Friend Encounters: Nattie Neidhart and Jonathan C.

Friend Encounters is a weekly series featuring friends meeting celebrities.

I met Jonathan Cimaglio many years ago at a Chicago Bandits game. A softball fan and sports fan in general, Cimags is also a grapher (aka autograph collector). At Bandits games, he aimed for signed cards and balls from the Bandits and opposing teams. I don't know for sure, but I bet he has more than a thousand autographs from athletes and celebrities.

One of his recent successes was WWE star Nattie Neidhart. Cimags met her at a signing for her recently-released autobiography Last Hart Beating. Neidhart is a third generation wrestler, following in the footsteps of grandfather Stu Hart and father Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart. Many of her uncles were also wrestlers, including WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart and the late Owen Hart.

Neidhart has won many titles during her long career in the WWE. She's a great worker and is a big help as a trainer. I have been a fan of her work from the beginning. Despite her success, I still think she has been underutilized by the WWE. Perhaps she doesn't have the Barbie doll looks they want, but she's got a great look and her ring skills are excellent.

As for Cimags, I miss seeing him around the ballpark since he moved to Minnesota. He's an interesting guy. For more on him, check the Cimags YouTube channel. He's got videos about Pokemon, graphing an other pop culture fun.

Nattie Neidhart and Jonathan in Minneapolis, MN-October 2025.

Friendly Encounters

This is another in a series of meetings of my friends and celebs.

I have seen pictures of Ira Knobler with various wrestlers on many sites. Recently while perusing Michele Mupo's site, I came across Ira again and decided to ask him to share one of his experiences.
I was working for a magazine, in which I interviewed David Smith's mother Diana Hart. When I got to the Hart Dynasty signing at the Cold Stone Creamery, David remembered me from his mom, from I guess a picture with him and his mom from a convention or because we are friends on Facebook.
This Hart Dynasty is actually a second generation of the Hart family, consisting of Nattie Neidhart, David (DH) Smith and TJ (Tyson Kidd) Wilson. David is the son of the late British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith. Nattie is the daughter of Jim Neidhart. TJ is Nat's boyfriend. All currently wrestle for the WWE.
Ira's site is MarkedOut.com and is loaded with pictures, stories and events announcements. It's a fantastic treat for wrestling fans, but it goes outside of the squared circle, too. There are hundreds of searchable pictures among everything else.
I hope Ira will be willing to share more of his stories and pictures in the future. Thanks, Ira!

Nattie Neidhart, TJ Wilson (Tyson Kidd), DH Smith and Ira Knobler in NY-September 2009.