Carmella, Nia Jax, and more stars send heartfelt messages to WWE veteran ahead of RAW

Carmella, Nia Jax, and many more WWE stars have sent heartfelt messages to a popular veteran tonight ahead of RAW. This week's Monday Night show will air live from Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia.

WWE star Natalya celebrated her 42nd birthday today and has received a plethora of messages from her peers. Carmella took to Instagram and wrote a heartwarming post about the former champion. The Princess of Staten Island praised the former SmackDown Women's Champion and stated that she was grateful for their friendship.

Nia Jax referred to the former champion as "beefy" and sent her a hilarious message on her birthday. Naomi, Maxxine Dupri, AEW ring announcer Justin Roberts, and more stars sent Natalya birthday messages as well and you can check it out in the image below.

Stars send messages to Natalya on her birthday.

Natalya competed in the Queen of the Ring Tournament this year but was eliminated by former WWE Women's Champion IYO SKY in the first round. Nia Jax defeated Lyra Valkyria in the finals of the tournament this past Saturday to become the Queen of the Ring.

The Irresistible Force has also earned a title shot at SummerSlam as a result of winning the tournament.

WWE SmackDown announcer Corey Graves provides Carmella update

Corey Graves recently shared an update on Carmella as she has been off of television since last March. Graves and Mella are married in real life and the happy couple welcomed a son to their family last year.

In an interview with Bill Apter of Sportskeeda Wrestling, Graves shared that Carmella is "thriving in her motherhood era." He also said their son is a giant and has the genes to become a WWE Superstar in the future.

"She is magnificent. She is thriving in her motherhood era. It's obviously Carmella's first. Our son Dimitri, he's just over four months old. He is a giant! He's got the genes to be the next WWE Superstar! But she's doing fantastic. She'll actually be around. She has a few appearances scheduled WrestleMania week, which will be the first time she's been in the fold since stepping away to be pregnant." [From 06:24 – 06:50]

You can check out the interview in the video below:

Natalya signed with the company in 2007 and has been a constant in the women's division for the company. With the reports of her contract expiring soon, only time will tell what the promotion has planned for her moving forward.