The Hart Foundation

This article is about the Hart Foundation in professional wrestling. For the British charity organization, see British Heart Foundation. For the Australian charity organization, see National Heart Foundation of Australia.

The Hart Foundation
Statistics
Members	Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart (original tag team) Jimmy Hart (manager) Owen Hart Davey Boy Smith Brian Pillman
Name(s)	Hart Foundation
Combined weight	Varied depending on combination
Billed from	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Debut	1985
Trainer	Stu Hart

The Hart Foundation referred to several teams or stables in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), usually consisted of members or close friends of the Hart wrestling family from Canada.

The original Hart Foundation (1985–1991) consisted of Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart and Bret "The Hitman" Hart, who were initially managed by Jimmy Hart and won the WWF Tag Team Championship twice. In 1991, after the team was disbanded, Neidhart teamed briefly with Bret's younger brother Owen Hart as The New Foundation. They also teamed in 1994. In 1997, Bret, Neidhart and Owen joined forces with another brother-in-law, The British Bulldog, and Brian Pillman, to re-form the Hart Foundation as a pro-Canada/anti-American alliance, which at the time held all the available WWF championships: the WWF Championship, Intercontinental Championship, European Championship, and Tag Team Championship.

In 2007, David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, and Natalya teamed together as The Next Generation Hart Foundation in WWE (formerly the WWF)'s developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, where they won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship. They were later moved to the WWE main roster and renamed The Hart Dynasty where they won the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship.

In 2008, WWE named the Hart Foundation as the third greatest tag team in history.^[1]

The Hart Foundation

The Hart Foundation
Stable
Members	Bret Hart Jim Neidhart Jimmy Hart (manager 1985-88)
Name(s)	The Hart Foundation
Combined weight	515
Debut	1985
Disbanded	1991
Promotions	WWF

The original Hart Foundation began in 1985, when Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, already managed by Jimmy Hart, who joined up with his brother-in-law Bret "Hitman" Hart to form a villainous tag team.^[2] According to Bret, the tag team originated after he turned down the "Cowboy" Bret Hart gimmick he was given, claiming that he did not really take a liking to it. He then suggested to WWF management that he would much prefer to be teamed up with Jim Neidhart. Management first laughed at the idea, but months later just as Bret was about to quit, he was given what he wanted: he was allowed to become a villain and was partnered up with Neidhart and Jimmy to form the Hart Foundation.^[3] The name Hart Foundation was already used to refer to the stable of wrestlers managed by Jimmy Hart, and in early matches the Neidhart/Hart team would be introduced as "members of the Hart Foundation". With the success of the new tag team, however, "The Hart Foundation" came to be associated solely with the Neidhart/Hart team and their manager, who all had Hart in their family names.

The Hart Foundation made its pay-per-view debut at WrestleMania 2 in 1986 as participants of a 20-man battle royal which also included NFL stars.^[4] The duo were the final two men whom André the Giant eliminated to win the battle royal.^[5] The Harts gained their status as a mid-card team when feuding with The Killer Bees (Jim Brunzell and B. Brian Blair). At Saturday Night's Main Event, the Foundation faced Brunzell and Blair in a tag team match, which the Killer Bees won.^[6] The Hart Foundation continued to feud with the Killer Bees for the better part of 1986.

The Hart Foundation began a feud with Tag Team Champions The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) in early 1987 over the title.^[4] On the February 7 edition of Superstars, in Tampa, Florida, the Harts defeated Bulldogs for their first WWF Tag Team Championship when the referee of the match, "Dangerous" Danny Davis helped the Harts to win the match.^[4][7] On the March 14 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, the Harts made their first title defense against Tito Santana and Dan Spivey and retained the title after Danny Davis hit Santana with Jimmy Hart's megaphone.^[8] Santana began to feud with Davis as a result of this action and at this point, he joined the British Bulldogs in their feud with the Hart Foundation. The rivalry culminated in a six-man tag team match at WrestleMania III where the Foundation teamed up with Davis against the British Bulldogs and Santana.^[4] Davis hit Davey Boy Smith with Jimmy Hart's megaphone and pinned him to get the victory for the Hart Foundation.^[9] On the May 2 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, the Foundation defended their tag title against the British Bulldogs in a Two out of three falls match. In the first fall, they got disqualified because of illegal double-teaming and in the second fall Neidhart was pinned by Smith. However, the Hart Foundation retained the title due to the disqualification result.^[10]

