the world of professional wrestling has
featured plenty of family dynasties over
the years from the Flair’s Orton’s and
Von Erichs to the Samoan bloodline which
birth future stars like the rock and
Roman reigns there’s one family tree
that seems synonymous with the business
however and its roots belong to Stu and
Helen the Hart family before we begin we
publish new content every day so be sure
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bell to get notified about our latest
videos these two raised quite a large
family together at twelve kids with
every single one of them possessing a
connection to the pro wrestling business
in some fashion to be honest it seems as
if there was no other industry for Stu
and Helen’s kids so close was their
father’s relationships of the sports Stu
Hart was a wrestling natural with an
excellent amateur background and was a
technically skilled grappler throughout
the height of his career during the 30s
and 40s it was only a matter of time
before someone with Stu’s natural
ability would begin training wrestlers
of his own and that’s exactly what this
good-looking grappler would do after
marrying Helen and moving back to his
native Canada from New York City Calgary
Alberta served as Stu and Helens home
base and it would be here where Stuart
found Stampede Wrestling Canada’s
best-known and most successful territory
promotion still ran Stampede for almost
40 years and it was during this time
that hot began teaching pro wrestling’s
young up-and-coming talent the ropes in
a basement facility dubbed the dungeon a
veritable who’s who of wrestling talent
pass through Stu’s hard and miss less
training style including Chris Jericho
rowdy roddy piper edge Abdullah the
Butcher and many many more of course
Stu’s wrestling’s sons also went through
the endurance tests of their fathers
stretching techniques painful submission
holds which were designed to test and
break the students threshold for pain
every wrestling fan is probably aware of
Stu and Helen’s most famous wrestling
progeny Bret and Owen but this pair with
the only Hart children to train and work
in the business
Smith Bruce Keith Dean and Ross Hart all
performed in the industry with varying
degrees of success their job tiles
included trainer Booker performer and
even referee but all of them lived ate
and breathed Pro Wrestling just like
their old man the hot girls also grew up
with wrestling with Elizabeth Georgia
Diana and Allison all making appearance
on WB television after Stu briefly sold
stampedes of Vince McMahon in 1984 they
also perhaps predictably married into
the business and started families of
their own with pro wrestlers Dianna
would famously bring UK wrestling
royalty into the Hart family when she
married Davey Boy Smith one half of the
British bulldogs alongside his cousin
the dynamite kid all of these family
ties should have resulted in nothing but
joy force to Helen their kids and
grandkids right well the title of this
video should already give you a clue
that this wasn’t exactly the case as the
expansive half family history is nothing
if not extremely complicated
the most terrible tragedy associated
with the Hart’s is of course the death
of Owen and the WWF’s
over the edge pay-per-view in 1999 he
was scheduled to fall from the arena
rafters in an elaborate stunt for
performing as the masked blue blazer
character but an accidental fall to the
ring below resulted in Hart’s death from
internal bleeding and blunt force trauma
Owen Hart was one of the industry’s
finest in-ring performers and best loved
personalities and this was a huge black
mark upon the WEF safety standards as
well as its emergency response as the
show continued on after Owens fall
although the Hart’s successfully sued
that wbf in the wake of their son’s
death this served as little comfort for
a family who were already bitter with
how Vince McMahon and company treated
their other son Bret it had only been a
scant two years since one of wrestling’s
most infamous unscripted moments had
given a black eye between the hearts
McMahons we’re talking of course about
the Montreal Screwjob an event which
took place in the main events of the
1997 Survivor Series brat was the WBS
world heavyweight champion but he was
about to exit the company for a new home
at Vince McMahon’s chief competition
will Championship Wrestling Hart knew he
had to lose the title prior to heading
to WCW but he refused to drop the belts
in his home country while facing off
against the Heartbreak Kid Shawn
Michaels
with whom Bret had an adversarial
off-screen relationship this was exactly
what happened however as a backstage
conspiracy between multiple parties
resulted in Bret being screwed out of
his title when Michaels had him in
Hart’s own submission hold the
Sharpshooter Bret didn’t submit but
referee Earl Hebner called for the Bell
and it was all over just like that today
there are still those who believe that
this was some sort of elaborate hoax
the Bret was in on the whole thing but
it just takes one look at Hart’s honest
and visceral reaction to this betrayal
to realize that this was Pro Wrestling
blurring the lines between reality and
fiction what’s worse is the Bret’s time
