WWE: Natalya on “Bayley Is All About Giving Back, She Loves Helping Men And Women”, WWE Reportedly Makes Schedule Changes for WWE Shows in New York in January 2026, More News

Natalya Comments on “Bayley Is All About Giving Back, She Loves Helping Men And Women”

Fox News held a recent interview with Natalya. One of the topics discussed included Natalya’s thoughts about her praise of Bayley for her being someone well respected in WWE’s locker room and her being very helpful towards others in the company.

“There’s bits and pieces I see of myself in certain women. I think Bayley is very selfless. She’s all about giving back. She loves helping men and women. She’s somebody that just loves to give to the business. Even if she’s in a rut about something, she’s quick to pull herself out of it. She’s very grateful. She’s very grateful for all she has.

I gave her a book the other day, and an hour later she’s posting about it and sharing it. She celebrates her friends and I love that. She’s somebody that the locker room looks up to. If it’s somebody’s birthday, she’ll get them a cake.”

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WWE Reportedly Makes Schedule Changes for WWE Shows in New York in January 2026

WWE reportedly recently made several changes to their schedule of events for SmackDown shows in January of 2026 in New York, according to PWInsider.

Mike Johnson reported that the previously scheduled WWE SmackDown show on January 2, 2026 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn will now instead be taking place at the Keyspan Arena in Buffalo.

Johnson also reported that the previously scheduled WWE RAW show on January 5, 2026 at the Keyspan Arena will now be taking place at the Barclays Center instead.

Johnson also reported that fans who purchased tickets for the original dates and cannot attend the new dates will be able to get refunds.

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WWE News & Notes

This past Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida featured Kelani Jordan defeating Jordynne Grace to retain the TNA Knockouts World Championship. This match was notable for Jordan turning heel and using the title as a weapon to Grace’s head. Grace provided an update on Wednesday on Twitter posting a photo of the wounds on her head caused by Jordan’s belt strike to her during their match.

Ron “R-Truth” Killings recently announced that he will be holding a one-night only show on November 16th at the SOB’s NY in New York City, New York. Killings also stated that tickets for his upcoming show will officially go on sale on Thursday, October 30th.

Chris Sabin announced on Twitter that him and Alex Shelley recently partnered with New Order Coffee Roasters to launch their own Motor City Machine Guns coffee blend.

Wednesday’s MLB World Series Game 5 of Toronto Blue Jays vs. Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California featured WWE President Nick Khan in attendance. Khan was seen sitting in third row behind the home plate in the crowd.

WWE recently released two new videos to their official YouTube channel. The first new video was the full WWE WrestleMania 41 Night 1 event. The second new video was the full WWE WrestleMania 41 Night 2 event.

WWE also recently released one new video to their WCW Vault channel on YouTube. This new video was the Chamber of Horrors match of Sting, El Gigante, & The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) vs. Abdullah the Butcher, The Diamond Studd, Cactus Jack, & Big Van Vader from WCW Halloween Havoc 1991.

WWE also recently released two new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a singles match of The Undertaker vs. Big Daddy V from the January 25, 2008 episode of WWE SmackDown. The second new video was a “Story of Papa Shango (1992-93).”

Giulia recently reflected on Twitter about Wednesday being the 8th anniversary of the official debut of her wrestling career. Giulia stated “8 years since I first stepped into the ring… Wrestling saved me when my life was going nowhere. I’m still on my journey… there’s so much more to do, and I’ll keep climbing higher‼︎ I love wrestling with all my heart. 💙🔥 Every step, every challenge, every cheer and even every boo😈 I’m grateful for it all‼︎“

In a recent interview with the No Contest Wrestling podcast, Drew McIntyre gave his thoughts about who would be his choices for a dream bar fight team. McIntyre stated “Brock Lesnar popped in my head right away. He’s the kinda guy, I’ve been in the ring with certain guys like Big Show, Mark Henry and the likes where they grab you and you’re like, ‘They could do anything with me right now, but if you let me go I’m gonna run away.’ Brock can chase you down and catch you. So let’s go Brock. Cain Velasquez was there for a minute. He’s one of the only few humans that could beat up Brock, so let’s go Velasquez. He was there I remember in Saudi one time, I was chatting with him for a minute. Haku. It’s almost like a given, but the funny thing is, if you get to know him, you get to meet him, he’s the nicest guy in the world. It’s always the nicest guys. Like me, I’m the nicest guy in the world, and I always come up in these conversations as one of the tough guys backstage, because it’s the nice guys you’ve gotta watch out for. So we’ve got Brock, Velasquez, Haku, do we need someone to sacrifice? Hornswoggle! That would make some of the boys happy because he drove some of the boys mental. I always got on great with him, but he drove some of the boys mental and they would end up kicking his a**, and you know what, it was totally justified them kicking his a**. So we’ll sacrifice Swoggle while the rest of us beat everyone else’s ass, because who’s beating that team?” (Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com)

In a recent new video on his official YouTube channel, lawyer and former WWE wrestler David Otunga gave his thoughts about the language in WWE’s contracts when it comes to them classifying talents as independent contractors. Otunga stated “So, let me apologize in advance to WWE because I’m now going to completely dismantle your independent contractor clause in the contract. Look, WWE, I don’t want any smoke with you. I don’t want any problems. But I promise on my channel, I would try to be objective and just with everything going on, I have to cover this. I really do. Look, I’d be more than happy to help you guys rewrite this. I’d be happy to rewrite it for you. But, I have to go through it as it is. So just wanna say that beforehand. Please don’t be mad.” Otunga also gave his thoughts about WWE talent contracts including an private arbitration clause when it comes to talents wanting to challenge their contract in court. Otunga stated “So, even if a wrestler wanted to challenge WWE’s contract, they can’t just go to court. Why, you ask? Because very deep in every WWE contract is a binding arbitration clause, and it basically says that any dispute, claim or controversy has to be settled privately in Stamford, Connecticut through arbitration. Not in open court. So, this means there’s no jury, no public trial and no class actions. The arbitrator’s decision is final and confidential. So, if a wrestler ever challenged a non-compete or contractor status, it would happen behind closed (doors). But this, in and of itself, is another contradiction. Think about it, WWE calls wrestlers independent contractors but forces them into arbitration like employees. Independent contractors normally have the right to choose how and where to resolve disputes. But WWE removes that choice entirely in the contract. So, that’s another layer of control, and another reason the independent contractor label just doesn’t hold up.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)