{"id":32684,"date":"2018-12-13T19:45:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T00:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=32684"},"modified":"2018-12-13T19:45:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T00:45:21","slug":"nattie-addresses-use-of-late-father-in-storyline-my-dad-would-say-go-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/12\/13\/nattie-addresses-use-of-late-father-in-storyline-my-dad-would-say-go-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Nattie Addresses Use of Late Father in Storyline: &#8220;My Dad Would Say Go For It&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the WWE&#8217;s most controversial storylines of this past year is the current one running on <em><strong>Monday Night Raw<\/strong><\/em> where <strong>Natalya<\/strong> has been facing off against <strong>Riott Squad<\/strong> leader, <strong>Ruby Riott<\/strong>. In an effort to get inside Natalya&#8217;s head before their Tables match at <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/12\/12\/preview-wwe-tlc-12-16-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>WWE TLC<\/strong><\/em><\/a> this Sunday, Ruby Riott\u00a0has consistently brought up Natalya&#8217;s late father, WWE Legend <strong>Jim &#8220;The Anvil&#8221; Neidhart<\/strong>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/08\/13\/jim-the-anvil-neidhart-passes-away-at-age-63\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sadly passed away this past August at the age of 63<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32685\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/12\/Nattie-and-Jim-e1544747209989.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"316\"><\/p>\n<p>The feud, which has been going on since October, took a sharp turn when during a tag match that saw Natalya teaming with <strong>Sasha Banks<\/strong> and <strong>Bayley<\/strong> against the full Riott Squad, Ruby Riott\u00a0abducted Natalya&#8217;s sunglasses &#8211; a pair of her dad&#8217;s &#8211; and proceeded to smash them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sasha Banks, Bayley &amp; Natalya vs. The Riott Squad: Raw, Nov. 5, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V2IXyyQDw9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Then, to add insult to injury, in November, the Riott Squad used the late Anvil&#8217;s finishing move, The Hart Attack, that he previously made famous alongside his tag partner <strong>Bret &#8220;Hitman&#8221; Hart<\/strong>, on Natalya to finish her off.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Riott Squad hit Natalya with the Hart Attack: Raw, Nov. 12, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KJi-rBNX8uE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It hit a new level this past Monday, beyond the weekly words of how disappointed a living &#8220;Anvil&#8221; would be of Natalya, when Ruby brought out a table with Jim Neidhart&#8217;s image on it, and proceeded to put Natalya through the table.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ruby Riott gives Natalya a cruel Christmas gift: Raw, Dec. 10, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KSdGQN0EQ84?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The use of the late Hart Foundation member in the storyline has left many members of the WWE Universe feeling a little uneasy, with many calling the WWE out for being so cruel to the Hart\/Neidhart family and in particular, Natalya herself. But Natalya <a href=\"https:\/\/au.lifestyle.yahoo.com\/wearing-hart-sleeve-wwes-natalya-carries-family-legacy-142057536.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently opened up about the incident to Yahoo! Sports<\/a> about the involvement of her late father, and Natalya was quite vocal that not only was it therapeutic for herself in her time of mourning, and stated that not only did it honor her father, but that he himself would have wholeheartedly approved.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Natalya teaches her father a lesson in tough love: Total Divas, February 15, 2015\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YUNX8OEfC3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"36\">\u201cA lot of people have asked me, girls that I work with backstage, other superstars, people at home, if I\u2019m OK with this storyline and how do I feel about it,\u201d Neidhart told Yahoo Sports. \u201cFor me, this is what is going on in my life, this is the elephant in the room. In some weird way, this storyline has been strangely therapeutic because anything I&#8217;m feeling I can get it out,&#8221; Natalie said. &#8220;If I need to cry, I can get it out. I can let everybody see it, hear it and I can take the WWE universe on this journey with me. I need to speak the truth and I need to remind the world that my dad was a WWE star, he was special and everyone can feel that with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Natalya and Jim \u201cThe Anvil\u201d Neidhart go ladder shopping: Total Divas, Nov. 1, 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mtg6impI0Mw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"36\">Some fans even thought that them showing Neidhart&#8217;s funeral on an episode of Total Divas was too far, but Natalya disagrees.\u00a0\u201cMy dad was a family man, he isn\u2019t just another statistic to me,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel like all of this was really different. I felt like it was really important for me to share my dad\u2019s funeral and share his journey and what we were going through. Even my own family asked why we were having cameras there for the funeral, but it was what my dad would have wanted. He loved the entertainment side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Natalya delivers Jim &quot;The Anvil&quot; Neidhart&#039;s eulogy: Total Divas, Nov. 28, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TsvvPTZV7IE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"36\">And in the end of the day, Natalya feels like the presence of her dad, even in mention, helps to keep The Anvil&#8217;s memory alive and that being an old school wrestler, he&#8217;d have been totally fine with the angle. \u201cMy dad was a professional wrestler,\u201d Nattie told Yahoo! \u201cHe was a WWE superstar, he was a WWE legend before he passed away and I feel like in some crazy way this is like my dad is having one last run. I feel like if I asked my dad right now, \u2018Daddy, how do you feel about me doing this storyline?\u2019 My dad would say go for it. He understood pro wrestling, he understood how, for fans to become emotionally invested in stories, there has to be emotionally charged content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Celebrating the life and career of Jim &quot;The Anvil&quot; Neidhart\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oqUTdSDB5oY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the WWE&#8217;s most controversial storylines of this past year is the current one running on Monday Night Raw where Natalya has been facing off against Riott Squad leader, Ruby Riott. 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