Hart wrestling family
{{short description|Canadian wrestling family}}
{{About|the Canadian family|the wrestling stable|The Hart Dynasty|the murderers of adoptive children|Hart family murders}}
{{Infobox family
| name = Hart
| crest =
| crestcaption =
| image =
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| early_forms = Hardt
| origin = Canada
| members =
- Stu Hart
- Smith Hart
- Bruce Hart
- Keith Hart
- Dean Hart
- Bret Hart
- Ross Hart
- Diana Hart
- Owen Hart
- Teddy Hart
- Natalya Neidhart
- Davey Boy Smith Jr.
- Mike Hart
- Matt Hart
| connectedmembers =
{{Flatlist|
:: Helen Hart
:: Martha Hart
:: B. J. Annis
:: Ben Bassarab
:: Jim Neidhart
:: Tyson Kidd
:: Pete Wilson
:: Roddy Piper
:: Teal Piper
:: Harry Smith
}}
| otherfamilies = Billington family
| distinctions = Wrestling family{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/gauntletuofc/docs/gauntletmay2018|title=Gauntlet Magazine — Summer 2018}}
| traditions = Professional wrestling
Sunday dinner
| heirlooms =
| estate = Hart House
| meaning = German meaning Hard. Spoken with Irish Ulster Scots dialects.
| footnotes = See also: Scotch-Irish Canadians
}}
The Hart wrestling family, sometimes known as the Hart dynasty,{{cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/the-411-wrestling-top-5-8-05-09-week-34-wrestling-families/|title=The 411 Wrestling Top 5 8.05.09: Week 34 – Wrestling Families |website=411mania.com}} is a mainly Canadian family with a significant history within professional wrestling.{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/h/hart-family.html|title=Hart Family Profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2008-08-15}} The patriarch of the family was wrestling legend Stu Hart (1915–2003).{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/inductees/stuhart|title=Stu Hart's Hall of Fame profile|archive-date=28 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130428152031/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/stuhart|publisher=WWE|access-date=2011-04-13|url-status=live}} An amateur and professional wrestling performer, promoter and trainer,{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/stu-hart.html|title=Stu Hart Profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2008-08-15}} Stu owned and operated his own wrestling promotion, Stampede Wrestling. He also trained some of the most well known stars in wrestling history including "Superstar" Billy Graham, Fritz Von Erich, Chris Benoit, and his own sons Bret Hart and Owen Hart.
All of Stu's eight sons were wrestlers and two of them, Bret and Owen, achieved considerable fame and success in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), with many of the WWF's biggest storylines in the mid-1990s being built around Bret and Owen and their brothers-in-law.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlingdotcom.com/almanac/legends-of-wrestling-bret-hart-the-excellence-of-execution/|title=Legends of Wrestling: Bret Hart the Excellence of Execution|work=News|publisher=wrestlingdotcom.com|access-date=July 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718165621/http://www.wrestlingdotcom.com/almanac/legends-of-wrestling-bret-hart-the-excellence-of-execution/|archive-date=July 18, 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://prowrestling.about.com/od/wrestlerprofiles/tp/The-Hart-Family-Tree.htm|title=The Hart Family Tree|author=Eric Cohen|publisher=prowrestling.about.com|access-date=2016-04-14|archive-date=2015-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105151030/http://prowrestling.about.com/od/wrestlerprofiles/tp/The-Hart-Family-Tree.htm|url-status=dead}} The family is closely associated with Canada in the North American wrestling landscape and its Canadian heritage has often been emphasized in wrestling storylines, even to the point of overt opposition to American culture, but most of its members also have American citizenship through the family's American matriarch, Helen Hart.
As of 2024, the only Hart actively wrestling in WWE is Stu's granddaughter Natalie "Natalya" Neidhart, but Bret makes occasional guest appearances while WWE employs Dungeon graduate Tyson Kidd (also Neidhart's husband) as a producer.{{cite web |url=https://www.wwe.com/classics/classic-lists/greatest-families-in-wwe-history |title=The 15 greatest families in WWE history |work=wwe.com |access-date=March 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180327230505/http://www.wwe.com/classics/classic-lists/greatest-families-in-wwe-history |archive-date=March 27, 2018 |url-status=live}}
Members
= Patriarch and matriarch =
- Stewart Edward "Stu" Hart (May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003), patriarch of the Hart family, wrestler, dungeon trainer and founder of Stampede Wrestling.
- Helen Louise Smith Hart{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Helen-Hart/6000000022686535176|title=Helen Louise Hart (Smith) (1924–2001)|publisher=geni.com|access-date=2017-01-29}} (February 16, 1924 – November 4, 2001), matriarch of the Hart family. Was married to Stu Hart from December 31, 1947, until her death. Stu and Helen had 12 children, born from 1948 to 1965, as listed below. Helen had initially been told by doctors that she might not be able to bear children at all because she was born prematurely. This turned out to be incorrect{{cite book |author1=Martha Hart |author2=Eric Francis |title=Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-59077-036-8| page=37}} and Helen originally wanted to have 15 children but could not for medical reasons.{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingBretHart/010512-sun.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222144013/http://slam.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingBretHart/010512-sun.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |title=Mom tower of strength |date=2001-05-12|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer}}{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/OwenHart/may14_bell.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222131253/http://slam.canoe.com/OwenHart/may14_bell.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |title=One of Helen's dozen missing this year |date=2000-05-14|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer}}
= Direct descendants =
== Sons and daughters of Stu and Helen ==
- Smith Stewart{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Diana |author-link=Diana Hart |author2=McLellan, Kirstie |title=Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family |publisher=Fenn |year=2001 |isbn=1-55168-256-7| page=22}} (November 28, 1948 – July 2, 2017), professional wrestler, promoter and booker.
- Bruce Ambrose Edwardious, (born January 13, 1950), retired professional wrestler and booker.{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/bruce-hart.html|title=Bruce Hart Profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2008-08-15}}
- Keith William (born August 21, 1951), retired professional wrestler.{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/k/keith-hart.html|title=Keith Hart Profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2008-08-15}}
- Wayne Curtis Michael (born November 19, 1952), wrestled briefly but was mainly a referee.{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=5125&name=Wayne+Hart|title=Wayne Hart « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|website=www.cagematch.net}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHFN8ghhSso |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404084438/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHFN8ghhSso |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |title=Surviving The Dungeon Extra: Ross Hart on The Hart Siblings (1 of 2) |publisher=YouTube |last=Norton |first=Blake |date=April 19, 2010 |access-date=February 26, 2023 }}
- Dean Harry Anthony (January 3, 1954 – November 21, 1990), professional wrestler and referee.
