1. Natalya Neidhart is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Natalya.
78 Facts About Natalya Neidhart
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Natalya Neidhart is a two-time women's world champion, having won the WWE Divas Championship and WWE SmackDown Women's Championship once each.
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Natalya Neidhart is a one-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion with Tamina.
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Natalya Neidhart trained in the Hart family Dungeon under the tutelage of her uncles Ross and Bruce Hart.
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Natalya Neidhart became the inaugural Stampede Women's Pacific Champion in 2005, and won the SuperGirls Championship the following year.
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In 2007, Natalya Neidhart signed with WWE and spent time in Deep South Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and Florida Championship Wrestling developmental territories.
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Natalya Neidhart debuted on the main roster in 2008, allying herself with Victoria.
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Natalya Neidhart is the first woman in WWE history to hold both the Divas Championship and the SmackDown Women's Championship.
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From 2013 to 2019, Natalya Neidhart was a main cast member of the reality television series Total Divas.
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Natalya Neidhart is the longest-tenured female WWE wrestler, actively being with the company since 2007.
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Natalya Neidhart has two sisters; her older sister, Jennifer, is a gourmet chef and caterer, and Kristen is her younger sister.
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Natalya Neidhart is of Greek descent through a maternal great-grandmother.
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Natalya Neidhart cites her grandfather, Stu, and her uncle, Bret, as her inspirations, both in and out of the ring.
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Natalya Neidhart is close friends with Smith, and the two lived together for a short time as children while their fathers were wrestling as a team, The Hart Foundation.
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Natalya Neidhart attended Vincent Massey junior high school and Bishop Carroll High School, from which she graduated in 2000.
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Natalya Neidhart is trained in Jiu-Jitsu and amateur wrestling, and participated in dance and gymnastics.
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Natalya Neidhart briefly worked as a saleswoman for Kirby vacuum when she was eighteen.
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Natalya Neidhart received formal professional wrestling training in the Hart family "Dungeon" from her uncles Ross and Bruce Hart, becoming the first woman to do so.
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In 2003, she began working for the Hart Family's own promotion, Stampede Wrestling under the name Nattie Natalya Neidhart, beginning a long time feud with Belle Lovitz.
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In November 2005, Natalya Neidhart damaged her cruciate ligament while wrestling in Japan, and underwent surgery in early 2006.
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Natalya Neidhart was sidelined for six months while she recovered.
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On October 8,2006, Natalya Neidhart won the SuperGirls Championship from Lisa Moretti at a Big Time Wrestling show held by NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling in Newark, California.
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Natalya Neidhart lost to Sara Del Rey at the tapings of Volume 7, but defeated "The Portuguese Princess" Ariel at the Volume 8 tapings.
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Natalya Neidhart had her last match for Stampede Wrestling on January 26,2007, after she had signed with World Wrestling Entertainment, defeating Veronika Vice.
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On January 5,2007, Natalya Neidhart signed a contract with WWE.
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Natalya Neidhart was briefly transferred to Florida Championship Wrestling when it opened in June, and then moved to Ohio Valley Wrestling, debuting in a dark match at the television tapings on July 18,2007, where she won a battle royal.
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Natalya Neidhart debuted the next week as a member of the Next Generation Hart Foundation, accompanying her cousins Teddy Hart and Harry Smith for tag team matches.
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Natalya Neidhart continued to make appearances in FCW in late 2008, after debuting on SmackDown, and managed TJ Wilson and DH Smith to the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship on October 30.
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Two weeks later on SmackDown she made her televised in-ring debut, under the shortened ring name Natalya Neidhart, defeating Cherry with her uncle's submission move the "sharpshooter".
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Natalya Neidhart won and advanced to the Bash, but lost the Championship match to Michelle McCool.
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At Survivor Series, Natalya Neidhart competed in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match a part of Team Smackdown where her team lost to Team Raw.
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On June 29,2009, Natalya Neidhart was traded back to SmackDown along with the other members of The Hart Dynasty.
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Natalya Neidhart, Kidd, and Smith went on to feud with Torres and Cryme Tyme, with Natalya Neidhart facing Torres in singles matches and tag team matches involving other Divas.
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At the next pay-per-view, Money in the Bank, Natalya Neidhart helped The Hart Dynasty to retain the championship against The Usos by stopping Tamina from interfering in the match, ending the feud.
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Natalya Neidhart received another championship match three weeks later at the Bragging Rights pay-per-view, where she lost to Layla after McCool interfered.
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Natalya Neidhart was scheduled to defend her championship against Lay-Cool in a two-on-one handicap match at the Royal Rumble, but the match was changed to a fatal four-way, involving Eve.
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Post-match, she turned villainous by attacking Kelly, and stating "[her] days as the perky, cute, blonde little bimbo were officially over", four days later on SmackDown, Natalya Neidhart defeated AJ before turning on her protege, attacking her and declaring war on the "perky little princesses" that comprised the rest of the Divas division.
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Natalya Neidhart accompanied Phoenix to her Divas Championship match at the SummerSlam pay-per-view against Kelly Kelly, who was accompanied by Eve Torres, but she failed to win the match.
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Four days later on SmackDown, Natalya Neidhart lost a match to Kelly.
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Post-match, Phoenix jumped into the ring and delivered a 'Glam Slam' on Kelly, then Natalya Neidhart applied and debuted their new submission manoeuvre the 'Pin-Up Strong'.
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In early 2012, Natalya Neidhart was characterized as being notable for smelly flatulence; this character development was heavily panned by critics.
