High praise from Natalya onto Stark.
There was a Triple Threat Money in the Bank qualifying match on Monday Night Raw involving Rhea Ripley, Zoey Stark, and the returning Kairi Sane.
There was a point in the bout when Stark went for a springboard dropkick and when coming down, she planted awkwardly and was ultimately removed from the match. Natalya, who was in action earlier that night, spoke about Stark's injury while on Busted Open.
"It sucks. It sucks that it happened. I felt terrible because I was backstage when it happened. We had just had our match. Everybody was excited and there was a lot of commotion and I know Zoey (Stark) -- any time Zoey gets to perform, especially on Raw, she takes it very seriously. She’s a student of the game. She loves this and she takes it very seriously. She pours her heart into it so I think the second she found out that she was gonna have this match, the wheels were already spinning in her head about how do I make this match stand out? How do I make it special? How do I make it amazing? The group that she was in, they’re no longer there so she was probably thinking like, I just -- it’s like all of us. We just want to be our best. We put the most pressure on ourselves. I know I do. I’m the one that puts more pressure on myself than anyone but I think with Zoey, she’s a total pro… She has very high standards for herself. So I think she wanted to do a lot in this match to really remind everybody of who she is because she is an incredible wrestler."
Natalya added that she does not know the specifics of Stark's injury, but would bet that she'll be the fastest to return from it.
"Listen, I bet you anything, Zoey Stark beats every single person’s record in coming back from whatever this injury is. I don’t know the particulars of what it is. She tweeted that she’s gonna be out for a minute. But, I guarantee you that she’s gonna come back better than she’s ever been with a totally different perspective because she’s a student of the game."
Stark sent out a tweet to say thank you for the support she's received. To read her comment, head over to this link.
If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Busted Open with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.