- Elizabeth "Ellie" Patricia (born February 4, 1955), has made several appearances on WWF/WWE television, including Total Divas.
- Georgia Louise (born May 21, 1956), made several appearances on WWF television.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfidlTyxPC4 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408103409/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vfidlTyxPC4 |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |title=Bret Hart and the Hart family speak on behalf of Stu Hart |work=World Wrestling Entertainment |publisher=YouTube |date=May 13, 2010 |access-date=February 26, 2023 }}
- Bret Sergeant (born July 2, 1957), retired professional wrestler.{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/bret-hart.html|title=Bret Hart Profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2008-08-15}}
- Alison Joan (born July 18, 1958), made several appearances on WWF television.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfidlTyxPC4 Bret Hart and the Hart family speak on behalf of Stu Hart
- Ross Lindsay (born January 3, 1960), retired professional wrestler, trainer, booker and promoter.
- Diana Joyce (born October 8, 1963), was involved in WWF storylines in the 90s and has written several wrestling related books.
- Owen James (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999), professional wrestler.{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/o/owen-hart.html|title=Owen Hart Profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2008-08-15}}
== In-laws and grandchildren ==
Smith had six children, four of which are his biologically, daughters Tobi McIvor{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| page=31}} with a woman named Marla Josephson, and Satania "Tania" Hart{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| page=188}} (6 March 1985 – 14 March 2022) with his wife Maria Rosado Hart, a son Matthew Herweg with a woman named Liane Reiger Herweg{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Diana |author-link=Diana Hart |author2=McLellan, Kirstie |title=Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family |publisher=Fenn |year=2001 |isbn=1-55168-256-7| page=24}} and son Chad Pointen with a woman named "Zoe" Zo Amber Lee Beattie, as well as step-sons Steven Jupe and Michael Herweg with Liane Reiger Herweg.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007| isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| page=528}}
Bruce has five children in total, daughters Brit,{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Diana |author-link=Diana Hart |author2=McLellan, Kirstie |title=Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family |publisher=Fenn |year=2001 |isbn=1-55168-256-7| page=61}} and Lara as well as sons Bruce Jr, Torrin and Rhett Hart with his ex-wife Andrea Reding Hart. From 2000 to 2002, while Bruce was still legally married to Andrea, Andrea was in a relationship with Diana Hart's ex-husband Davey Boy Smith, until Smith's death from a heart attack in May 2002.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| page=530}} On December 27, 2019, Andrea died at the age of 52.{{cite web|url=https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/bruce-hart-wife-sadly-passed-away|title=Bruce Hart's Wife Has Sadly Passes Away|work=eWrestlingnews.com|date=10 January 2020|access-date=January 10, 2020}}
Keith has three children with his ex-wife Leslie duBerger Hart,{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Diana |author-link=Diana Hart |author2=McLellan, Kirstie |title=Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family |publisher=Fenn |year=2001 |isbn=1-55168-256-7| page=49}} Stewart Hart II, Conor Hart and Brock Hart. After his divorce Keith would remarry with another woman named Joan in 2002.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Martha |author-link=Martha Hart |author2=Francis, Eric |title=Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-59077-036-8| page=253}}
Wayne is married to a woman named Lynn.{{cite web|url=http://ramsaycalgary.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/RCA-Newsletter-2014_12-scrn.pdf|title=Wayne Hart Could Tell You Stories|publisher=Ramsay|access-date=2016-05-07}}
Dean had one child with his girlfriend Tammy, a daughter by the name of Farrah Hart, born in April 1990.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| page=254}}
Ellie had three daughters with her husband, wrestler Jim Neidhart.{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/02/05/921693.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130110114757/http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/02/05/921693.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 10, 2013|title=Neidhart accused of theft|first=Kevin|last=Martion|publisher=Calgary Sun|access-date=2007-07-09|date=2005-02-05}} Jennifer Neidhart, Natalie Neidhart (better known as Natalya), and Kristen Culbreth. Ellie and Jim divorced in 2001, but remarried to each other in 2010.{{cite web|url= http://slam.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingHarts/stu_book_oct01-can.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150818192333/http://slam.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingHarts/stu_book_oct01-can.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 18, 2015 |title=Stu Hart bio due in March|author=Oliver, Greg|work=Slam! Wrestling|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer |date=October 25, 2001|access-date=2015-01-27}}{{cite web|url=http://whois-actor.ru/film-actor/bihfijha/Neidhart-Jim|title=Neidhart, Jim in movie Heroes|access-date=2017-02-22|date=2017-02-22|archive-date=2017-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206111312/http://whois-actor.ru/film-actor/bihfijha/Neidhart-Jim|url-status=dead}}
Georgia had four children with her husband, bodybuilder, gym owner, fitness guru and part-time wrestler Bradley Joseph "BJ" Annis. Edward, better known as Teddy Hart, Matthew, Annie and Angela Annis.{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/life/From+headlocks+stockpots/7308634/story.html|title=From headlocks to stockpots|access-date=September 5, 2017|publisher=Calgary Herald|date=September 27, 2012|author=Gilchrist, John|archive-date=March 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310052545/http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/From+headlocks+stockpots/7308634/story.html|url-status=dead}} On July 4, 1996, Matthew fell ill and was diagnosed with the flesh eating disease Necrotizing fasciitis. On July 16, 1996, Matthew died at the age of 13.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| pages=391–392}}Meltzer, Dave. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDtaAAAAYAAJ&q=annis "Wrestling Observer Newsletter, 2003".] Wrestling Observer. page 2. (2003)Meltzer, Dave. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDtaAAAAYAAJ&q=annis "Wrestling Observer Newsletter, 2003".] Wrestling Observer. page 3. (2003)
Bret and his first wife Julie Smadu Hart have four children,{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| pages=224, 255}} Jade Lambros, Dallas Hart, Alexandra Sabina "Beans" Hart and Blade Hart. Bret and Julie divorced in 2002. Bret married his second wife Cinzia Rota in 2004, but they divorced in 2007.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| page=551}} Bret married his third wife Stephanie Washington in 2010.{{cite web|title=Bret Hart Marries Over The Weekend|url=http://www.sescoops.com/bret-hart-married-over-the-weekend-picture/|publisher=SEScoops|date=July 26, 2010|access-date=July 26, 2010}}
Alison Hart has two children with her ex-husband, wrestler Ben Bassarab, Lindsay and Brooke B Hart.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Diana |author-link=Diana Hart |author2=McLellan, Kirstie |title=Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family |publisher=Fenn |year=2001 |isbn=1-55168-256-7| page=63}} After their divorce Bassarab remarried to another woman.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| page=534}}
