Nattie Neidhart

Nattie Neidhart

Nattie Neidhart (Natalie Katherine Neidhart) was born on May 27th, 1982 and is currently 42 years old. Nattie Neidhart was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Natalie Neidhart is a Canadian-American professional wrestler. She is popularly known as Natalya on the ring and has since been performing with WWE since 2007 making her the longest-serving female wrestler in the company.

Natalya is a two-time women’s world champion. She has held the WWE Divas Championship and the SmackDown Women’s Championship once each. She also won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship with Tamina. Neidhart is a third-generation wrestler. Her father is Jim Neidhart, a Hall of Famer and member of the famous Hart Foundation. Through her mother, she's part of the Hart wrestling family and was trained in their famous Dungeon by her uncles Ross and Bruce Hart.

Neidhart started her wrestling career in the early 2000s, working in promotions like Matrats and Stampede Wrestling. She also wrestled in England and Japan. In 2005, she became the first-ever Stampede Women's Pacific Champion and later won the SuperGirls Championship.

When she joined WWE, she trained in several developmental territories like Deep South Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). In FCW, she managed her cousin Harry Smith and her husband, T.J. Wilson. She joined WWE’s main roster in 2008 and later formed a team called The Hart Dynasty with Smith and Wilson.

Neidhart won the Divas Championship in 2010 and the SmackDown Women’s Championship in 2017. She was the first woman in WWE to win both titles. She also appeared on the reality TV show Total Divas from 2013 to 2019. She holds six Guinness World Records in WWE, including most matches, most wins, and most appearances at major events like WrestleMania, Raw, and SmackDown.

Neidhart’s book The Last Hart Beating is the true story of Nattie Neidhart the first woman in the famous Hart wrestling family to become a professional wrestler. While most kids were out playing, Nattie grew up training in the legendary Hart family Dungeon. Surrounded by wrestling greats like her grandfather Stu Hart, father Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, and uncles Bret and Owen Hart, Nattie carved out her own path in a tough, male-dominated world.

In this honest and emotional memoir, Nattie shares what life was really like behind the scenes. She talks about growing up in a wrestling family, dealing with her father’s struggles with addiction and brain injury, and how his sudden death affected her. She also opens up about the difficult moments in her family’s history with WWE, including the death of her uncle Owen and her husband TJ Wilson’s serious neck injury.

Nattie also gives a first-hand look at how women’s wrestling changed over the years—and what it took for her to be respected for her talent, not just her looks. She describes the highs of winning championships and setting records, and the lows of personal loss and pain.

The Last Hart Beating is full of real, raw moments both inside the wrestling ring and in her personal life. It is a powerful read for anyone who wants to know what it’s really like to grow up in the spotlight, fight for your dreams, and carry on a legendary family name.

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