The Last Match: The Hart Extended Family

This The Last Match post is a follow up to my one about the Hart Family.  In this post we take a look at the extended Hart family including In-Laws, kids, and grand children.

Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
March 5, 2016 BCW Night of Legends, Williamsport, PA
with Frankie the Pizza Guy and Koko B. Ware defeated The Cash Masters: Clay Drasher & Shawn Andrews and Nikolai Volkoff.

Married to Ellie Hart they had three daughters including Nattie Neidhart who currently wrestles in the WWE.  This was his first match in three years best known for being tag team partners with Bret Hart as the two time WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation.  Neidhart debuted in 1979 for Stu Hart in Calgary

Bradley Joseph "BJ" Annis
April 17, 1987 Stampede Wrestling Calgary, Alberta, Canada
defeated Mike Hammer

Was married to Georgia Hart together they had four children including current independent wrestler Teddy Hart.

Ben Bassarab
January 10, 1992 Stampede Wrestling, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
wrestled Phil LaFleur to a double disqualification

Was married to Alison Hart, they have two children together.  Their daughter Brooke is married to wrestler Peter Minnema who as the ring name "Pistol" Pete Wilson.

“British Bulldog” Davey Boy Smith

May 11, 2002 TRCW: Top Rope Championship Wrestling Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Teamed with Harry Smith & Zack Mercury defeating Robby Royce, The Axe, & TJ Bratt

Was married to Diana Hart, they had two children together including current David Hart Smith who currently wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling and previously with the WWE a former Tag Team Champion with Tyson Kidd in the Hart Dynasty.

Died May 18, 2002 after suffering a heart attack possibly related to past anabolic steroid use, he was 39 years old.

The Dynamite Kid
October 10, 1996 Michinoki Pro 3rd Anniversary, Tokyo, Japan
teaming with Dos Caras & Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Mil Mascaras, The Great Sasuke, & Tiger Mask

Tom Billington was married to Michelle Smadu who is the sister of Bret Hart's first wife Julie, also Billington is the cousin of Davey Boy Smith so he's definitely family.

Tom and Michelle had three children the eldest named Bronwyne valets her husband wrestler Dan Vander Griendt.  Together they are known as the Dynamite Duo: Dynamite Dan Myers & the Dynamite Doll.

A Still from Dynamite Kid's final match

Tyson Kidd
June 1, 2015 WWE San Antonio, Texas
was defeated by Samoa Joe

The husband of Natalya Niedhart he suffered an injury after taking the muscle buster from Samoa Joe.  It's unknown if he'll return to the ring but I for one hope that he does. 

"Pistol" Pete Wilson
November 30, 2013 Real Canadian Wrestling, Calagary, Alberta, Canada
with Dan Myers & Teddy Hart defeated 8-Bit Bastards: Evan Adams & Scott Crue and Bobby Sharp

His mother-in-law is Alison Hart, he married her daughter Brooke.  Debuted in 2001 wrestling primarily in Canada he was trained by Bruce, Ross, Teddy Hart, and Tyson Kidd. 

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The Last Match: The Hart Family

Time for another edition of The Last Match!  In this post I look at the famous Hart Family.  I already covered Bret "Hitman" Hart and Owen Hart in previous Last Match blog posts but I will be including them here as well.

Let's get to it!

Stu Hart
July 25, 1986 Stampede Wrestling Calgary, Alberta, Canada
with Keith Hart defeated Honky Tonk Wayne and JR Foley

The patriarch of the Hart family Stu began wrestling in 1946 for Toots Mondt in New York.  He first began promoting matches in 1948 with Klondike Wrestling in Edmonton.  After a couple name changes he settled with Stampede Wrestling in 1967 promoting until 1989.  Stu passed away October 16, 2003 at the age of 88.

Smith Hart
May 24, 2013 Pure Wrestling Association Lefroy, Ontario, Canada
defeated Mad Braddock

The first born Hart child Smith began wrestling in 1973 for his father's promotion.  Smith would travel around the world wrestling for promotions in Japan, England, Germany, and Puerto Rico through-out his career.  Smith had stopped wrestling regularly in the early 80's returning to the ring for a single match in 1986, 2011, and 2013.  He passed away July 2, 2017 at the age of 68.

Bruce Hart
May 12, 2012 Real Canadian Wrestling Bashaw, Alberta, Canada
with Heavy Metal & Tommy Lee Curtis was defeated by Andrew Hawks, Kid Kash, & Teddy Hart in a no disqualification match.

The second child of Helen and Stu Hart, Bruce was the first one to step into the ring in 1972 after beginning his training in 1971.  He too would travel around the world wrestling but returned to Calgary promoting Stampede Wrestling from 1985 - 1989 and again in 1999 - 2005.

Although he made several appearances in the WWE over the years his only official match in a WWE ring was on November 24, 1993 at the Survivor Series in Boston teaming with brothers Bret, Owen, & Keith against Shawn Michaels and his Knights.  Bruce had stopped wrestling regularly in 2003 returning for a single match in 2011 & 2012.

Keith Hart
July 9, 2000 Athletik Club Wrestling, Weinheim, Germany
with Eric Schwarz & Ulf Hermann was defeated by Chris The Bambikiller, Michael Kovac, & Mr. Natural Wonder

Keith debuted in mid 1973 for Stampede Wrestling.  He competed regularly until 1988 taking several years off from the ring before returning at the 1993 Survivor Series.  He competed semi regularly until his last match.

Wayne Hart
February 27, 1988 Stampede Wrestling Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
with Owen Hart, Brian Pillman, & Jason The Terrible lost to Akam Sigh, Gerry Morrow, Steve DiSalvo, & Makhan Singh in a Bunkhouse Tag Team Match

Wayne began wrestling in 1972 and was primarily a referee however he did wrestler.  I can't find much about Wayne on the internet.

Dean Hart
I read on line about Dean Wrestling and refereeing for a short time, however I cannot find any record of an actual match.  He debuted in 1973 for Stampede Wrestling also competing in the Amarillo Territory and in Hawaii for Peter Maivia.  He promoted music concerts at his father's beach in Clearwater.  He passed away November 21, 1990.

Bret "Hitman" Hart
January 10, 2000 WCW Nitro Buffalo, NY Marine Midland Arena
wrestled Kevin Nash to a no contest

September 12, 2011 WWE Monday Night Raw Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Scotiabank Place
with John Cena defeated Alberto Del Rio & Ricardo Rodriguez

Ross Hart
March 19, 2005 StampedeWrestling Cardson, Alberta, Canada
as Rory Hunter was defeated by Apocalypse

Debuting in 1985 for Stampede Wrestling he competed under the rings names of Ross Hart and Ross Lindsey.  He worked as enhancement talent for the WWE in 1990's and toured the United Kingdom in the 1980's and 1990's.  He also has promoted several shows under the Stampede banner into the 2000's.

Owen Hart

WWF House Show, Chicago, IL Rosemont Horizon May 22, 1999

Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett defeated Edge & Christian when Owen pinned Christian

Died May 23, 1999 from injuries suffered after falling from the catwalk at the Over the Edge PPV he was 34 years old

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