On the October 27 edition of Superstars, the Hart Foundation dropped their title to Strike Force (Rick Martel and Tito Santana) after Neidhart submitted to a Boston crab applied by Martel, ending their 10 month reign. The two teams faced each other at Survivor Series in a 10-team Survivor Series elimination match. Strike Force captained a team of fan favorites while the Hart Foundation captained a team of villains. Strike Force was eliminated by the Hart Foundation, but the Hart Foundation also got eliminated and in the end, the fan favorite team won the match.^[11] The feud culminated in a match for the WWF Tag Team Championship on the February 5 edition of The Main Event, as the Hart Foundation challenged Strike Force for the title but lost the match.^[12]

In late spring/early summer of 1988, Jimmy Hart signed the Hart Foundation's rivals The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers who, in the storyline, claimed 25 percent of Bret Hart's and Jim Neidhart's payment. After Jimmy's betrayal of the team, and the loss of their tag team championship, the Hart Foundation were pushed as fan favorites, though Bret started a slow face turn at WrestleMania IV a few months prior. In the summer of 1988, the Hart Foundation began a feud with WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition for the title. At SummerSlam 88, they challenged Demolition for the WWF Tag Team Championship but ended up losing the match after Ax hit Hart with Jimmy Hart's megaphone leaving Smash to get the pinfall. Jimmy Hart had "managed" Demolition alongside their regular manger Mr. Fuji for the match as part of the ongoing Hart Foundation split.^[13] On the October 29 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, they faced Demolition in a rematch for the title but lost due to outside interference by The Rougeaus.^[14] The Hart Foundation continued their feud with The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, and formed an alliance with Jim Duggan. At Royal Rumble in early 1989, Duggan and the Hart Foundation defeated Dino Bravo and the Rougeaus in a two out of three falls match to end the feud.^[15]

The Hart Foundation continued to feud with wrestlers managed by Jimmy Hart through 1989. at Wrestlemania V they defeated The Honky Tonk Man and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine with the use of Hart's megaphone. At SummerSlam 89 they faced the Tag-Team Champions the Brain Busters in a non-title match. When the match was made, the Busters, managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, were not champions. The Hart Foundation lost the match pushing them further away from regaining their titles. In late 1989, the Hart Foundation split for a while and wrestled in other teams but reunited in early 1990. On the April 28 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, they faced The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) in a tag team match, which resulted in a double disqualification after WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition interfered.^[16] As a result of the interference, Demolition feuded with both the Rockers and the Hart Foundation. At SummerSlam 90, the Hart Foundation faced Demolition in a two out of three falls match for the tag title which the Hart Foundation won. As a result, the Hart Foundation got their second WWF Tag Team Championship.^[17][18] The Hart Foundation's second title reign lasted until WrestleMania VII when they were defeated by The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs), when Knobbs nailed Neidhart over the head with Jimmy Hart's helmet (Jimmy Hart managed the Nasty Boys at the time).^[4][19] The Hart Foundation split after WrestleMania VII, and Bret then focused on his singles career.^[4]

In wrestling

• Double-team finishing moves
  • Hart Attack

• Nickname
  • "The Pink and Black Attack"

• Entrance theme
  • "Hart Beat" by Jimmy Hart and J.J. Maguire (WWF) 1988-1991

Championships and accomplishments

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked #37 of "The 100 Best Tag Teams" of the PWI Years in 2003^[20]

• World Wrestling Federation
  • WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times)^[21]

The New Foundation

The New Foundation
Tag team
Members	Owen Hart Jim Neidhart
Name(s)	The New Foundation
Debut	1991
Disbanded	1994
Promotions	WWF

After the Hart Foundation split, both members focused on their singles careers; Bret challenged for and won the Intercontinental title while Jim Neidhart faced a much tougher road as a singles competitor. In late 1991, Neidhart had a match against Ric Flair, which Neidhart lost via submission to the figure four leglock. The move incapacitated Neidhart so much that he had to be helped from the ring; as he exited the arena the Beverly Brothers made their entrance for a tag team match. The arrogant brothers took an opportunity and jumped Neidhart, further (kayfabe) aggravating his injury. When Neidhart returned about a month later, he was determined to get revenge and he even had back up. Bret's younger brother, Owen, had been signed with the company and he was revealed as Neidhart's back up. They then formed a team in the hopes of recreating the magic of the Hart Foundation and the duo was subsequently dubbed The New Foundation. Owen was soon nicknamed "The Rocket" and the duo became famous and instantly recognizable for their bizarre 'baggy pants' attire and bright jackets.^[2][22]

