10 Backstage Stories About Naomi We Can't Believe

With over a decade-long career in WWE, Naomi is already a legend of the women's division, even though she is only 33-years-old and probably has few years left in her career. Naomi signed for WWE back in 2009, but she made her main roster debut in 2012.

Naomi's extraordinary athleticism in the squared circle has made her one of the best performers in the company today. She is a two-time SmackDown Women's Champion, winning the blue belt twice in 2017.

While she is a well-liked individual backstage, some backstage stories about the former Women's Champion could be fascinating for the fans.

10 WWE Didn't Want Her To Wear Her Real Hair

It might be shocking, but it's true. Yes, WWE didn't want her wearing her real hair. Appearing on a podcast, Naomi mentioned that WWE told her not to wear her real hair on the TV screen.

While Naomi often wore wigs on TV, she also showed up with her real hair on many occasions. Either way, Naomi carries herself in the ring with elegance and glow. Moreover, her performance in the ring speaks for herself.

9 Naomi Wasn't A Wrestling Fan While Growing Up

Naomi might be one of the most skillful women on the current WWE roster, but she wasn't a wrestling fan while growing up. She revealed in an interview that she attended a wrestling event for the first time at the age of 21, and she didn't follow the product when she was younger. In fact, she wasn't aware that women could wrestle. Her brother was a wrestling fan, and she only knew about Hulk Hogan while growing up.

Despite her lack of interest or knowledge when she was younger, she ended up having an outstanding and lengthy wrestling career.

8 Wanted A Dream Match With Melina At Evolution

WWE Evolution was the first and only all-women pay-per-view of WWE. Hence, several women legends were part of the show along with active women Superstars. Notable big names like Lita and Trish Stratus also wrestled in a tag team match.

Melina, the five-time Women's Champion, wasn't part of the show. According to a backstage report, Naomi wanted to have a dream match with Melina at Evolution. It, unfortunately, didn't happen.

7 Booker T Didn't Agree With The 'Naomi Deserves Better' Hashtag

Social media platforms could play influential roles in this generation to put over wrestlers. For instance, Becky Lynch became famous as The Man, and it all began from social media. Similarly, The Rusev Day catchphrase also got popular due to social media.

Last year, the WWE Universe started a hashtag on Twitter in support of Naomi. It also caught the attention of WWE, and she was anticipated to get a big push. The WWE Hall of Famer, Booker T, however, criticized the hashtag saying Naomi didn't deserve it, and she needed to earn her spot, to which the former Women's Champion also replied.

6 Pitched The Idea To Team Up With Bianca Belair

Bianca Belair has had a dream year. Other than winning the Women's Royal Rumble match, she has also won the SmackDown Women's Championship in the main event of WrestleMania. There is no denying that she is a big star right now with a bright future.

When Bianca debuted in the main roster last year, Noami reportedly pitched the idea to team up with the EST of WWE. As both ladies are incredible athletes, they could have made an outstanding tag team. It didn't happen.

5 Naomi Wanted Sasha Banks In Team B.A.D

Three horsewomen- Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch- debuted together on the main roster to bring about the Women's Revolution in WWE. While Charlotte and Becky joined hands with Paige to form PCB, Banks teamed up with Naomi and Tamina to build a new team called Team B.A.D.

Naomi revealed in an interview that Naomi wanted Sasha Banks to be part of her faction. She also talked about how they came up with the name of Team B.A.D. since they were a heel faction.

4 Naomi Unintentionally Made Natalya Pee In The Ring

Yes, you read it right. This bizarre incident happened a few years ago on an episode of RAW, where Natalya and Naomi wrestled in a singles match. While the match was good, Natalya faced humiliation in the middle of the match, and Naomi was responsible for it.

In a backstage clip of Total Divas, Natalya confronted Naomi and told her about the embarrassing incident. When the latter hit the former in the ring, it made her pee. However, fans didn't realize it, and Natalya certainly did a good job covering it up.

3 Naomi & Jimmy Uso Reportedly Wanted To Get Them Fired From WWE

The recent releases from WWE have made news, but it's no secret that Superstars themselves often want to leave due to bad booking or various other reasons. Naomi and Jimmy Uso, the husband and wife duo, reportedly wanted WWE to do the same in 2019.

Jimmy was going through a tough phase at that time, and he was arrested while driving with Naomi. According to reports, Jimmy almost scuffled with the police officers. It was rumored that Jimmy acted that way to get himself and Naomi fired from the company.

2 Naomi Requested WWE To Send Her Back To NXT

Last year, Naomi said in an interview that she asked WWE to send her back to NXT a couple of years ago. She wasn't doing much, nor was she featured frequently on TV, so she pitched the idea to be on the developmental brand.

Meanwhile, Naomi was in the developmental brand or NXT before starting her main roster career. With the current extraordinary talents on the black-and-gold brand, it would have been great to see her compete there again.

1 Jimmy Uso Called Her Rude During Their Early Days Of WWE Training

Jimmy Uso and Naomi have been married for over six years, but they have been acquaintances since their journey started in the developmental brand. During their training phase, Jimmy Uso referred to her as disrespectful and rude, which might be unfathomable right now.

On the New Day's podcast, Naomi revealed that her now-husband called her rude because she wasn't aware of wrestling etiquette as a newcomer.

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