Diana married wrestler Davey Boy Smith and had two children with him, Harry and Georgia Smith.{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/04/30/76351.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115084412/http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/04/30/76351.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 15, 2013|title=Carrying on the family business|date=2003-04-30|last=Madigan|first=TJ|access-date=2008-07-17|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer}}{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/04/29/75644.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101013422/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/04/29/75644.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 1, 2013|title=T.J. Wilson boosted by Harts, Japan|date=2003-04-29|last=Clevett|first=Jason|access-date=2008-07-17|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer}} Diana and Davey divorced in 2000. Diana has also dated pro wrestler James Trimble, who has worked for Ross and Bruce's incarnation of Stampede Wrestling.{{cite book |title=Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers |publisher=Sports Publishing LLC |year=2004 |url=https://archive.org/details/tributesii00dave/page/49 |isbn=1-58261-817-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tributesii00dave/page/49 49] }}
Owen and his wife Martha had one son, Oje and one daughter, Athena.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| page=488}} The name Oje is a derivative of Owen's first and middle name Owen and James, it was also Owen's nickname when he was younger.{{cite book |author=Marsha Erb |title=Stu Hart: Lord of the ring. |publisher=ECWPress |year=2002 |isbn=1-55022-508-1| page=3}}{{cite book |author1=Martha Hart |author2=Eric Francis |title=Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-59077-036-8| page=19}}{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| page=283}} At the time of Owen's death in May 1999, he and Martha were planning on having a third child.{{cite book |author1=Martha Hart |author2=Eric Francis |title=Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-59077-036-8| page=20}}{{cite book |author=McCoy, Heath| title=Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling |publisher=ECWPress |year=2007 |url=https://archive.org/details/painpassionhisto00mcco| url-access=limited| isbn=978-1-55022-787-1| page=[https://archive.org/details/painpassionhisto00mcco/page/n270 255]}}
Tom Billington and Michelle Smadu Billington's three children, one son named Marek, and two daughters named Bronwyne Jewel and Amaris Jayne, are counted among the Hart grandchildren, since their parents were considered part of the Hart family, largely due to Tom's big role in Stampede Wrestling, Michelle being a sister of Bret Hart's first wife, Julie, as well as Tom being the cousin of Davey Boy Smith.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| page=169}} After her divorce from Tom in 1991, Michelle would later on marry another man and have two twin children, Trey Liam Burbank and Trinity Eve Burbank.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Diana |author-link=Diana Hart |author2=McLellan, Kirstie |title=Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family |publisher=Fenn |year=2001 |isbn=1-55168-256-7| page=50}}
== Great-grandchildren and in-laws==
Tobi McIvor has three daughters, Jessica and Amanda Steed born in 1995 and 1996 respectively, and Isabella McIvor, born in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/smith.hart.5/posts/950255021724372 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180204201225/https://www.facebook.com/smith.hart.5/posts/950255021724372 |archive-date=February 4, 2018 |title=I regret to announce the passing of the mother of my oldest daughter Tobi |publisher=Facebook |last=Hart |first=Smith |date=February 7, 2016 |access-date=February 26, 2023}} Tobi is married to a man named Mike McIvor.Pinterest Page of Tobi McIvor: "This is the Treadmill Mike (my husband) built!" Cf. [https://in.pinterest.com/pin/227783693624219968/ pinterest]{{cite web |url=http://skitrax.com/new-high-tech-treadmill-offers-canadian-athletes-an-edge-for-sochi-2014/ |title=New High-Tech Treadmill Offers Canadian Athletes an Edge for Sochi 2014 |date=September 14, 2012|access-date=2016-02-10 |publisher=skitrax.com}}
Edward Annis (Teddy Hart) has a son, Bradley Annis, with his ex-girlfriend Kim, born in 2001.{{cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBretHart/011006-sun.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714102953/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBretHart/011006-sun.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |title='Princess among pirates' My mother's a special lady |access-date=2010-11-23 |publisher=Slam! Wrestling |date=2001-10-06}} Hart has also married a woman named Fay. She has been involved in his wrestling career.{{cite web|title=1/18 Hart Legacy Results |publisher=PWInsider|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/74565/hart-family-launches-new-promotion-live-in-the-old-hart-house-and-more-news.html?p=1}}{{cite web|title=AAA Canada: Next Generation Live Report from Calgary: John Morrison, Teddy Hart, Kevin Nash, Sonjay Duit and More|publisher=PWInsider|url= http://pwinsider.com/article/75639/aaa-canada-next-generation-live-report-from-calgary-john-morrison-teddy-hart-kevin-nash-sonjay-dutt-and-more.html?p=1}}{{cite web|title=Update: Fay Hart Released from hospital|date=22 October 2012|publisher=rcwnews|url= http://rcwnews.blogspot.se/2012/10/fay-hart-released-from-hospital.html}} Annis and his wife have divorced.{{cite web|title=Highspots Presents: Best Friends with Teddy Hart |date=27 August 2015 |publisher=blogofdoom.com |url=http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2015/08/27/highspots-presents-best-friends-with-teddy-hart/}}
Jade Hart Lambros has a daughter named Kyra Beans (born June 2010) with her husband Steve Lambros.{{cite web|url=https://www.mmacrossfire.com/2012/01/13/conversations-jade-hart-wrestles-with-the-art-of-the-kimono/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929215317/https://www.mmacrossfire.com/2012/01/13/conversations-jade-hart-wrestles-with-the-art-of-the-kimono/ |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |title=Jade Hart wrestles with the art of the kimono |last=Andrews |first=Kenai |work=MMA Crossfire |date=January 13, 2012 |access-date=January 19, 2012}}
Alexandra Sabina Hart has a son, Grayson Knight Cassidy (born June 20, 2015, at 1:25 am).{{cite web|title=FINALLY my First Grandson!|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/4TIoN9MQtT/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/4TIoN9MQtT |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|date=2015}}{{cbignore}}
Dallas Hart has a daughter named Vylet Louise Hart.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BpH8RZDA70N/ | title=Bret on Instagram: "I was blessed with four children, and now four grandchildren. My granddaughter Vylet Louise Hart 💜" }}
Kristen Culbreth has two sons with her husband: Lachlan, (pronounced Lock-lin){{cite web|title=Meaning of Lachlan: "from the fjord-land" |publisher=/nameberry.com| url=http://nameberry.com/babyname/Lachlan}} and Maddox Culbreth.{{cite web|title=Natalya "Nattie" Neidhart, a WWE Diva, embraces her nephew, Fellsmere Elementary School kindergartner Lachlan Culbreth|url= http://leahvoss.tumblr.com/post/112245744853/natalya-nattie-neidhart-a-wwe-diva-embraces|date=2015}}{{cite web|title=Natalya Instagram Post – July 11, 2015|url=http://www.pw-core.com/photos/Natalya_Instagram_Post_July_11_2015/42518|date=2015}}
Natalie Neidhart (Natalya) is married to fellow wrestler TJ Wilson (Tyson Kidd).
