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Natalya Neidhart is one of the biggest names in professional wrestling.
She is the granddaughter of legendary wrestling coach Stu Hart, daughter of Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, and niece of Bret Hart and the late Owen Hart. She has been a figurehead in WWE’s women’s division since 2007 and has become one of the most iconic superstars the company has ever seen.
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Natalya Neidhart attends the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s “WWE Monday Night Raw” at Intuit Dome on January 6, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (JC Olivera/Getty Images)
Neidhart talked about all the trials and tribulations he faced in his life in his autobiography, “The Last Hart Beating: From the Dungeon to WWE.” Neidhart takes the reader on a journey from his beginnings in professional wrestling to all the tragic times his family faced, including the tragic deaths of his father and uncle.
She told Pak Gazette Digital that writing the book was a way to get out of her comfort zone and challenge her on a different level.
“The most important thing about writing the book was taking on new goals, new challenges, new things,” he explained. “Writing a book is something I always wanted to do, but I was also afraid to do it. In the last year, I’ve really been taking on challenges that scared me. I’ve been doing things that are like… it’s not even so much that I’m scared of it, but just doing things that are outside of my comfort zone, going into situations that aren’t easy, like taking on a new character or working on new projects.
“Writing a book was something I always wanted to do, but I kept putting it off because I was like, if I write a book, I just want it to be perfect. The best thing you can do when you want to grow is to just get started.”
Neidhart delves into all the ups and downs he’s experienced in the industry.
He said the main thing he wanted was for the reader to feel like they were reading a story and not just another autobiography.
Natalya Neidhart attends Build Series to talk about “Total Divas” at Build Studio on October 25, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Steve Zak/FilmMagic)
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“Wrestling is like the backdrop to my story, but the book is much more about the matches I’ve had or how I got started in it,” he said. “People who read it can’t wait to get to the next chapter because it’s a story. They can’t wait to see what will happen in the story and it’s a story that people don’t know.”
In one case, Neidhart writes about remembering the feeling of being “the last one left” of her family in the professional wrestling business.
The pressure has certainly been there throughout Neidhart’s career.
“I think it’s just loving what I do,” he told Pak Gazette Digital. “It’s hard to believe that I’ve been in WWE for almost two decades, but I truly love what I do. Like anything, there will be things that you love, there will be things that will be difficult and there will be things that will be challenging, but there is no greater feeling than walking through the curtain doing something you love and feeling so fulfilled in it.
“I think the most important thing for my family is that my family has done a lot in the industry, but at the end of the day, we’ve all had the opportunity to go through the industry and really live our dreams, which has been incredible.”
“The Last Hart Beating: From the Dungeon to WWE” will premiere Tuesday.
I hoped fans could be “healed” in some way by reading the book and learning about their experiences.
WWE wrestler Natalya Neidhart holds a championship belt at Build Studio on October 25, 2017 in New York City. (Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
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“If the message of my book is anything, if anyone learns anything from the book, I hope it helps them heal in some way,” he said. “You can read my book and not even know anything about wrestling and you will completely understand it.
“And that’s something very important to me: I wanted to write a book that was easy to read and that you could love wrestling, hate it, know nothing about wrestling and totally understand the book because it’s about people, relationships, and I think it will heal a lot of people.”
