Natalya “Wrestling Not a Place for Women” says Neidhart
WWE diva Natalya got an interview before her Smackdown event Friday at the Cornwall Civic Complex. Natalya’s father Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart sheltered Natalya from wrestling.
“My dad sheltered us from wrestling because he thought it wasn’t a place for women,” Neidhart recalled.
Times have changed. Now Neidhart is a Diva in demand. But she knows it’s not easy being a woman in wrestling, balancing moves while trying to look attractive. Especially when stilettos are involved.
“It’s a balance of being strong, sexy, powerful and beautiful,” says Neidhart, who uses a hybrid wrestling style that blends Japanese instruction with her family’s distinct Hart-style training. “We’re not built like men,” she added. “We hit the ropes and we feel it.”
She credits fellow Canadian and former WWE women’s champion Trish Stratus with changing the face of women’s wrestling, but says it was her match against Diva Kelly Kelly in Ontario last spring that stands out as the moment of her career. So far.
“It was my first time wrestling on Smackdown in Canada,” says Neidhart, who has wrestled all over the world. “I felt like I’d finally made it - to wrestle in my home country.” READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>>>>
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