Brooke Hart is married to Peter Minnema better known under his ring name "Pistol" Pete Wilson.{{cite book |author=Heath McCoy |title=Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling |publisher=CanWest Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-55022-787-1| page=283}}
Conor Hart is married to a woman named Inka Foster Hart.
Farrah Hart has one daughter named Bria.
Brock Patrick Hart is married to a woman named Melissa Johnson Hart.
Brit is married to a man by the name Jamie Harling, who works with her at the Rouge restaurant in Calgary.
Georgia Smith was engaged to British musician Adam Barry, the singer of the band Merrymouth.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=988815017815980&id=322859284411560 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190922185220/https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=988815017815980&id=322859284411560 |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |title=MerryMouth. Adam Barry is my daughter Georgia's boyfriend. |publisher=Facebook|last=Hart Smith |first=Diana |date=June 14, 2015 |access-date=February 26, 2023}}{{Citation |url=http://www.sportintense.com/posts/hart-legacy-wrestling-news-hopes-ropes-calgary-youth-fundraiser-dec-13-2015/ |title=Diana Hart: Award Winning Fiction Author of Cauliflower Heart; Health, Wellness and Fitness Trainer |publisher=linkedin.com |access-date=2016-05-02 |archive-date=2016-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603065110/http://www.sportintense.com/posts/hart-legacy-wrestling-news-hopes-ropes-calgary-youth-fundraiser-dec-13-2015/ |url-status=dead }}
== Descendants of Stu and Helen Hart ==
- Smith Stewart Hart
- Tobi Louise McIvor
- Amanda Steed
- Jessica Steed
- Isabella McIvor
- Satania Ecstasy Atlantis "Tania" Hart{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/columns/2007/iancarey01.html|title=Hart Foundation: The Next Generation|author=Carey, Ian|work=Wrestling Columns|publisher=Online World Of Wrestling|date=January 20, 2007|access-date=2015-05-31}}
- Matthew Aryan Dean "Matt" Herweg{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1eHEhuEGHM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/p1eHEhuEGHM| archive-date=2021-11-14 | url-status=live|title=Zack Mercury Has Something To Say To Matt Hart|last=RCW Online|date=9 November 2015|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
- Ezrah Herweg{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/matt.hart.792303/posts/10158600345813013 |title=Facebook |website=Facebook |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200423112509/https://www.facebook.com/matt.hart.792303/posts/10158600345813013 |archive-date=23 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}
- Chad Dean Pointen
- Bruce Ambrose Edwardious Hart,
- Brittany "Brit" Hart
- Bruce Hart Jr.
- Torrin Rex Hart
- Rhettger Hart
- Lara Helen Hart
- Keith William Hart
- Stewart Hart II
- Conor Hart
- Brock Patrick Hart
- Wayne Curtis Michael Hart
- Dean Harry Anthony "Bizz" Hart
- Farrah "Fara" Hart
- Elizabeth "Ellie" Patricia Hart-Neidhart
- Jennifer "Jenni" Neidhart
- Natalie Katherine "Nattie" Neidhart
- Kristen "Muffy" Neidhart-Culbreth
- Lachlan Culbreth
- Maddox Culbreth
- Georgia Louise Hart-Annis
- Edward Ellsworth "Teddy" Annis
- Bradley Matthew Annis
- Matthew David Annis
- Angela "Angie"Annis
- Annie Annis
- Bret Sergeant Hart
- Jade Michelle Koo Hart Lambros{{Cite book|title=Hart Strings|author=Hart, Julie|publisher=Tightrope Books|year=2013|isbn=978-1-926639-63-5}}
- Kyra Beans Lambros
- Bo Lambrose
- Dallas Jeffery "Dal" Hart
- Vylet Louise Hart
- Alexandra Sabina "Beans" Hart
- Grayson Knight Cassidy
- Blade Colton Hart
- Alison Joan Hart-Bassarab
- Lindsay Bassarab Hart
- Brooke Bassarab Hart-Minnema
- Ross Lindsay Hart
- Diana Joyce Hart-Smith
- Harry Francis Smith
- Georgia Smith
- Owen James Hart
- Oje Edward Hart
- Athena Christie Hart
= Other =
In his autobiography, wrestler Roddy Piper (father of wrestler Teal Piper) states that he is a cousin of the Hart family{{cite book |author=Roddy Piper |title=In the Pit with Piper: Roddy Gets Rowdy |publisher=Berkley Books |year=2002 |url=https://archive.org/details/inpitwithpiper00pipe/page/231 |isbn=0-425-18721-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/inpitwithpiper00pipe/page/231 231] }} he also made this statement in an interview on TNA.{{cite web|url=https://www.thesportster.com/news/roddy-piper-vince-russo-tna-shoot-promo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215014139/https://www.thesportster.com/news/roddy-piper-vince-russo-tna-shoot-promo/ |archive-date=December 15, 2022 |title=Roddy Piper's TNA Shoot Promo On Vince Russo Is One Of The Most Uncomfortable Ever |work=The Sportster |last=Haverford |first=Joey |date=August 21, 2021 |access-date=February 26, 2023}} This fact was used as a trivia question on Raw once.{{cite web|title=Lita Turns 40 Today, Madusa Praises The NXT Divas, Trivia/RAW |publisher=prowrestling.com| url= http://www.prowrestling.com/lita-turns-40-today-madusa-praises-the-nxt-divas-triviaraw/ }}{{cite web|title=WWE Edits Orton & Cesaro Crowd Reaction on Raw, New Trivia Feature Debuts, WWE at Facebook HQ (Video) |date=14 April 2015|publisher=wrestlezone.com| url= http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/571223-wwe-edits-orton-cesaro-reaction }}{{cite web |title=WWE Questions Fans On Kane & His Mask, WWE Trivia Segment On RAW |date=14 April 2015|publisher=pwmania.com| url= http://www.pwmania.com/wwe-questions-fans-on-kane-his-mask-wwe-trivia-segment-on-raw }}{{cite web|title=Paige Written Off TV On Tonight's Raw?, WWE On Kane And His Mask, WWE Trivia Segment On RAW |publisher=wrestlinginc.com| url= http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/0413/592412/paige-written-off-tv-on-tonight-raw/ }}{{unreliable source?|certain=y|date=May 2017}} Bret Hart has also stated that Piper was the only wrestler to visit him in the hospital after his stroke and that they were as close as brothers.{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Bret |author-link=Bret Hart |title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-193286-2| page=541}}{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/SmithHart1/status/192269821533097984 |title=Smith Hart on Twitter: "Happy birthday to my cousin Rowdy Roddy Piper. Had a great time this weekend w/ Hot Rod." |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180808080427/https://twitter.com/SmithHart1/status/192269821533097984 |archive-date=2018-08-08 |url-status=live |access-date=2018-08-08}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.pwmania.com/the-hart-grapevine-top-10-worst-authorities-executives-in-wrestling-history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204015908/http://www.pwmania.com/the-hart-grapevine-top-10-worst-authorities-executives-in-wrestling-history|archive-date=2015-02-04|title=The Hart Grapevine – Top 10 Worst Authorities & Executives in Wrestling History|newspaper=Pwmania - Wrestling News |date=2 February 2015}}
