{"id":91798,"date":"2021-05-17T13:39:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=91798"},"modified":"2021-05-17T13:39:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:39:21","slug":"natalia-markova-aew-debut-elevation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/05\/17\/natalia-markova-aew-debut-elevation\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Veteran Natalia Markova Making AEW Debut on Elevation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The women&#8217;s division in AEW may be in for a rude awakening as independent wrestling veteran Natalia Markova is making her debut on AEW Dark Elevation against\u00a0<strong>Leyla Hirsch<\/strong>.\u00a0 Markova debuted over a decade ago and has spent the past few years as a <strong>Shine Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>regular.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You happy to watch me on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDark<\/a> Elevation this Monday? \ud83d\ude1c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ilqcRZHLTy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ilqcRZHLTy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Natalia Markova (@RealNMarkova) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealNMarkova\/status\/1393752076900044803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Markova debuted in the late 00s for <strong>Independent Wrestling Federation\u00a0<\/strong>in Russia under the moniker Bonnie.\u00a0 She was a six-time IWF Women&#8217;s Champion during her time in the company.\u00a0 In the early 10s she had brief stints in Asia where she competed for\u00a0<strong>Dramatic Dream Team Pro Wrestling<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Gatoh Move<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Dubai Wrestling Entertainment\u00a0<\/strong>as well as a number of other promotions.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2017 Markova has been based in the U.S. which has allowed her to compete regularly for Shine Wrestling, where she is the current Shine Nova Champion, and WWN\/<strong>EVOLVE<\/strong>.\u00a0 She has also had another stint in Japan which saw her compete for\u00a0<strong>Marvelous<\/strong>.\u00a0 Markova has balanced her wrestling with her interest in being a fitness model.\u00a0 With her decade-plus of experience under her belt, Natalia Markova has the chance to showcase her best on AEW Dark Elevation when she takes on Leyla Hirsch.\u00a0 With her recent WWE tryout and now this AEW debut opportunities are coming Markova&#8217;s way, it&#8217;s up to her to take them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TNT and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The women&#8217;s division in AEW may be in for a rude awakening as independent wrestling veteran Natalia Markova is making her debut on AEW Dark Elevation against\u00a0Leyla Hirsch.\u00a0 Markova debuted over a decade ago and has spent the past few years as a Shine Wrestling\u00a0regular. You happy to watch me on #AEWDark Elevation this Monday? 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