A not-very-good meeting with talent relations executive Mark Carrano gives Nattie's confidence a severe blow. Nattie, at the the ripe old age of 32, is starting to wonder if she's getting too old for the wrestling business. This is like Logan's Run, Divas-style. She goes around asking people how old she looks. Emma, who may or may not have been trolling her, says 37. Oops.
Nattie's response to this is to dress up, go out with the girls, drink a lot and use words and phrases like "dope" and "bae" and "What is up my boo boo kitty?!" and, in general, try embarrassingly hard to be hip and cool. She even climbs on the tables while the other patrons look at her like she's crazy. The other women look rightly concerned at her antics.
At home, TJ also wonders what is going on with his wife. TJ seems to spend every other episode wondering what is going on with his wife. Thank God this show is mostly scripted and fictional, or you'd wonder why the poor man stays in an obviously dysfunctional marriage.
This whole angle is played for laughs but might actually be a subversive dig about how terribly the wrestling business can treat women sometimes. It is hard for a woman in WWE once she's out of her 20s. Nattie might be scared for her career, but she has genuine reason to be. She feels old and over the hill at 32, meanwhile Sting is still getting title shots at 56. It's a horrible double standard.
Thankfully, a down-to-Earth talk with Nikki helps give Nattie some perspective. And things are OK. For now. Nattie will probably be doing something crazy again next week while TJ can only look on helplessly.