== Close associates ==
Wrestling promoter Jack Pfefer was a very close friend of Stu Hart who asked him to be the godfather of Hart's tenth child and seventh son, Ross.{{cite book |last=Hornbaker |first=Tim |title=National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling |publisher=ECW Press |year=2007 |url=https://archive.org/details/nationalwrestlin00horn| url-access=limited |isbn=978-1-55022-741-3| page=[https://archive.org/details/nationalwrestlin00horn/page/n277 252]}}
Brian Pillman was another very close wrestler to the family and the only person who wasn't related to the Harts through either blood or marriage to wrestle as a member of the Hart Foundation. He has stated that he considered Bret and Owen as brothers to him and that he would have done anything for them.{{Cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/hart-bret.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723011044/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/hart-bret.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 23, 2012|title=Bret Hart bio|publisher=Slam! Wrestling|date=May 26, 2006|access-date=2009-12-24}}{{cite book |author=Heath McCoy |title=Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling |url=https://archive.org/details/painpassionhisto00mcco |url-access=limited |publisher=ECWPress |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-55022-787-1| page=[https://archive.org/details/painpassionhisto00mcco/page/n235 220]}} Pillman's son Brian Pillman Jr. also works with and is close to the family.{{cite web| url = https://prowrestlingpost.com/preview-mlw-presents-battle-riot-ii/| title = #Preview - MLW Presents Battle Riot II - ProWrestlingPost.com| date = 3 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/2019/07/19/picking-up-pieces-pillmans-son-chasing-dads-legacy-pro-wrestling-wwf-wwe-british-bulldog-bret-hart/1779849001/|title = Picking up the pieces: Brian Pillman's son chasing dad's legacy in professional wrestling}}
Chris Benoit was also very close to the Hart family. Bret Hart referred to him as like a family member.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2007/0626/498835/bret-hart-comments-on-chris-benoit-death/| title=Bret Hart comments on Chris Benoit death |date=June 26, 2007|access-date=July 24, 2016}}
== Storyline relatives ==
In the late 80s the Stampede storylines also included a fictional brother of Davey Boy Smith by the name of
Johnny Smith who feuded with Davey and Owen, the storyline also involved Diana Hart, who was worried over how Johnny's behaviour would affect their family.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCgvzYmk4h0| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316130854/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCgvzYmk4h0| archive-date=2016-03-16 | url-status=dead|title=Owen Hart vs. Johnny Smith (August 18, 1989)|date=November 12, 2007|publisher=youtube}}
History
= Amateur wrestling =
Stu Hart was an experienced grappler who held many national championships. Several of his sons, including Keith, Dean, Bret and Owen had experience in amateur wrestling.{{cite book|last=Hart|first=Bret|author-link=Bret Hart|title=Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling|publisher=Ebury Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-09-193286-2|page=29}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com/review-hart-and-soul-3-disc-dvd/7452/ |title=Review: WWE Hart and Soul: Hart Family Anthology |date=November 28, 2010|publisher=wrestlingdvdnetwork.com|author=Mix, Brett}} With Bret and Owen being considered outstanding as young men.Hardcore Wrestling! – Page 1978.{{full citation needed|date=September 2021}} Conor and Stewart Hart, two of Keith's sons pursued amateur wrestling, Conor did so at the University of Calgary{{cite web|url= http://www.godinos.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=414&path=|title=godinos: roaster: Conor Hart |access-date=December 7, 2015|publisher=godinos.com}} and Stewart won a medal in his school championship.{{cite web|url= http://slam.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingArchive/may2_hart2.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150818192054/http://slam.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingArchive/may2_hart2.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= August 18, 2015|title=Sage advice from Uncle Bret |date=May 2, 1998 |publisher=Slam Canoe}}{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingArchive/may2_hart.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818192050/http://slam.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingArchive/may2_hart.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 18, 2015 |title=Stu Hart's grandson continues family tradition |date=May 2, 1998 |publisher=Slam Canoe}}
= Professional wrestling =
The Hart family is one of the most well-known professional wrestling families in history. The patriarch of the family, Stu Hart was a professional wrestler and a trainer as well as the owner of Stampede Wrestling. Many of his children became professional wrestlers. He became involved with wrestling after retiring from his career with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.{{cite web|publisher=Slam! Wrestling|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/10/16/227960.html|title=Canadian wrestling patriarch Stu Hart dies|first=Judy|last=Monchuk|access-date=2009-08-11|date=2003-10-16 |url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20031103053554/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/10/16/227960.html |archive-date=2003-11-03}} Stu began promoting wrestling in 1948 and operated Stampede Wrestling until selling it to Vince McMahon in 1984. In 1985, however, he decided to revive the promotion, which remained in operation until December 1989.{{cite web|first=Gary|last=Will|title=Stu Hart|publisher=Canadian Pro Wrestling Page of Fame|url=http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/hart-s.htm|access-date=2009-08-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220122713/http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/hart-s.htm|archive-date=2009-02-20}} It was brought back again in 1999 by Bruce and Ross Hart and remains active today.{{cite web|publisher=Slam!Wrestling|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/aug21_get.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721055148/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/aug21_get.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 21, 2012|title=Get ready to rumble! Stampede Wrestling returns|first=Nova|last=Pierson|access-date=2009-08-11|date=1999-08-21}} Stu Hart has been noted from training some of North America's most famous wrestlers, including André the Giant, the "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid, Junkyard Dog, and dozens more in addition to his own sons.