Their first feud was naturally with the Beverly Brothers but they also had matches with The Nasty Boys^[23] and The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) but with very little success. The team had their one and only pay-per-view match at the Royal Rumble, where they defeated The Orient Express (Tanaka and Kato).^[2][22][24] Only weeks later, Owen Hart would be on his own as Neidhart left the federation.^[2][22]

Owen and Jim reunited in 1994, this time as villains and without the New Foundation moniker. Owen had turned on his brother Bret in early 1994 and was deep in a feud with him. Jim Neidhart turned up at the King of the Ring tournament first to accompany Bret as he faced Diesel,^[2] but then also made a surprise appearance at the end of the night to help Owen win the tournament, resulting in Owen dubbing himself the "King of Harts".^[2][22] It was later confirmed that Neidhart was helping Owen.^[2][22] The brothers in law teamed regularly throughout 1994, feuding with Bret and Davey Boy Smith. At SummerSlam, after Bret retained the WWF Championship against Owen in a steel cage match, Neidhart attacked Bret; when Smith tried to make the save for Bret, Neidhart attacked him as well.^[2][22][25] On the November 7 edition of Raw, Bret and Smith defeated Owen and Neidhart in a tag team match.^[2][22]

In wrestling

• Double-team finishing moves
  • Rocket launcher

Championships and accomplishments

• World Wrestling Federation
  • King of the Ring (1994) – Owen Hart

The (New) Hart Foundation

The (New) Hart Foundation
Stable
Members	Bret Hart Jim Neidhart Owen Hart The British Bulldog Brian Pillman
Name(s)	The (New) Hart Foundation
Debut	March 31, 1997
Disbanded	November 9, 1997
Promotions	WWF

In 1997, the Hart Foundation re-formed as a Pro-Canadian and British/Anti-American stable that was born after the events of 1997's WrestleMania 13, where Bret Hart defeated his then-nemesis Stone Cold Steve Austin in a Submission match.^[4] During the match, Austin became a fan favorite and Hart became a villain.^[26] After the event, Hart reunited with Jim Neidhart and recruited Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, and Brian Pillman to form the new Hart Foundation.^[4]

This stable opposed the United States, and even degraded the United States and its values whereas they would speak highly of Canada and the United Kingdom (where they were beloved). The New Hart Foundation usually brought the Canadian and British flags out to their matches, and in their promos would talk in disgust about the United States and its inhabitants in general, thus causing fan reactions and making the New Hart Foundation (and Bret Hart in particular) unpopular in the States but highly popular in Canada. Their main feud was with Stone Cold and Shawn Michaels, who (as opposed to the Hart Foundation) were booed heavily in Canada and Europe, but cheered on wildly in the United States. At Canadian Stampede, the Hart Foundation took part in a historic 10-man tag team match where the entire Hart Foundation faced the team of Steve Austin, the Legion of Doom, Ken Shamrock, and Goldust. In the end, Owen Hart pinned Steve Austin. The entire Hart family came into the ring to celebrate afterward.

The stable was highly successful, garnering every championship available at the time (WWF Championship,^[27] Intercontinental Championship,^[28] European Championship,^[29] and Tag Team Championship) in the WWF.^[21]

The new Hart Foundation eventually disbanded in late 1997. Pillman was found dead of an undetected heart condition on October 5, the day of In Your House: Badd Blood.^[30] At the following pay-per-view, Survivor Series, Bret (who was leaving the WWF to join World Championship Wrestling) lost the WWF Championship to Shawn Michaels in the infamous "Montreal Screwjob".^[31] Both Neidhart and Smith left over the incident, but Owen remained feeling that he may have been sued for breach of contract if he left.

