{"id":197188,"date":"2025-05-02T15:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T20:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=197188"},"modified":"2025-05-02T15:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T20:38:51","slug":"natalya-neidhart-provides-insight-into-when-she-is-looking-to-retire-plus-nikki-bella-looking-to-get-back-into-wwe-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/05\/02\/natalya-neidhart-provides-insight-into-when-she-is-looking-to-retire-plus-nikki-bella-looking-to-get-back-into-wwe-rings\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalya Neidhart provides insight into when she is looking to retire, plus Nikki Bella looking to get back into WWE rings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1006909599\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Two veteran WWE female wrestlers chatted today on the Brie &amp; Nikki Garcia show about their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Natalya Neidhart, who turns 43 this month, says she has no plans to retire anytime soon. She cited Rey Mysterio, age 50, and Randy Orton, age 45, as inspirations. She elaborated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I just feel so good. I wish, it\u2019s funny because people say to me, \u201cWhen are you gonna hang it up?\u201d I\u2019m gonna hang it up when Randy Orton hangs it up, when Rey Mysterio hangs it up. When I look at Randy, Randy Orton is in the best shape of his life. Rey Mysterio is in the best shape of his life. What I love right now in WWE is that we\u2019re not letting a number define what people can do and that\u2019s the great thing about this era. It\u2019s like, if you are good at what you do, you go in there and rock it. 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She says she&#8217;s lifting weights to prepare for a comeback:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019ve been slowly getting back into lifting heavier to prep for this comeback and, you know, I told myself that exactly. A little bit at a time, Nicole. You\u2019re not gonna get super strong overnight and I\u2019ve been doing that, and I had texted my sister and my mom last week and I\u2019m like, \u201cI went up 15 pounds.\u201d I was so happy, and I didn\u2019t even realize it, but I was just doing a little bit at a time, and then all of a sudden, here I am, and it feels just so good and that\u2019s why I just stick with it. Don\u2019t over expect. 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