Bret Hart has won the most wrestling championships of anyone in the family. He won his first title belt in the World Wrestling Federation while teaming with brother-in-law Jim Neidhart (Ellie Hart's husband) to form The Hart Foundation tag team. They had a feud with the British Bulldogs (Diana Hart's husband Davey Boy Smith and Bret Hart's sister-in-law's husband Dynamite Kid, who were first cousins in real life). On January 26, 1987, Hart and Neidhart defeated the Bulldogs to win the WWF Tag Team Championship.{{cite web|title=History of the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship: The Hart Foundation's first reign|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413212221|access-date=2009-08-11|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|archive-date=2005-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051129090811/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413212221|url-status=dead}} After the Hart Foundation split up, Owen Hart began teaming with Neidhart as The New Foundation. Bret went on to have a successful career as a singles wrestler, holding the WWF World Heavyweight Championship five times.{{cite web|url=http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/hartbros.htm|access-date=2009-08-11|publisher=Canadian Pro Wrestling Page of Fame|title=Bret "The Hitman" Hart, "The Rocket" Owen Hart, Bruce Hart & Keith Hart|first=Gary|last=Will}}
The family connection played a role in two major WWF storylines. Four of the Hart brothers (Bret, Owen, Keith, and Bruce) formed a team at Survivor Series 1993.Davies, 62. Animosity began to build between Bret and Owen, and Owen turned on Bret at Royal Rumble 1994.{{cite web|title=Bret Hart|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/hart-bret.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723011044/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/hart-bret.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 23, 2012|access-date=2009-08-11|publisher=Slam! Wrestling}} This led to a feud between the two brothers; Neidhart later became involved on Owen's side, while Smith sided with Bret.Davies, 68. The feud culminated with Owen costing Bret the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. While Bret was defending the title against Bob Backlund at Survivor Series 1994, Owen tricked his mother Helen into throwing a towel into the ring to signify that Bret conceded defeat.{{cite book|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|title=Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|year=2004|isbn=1-58261-817-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/tributesii00dave/page/10 10]|url=https://archive.org/details/tributesii00dave/page/10}}
Several years later, the Hart Foundation was formed again, this time as a stable of anti-American wrestlers. Bret and Owen reconciled, and they were joined by Neidhart, Smith, and Brian Pillman (Pillman was not related, but had trained with the Hart family and was a friend of the family).{{cite web|title=Hit Man dismantles The Patriot|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/sep8_hit.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723233229/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/sep8_hit.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 23, 2012|access-date=2009-08-11|publisher=Slam! Wrestling|first=John|last=Powell}}{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPillman/oct7_pillman.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731024626/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPillman/oct7_pillman.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 31, 2012|title=Pillman's death followed strange behavior|first=Michael|last=Platt|publisher=Slam! Wrestling|access-date=2009-08-11}} At the In Your House: Canadian Stampede pay-per-view in Calgary on July 6, 1997, the Hart Foundation won a five-on-five match against "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, and The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal).{{cite book|page=263|title=The Tables All Were Broken: McNeill's Take on the End of Professional Wrestling as We Know It|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=0-595-22404-0|year=2002|first=Pat|last=McNeill}} Bret Hart left the WWF in 1997 after what has come to be known as the Montreal Screwjob,{{cite news|url=http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2007/jun/24/hebner_doesnt_regret_montreal_screwjob/|title=Hebner doesn't regret 'Montreal Screwjob'|first=Mike|last=Mooneyham|date=2007-06-24|access-date=2009-08-11|newspaper=The Post and Courier}} while Owen died as the result of a failed stunt during his ring entrance at the Over the Edge 1999 pay-per-view.{{cite web|publisher=Slam! Wrestling|title=Legal victory bittersweet: Martha Hart|access-date=2009-08-11|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/OwenHart/nov9_hart-ap.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090531090649/http://slam.canoe.ca/OwenHart/nov9_hart-ap.html |archive-date=2009-05-31}} Bret would eventually return to the renamed WWE in 2010 after settling his differences with the promotion.
