{"id":379461,"date":"2026-01-20T02:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/379461\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T02:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:16:11","slug":"wwe-star-turns-heel-wrestletalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/379461\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Star Turns Heel &#8211; WrestleTalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-class=\"LazyLoad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wwe-flag-logo-u.jpg\" alt=\"WWE Star Turns Heel\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    WWE<\/p>\n<p>A WWE star has turned heel during tonight\u2019s January 19 episode of Raw emanating from Belfast, Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s show played host to the latest instalment in the rivalry between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/superstars\/becky-lynch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Becky Lynch<\/a> and Maxxine Dupri over the Women\u2019s Intercontinental Championship.<\/p>\n<p>However, supposedly to make sure Lynch was unable to cheat, Natalya \u2013 who has been a mentor to Dupri in recent months \u2013 came out to ringside with Dupri.<\/p>\n<p>Lynch ended up retaining the Women\u2019s IC Title over Dupri in their match with Natalya ultimately costing Dupri the match by putting Lynch\u2019s foot on the rope as Dupri was attempting a pin.<\/p>\n<p>Natalya then repeatedly attacked Dupri post-match in the ring despite the referee trying to pull her away and restrain her, cementing a heel turn in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, <a href=\"http:\/\/wrestletalk.com\/topic\/natalya\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Natalya<\/a> has been competing outside of WWE mainline events as Nattie Neidhart, with a more aggressive style and presentation.<\/p>\n<p>There had always been questions about when that side of her would make its way onto WWE TV, and it appears tonight was the start of that process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlingmasterclass.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-436300 size-full\" data-class=\"LazyLoad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wrestling-masterclass-9-stars-webp-768x127.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"128\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make sure you stay up to date with all the biggest wrestling and WrestleTalk news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@wrestletalk.official\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow us on Threads by clicking this link<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>                      <a href=\"https:\/\/wrestletalk.com\/author\/liam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" data-class=\"LazyLoad\" 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