WWE’s Two-Time Women’s World Champion: Nattie Neidhart on Life, Loss, and Legacy

Alright, guys. Welcome back to the show. So people ask me all the time, do you have favorites that have been on your podcast? And out of, like, 800 shows, I'm not gonna lie to you. I have a few people that I just loved when I met them, like, right away, and this woman is one of those people. I regret that we're doing this through Zoom today because the last time, I think, we had some wine in my wine room in my bar after we did the podcast with my family. But, but we're gonna do it through Zoom today. And the reason I wanted to have her on is she's got a new book out. First, let me tell you the the name of the book, and then I'll properly introduce her. Called The Last Heart Beating. And I read this entire book in two nights, you guys, and I couldn't put it down. It's that good. And she's a WWE legend. She's the most tenured WWE wrestler of all time on the women's side. And you guys all know I'm a huge fan of WWE. This is not a wrestling interview. This is a life interview. This is an overcoming dysfunction interview. This is a self worth interview. It's actually a little bit of a spirituality interview too, and and how to persevere and win because she's won big time in her life. She's only in the Guinness Book of World Records, like, six times, and she's just a historical figure in the industry that she comes from. She's loved by everybody that knows her. Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, wrote the foreword. And when I read Dwayne's words about her, I just thought, man, I could have written the exact same words because I feel the same way about her. So, Natty Neidhart, welcome back to the show. And you're so sweet. Thank you so much so much for having me on. I can't thank you enough. Well, I love having you on. And it's been too long. It's been a long time. So let's talk about the book. Obviously, probably, I don't know, half my audience is probably WWE fans. The other half are not gonna know some of the things we're talking about. So I wanna navigate those two worlds pretty well. But what I want you all to know first thing about Nadia is she comes from royalty literally in the industry that she comes from. So whether it be her uncles, her dad, you name it, like, it's it's a legendary family. I think it's safe to say that there's the McMahon's and there's probably the Hart family in terms of legendary families in the sport. So the first thing I wanted to ask you about, this sounds like an odd place to start, but you have dominant figures in your family. Right? Like, your dad was a dominant figure. Bret Hart's a dominant figure. Owen was before he tragically passed …