Three of Stu and Helen Hart's grandchildren have begun careers in professional wrestling. Nattie Neidhart, daughter of Ellie and Jim, trained in Calgary and now wrestles for World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly the WWF) under the ring name Natalya. She was the first female from the Hart family to win a championship gold, when she won the Divas Championship at Survivor Series 2010.{{cite web|title=Carrying on the family business|publisher=Slam! Wrestling|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/04/30/76351.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206034301/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/04/30/76351.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 6, 2012|date=2003-04-30|first=TJ|last=Madigan|access-date=2009-08-11}}{{cite web|title=Natalya|publisher=WWE |access-date=April 7, 2012|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/divas/natalya}} Natalya would go on to have one of the most prolific careers of any female in WWE history, having the most matches of any female in WWE history, along with an on-going 15-year tenure, the longest of any active female wrestler in WWE. Harry Smith, son of Diana and Davey Boy Smith, currently uses the name Davey Boy Smith Jr. and also wrestled for WWE, under the name David Hart Smith.{{cite web|title=David Hart Smith|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/dhsmith/|access-date=2009-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629101338/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/dhsmith/|archive-date=June 29, 2011}} Teddy Hart, son of Georgia Hart and B. J. Annis, has also competed in WWE, but was released by the company.{{cite web|title=Teddy Hart on WWE release, AAA|first=Adam|last=Martin|publisher=Wrestling Observer Newsletter|access-date=2009-08-11|date=2009-04-07|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1239134082.php}}
In the mid and late 90s Harry Smith, T.J. Wilson, Teddy and his brother Matthew were all training together.{{cite book |title=Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers |publisher=Sports Publishing LLC |year=2004 |url=https://archive.org/details/tributesii00dave/page/100 |isbn=1-58261-817-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tributesii00dave/page/100 100] }} Matthew would later wrestle shortly together with Wilson, Smith and his brother before dying of a flesh eating disease in 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBretHart/010630-sun.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180204204136/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBretHart/010630-sun.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 4, 2018 |title=Torch passed to up-and-comers |access-date=June 30, 2001 |publisher=Slam Canoe|date=June 30, 2001|author=Hart, Bret}}{{cite web|url= http://www.twnpnews.com/messages2/16000/16075.shtml |title=Interview with Stampede Kid |date=2006|publisher=twnpnews.com}}{{cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingArchive2001/may20_smith3-sun.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105100544/http://slam.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingArchive2001/may20_smith3-sun.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |title=Stu Tragedy follows famous dynasty |access-date=September 5, 2017|date=May 20, 2002 |publisher=Slam canoe|last=Wood|first=Michael}}
Two of Bruce Hart's sons Bruce Jr and Torrin have been involved in pro wrestling.{{cite web|url=http://hartbrosuniversity.com/|title=hartbrosuniversity: our trainers|publisher=Hartbros university}} Torrin began wrestling when he was 17 years old.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/960/the-big-show/bruce-hart-studio-w-rob-kerr/|title=Bruce Hart in-studio w/ Rob Kerr - Sportsnet.ca}}
Two of Smith Hart's sons, Mike and Matt Herweg have started a career in wrestling.{{cite web|title=Hart Family Launches New Promotion, Live in the Old Hart House and More News|publisher=PWInsider|url= http://www.pwinsider.com/article/74565/hart-family-launches-new-promotion-live-in-the-old-hart-house-and-more-news.html?p=1}}{{cite web |url=http://www.1wrestling.com/2010/04/14/ringside-remembrances-the-hart-dynasty/ |title=Ringside Remembrances — The Hart Dynasty |date=April 14, 2010 |website=1wrestling.com |access-date=January 3, 2016 |archive-date=December 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171225162021/http://www.1wrestling.com/2010/04/14/ringside-remembrances-the-hart-dynasty/ |url-status=usurped }} They perform under the names Matt Hart and Mike Hart, using their father's surname. Matt gained his first championship on December 15, 2017, for the Real Canadian Wrestling promotion.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=188999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226120259/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=188999 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |title=TTPW Holiday Chaos |work=CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database |last=Kreikenbohm |first=Philip |date=December 15, 2017 |access-date=February 26, 2023}}
Both of Alison's daughters, Lindsay and Brooke have had relationships with wrestlers, Lindsay with Randy Myers and Brooke with Peter Minnema better known under his ring name "Pistol" Pete Wilson. Brooke and Peter Minnema are now married since 2014. Minnema was trained in by the Hart family and has appeared for the Hart Legacy promotion.
Alexandra Sabina "Beans" Hart was at one point training to become a wrestler, hoping to eventually join her cousin Natalya as a WWE Diva.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/lovebeanana/statuses/344222356883001344|title=I work my ass off #dontgiveup #future #wwe #wwediva #followme #myjourney|first=Beans|last=Hart|date=10 June 2013|via=Twitter}}
Outside wrestling
Helen Smith Hart was the daughter of noted marathoner and sprinter Harry J. Smith, finished 17th in the 1912 Olympic marathon and married a Greek woman, Elizabeth "Ellie" Poulis Smith {{cite book |last=Erb|first=Marsha|title=Stu Hart: lord of the ring, an inside look at wrestling's first family|publisher=ECW Press|year=2002|isbn=978-1-55022-508-2|page=91}}
In December 2011, Jade Hart, the eldest child of Bret Hart, launched a clothing line called Jade Hart Kimonos. Based out of Calgary the clothing line consisted of handmade kimono made from Canadian silks and other fabrics. The business suspended operations in 2013.
Georgia Hart Annis is an employee at the Cookbook Co. in Calgary. She at one point helped her niece Jennifer Neidhart to get a job there too and Neidhart is now manager of catering for the Cookbook Co.
Brit and her husband Jamie are also involved in the restaurant business, they both work for the Rouge restaurant in Calgary.
Georgia Smith is a model and voice over actress and her fiancé Adam Barry is a musician.
Farrah Hart is a clothes designer.{{cite news| url=http://www.stalbertgazette.com/From-catwalk-to-sidewalk-20130918 |title=From catwalk to sidewalk |publisher=Stalbertgazette.com}}{{cite news| url=https://mccollegeblog.wordpress.com/tag/farrah-hart/ |title=15 Minutes with 14 Fashion Graduates |publisher=mccollegeblog.wordpress.com}}
DVD
Hart & Soul: The Hart Family Anthology is a documentary produced and released by WWE Home Video in collaboration with Hart family members. The DVD chronicles the lineage of the Hart family beginning with the biography of patriarch Stu Hart. It gives a brief accounting of the lives of all twelve Hart children as well as parents Stu and Helen growing up in Calgary. It describes the deaths of Stu, Helen, Dean, Matthew, Owen, Brian Pillman, and Davey Boy Smith with recollections from their loved ones. The DVD concludes with a feature on the Hart Dynasty and their future in WWE. The bonus discs feature matches from Stampede Wrestling and WWF/WWE as well as candid home footage and interviews from the Hart family.
