NWA star Natalia Markova has accused Carmella of taking her catchphrase, “Badass with a great ass.”
The WWE star has been using the line on television and social media, including this past Monday on Raw.
"I'm a bad ass with a great ass."
– @CarmellaWWEWelcome to TV-14 😉😎 #WWERAW pic.twitter.com/vCFDH8cSRQ
— 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧 (@WrestlingCovers) July 19, 2022
The WWE star posted a photo of herself at the beach and used the catchphrase in the caption. This has led to several fans pointing out that Markova originally came up with the line. In one tweet, Markova wrote, “I mean…. Who did it better? Let her know.”
When asked by one fan how she feels about this, Markova responded, “Disrespected. Doesn’t matter who’s more or less talented. Law is the same for everebody.”
❤️❤️❤️
— Natalia Markova (@RealNMarkova) July 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/RealNMarkova/status/1549859067362951170
— MarkovaArmy (@MarkovaArmy) July 20, 2022
— Natalia Markova (@RealNMarkova) July 21, 2022
Disrespected. Doesn’t matter who’s more or less talented. Law is the same for everebody ☺️
— Natalia Markova (@RealNMarkova) July 21, 2022
— Natalia Markova (@RealNMarkova) July 21, 2022
Markova broke into the wrestling business in 2007, where she worked for the Russian promotion Independent Wrestling Federation (NFR) until 2017 before going to Japan and working for DDT Pro-Wrestling and Wrestling New Classic from 2011 to 2013. She started working in America in 2017, where she had a tryout with WWE that same year. Since that time, she has worked for Shine Wrestling, EVOLVE, and worked a few matches in 2021 on the AEW Dark series. She has been wrestling for the NWA since 2021.
This isn’t the first time that Carmella has been accused of stealing stuff for her gimmick as Angelina Pivarnick from MTV’s “Jersey Shore” recently went after her because Carmella used the line “Ummmmm, Hellooooo.” A famous line she used on the reality series.
