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Calgary Sun Article/Interview with Natalya – 3/2/2018
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In welcoming my best friend, Beth Phoenix, back to WWE as she embraces her new role as a commentator for WWE’s new Facebook Watch series, Mixed Match Challenge, I asked her to answer a few questions that I could share with you.
Beth is living proof that we can accomplish anything if we put our mind to it.
She is a fitness fanatic who can bench press 220 pounds and a WWE Hall of Famer who just competed in the first ever women’s Royal Rumble match. Did I mention she can play the guitar, sing and is a classical pianist?
She also is a mom of two, a student working on her Master’s degree and a wife to WWE Hall of Famer Edge, who won a total of 31 WWE Championships himself.
I asked Beth how it feels being such a strong role model.
Beth replied, “I think it all goes back to the strong female role models I had growing up. I had my mother and my grandmother to set the template for myself as a woman. My mom raised myself and my brother as a single mom for the majority of our youth. She worked two jobs. She volunteered and served at my school so that we could get assistance to attend private Catholic school. She cooked healthy meals for us every single night after working long days. She spoiled us on birthdays and Christmas, even if it meant sacrificing many other things throughout the year. My grandmother was my teacher, a mentor, a care-giver, a matriarch. She taught me to cook, to sew, to have pride in my heritage, to sing, to value class and your own integrity above all. I grew up hoping one day I would be able to demonstrate to others (like my mother and grandmother did for me) that you need to work hard for the things you want and more importantly, what it means to know and love yourself for the things that make you special.”
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Source – Calgary Sun
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Nattie & TJ Interview on Yahoo.com – Their relationsh...
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Courtesy of Yahoo News/Lifestyle Nattie and TJ/Tyson Kidd Talk about their relationship being ‘unorthodox’ and ‘nontraditional’, When and how they met and when they first signed with WWE.
Natalya Neidhart and T.J. Wilson met as young kids and have known each other 27 years. But theirs isn’t your typical “girl falls in love with the boy next door and they live happily ever after” kind of story. “I can remember meeting Nattie at her grandfather’s house — and about five minutes later she told me off,” Wilson fondly recalls of his first interaction with his longtime love.
While Nattie disputes this account, she doesn’t argue with the statement that he “drove her crazy until I was about 15” and that their relationship is “unorthodox” and “nontraditional” (but, as T.J. says, “it’s love nonetheless”) — which makes sense considering that their lives have revolved around wrestling for decades.
Call Nattie “the Kate Middleton of World Wrestling Entertainment.” Her father, Jim “the Anvil” Neidhart, was a two-time WWE tag-team champion, and her uncle, Bret “the Hitman” Hart and grandfather Stu Hart are both WWE Hall of Famers. But her royal rumble bloodline isn’t why T.J. was initially drawn to her when he was 12 and she 10. “When I first saw Nattie, it sounds so made up, but I liked her instantly,” he says.
Nattie’s attraction towards T.J. took a little more time. “For me, it wasn’t love at first sight,” she admits. “It wasn’t until I started learning how to wrestle that there was this connection with T.J. that changed everything. He always would catch me, he’d always put himself on the line to make sure that I was safe, and when you’re in the ring and you’re learning how to wrestle, it’s all about trust with your partner.”
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Source – Yahoo.com/lifestyle
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Calgary Sun Article/Interview with Natalya – 2/23/2018
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Thank you Nattie for using one of my questions once again for your Article in the Calgary Sun.
So @fadhitman asked which former female WWE Superstar inspires me most.
I am shouting from the rooftop that it would be none other than Trish Stratus!
A few weeks ago, I had the honour, for the first time in my life, of being in the same ring as Trish Stratus during the inaugural Women’s Royal Rumble Match. I couldn’t believe that I finally had the opportunity to lock horns with the seven-time WWE Women’s Champion, fellow Canadian and one of the most iconic female superstars in WWE history.
Trish isn’t just any superwoman to me, she is one of the main reasons why I wanted to become a WWE Superstar.
Growing up around the Hart family, there was never any shortage of inspiration to join the family business. In the yard at my grandfather’s house, the Hart house, we had our very own ring. The neighbours would walk down the hill, past my grandfather’s house and watch us all in the ring.
Inside the Hart home, in the basement, was the infamous “Dungeon” where some of the most amazing Superstars of all time started their careers. There were holes in the ceiling and in the walls, the result of aspiring young men honing their craft so one day they could make it big.
For me, even though I was surrounded by some of the best the WWE has ever seen, seeing Trish Stratus on Monday Night Raw made me realize that I wanted to be just like her. She was this strong, fierce, confident woman from Canada who stepped showed the world why women in WWE were a force to be reckoned with. Trish was truly ahead of her time in so many ways.
I remember watching Trish Stratus perform with a broken nose (wearing a protective face mask) and thinking how cool it was because she was so tough. I wanted to be just as tough as her. I remember watching her and Lita main event Monday Night Raw in December of 2004, something that had been unheard of to that point. Lita and Trish were not only trailblazers, but arguably two of the most influential WWE Superstars of their generation, male or female.
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Source – Calgary Sun
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From the moment she first came before the WWE Universe, Natalya realized that competing in WWE was a gift, one she would utilize to its fullest extent. Of course, being trained in the legendary Hart Family Dungeon alongside a few famous family members didn't hurt either.
Despite a profound desire to forge her own path, there's no denying that Natalya possesses the "hart" to reach new heights in the ring. Whether creating havoc as part of The Hart Dynasty, executing the family Sharpshooter or stepping out on her own to capture the Divas Championship, the fiery third-generation Diva has shown time-and-time again that the legendary Pink & Black legacy is safe in her hands. 
