Natalya Neidhart

About Natalya Neidhart

Natalie Katherine Neidhart-Wilson, known professionally as Natalya, is a Canadian wrestler, previously featured on reality television, and a former YouTuber. As of March 2023, she is with WWE, performing on the Raw brand. A two-time women’s world champion, she has held the Divas Championship and the SmackDown Women's Championship once each and also seized the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship with Tamina Snuka. A third-generation wrestler, Natalya comes from the esteemed Hart wrestling lineage through her mother. Her training took place in the legendary Hart family Dungeon, where her uncles Ross and Bruce Hart guided her development.

Starting her wrestling career in the Matrats promotion from 2000 to 2001, she made her debut in Stampede Wrestling in 2003. Her international journey took her to England and Japan between 2004 and 2005, where she achieved recognition by becoming the inaugural Stampede Women’s Pacific Champion in 2005 and capturing the SuperGirls Championship the following year. In 2007, she joined WWE and honed her skills in the developmental territories of Deep South Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). While in FCW, she managed her cousin, Harry Smith, and T.J. Wilson. Natalya made her main roster debut in 2008, teaming up with Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon).

In 2010, she clinched the Divas Championship, and in 2017, she triumphed as the SmackDown Women’s Champion after overcoming Naomi (Trinity Fatu) at SummerSlam. Notably, she became the first woman in WWE history to hold both the Divas and SmackDown Women's Championships. Natalya was a central figure in the reality series Total Divas from 2013 to 2019. She holds six Guinness World Records for female WWE wrestlers, including most pay-per-view appearances and most WrestleMania matches, and she is recognized as the longest-signed female WWE performer, having been with the company since 2007.

Married to WWE producer and former wrestler T.J. Wilson, she has a sister, Jenni Neidhart, who is a glamour model and former reality TV star. Together, they previously operated a YouTube channel known as The Neidharts. Natalya is also the daughter of the late wrestler Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart and the niece of wrestling icons Bret "The Hitman" Hart and the late Owen Hart, as well as the granddaughter of the legendary Stu Hart. By January 2025, Natalya has grown her social media presence, amassing 5.4 million followers on Instagram, 114,300 followers on TikTok, and 97,300 YouTube subscribers.