Natalya Biography: Age, Height, Facts, Achievements, Controversy & Net Worth

Natalie Katherine Neidhart-Wilson, popularly known by her ring name Natalya, is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, currently working in World Wrestling Entertainment for Raw brand. Natalya has been recognized as one of the most influential and promising wrestlers of the current time. Belonging to the Hart Wrestling Family, Natalya developed her interest in wrestling from a very young age and joined Hart family Dungeon, where she took wrestling training from her uncles Ross and Bruce Hart.

In 2001, she got involved in wrestling promotion named  Stampede Wrestling where she became the inaugural Stampede Women’s Pacific Champion and won the SuperGirls Championship the following year in October 2006. Natalie signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2007 and devoted her time wrestling in  Deep South Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) developmental territories.

Natalie has held many championships in her career including SuperGirls Championship once, Stampede Women’s Pacific Championship twice,  Women’s Wrestler of the Year in 2005, WWE Divas Championship once and  WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship once.  She has become the first woman in WWE history to hold both the Divas Championship and the SmackDown Women’s Championship. Neidhart has also featured as a main cast member of the reality television series Total Divas.

EARLY LIFE

Natalie Katherine Neidhart-Wilson was born on May 27, 1982, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is the daughter of renowned wrestlers Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart and Elizabeth “Ellie” Hart. She persuaded her academics from  Vincent Massey Junior High School and Bishop Carroll High School.  She has also become the first woman in her family to receive professional wrestling training in the Hart Dungeon.

PERSONAL LIFE

Natalie Katherine Neidhart resides in Tampa, Florida, U.S. She tied know with TJ Wilson a.k.a. Tyson Kidd on June 26, 2013. Before getting married, the two dated for almost twelve years since 2001. Her wedding was also featured on the first season of Total Divas. They are not having any babies until now.

PROFESSIONAL LIFE

Natalie began her professional wrestling career in 2000 by working for the Hart Family’s promotion, Stampede Wrestling, where she feuded with Belle Lovitz. She also bagged the inaugural Stampede Women’s Pacific Championship in 2005.

Natalya started working for the Hart Family’s promotion Stampede Wrestling. She started a feud with Belle Lovitz which lasted long. She also wrestled abroad in countries like England, Canada and Japan. In 2005, she won the inaugural Stampede Women’s Pacific Champion. She joined won the SuperGirls Championship from Lisa Moretti at  NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling. She also participated in the Great Canadian Wrestling tournament where she came second.

Natalya signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment WWE, where she was assigned to its developmental territory, Deep South Wrestling. She was later sent to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) and then to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) where she won a battle royal. Natalya made her debut at the Next Generation Hart Foundation for tag team matches. In April 2008, Natalya made her roster debut in a match against Michelle McCool.  She also allied with Victoria. Natalya made her television in-ring debut against Cherry in a winning effort.

 

In October 2008, Natalya allied with Victoria. The two fought against Maria and Brie for an episode of SmackDown!, against Michelle McCool, Maria and Brie during a Divas Halloween costume tag team match, and against the Bella Twins.

Natalya also appeared at Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in February 2009. Her first match was against Alicia Fox in a winning effort. She then competed at the WrestleMania XXV but lost to Santina Marella. Later, she became an official member of the ECW brand. Natalya collaborated with cousins David Hart Smith and Kidd. The trio was referred to as The Hart Trilogy but was later called The Hart Dynasty. In June 2009, Natalya along with other members of The Hart Dynasty was drafted to SmackDown.

Natalya also participated at the Bragging Rights pay-per-view where she was a member of the winning team of SmackDown Divas who defeated the Raw Divas. The Hart Dynasty, Natalya appeared at the WrestleMania XXVI where The Hart Dynasty won the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship from The Miz and The Big Show.  In 2010, Natalya and The Hart Dynasty defeated Tamina and The Uso brothers in a six-person mixed tag team match. At the Money in the Bank match, she helped The Hart Dynasty retain the championship against The Usos.

In September 2010,  she won the battle royal which helped her become number 1 contender of the WWE Unified Divas Championship. She defeated McCool and Layla to bag the WWE Divas Championship title for the first time. She lost her title to Eve. In 2011, she paired with Beth Phoenix for a fight for the Divas Championship title. They formed a tag team named as  ‘Divas of Doom’,  fought against The Chickbusters, Kelly Kelly and Eve Torres successfully. They then participated in the tag team match pinning Kelly Kelly. Natalya assisted Phoenix in a title match against Kelly which Phoenix ultimately won to bag her first WWE Divas Championship. The Divas of Doom also defeated the Chickbusters AJ and Kaitlyn in tag team match later in singles match. They yet again defeated the Chickbusters in SmackDown.

Natalya ignited her feud with Bella Twins in 2013 and defeated them twice both in Raw and SummerSlam. She joined hands with The Great Khali for a mixed tag team match which the duo lost. Natalya defeated AJ in a tag team match on Raw to become the number one contender in WWE Divas Championship. However, she failed to capture the title at TLC.