Championships and accomplishments

• World Wrestling Federation
  • WWF Championship (1 time)^[27] – Bret Hart
  • WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times)^[28] – Owen Hart
  • WWF European Championship (1 time)^[29] – British Bulldog
  • WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[21] – Owen Hart and The British Bulldog

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Feud of the Year (1997) The Hart Foundation vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin

The Hart Dynasty

The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty (left to right): Tyson Kidd, Natalya and David Hart Smith
Stable
Members	David Hart Smith Tyson Kidd Natalya Teddy Hart Ted DiBiase, Jr.
Name(s)	The Hart Dynasty[32] Hart Trilogy[33] New Hart Foundation Next Generation Hart Foundation
Debut	June 26, 2007
Disbanded	November 15, 2010
Promotions	FCW WWE

The Hart Dynasty (from left to right): Natalya, David Hart Smith, and Tyson Kidd.

In 2007, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) launched their new development territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). David Hart Smith, Nattie Neidhart, and TJ Wilson were moved to the new farm territory, where they aligned themselves and formed the Next/New Generation Hart Foundation (also known simply The New Hart Foundation) and were later joined by Teddy Hart and Ted DiBiase, Jr.. At FCW's debut show on June 26, Smith won a 21-man battle royal to become the promotion's first Southern Heavyweight Champion. Plans to bring the stable to WWE's main roster were made but Teddy Hart was released from his development contract in October. Eventually, DiBiase, Neidhart, and Smith, after losing the Southern Heavyweight Championship, were all called up to the main roster, albeit on separate shows, as DiBiase and Smith (using the name DH Smith) were sent to Raw and Neidhart to SmackDown, disbanding the Next Generation Hart Foundation. After being drafted to SmackDown, Smith returned to FCW—without ever debuting on SmackDown—and reformed the stable with Wilson. With Neidhart's (renamed Natalya) help they won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship on October 30, 2008, by defeating Joe Hennig and Heath Slater.^[34] They held the championship until December 11, when they lost to Johnny Curtis and Tyler Reks.^[34] After losing the championship, they were once again split up when TJ Wilson (renamed Tyson Kidd) was called up to the ECW brand with Natalya as his valet.

In the 2009 WWE Supplemental Draft, Natalya and Smith were officially drafted to the ECW brand, despite Smith never debuting for SmackDown. On the May 12 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, Smith debuted on ECW under the name David Hart Smith, by interfering in Kidd's match against Finlay, signaling the reformation of the group, briefly under the name The Hart Trilogy,^[33] before settling on The Hart Dynasty.^[32] Smith made his debut with the group by defeating Finlay the following week.^[35] The team had their first match together, alongside Jack Swagger, by defeating fellow Canadian Christian and Tommy Dreamer in a handicap match on May 26.^[36] They made their first appearance as just a tag team on the June 9 episode of ECW by defeating Christian and Swagger.^[37] On June 29, the trio were traded to the SmackDown brand and debuted as a team for the brand on the July 3 episode of SmackDown, when Kidd and Smith lost to Cryme Tyme.^[38] The Hart Dynasty made their pay-per-view debut at Bragging Rights in a 14 man tag team match in which their team was successful in winning. They also had their first match for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship against D-Generation X in December, but lost.^[39]

On March 28, 2010, The Hart Dynasty, (along with the rest of the Hart family), were in their uncle Bret's corner as he faced Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania XXVI, performing a Hart Attack on McMahon during the match and officially becoming fan favorites as a result.^[40] The following night on Raw, The Hart Dynasty defeated the Unified Tag Team Championship ShoMiz (The Miz and The Big Show) in a non-title match, after ShoMiz had insulted Bret Hart.^[41]

The Hart Dynasty as WWE Tag Team Champions in 2010.

At Extreme Rules, they earned a shot at the Unified Tag Team Championship after defeating ShoMiz as part of a tag team gauntlet match (which also included the team of John Morrison and R-Truth and the team of Montel Vontavious Porter and Mark Henry).^[42] On the April 26 episode of Raw, The Hart Dynasty defeated ShoMiz to win the Unified Tag Team Championship.^[43][44][45] The following day, all three members were officially drafted to the Raw brand in the 2010 WWE Supplemental Draft.^[46] On May 10, Kidd defeated The Miz in a match which earned any member of The Hart Dynasty a match for The Miz's WWE United States Championship. The Miz was allowed to pick his opponent for the championship match, and he chose to face Bret Hart.^[47] On the following episode of Raw on May 17, Hart defeated The Miz to win his fifth United States Championship, with help from the other members of The Hart Dynasty, who prevented Chris Jericho, William Regal, and Vladimir Kozlov from interfering on The Miz's behalf.^[48][49] At the Over the Limit pay-per-view, The Hart Dynasty defeated The Miz and Chris Jericho to retain the championship.^[50]

