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THE ED MYLETT SHOW

WWE’s Two-Time Women’s World Champion: Nattie Neidhart on Life, Loss, and Legacy

THE ED MYLETT SHOW

Ed Mylett

Self-improvement, Business, Education, Entrepreneurship

4.913.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What If the Pain You Survived Is the Exact Reason You’re Meant to Win? In this conversation, I sit down with Nattie Neidhart, and let me tell you right now, this is not a wrestling interview. This is a life interview. Nattie is one of the most accomplished and respected performers in WWE history, but what makes her extraordinary has nothing to do with championships or records. It’s the resilience, compassion, and self belief she forged through family dysfunction, loss, and moments when it would have been easier to stay small. Her story will hit anyone who’s ever felt invisible, underestimated, or unsure of their own voice. We talk deeply about what it was like growing up in one of the most legendary families in professional wrestling while trying to find her own identity as a woman in a male dominated industry. Nattie opens up about living through financial collapse, instability at home, and caring for a father who was quietly struggling with brain injury and addiction. She shares how those early years shaped her work ethic, her empathy, and her refusal to wait for permission to become who she knew she could be. One of the most powerful themes in this conversation is reframing your past. Nattie explains how it’s not the events of your life that define you, but the meaning you attach to them. She walks through how she stopped waiting for the perfect opportunity and instead built her own seat at the table. Whether that meant creating new characters, writing her book The Last Hart Beating, or stepping into opportunities when the timing was far from perfect, she chose progress over permission. We also talk about self worth, comparison, and why chasing success without healing will never be enough. Nattie shares the moment she finally allowed herself to ask, “Why not me?” and how that question changed everything. This conversation is for anyone who’s been doing the work quietly, supporting others, and wondering if their moment will ever come. If you’ve ever felt like your background disqualified you, like your family history defined your ceiling, or like you were meant to stay small to survive, this episode will remind you of the truth. You are not broken. You are being built. Key Takeaways: Why it’s not your past but the story you tell about it that shapes your future How to build confidence when you grew up without stability Why waiting for permission keeps most people stuck How to reframe trauma into strength, purpose, and compassion What it really means to build your own seat at the table This is one of those conversations that heals something you didn’t realize you were still carrying. Share it with someone who needs permission to stop playing small. Max out your life. 👉 SUBSCRIBE TO ED'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👈⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   → → → CONNECT WITH ED MYLETT ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ← ← ←  ➡️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ➡️⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FACEBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ➡️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKEDIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ➡️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ➡️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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All right, guys, welcome back to the show. So people ask me all the time, do you have favorites that have been on your podcast? And out of like 800 shows, I'm not going to lie to you. I have a few people that I just loved when I met them, like right away. And this woman is one of those people. I regret that we're doing this through Zoom today because the last time I think we had some wine in my wine room and my bar after we did the podcast with my family. But what we're going to do through Zoom today. And the reason I wanted

1:15.3

to have her on is she's got a new book out. First, let me tell you the name of the book and then

1:18.9

I'll properly introduce her called The Last Heart Beating. And I read this entire book in two nights,

1:25.1

you guys, and I couldn't put it down. It's that good. And she's a WWE legend. She's the most tenured WWE wrestler of all time on the women's side. I mean, you guys all know I'm a huge fan of WWE. This is not a wrestling interview. This is a life interview. This is an overcoming dysfunction interview. This is a self-worth interview. It's actually a little bit of a

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