| The Hart Dynasty | |
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| Stable | |
| Members | Harry Smith / DH Smith / David Hart Smith TJ Wilson / Tyson Kidd Nattie Neidhart / Natalya Neidhart Bret Hart |
| Name(s) | The Hart Dynasty[1] Hart Trilogy[2] New Hart Foundation Next Generation Hart Foundation |
| Debut | June 26, 2007 |
| Disbanded | November 15, 2010 |
| Years active | 2007–2010 |
The Hart Dynasty was a Canadianprofessional wrestlingstable who appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The unit consisted of thetag team ofTyson Kidd andDavid Hart Smith, andNatalya as amanager. The group was named due to the connection of all three wrestlers to theHart wrestling family; David Hart Smith is the son ofDavey Boy Smith, Natalya is the daughter ofJim Neidhart, and Tyson Kidd trained underBret Hart and atStu Hart'sDungeon and would later marry Natalya. They are recognized as the final team to hold WWE's originalWorld Tag Team Championship.
In 2007,World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) launched their newdevelopment territory,Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).Harry Smith,Nattie Neidhart andTJ Wilson were moved to the new farm territory, where they aligned themselves and formed the Next/New GenerationHart Foundation (also known simply The New Hart Foundation) and were later joined byTeddy Hart andTed DiBiase Jr. At FCW's debut show on June 26, Smith won a 21-manbattle royal to become the promotion's firstSouthern 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 toRaw and Neidhart toSmackDown, disbanding the Next Generation Hart Foundation.
After being drafted to SmackDown, Smith returned to FCW — without debuting on SmackDown — and reformed the stable with Wilson. With Neidhart's (renamed Natalya) help them win theFCW Florida Tag Team Championship on October 30, 2008, by defeatingJoe Hennig andHeath Slater.[3] They held the championship until December 11, when they lost toJohnny Curtis andTyler Reks.[3] After losing the championship, they were once again split up when Wilson (renamed Tyson Kidd) was called up to theECW brand with Natalya as his valet.
In the2009 WWE Supplemental Draft, Natalya and Smith were officially drafted to the ECW brand, despite Smith never debuting for SmackDown. On the May 12 episode ofECW on Sci Fi, Smith debuted on ECW under the name David Hart Smith, by interfering in Kidd's match againstFinlay, signaling the reformation of the group, briefly under the name The Hart Trilogy,[2] before settling on The Hart Dynasty.[1] Smith made his debut with the group by defeating Finlay the following week.[4] The team had their first match together, alongsideJack Swagger, by defeating fellow CanadianChristian andTommy Dreamer in ahandicap match on May 26.[5] They made their first appearance as just a tag team on the June 9 episode ofECW by defeating Christian and Swagger.[6]
On June 29, the trio were traded to theSmackDown brand and debuted as a team for the brand on the July 3 episode ofSmackDown, when Kidd and Smith lost toCryme Tyme.[7] The Hart Dynasty made theirpay-per-view debut atBragging Rights in a 14-man tag team match in which their team was successful in winning. They also had their first match for theUnified WWE Tag Team Championship againstD-Generation X (DX) on the December 25 episode ofSmackDown, but lost.[8]
On March 28, 2010, The Hart Dynasty, (along with the rest of the Hart family), were in their uncleBret's corner as he facedMr. McMahon in aNo Holds Barred match atWrestleMania XXVI, performing a Hart Attack on McMahon during the match and officially becomingfan favorites as a result.[9] The following night onRaw, The Hart Dynasty defeated the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions ShoMiz (The Miz andBig Show) in a non-title match, after ShoMiz had insulted Hart.[10]
AtExtreme 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 ofJohn Morrison andR-Truth and the team ofMontel Vontavious Porter andMark Henry).[11] On the April 26 episode ofRaw, The Hart Dynasty defeated ShoMiz to win the Unified Tag Team Championship.[12][13][14] The following day, all three members were officially drafted to theRaw brand in the2010 WWE Supplemental Draft.[15] On May 10, Kidd defeated The Miz in a match which earned any member of The Hart Dynasty a match for The Miz'sWWE United States Championship. The Miz was allowed to pick his opponent for the championship match, and he chose to face Bret Hart.[16] On the following episode ofRaw 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 preventedChris Jericho,William Regal, andVladimir Kozlov from interfering on The Miz's behalf.[17][18] At theOver the Limit pay-per-view, The Hart Dynasty defeated The Miz and Chris Jericho to retain the championship.[19]
On May 24, 2010, Hart was named as theRaw General Manager and vacated the United States Championship as a result. On the same episode ofRaw, The Hart Dynasty began a rivalry with a group composed ofJimmy Uso and Jey Uso, the sons ofRikishi, andTamina, the daughter ofJimmy "Superfly" Snuka.[20] This led to a non-title six-person mixed tag team match at theFatal 4-Way pay per view, where Natalya pinned Tamina to win the match.[21] The following night onRaw, Hart was fired as general manager.[22] The following month at theMoney 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.[23]
On the August 16 episode ofRaw, theWorld Tag Team Championship was retired, making the Hart Dynasty the final champions. On the same night, Bret Hart presented The Hart Dynasty with brand newWWE Tag Team Championship belts.[24]
AtNight of Champions, The Hart Dynasty lost the WWE Tag Team Championship toCody Rhodes andDrew McIntyre in a Tag Team Turmoil match which also involved the Usos, Kozlov andSantino Marella, and the team ofEvan Bourne andMark Henry.[25] 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 ofRaw, when Kidd refused to tag in and attacked Smith during a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship againstThe Nexus (Justin Gabriel andHeath Slater). Kidd became a heel once again as a result of this.[26] Smith defeated Kidd in a singles match on the November 25 episode ofWWE Superstars. Afterward, Smith offered to shake Kidd's hand, but Kidd refused and instead slapped him across the face.[27] On the following episode ofRaw, Kidd defeated Smith in a rematch.[28]
In 2017, Tyson Kidd announced that he had retired from professional wrestling due to a spinal cord injury, therefore removing any chances of a reunion.
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