Natalya Vs. Miyu Yamashita Set For Josh Barnett's Bloodsport XIII

Natalya is the latest WWE star to step into the world of Bloodsport, with Natalya set to face Miyu Yamashita at Josh Barnett’s Blodsport XIII on April 17.

It was earlier announced that Natalya would be joining the likes of Karrion Kross, Pete Dunne, and NXT’s Charlie Dempsey and Karmen Petrovic in competing on the WrestleMania week show, with Natalya specifically singling out Yamashita as someone she’d like to face.

Well the third generation star has gotten her wish, with Barnett making the match official, and posting the following to X/Twitter:



“When wrestlers of this caliber ask for a fight with one another, then a fight we will have. "Queen of Harts" Nattie Neidhart is taking on the karate fighter, Miyu Yamashita, at Josh Barnett's: Bloodsport XIII.”

It’s interesting that Natalya has been officially billed as Nattie Neidhart on the match poster, the first time she’ll wrestle under that name in over 15 years, with the Natalya name used ever since her WWE main roster debut in April 2008.

Natlya signed a new WWE deal in mid-2024, after reportedly seriously considering a switch to All Elite Wrestling.

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