While she may consider herself a “lowkey legend,” Cody Rhodes has high praise for Natalya.
On the latest edition of What Do You Wanna Talk About, WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella joined Cody Rhodes, with former WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Natalya coming up as a topic of conversation. For Nikki, Natalya and TJ Wilson, owners of The Dungeon 2.0, were her natural picks to train alongside ahead of her 2025 in-ring return, especially given their long-standing connection. Nikki also pointed to the pair’s wide success in coaching, which is evident by the multitude of WWE and non-WWE performers regularly training with them.
According to Rhodes, this sentiment also carries over to Natalya’s upcoming memoir, which includes endorsements from many figures within the business.
“Nattie’s book, if she tells you the amount of people who contributed to the book, it makes it very clear how powerful Nattie,” Rhodes said. “She’ll never act like she’s that powerful. Everybody ever was like, ‘Yep, what do you need? Yeah, tell me what you need and I’ll write it. You need this?’ That’s a Hall of Fame one I’m looking forward to because she’s one of those that when everyone’s standing and sincerely up on their feet, not wanting to sit down and mean it, she’s so special. She’s so special.”
Natalya’s 288-page memoir, titled Last Hart Beating, will hit bookshelves on October 28, 2025. It is available now for pre-order on Amazon. “The Queen of Harts” has spent 18 years with WWE, beginning with a run in their developmental territories of Deep South, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and Florida Championship Wrestling.
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