On May 24, 2010, Hart was named as the Raw General Manager and vacated the United States Championship as a result. On the same episode of Raw, The Hart Dynasty began a rivalry with a group composed of Jimmy and Jey Uso, the sons of Rikishi, and Tamina, the daughter of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka.^[51] This led to a non-title six-person mixed tag team match at the Fatal 4-Way pay per view, where Natalya pinned Tamina to win the match.^[52] The following night on Raw, Hart was fired as General Manager.^[53] The following month at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, The Hart Dynasty and The Usos competed in a tag team match for the Unified Tag Team Championship, which Kidd and Smith won to retain the championship.^[54]

On the August 16 episode of Raw, the World Tag Team Championship was retired, making the Hart Dynasty the final champions. On the same night, Bret Hart presented The Hart Dynasty with brand new WWE Tag Team Championship belts.^[55] At Night of Champions, The Hart Dynasty lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre in a Tag Team Turmoil match which also involved The Usos, Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella, and the team of Evan Bourne and Mark Henry.^[56] After a failed attempt to regain the championship, in which Kidd was pushed off balance during their double-team Hart Attack move, Kidd and Smith began to have a falling out with one another.

This culminated on the November 15 episode of Raw, when Kidd refused to tag in and attacked Smith during a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship against The Nexus (Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater). Kidd became a heel once again as a result of this.^[57] Smith defeated Kidd in a singles match on the November 25 episode of WWE Superstars. Afterward, Smith offered to shake Kidd's hand, but Kidd refused and instead slapped him across the face.^[58] On the following episode of Raw, Kidd defeated Smith in a rematch.^[59]

In wrestling

The Hart Dynasty as WWE Tag Team Champions.

• Finishing moves
  • Sharpshooter

• Double team finishing moves
  • Hart Attack

• Entrance themes
  • "New Foundation" by Jim Johnston and performed by Jimi Bell^[60][61]

Championships and accomplishments

• Florida Championship Wrestling
  • FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – DH Smith and TJ Wilson
• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWE Tag Team Champions (1 times) - David Hart Smith and TJ Wilson

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: TJ Wilson or Harry Smith (wrestler) or Natalya Neidhart or Bret Hart

• David Hart Smith's WWE profile
• Tyson Kidd's WWE profile
• Natalya's WWE profile

Other versions

Jim Neidhart and The Blue Meanie teamed under the New Foundation name in Memphis Championship Wrestling in 2000 and were the promotion's first Tag Team Champions.^[1]

In 2002, Teddy Hart formed a team with his cousin Harry Smith, TJ Wilson, Nattie Neidhart, and Jack Evans in Stampede Wrestling.

Hart and Evans also wrestled as the Hart Foundation 2003 in November 2003, participating in a Ring of Honor Scramble Cage match against The Backseat Boyz, The S.A.T., The Carnage Crew, and Special K.^[2] Later, Hart, Evans, Smith, and Wilson reformed the group in Major League Wrestling.^[2]

In 2005, the original duo of Hart and Evans worked for Jersey All Pro Wrestling, winning the JAPW Tag Team Championship from the Strong Styles Thugs (B-Boy and Homicide). They held the title for approximately four months before losing it to the Backseat Boyz. Evans and Hart began wrestling as the Hart Foundation 2.0 in Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) on November 30, 2007. At Centro de Convenciones de Ciudad Madero for the annual Guerra de Titanes event, they participated in and lost a four-way extreme dance for the AAA World Tag Team Championship in a match against champions Crazy Boy and Joe Lider, Charly Manson and Chessman, and Extreme Tiger and Halloween.

Championships and accomplishments

• Jersey All Pro Wrestling
  • JAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Teddy Hart and Jack Evans

• Memphis Championship Wrestling
  • MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – The Blue Meanie and Jim Neidhart

References

1. ^ "Memphis Championship Wrestling Title Histories". Wrestling Information Archive. http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/other/mcwtit2.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-11. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Clevett, Jason (December 11, 2003). "Jack Evans soars on indy scene". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/12/11/284336.html. Retrieved 2009-12-25. 

External links

Professional wrestling portal

• The official website of Bret Hart
• Latest Bret and Hart Foundation news