The Last Hart Beating: From the Dungeon to WWE

Description

WWE Superstar Natalya “Nattie” Neidhart–the longest-serving female wrestler in WWE history–invites readers inside her extraordinary journey, from her upbringing in the legendary Hart family home through her more than two decades in wrestling

While most children grow up running around with their friends, Nattie Neidhart was schooled in the Hart family Dungeon, in the shadow of her grandfather Stu Hart, father Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, and legendary uncles Bret and Owen Hart. Through every body slam and rejection, Nattie eventually fought her own way into pro wrestling (the only woman in her family to do so) to become a two-time women’s world champion and world record-holding superstar in WWE.

In this raw, funny, unwaveringly honest memoir, Nattie opens up for the first time about her life as the legacy of the Hart family dynasty, candidly sharing untold details on:

Her chaotic childhood in the boom-and-bust world of professional wrestling, including her family’s brush with homelessness

Her father’s battles with addiction and other effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, leading to his eventual sudden death, and how they shaped her

Her struggle to navigate the complex dynamics between the Hart family and WWE in the aftermath of the Montreal Screwjob, Owen Hart’s tragic death, and her husband TJ Wilson’s near-fatal, career-ending, in-ring injury

Her front-row seat to the rise of women’s wrestling and the resilience it took to thrive as a female wrestler at a time when what you looked like on screen was more important than how talented you were between the ropes

From heart-pounding glory to devastating loss, The Last Hart Beating pulls no punches when it comes to the drama, hilarity, and outright mayhem of life inside the ring and out.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Contributors: Nattie Neidhart,Paul O’Brien (With)
Published: 10/28/2025
Publisher: Benbella Books
ISBN: 9781637747872
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 1.18″ H x 9.13″ L x 5.98″ W

About the Author
Nattie Neidhart is a third-generation WWE Superstar who has wrestled at the highest level for nearly 18 years. Her family, the Harts, built a wrestling dynasty spanning nearly eight decades. She is the first woman in the family to carry on the tradition and holds 6 world records. She and her husband TJ, along with their 8 cats, reside in Tampa, Florida, where they train aspiring wrestlers in their private training facility, The Dungeon.

Paul O’Brien is an award-winning filmmaker and a bestselling author from Wexford, Ireland. His Blood Red Turns Dollar Green trilogy of novels have been number-one bestsellers in Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Spain, U.K., Ireland, and the US.