Can finally breathe again🙏 Pain is beauty! LFG! 😂 pic.twitter.com/V6zZTivjHQ
— Nattie (@NatbyNature) November 7, 2022

Post Wrestling’s John Pollock reported that his sources stated that Natalya’s nose injury was not caused by Baszler’s knee strike and instead her attack was WWE’s way of covering for Natalya’s planned nasal surgery that had been scheduled ahead of time.

WWE Announces Dates & Location for RAW’s 30th Anniversary Show & Upcoming Winter Events Schedule

WWE recently announced their full schedule of events for this upcoming winter season.

Among the notable events included the upcoming RAW 30th Anniversary show will be taking place on January 23, 2023 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Official press release:

WWE announces winter 2023 Live Event schedule including Raw 30th Anniversary
STAMFORD, Conn., November 7, 2022 – WWE today announced more than 30 live events as part of the company’s winter touring schedule for 2023. Tickets go on sale next Friday, November 18. The schedule includes:
Monday, January 2: Raw– Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
Saturday, January 7: Saturday Night’s Main Event® – Mississippi State Fair Coliseum in Jackson, Miss.
Sunday, January 8: Sunday Stunner – Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Monday, January 9: Raw – Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Ala.
Friday, January 13: SmackDown – Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis.
Saturday, January 14: Saturday Night’s Main Event – Berglund Center Coliseum in Roanoke, Va.
Sunday, January 15: Sunday Stunner – The Corbin Arena in Corbin, Ky.
Monday, January 16: Raw – Heritage Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH
Friday, January 20: SmackDown – Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit
Saturday, January 21: Saturday Night’s Main Event – Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pa.
Sunday, January 22: Sunday Stunner – Visions Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, N.Y.
Monday, January 23: Raw 30th Anniversary – Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia
Friday, January 27: SmackDown – Sames Auto Arena in Laredo, Texas
Monday, January 30: Raw – BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla.
Monday, February 13: Raw – Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Friday, February 17: SmackDown – Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec
Saturday, February 18: Elimination Chamber – Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec
Monday, February 19: Raw – Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, ONT
Friday, February 24: SmackDown – Ford Center in Evansville, Ind.
Saturday, February 25: Road To WrestleMania Tour – State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill.
Sunday, February 26: Road To WrestleMania Tour – BMO Harris Bank Center in Rockford, Ill.
Monday, February 27: Raw – Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Saturday, March 4: Road To WrestleMania Tour – Upstate Medical Arena at The Oncenter War Memorial in Syracuse, N.Y.
Sunday, March 5: Road To WrestleMania Tour –CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, N.J.
Sunday, March 5: Road To WrestleMania Tour – The Aud in Kitchener, ONT
Saturday, March 11: Road To WrestleMania Tour – Covelli Centre in Youngstown, OH
Friday, March 17: SmackDown – T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.
Saturday, March 18: Road To WrestleMania Tour – Fargodome in Fargo, N.D.
Sunday, March 19: Road To WrestleMania Tour – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Sunday, March 19: Road To WrestleMania Tour – Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield, Ill.
Monday, March 20 – Raw – Enterprise Center in St. Louis
Friday March 31: SmackDown/2023 Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony – Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles
Saturday, April 1: NXT Stand & Deliver – Crypto.com Arena in Angeles
Monday, April 3: Raw – Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles

WWE News & Notes

As noted before, The Kingdom’s Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, and Maria Kanellis recently signed contracts with AEW. Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that WWE had been interested in signing all three to contracts prior to them signing deals with AEW. WWE’s talks with the group reportedly was more of a “feeling out process” and did not include a contract offer. Paul “Triple H” and Gabe Sapolsky reportedly were the people from with WWE who had been in talks with the group.

NXT talents Wendy Choo and Xyon Quinn reportedly were invited by WWE officials for main roster tryout matches this past Monday that were taped for this week’s Main Event show, according to the Wrestling Observer.

WWE reportedly is currently working on plans to hold their next event in Saudi Arabia during the month of May 2023, according to PWInsider.

WWE also reportedly recently filmed content for the next season of their WWE Most Wanted Treasures series for A&E at the International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in Albany, New York, according to PWInsider.

Roman Reigns recently surpassed 800 days as WWE Universal Champion. Reigns has been WWE Champion since this August 30, 2020 and later as WWE Universal Champion since April 3, 2022.

WWE commentator Pat McAfee’s wife Samantha recently announced on Twitter that they are currently expecting the birth of their first child.

This past Monday’s WWE RAW show in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania featured a promo between Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss, Asuka, and Damage CTRL. During the segment, Asuka and IYO SKY exchanged a heated war of words in their native Japanese language. This promo was recently translated into English by Twitter account @Himanshu_Doi.

Former WWE wrestler Gene Snitsky recently revealed on Instagram that he was in attendance backstage during this past Monday’s RAW show in Wilkes-Barre. Snitsky stated “Like I never left! @wwe @tripleh @wwenetwork THANKS for the hospitality my wife @mrssnitsky1 and I had a blast…. was great seeing everyone yesterday! Truly the greatest show on earth.”