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04-12-2006, 11:49 AM
Show: 3 Count Wrestling
Guest: NATTIE NEIDHART
Date: 4/11/06
Your Hosts: Brian Luquette & Chris Furguson

Who would have ever thought Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart would have such a beautiful daughter? The apple didn't fall far from the tree, though! This week, we welcome Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart's daughter and in our humble opinions the future of female wrestling, Ms. NATTIE Neidhart!

NATTIE NEIDHART INTERVIEW -
Interview done by Chris Furguson & James Walsh

Bret Hart's "Heart Beat" leads us into the interview with the daughter of Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Nattie Neidhart.

Nattie's place in Hart Family wrestling legacy is as follows: Nattie is the daughter of Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, who married into the Hart family (her mother is Ellie Hart), her uncles are Bret, Owen, and Davey Boy, and her grandfather is Stu Hart.

Nattie wasn't always interested in wrestling, as her father tried to shelter her from the business. However, after taking a few acting classes, as well as getting involved with "Mat Rats," she asked to learn a few moves and that's when the wrestling bug bit her.

Nattie is quite close with her cousins, Harry Smith and Teddy Hart.

According to Nattie, "Mat Rats" wasn't Teddy Hart's "brainchild." Teddy was the main wrestler on the show and had lots of ideas. Nattie also explains that Teddy "wears his heart on his sleeve" and has always been as "high strung," even as a kid!

Nattie doesn't have education beyond High School, but could have gone to University.

Nattie knows how difficult it is to work in front of a camera, and puts over Mauro Ranallo (who co-hosts the PRIDE fights with Bas Rutten) as someone who helped her a lot with getting comfortable with doing the ring announcing for "Mat Rats."

Jim was very protective of Nattie's decision to be a wrestler, and didn't approve of her going to Japan. When she came back, after a successful tour, Jim began to believe that Nattie had a career in Japan.

Nattie enjoyed the food in Japan, unlike Bret, and was impressed with the level of woman's wrestling in Japan. However, the trip was difficult for her because of the language barrier, although Nattie put over how the Japanese were willing to help irregardless. She also learned how to "tough it out" on her

Nattie mainly wrestles in Calgary, although she has traveled to Europe and Japan to wrestle. Her main problem is that it's expensive for promoters to fly her out of Western Canada. She also puts over Tracy Brooks, who relocated herself to Nashville and can therefore work a constant schedule.

Nattie has had a long running feud with Belle Lovitz in Stampede Wrestling, which she attributes to the lack of quality women wrestlers in the US and Canada.

Nattie thinks the WWE is doing something right, as they are a billion dollar company, and concedes that with such a small women's division, you can't have the same kind of match every night, lest the fans get bored.

Nattie isn't prudish about doing a "bra and panties" match, as she'd consider it a night off from wrestling! "I'm not really a very prudish person about that because, growing up in the wrestling business, you see so many different things and so many- I don't know, you can get pretty jaded. So, you think about 'Bra and Panties' and it's like 'oh, big deal.'"

One of Nattie's goals is to join the WWE, because she'd like to carry on her grandfather's legacy in the business.

Nattie is training in both Amateur and Pro Wrestling, as well as MMA. She finds that having a variety of styles in her background helps her, including core strength and fluidity of motion. She puts over Kurt Angle as someone who doesn't look stiff in the ring.

Nattie says that being part of the Hart Wrestling legacy is a double edged sword. She has a name already, but she has to work hard to meet the audience's expectations.

According to Nattie, the biggest problem for women in wrestling is the lack of quality girls to wrestle with. Nattie doesn't know if a woman's wrestling organization would work in the US and Canada because of that reason.

Within the next 5 years, Nattie wants to be happy and doing what she wants to do, whatever that is.

Word Association:

Stu Hart: "Inspirational"
Bret Hart: "Complete Professional"
Owen Hart: "Watching Owen's work in Japan... was revolutionary."
TJ Wilson: "Maybe the next Eddie Guerrero"
Mr. Theodore Wolf: "That's actually my cat." She then explains an inside joke about her cat and Harry Smith's cat.
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart: "We're alike and we're different in many ways."

The interview ends with a promo for 3 Count Wrestling and an attempted promo for Weekend Warriors of Wrestling!

This is a very interesting listen and she really does have a very comfortable feel to her when discussing wrestling. We are certain she will be successful in the world of pro wrestling.

You can listen at http://www.WrestlingEpicenter.com.