Lana may have just made her in-ring debut, but she has some lofty goals going forward.
The "Ravishing Russian" wrestled for the first time at WrestleMania 32 in a multi-woman tag team match on April 3. Lana was part of Team B.A.D. & Blonde, which lost to Team "Total Divas," led by the now-retired Brie Bella.
Though her team lost, Lana has been getting in the ring on live events and will likely be pushed as an in-ring competitor going forward. The former manager of Rusev has plenty of expectations for her career, even if she stopped short at saying she'll be the next Women's Champion.
"I don't like telling people what my plans are because I have big plans," Lana told WWE.com. "If I start saying, 'Oh, this is what I'm going to do' and, 'This is what I want to do,' then I know I'm a threat to other people. But I can promise you this: I will be the greatest woman to ever enter WWE, and I will leave the greatest legacy that WWE has ever seen."
Though she doesn't have a lot of experience, Lana wouldn't be the first one to go from an eye candy managerial role to ring general. Trish Stratus opened up her career as nothing more than a manager, but she eventually crafted herself into a Hall of Famer.
Lana is hoping to follow down that same career path now that she's started to wrestle. There was talk of Lana being the next hand-picked top Diva a few months ago, but with an influx of new talent in the likes of champion Charlotte, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch, she may find it hard to get to the top of the pecking order in the revamped Women's' division.
There were plenty of rumors going around that Lana's initial push fell apart because she drew heat from WWE officials on multiple occasions. She originally drew their ire back in October when word leaked out that she got engaged to Rusev, ruining the storyline of them being enemies. The incident was followed up with a real-life Twitter war with Paige, which eventually was cleared up.
Now, it seems like all is forgiven for the blonde beauty and she is starting to etch out what she believes will be the greatest career ever inside the ring.
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