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Natalya Neidhart defeated Layla and Sasha Banks en route to the final at NXT TakeOver, in which she lost to Charlotte.
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Natalya Neidhart regularly accompanied Kidd to the ring, where he often used her as a distraction to win his matches.
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Several weeks later, Kidd stated that he would be out of action for over a year, with Natalya Neidhart taken off television for the very first time in order to care for Kidd.
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Three days later, on SmackDown, Natalya Neidhart teamed with Becky Lynch and Charlotte the three defeated Team Bella.
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AD, after the three distracted her during her match with Paige, and attacked her, but Natalya Neidhart went on to gain revenge over the team by defeating Naomi and Tamina in two singles matches before the feud quietly ended.
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In January 2016, Natalya Neidhart revealed that she had been working through a broken ankle, which was mistaken for a simple sprain and after two months of inactivity, she made her official return during a live event on January 3.
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At the event, she was defeated after match referee Charles Robinson, ended the match as Charlotte held her in the Sharpshooter submission hold, Natalya Neidhart's signature finishing move, even though she had not submitted making reference to the infamous "shoot screwjob" the Montreal Screwjob.
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On July 19, Natalya Neidhart was drafted to SmackDown as part of the 2016 WWE draft.
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At Backlash, Natalya Neidhart competed in a six-pack elimination challenge to determine the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion and was eliminated by Nikki Bella.
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However, after Nikki had been attacked backstage before the match, Natalya Neidhart replaced Nikki but led her team to defeat.
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At the event, Natalya Neidhart defeated Naomi to capture the SmackDown Women's Championship.
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Natalya Neidhart then competed at Survivor Series along with Becky Lynch, Tamina Snuka, Naomi and Carmella as a part of Team Smackdown against Team Raw in a losing effort.
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Natalya Neidhart received her Smackdown Women's Championship rematch at Clash of Champions, but was unsuccessful against Flair in a lumberjack match.
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At the 2018 Royal Rumble, Natalya Neidhart participated in the first Women's Royal Rumble Match; she entered at number 18 but was eliminated by Trish Stratus.
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At Fastlane, Carmella and Natalya Neidhart defeated Naomi and Becky Lynch after Carmella pinned Becky.
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Shortly after that scene, Natalya Neidhart was placed in a storyline with Rousey as she was revealed to be her training partner and friend.
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Shortly after the event, Natalya Neidhart continued her feud with Ruby Riott after the latter broke the "glasses" of Natalya Neidhart's recently deceased father.
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On January 27,2019, at the 2019 Royal Rumble, Natalya Neidhart entered the second women's Royal Rumble match at number 2, lasting 56:01, and eliminated Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan, before she was eliminated by Nia Jax.
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At Fastlane, Natalya Neidhart reunited her team with Beth Phoenix, known as The Divas of Doom, after the two were attacked by Nia Jax and Tamina.
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At SummerSlam, Natalya Neidhart was unsuccessful in winning the Raw Women's title from Lynch in a Submission match.
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Natalya Neidhart later began feuding with Lacey Evans, exchanging victories and losses, before defeating her in a last woman standing match.
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Natalya Neidhart defeated Evans again at Crown Jewel, which was the first ever women's match to take place in Saudi Arabia.
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In January 2021, Natalya Neidhart formed an alliance with Tamina while putting the women's tag team division on notice.
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Natalya Neidhart participated in the Royal Rumble match at the namesake event on January 19,2022, entering at No 24 and eliminating Tamina and Summer Rae, but was eliminated by Bianca Belair.
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Natalya Neidhart returned during the 2023 Royal Rumble match as the 11th entrant, being eliminated along with Baszler by Damage CTRL.
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On February 5,2023, Natalya Neidhart won a fatal four-way match on SmackDown against Baszler, Zelina Vega, and Shotzi to qualify for the women's Elimination Chamber match, where the winner would be given a Raw Women's Championship match against Bianca Belair at WrestleMania 39.
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On March 25,2023, Natalya Neidhart teamed with Shotzi to qualify for the Women's WrestleMania Showcase fatal four-way tag team match at WrestleMania 39.
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At Night of Champions, Natalya Neidhart unsuccessfully challenged Ripley for the SmackDown Women's Championship in a squash match that lasted 70 seconds.
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Since then, Natalya Neidhart had began regularly appearing on WWE Main Event defeating the likes of Xia Li, Tegan Nox, and Nikki Cross.
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On January 27,2024, at the 2024 Royal Rumble, Natalya Neidhart entered the women's Royal Rumble match at number 1, and lasted 20:57.
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In March 2024, Natalya Neidhart would start making appearances on the NXT brand and would form an alliance with Karmen Petrovic.
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Natalya Neidhart participated in the 2024 Queen of the Ring tournament, where she was defeated by Iyo Sky in the first round.
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Whilst still signed to WWE, Natalya Neidhart, billed as Nattie Natalya Neidhart, was announced as a member of the cast of the thirteenth edition of Josh Barnett's Bloodsport, held by Game Changer Wrestling during WrestleMania weekend.
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The National Wrestling Alliance announced that Natalya Neidhart will compete at NWA's Crockett Cup 2025 on May 17.
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Natalya Neidhart has known TJ Wilson since she was 12 years old, and they began dating in November 2001.
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On October 1,2016, Natalya Neidhart had her two front teeth knocked out during a house show match in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Natalya Neidhart made her in-game debut in WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2010 and appears in WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011, WWE '12, WWE '13, WWE 2K14, WWE 2K15, WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, WWE 2K22, WWE 2K23, WWE 2K24 and WWE 2K25.