in WCW was played by early injury subpar
booking and the death of his brother
Owen the hit man’s career with the
promotion was further cut short after a
match with Goldberg at Starrcade 1999
when the latter injured Bret with a
brutal kick to the head this bunch
resulted in a concussion for Hart and
signaled the beginning of his eventual
retirement from active competition the
Hart family’s legal and personal issues
sadly don’t end there from the eldest
son Smith’s damaged reputation
– Bruce Hart’s wife Andrea being only 15
when she met the 37 year old pro
wrestling trainer Dean Hart died from a
heart attack
at only 36 while Georgia Hart son Teddy
once a promising rookie had seen his
earlier pro wrestling career falter due
too erratic personal behavior and
numerous allegations against him some of
the Hart’s grandchildren and extended
we work in the business today including
Davey Boy Smith Jr over at New Japan Pro
Wrestling but none of them apart from
third-generation superstar
Natalie Natalya Neidhart competes in the
WWE Nattie’s father Jim the anvil
Neidhart was a longtime tag partner of
Brett who became a part of the extended
Hart family through marriage when he
went Elizabeth Hart in 1979 this story
is similar to that of Natalia’s own
husband Teddy Wilson aka Tyson Kidd who
was trained in the dungeon and married
into the Canadian wrestling dynasty in
2013 yet Tyson’s promising career was
also cut short in 2015 when he was
delivered a life-threatening injury
while competing against Samoa Joe a
nasty bump to kids neck and spine
effectively put the kibosh on a career
which was essentially reaching its peak
thanks to an excellent tag-team pairing
with the Swiss Superman Cesaro
although Tyson his family and fans are
very lucky that he was able to emerge
through his injury without any paralysis
he currently works with the WB as a
producer his wrestling days tragically
in the rear view so is the Hart story
just that a tragedy well no not really
just like any family there are some
black sheep and some dark secrets but
there’s also tons of hope promise and
love stew Helland their kids and
grandkids
have given their livelihoods to pro
wrestling but in the process have
amassed an untold amount of memories and
accomplishments this famous lineage will
probably continue on down the line as
well as great-grandchildren grow up and
learn about their legacy said simply the
name Hart’s means wrestling and it’s
doubtful that stew would have wanted it
any other way do you agree with our pigs
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and
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featured plenty of family dynasties over
the years from the Flair’s Orton’s and
Von Erichs to the Samoan bloodline which
birth future stars like the rock and
Roman reigns there’s one family tree
that seems synonymous with the business
however and its roots belong to Stu and
Helen the Hart family before we begin we
publish new content every day so be sure
to subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos these two raised quite a large
family together at twelve kids with
every single one of them possessing a
connection to the pro wrestling business
in some fashion to be honest it seems as
if there was no other industry for Stu
and Helen’s kids so close was their
father’s relationships of the sports Stu
Hart was a wrestling natural with an
excellent amateur background and was a
technically skilled grappler throughout
the height of his career during the 30s
and 40s it was only a matter of time
before someone with Stu’s natural
ability would begin training wrestlers
of his own and that’s exactly what this
good-looking grappler would do after
marrying Helen and moving back to his
native Canada from New York City Calgary
Alberta served as Stu and Helens home
base and it would be here where Stuart
found Stampede Wrestling Canada’s
best-known and most successful territory
promotion still ran Stampede for almost
40 years and it was during this time
that hot began teaching pro wrestling’s
young up-and-coming talent the ropes in
a basement facility dubbed the dungeon a
veritable who’s who of wrestling talent
pass through Stu’s hard and miss less
training style including Chris Jericho
rowdy roddy piper edge Abdullah the
Butcher and many many more of course
Stu’s wrestling’s sons also went through
the endurance tests of their fathers
stretching techniques painful submission
holds which were designed to test and
break the students threshold for pain
every wrestling fan is probably aware of
Stu and Helen’s most famous wrestling
progeny Bret and Owen but this pair with
the only Hart children to train and work
in the business
Smith Bruce Keith Dean and Ross Hart all
performed in the industry with varying
degrees of success their job tiles
included trainer Booker performer and
even referee but all of them lived ate
and breathed Pro Wrestling just like
their old man the hot girls also grew up
with wrestling with Elizabeth Georgia
Diana and Allison all making appearance
on WB television after Stu briefly sold
stampedes of Vince McMahon in 1984 they
also perhaps predictably married into
the business and started families of
their own with pro wrestlers Dianna
