![]() She always said how big of a heart (her dad) had. “I’m hurting for her because she loves her family so much. “I never met Jim, but I feel like I knew him through Nattie,” she said fighting back tears. That whole era is beloved in world culture.”Įmber Moon struggled to keep her composure while thinking of her friend Nattie. He was a big star in a golden era of wrestling. He had that infectious energy, and his laugh and pulling the beard. “His personality is what I remember more than anything. “I remember the guy’s energy and the way he was around the ring, what a bruiser he was,” Elias said. It’s always a fond memory, a funny story and I have a lot of great memories of the Anvil.”Įlias declared himself a lifelong Hart Foundation fan and remembers being marvelled by Neidhart’s presence. I guess every time I would come on television, he would scream “That guy sucks, he’s terrible,’ and as he kept watching, he’d say ‘He’s not as clumsy as he used to be, but I still hate him. “A funny side note and story that Nattie and TJ can both tell you, as Jim got a little older, he watched Raw and he thought that I was someone from the old Stampede territory who he didn’t like and that he wanted to beat up. ![]() “I was a huge fan of Jim,” Gallows said, adding his current goatee is a tribute to Neidhart. Luke Gallows recalled being mistaken by Anvil for a former opponent. And then that laugh, the laugh was just infectious, it drew you in - and as a kid, it drew me in.” “I think everyone’s memory of Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart is the Hart Foundation,” Miz said, adding “(Jim) and Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart were just an unstoppable force as a tag team. The Miz fondly recalled Anvil’s signature laugh, which, along with his pink attire and trademark goatee, became forever associated with Neidhart. As I got in the business and came around and met the guy, I realized a lot of it well-warranted.” “Jim’s legend kind of started early for me back at school. “(My) high school coach used to actually tell stories about Jim, one of his many athletes he would point out, ‘Jim Neidhart, great powerlifter, Newport Harbor High school,’ Joe recalled. Samoa Joe, who like Neidhart was born in California, said he knew of Jim Neidhart’s legacy long before became a wrestler. “It feels like people got to see a lot more of The Anvil and how awesome he actually is, in Total Divas.” Nattie often had her late father at her side. “Those were two of my favourite tag teams, and a big influence on us,” he said, adding he was glad that Neidhart was featured in recent years in the hit show Total Divas, which tracks the lives of many of the WWE’s top women. “And then he did essentially the same again for Owen Hart,” echoed Cesaro. But perhaps the “Hitman’s” best tribute to his former partner came in a backstage interview all those years ago: “Individually or together, The Hart Foundation will live forever.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]() It was a fitting farewell to the new WWE Hall of Famer. “When I cross over,” Hart said, “I pray God will lead me straight to The Anvil.” He closed the induction by paying homage to Anvil as the kind of friend with whom he never had a cross word or disagreement. Thank you’s followed to Jimmy Hart for their entrance music, infamous referee “Dangerous” Danny Davis for getting The Hart Foundation the Tag Team Titles and the various teams who helped make The Hart Foundation as good as they were. She also revealed that Anvil had been approached to write a book late in his life, and declined the opportunity to relive his days as a world-class shotputter and NFL player: “At the end of the day, I was a wrestler, and that’s what I loved most.”īret took the mic after Natalya and regaled the audience with tales of The Hart Foundation’s inception - basically, he came up with the idea and didn’t tell Anvil - and their misadventures with King Kong Bundy. The Queen of Harts aimed to deliver the speech her father would have given, thanking her mother, Bret, the WWE Universe for their “unconditional love since 1985,” The British Bulldogs, New York City (Anvil’s favorite town) and the teams inspired by The Pink and Black Attack. The late Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart was represented on stage, both in spirit and in body by his daughter Natalya, who joined Bret Hart to accept the induction in her father’s place. ![]() Only one member of The Hart Foundation took the stage at the 2019 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony, but that isn’t to say they weren’t both there. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Natalya's father and a WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2019 inductee, revealed what he's most proud of in his final exchange with his Superstar daughter. ![]()
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