WrestleMania 37 saw four women's matches in total, but was almost just three.
However, according to sources within WWE, a veteran presence pushed for a match to be moved from the Thunderdome as originally planned, to the event itself. Fightful Select reported that Natalya was instrumental in swaying WWE on the move.
WrestleMania Night 1 had a late addition, and one of the winners of the match may be partially responsible for that. There was no WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal on the show for the second straight year, which led to many women being slated to miss out on WrestleMania for a second straight year. WWE sources have indicated that Natalya pushed hard for the Tag Team Turmoil match to be included on WrestleMania, as to feature more women on the event. Originally, the plan was for the top contender match to be on the WrestleMania Smackdown show that was taped over a week prior.
Fightful reached out to Natalya for confirmation but haven't heard back as of yet.
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