You all know her, you know her, whether it's inside the ring or outside the ring.

And now on her resume, she gets to put that she is an author.

And she's about to become a New York Times bestselling author. I guarantee that. So everyone, please welcome to the show, Natty Nightheart. Oh, my gosh, of course, Natty. I'm so excited for your new book coming out, the last heart beating, which is such a beautiful title. That is such a beautiful

time. And you look gorgeous on the cover. Oh my goodness. Yes. Such a good shot. But I'm so excited.

So is everyone going to be able to hear your story from, I mean, when you were a young girl,

having a famous father in the Heart Foundation all the way to tell where you're at now?

Well, it's with the book, there was a, I was a little tentative when I, like, started writing the book. I started, like, there's, when you, as you guys know, because you've written a book, it's, there was a lot of when I was going through my life, I was like, there's a lot that I'm kind of scared to share. And I'm like, I don't know if I want to go there. I don't want to say this or they're not going to let me say this or wwe's not going to want me to say this or

this might defend this person. And then I just was like, know what? Fuck it. Yeah. Write it. Just write it. Just say what you have to say. Excuse my language. No, we don't mind on this show. But just say what you want to say. and what, like, just let it, let just put it on the paper and then sort it out after. Yeah. And then I would wake up. I would write something and I'd be like, hi, that's too much. And then I'd wake up the next day and I'd read it again and I'd be like, oh, you can't put that. And then I'd sleep on it again. and I'd be like, leave it. Leave it. And so when WWE was looking over my book,

um, like, oh, you can't put that. And then I'd sleep on it again. And I'd be like, leave it. Leave it. And so

when WWE was looking over my book, and they, you know, they, they were taking a look at it because I wanted them to make, I wanted to make sure that I was comfortable with it and I wanted to make sure that they were comfortable with it. Because I want us to all be on the same team. Yes. I want us to all be on the same page that we're like, we are a family.

Yeah.

And they were so supportive of my book.

Oh. want us to all be on the same team. Yes. I want us to all be on the same page that we're like,

we are a family. Yeah. And they were so supportive of my book. Oh, what a great feeling. It made me so happy. I was so happy. I was like, they loved it. I love that. They weren't, they didn't say, you can't say this or you can't say that. They were just like, they fully embraced it and it was such a great feeling because it only like reconfirmed that it's so good to be able to share your story.

And this book is, yes, there are some things I was tentative to talk about, but I feel so,

I feel such a weight lifted off my shoulders that I'm able to share it. And it's just like, even with like the title of

the book, I was thinking, oh, I hope nobody in my family is offended that like I'm thinking that I'm

the last heart left that's like it's not really like it's basically, you know what I mean? Yeah.

I know it's meant like for me, because I started internalizing a lot of things. And I was like, no, I'm the last one in WWE still wrestling. I was the one that was the least likely to make it as a woman in my family. Right. In a male, especially when I was starting out in wrestling in a very male dominated world, I, you know, 18 years ago when I first got signed by WWE, like I was the one that wasn't supposed to make it. When you think about Brett Hart and Owen Hart and Davy Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid and Jim the Anvil Nidehart and Stu Hart, I mean, there's like multiple Hall of Famers in there. Like, I felt like, I mean, I would never live up to any of those expectations. I was the last one that was supposed to make it.

And I'm the one that's still standing.

And I have these great stories to tell.

And, like, my family's very much honored in it. But, like, I also want to share the imperfections. You have to. Because it makes it so much more relatable. And so in the book, especially stuff with my dad, I end up, you know, discussing and talking about some really personal things that like it, I was able to unlock a lot of those things after my dad passed away.

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