would famously bring UK wrestling
royalty into the Hart family when she
married Davey Boy Smith one half of the
British bulldogs alongside his cousin
the dynamite kid all of these family
ties should have resulted in nothing but
joy force to Helen their kids and
grandkids right well the title of this
video should already give you a clue
that this wasn’t exactly the case as the
expansive half family history is nothing
if not extremely complicated
the most terrible tragedy associated
with the Hart’s is of course the death
of Owen and the WWF’s
over the edge pay-per-view in 1999 he
was scheduled to fall from the arena
rafters in an elaborate stunt for
performing as the masked blue blazer
character but an accidental fall to the
ring below resulted in Hart’s death from
internal bleeding and blunt force trauma
Owen Hart was one of the industry’s
finest in-ring performers and best loved
personalities and this was a huge black
mark upon the WEF safety standards as
well as its emergency response as the
show continued on after Owens fall
although the Hart’s successfully sued
that wbf in the wake of their son’s
death this served as little comfort for
a family who were already bitter with
how Vince McMahon and company treated
their other son Bret it had only been a
scant two years since one of wrestling’s
most infamous unscripted moments had
given a black eye between the hearts
McMahons we’re talking of course about
the Montreal Screwjob an event which
took place in the main events of the
1997 Survivor Series brat was the WBS
world heavyweight champion but he was
about to exit the company for a new home
at Vince McMahon’s chief competition
will Championship Wrestling Hart knew he
had to lose the title prior to heading
to WCW but he refused to drop the belts
in his home country while facing off
against the Heartbreak Kid Shawn
Michaels
with whom Bret had an adversarial
off-screen relationship this was exactly
what happened however as a backstage
conspiracy between multiple parties
resulted in Bret being screwed out of
his title when Michaels had him in
Hart’s own submission hold the
Sharpshooter Bret didn’t submit but
referee Earl Hebner called for the Bell
and it was all over just like that today
there are still those who believe that
this was some sort of elaborate hoax
the Bret was in on the whole thing but
it just takes one look at Hart’s honest
and visceral reaction to this betrayal
to realize that this was Pro Wrestling
blurring the lines between reality and
fiction what’s worse is the Bret’s time
in WCW was played by early injury subpar
booking and the death of his brother
Owen the hit man’s career with the
promotion was further cut short after a
match with Goldberg at Starrcade 1999
when the latter injured Bret with a
brutal kick to the head this bunch
resulted in a concussion for Hart and
signaled the beginning of his eventual
retirement from active competition the
Hart family’s legal and personal issues
sadly don’t end there from the eldest
son Smith’s damaged reputation
– Bruce Hart’s wife Andrea being only 15
when she met the 37 year old pro
wrestling trainer Dean Hart died from a
heart attack
at only 36 while Georgia Hart son Teddy
once a promising rookie had seen his
earlier pro wrestling career falter due
too erratic personal behavior and
numerous allegations against him some of
the Hart’s grandchildren and extended
we work in the business today including
Davey Boy Smith Jr over at New Japan Pro
Wrestling but none of them apart from
third-generation superstar
Natalie Natalya Neidhart competes in the
WWE Nattie’s father Jim the anvil
Neidhart was a longtime tag partner of
Brett who became a part of the extended
Hart family through marriage when he
went Elizabeth Hart in 1979 this story
is similar to that of Natalia’s own
husband Teddy Wilson aka Tyson Kidd who
was trained in the dungeon and married
into the Canadian wrestling dynasty in
2013 yet Tyson’s promising career was
also cut short in 2015 when he was
delivered a life-threatening injury
while competing against Samoa Joe a
nasty bump to kids neck and spine
effectively put the kibosh on a career
which was essentially reaching its peak
thanks to an excellent tag-team pairing
with the Swiss Superman Cesaro
although Tyson his family and fans are
very lucky that he was able to emerge
through his injury without any paralysis
he currently works with the WB as a
producer his wrestling days tragically
in the rear view so is the Hart story
just that a tragedy well no not really
just like any family there are some
black sheep and some dark secrets but
there’s also tons of hope promise and
love stew Helland their kids and
grandkids
have given their livelihoods to pro
wrestling but in the process have
amassed an untold amount of memories and
accomplishments this famous lineage will
probably continue on down the line as
well as great-grandchildren grow up and
learn about their legacy said simply the
name Hart’s means wrestling and it’s
doubtful that stew would have wanted it
any other way do you agree with our pigs
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and
ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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