Family tree
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{{tree chart | | | | | | | | | | STU |~|y|~| HEL | | | | | | | | | | STU=Stewart Hart†|HEL=Helen Smith†}}
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{{tree chart | |!| BRU |!| ELL | | BRE |!| DEA |!| DIA |!| OWE | |!| BRU=Bruce Hart | ELL=Ellie Hart|BRE=Bret Hart | DEA=Dean Hart†|DIA=Diana Hart | OWE=Owen Hart†|}}
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{{tree chart | |!| AND |!| JIM |!| JUL |!|!| |!| DAV |!|!| MAR |!|!| AND=Andrea Hart†|JIM=James Neidhart†|JUL=Julie Smadu
(Divorced)|DAV=David Smith
(Davey Boy Smith)†
(Divorced)|MAR=Martha Hart | }}
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{{tree chart | |!| | | |!| JEN |(| JAD |(|!| |!| HAR |(|!| OJE |(|!| | JEN=Jennifer Neidhart|JAD=Jade Hart|HAR=Harry Smith
(Davey Boy Smith Jr.) | OJE=Oje Hart}}
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{{tree chart | |!| | | |!| KRI |(| DAL |(|!| |!| GEO |'|!| ATH |'|!| KRI=Kristen Neidhart|DAL=Dallas Hart|GEO=Georgia Smith|ATH=Athena Hart}}
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{{tree chart | |!| | | |!| NAT |'| ALE |(|!| |!| | | | |!| | | | |!| NAT=Natalie Neidhart
(Natalya) | ALE=Alexandra Hart}}
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{{tree chart | |!| | | |!| KID | | BLA |'|!| |!| | | | |!| | | | |!| KID=Theodore Wilson
(Tyson Kidd) | BLA=Blade Hart}}
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{{tree chart | SMI | | KEI | | | | | WAY | | | GEO | | ALI | | |ROS| SMI=Smith Hart†|KEI=Keith Hart | WAY=Wayne Hart|GEO=Georgia Hart|ALI=Alison Hart|ROS=Ross Hart|}}
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{{tree chart | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| BJ| | BEN |!| | | | BJ=Bradley Annis
(B. J. Annis) | BEN=Benjamin Bassarab
(Divorced)}}
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{{tree chart | | | | | TED| | MAT | | ANN | | ANG| | LIN| | BRO| TED=Edward Annis
(Teddy Hart) | MAT=Matthew Annis†|ANN=Annie Annis|ANG=Angela Annis|LIN=Lindsay Hart|BRO=Brooke Hart|}}
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{{tree chart | | | | | BRA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |BRA=Bradley Annis}}
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† = deceased
Accolades and honours
- Calgary Awards (Signature Award, 1999){{cite web |author=Staff |url=https://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-clerks/Documents/award_recipients/1999_recipients.pdf?noredirect=1 |title=1999 Calgary Award Recipients |date=1999 |access-date=2018-01-30 |publisher=Calgary.ca |archive-date=2018-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131080857/https://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-clerks/Documents/award_recipients/1999_recipients.pdf?noredirect=1 |url-status=dead }}
Championships and accomplishments
;As a family
- Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Class of 2001{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/hallofame.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429003907/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/hallofame.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 29, 2015 |title=Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame |date=April 3, 2016|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728151049/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling/harts.html|archive-date=28 July 2012|url=http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling/harts.html |title=Slam! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: The Hart Family |date=February 1, 2001|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer |author=Oliver, Greg|url-status=usurped|author-link=Greg Oliver}}
- Prairie Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame
- Class of 2010{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2010/06/15/14402076.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180116095112/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2010/06/15/14402076.html |archive-date=16 January 2018|access-date=2018-01-16 |title=Booker T enjoying life away from the spotlight |author=Clevette, Jason|date=June 16, 2010|work=SLAM! Wrestling |publisher=Canoe.com}}
- KocoSports Combat Sports Hall of Fame
- Class of 2012{{cite web|title=The Hart Family inducted into the Kocosports Combat Sports Hall of Fame|publisher=kocosports.net|url=http://kocosports.net/2012/12/03/wrestling/the-hart-family-inducted-into-the-kocosports-com-combat-sports-hall-of-fame/|author=Kiue, David|date=December 3, 2012}}
;Individual
- Stu Hart
- Championships and accomplishments
- Smith Hart
- Championships and accomplishments
- Bruce Hart
- Championships and accomplishments
- Keith Hart
- Championships and accomplishments
- Dean Hart
- Championships and accomplishments
- Bret Hart
- Championships and accomplishments
- Ross Hart
- Championships and accomplishments
- Diana Hart
- Championships and accomplishments
- Owen Hart
- Championships and accomplishments
- Teddy Hart
- Championships and accomplishments
- Natalya Neidhart
- Championships and accomplishments
- Davey Boy Smith Jr.
- Championships and accomplishments
- Matt Hart
- Championships and accomplishments
See also
{{Portal bar|Sports|Canada}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Sources
- {{Cite book|ref={{harvid|ECWPress|2007}}|last1=McCoy|first1=Heath|title=Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling|publisher=ECWPress|year=2007|isbn=978-1-55490-299-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_dGLlfvGJkC&q=pain+and+passion}} {{ISBN|978-1-55022-787-1}}
- {{cite book|first=Ross|last=Davies|title=Bret Hart|publisher=Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=0-8239-3494-2|year=2001}}
- {{cite book|first=Marsha|last=Erb|title=Stu Hart: Lord of the ring|publisher=ECWPress|isbn=1-55022-508-1|year=2002}}
Further reading
- {{cite web|author=Greer, Jamie|title=The Family Business: The Anoa'i and Harts |publisher=Last Word On Pro Wrestling|url=http://lastwordonprowrestling.com/2017/11/26/the-family-business-the-anoai-and-harts/|date=November 26, 2017|access-date=2017-12-10}}
- {{cite web|author=Will, Gary|title=Hart Bros|publisher=Canadian Pro Wrestling Page of Fame|url=http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/hartbros.htm|access-date=2018-02-02|archive-date=2013-01-23|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123210744/http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/hartbros.htm|url-status=dead}}
External links
{{Commons category|Hart wrestling family}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150817200449/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/hart-family.html Stories on The Hart Family], archive of news stories concerning the Harts on Canoe.com
- [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/h/hart-family/ The Hart family], at the OnlineWorldOfWrestling.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080121172127/http://www.brethart.info/news.php#ni77 Hart Family News]
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{{Brian Pillman}}
{{Owen Hart}}
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