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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edward Ellsworth Annis[2][3] (1980-02-02)February 2, 1980 (age 46)[2] |
Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Family | Hart |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Teddy Hart Ted Hart |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 195 lb (88 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Trained by | Ross Hart[2] Bruce Hart[2] Leo Burke[2] Dory Funk Jr.[2] |
| Debut | 1995[2] |
Edward Ellsworth Annis[4] (born February 2, 1980) is a Canadian-Americanprofessional wrestler, better known by hisring nameTeddy Hart. He currently wrestles on theindependent circuit. He is one-half of the RCW (Real Canadian Wrestling) Tag Team Champions with Steven Styles. He wrestled on a National scale forMajor League Wrestling (MLW) as the leader ofThe Hart Foundation, where he held theMLW World Middleweight andMLW Tag Team championships. He has also wrestled forAAA, the short-livedWrestling Society X,Jersey All Pro Wrestling, andDragon Gate USA. He operates awrestling school inEdmonton. He is the son ofGeorgia Hart of theHart wrestling family and wrestlerB. J. Annis. He is also the nephew of former professional wrestlersBret Hart andOwen Hart. Hart achieved an early degree of fame when he became the youngest wrestler to be signed to the World Wrestling Federation (nowWWE).[5] His subsequent release, controversial actions while wrestling on the independent circuit and various legal problems have earned him a measure of infamy.[5]
Outside of the ring, Annis has been a mentor to several young wrestlers and has been a trainer at wrestling schools. Among his trainees areJack Evans, Pete Wilson and his younger cousinMatt Hart. Annis is also a cat lover and breeder of Persian cats which he has used sometimesin storylines and brought with him to matches.
Annis is the oldest male grandchild ofStu andHelen Hart and the second oldest overall. His mother is ofGreek descent through her maternal grandmother and Irish through her maternal grandfather.[6][7][8][9] His maternal grandfather was of Scots-Irish, English and Scottish descent.[10] On his father's side he is part Italian.[11] He is the nephew of former professional wrestlers Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Bruce Hart, Keith Hart, Smith Hart, Ross Hart, Dean Hart, and Wayne Hart. Annis holds dual citizenship with Canada and the United States.
Annis grew up with three siblings, two sisters named Annie and Angela, as well as a younger brother namedMatthew who died ofnecrotizing fasciitis in 1996. Annis is the cousin of fellow professional wrestlersNatalya Neidhart,Mike Hart,Matt Hart,Harry Smith,Bruce Hart Jr. andTorrin Hart as well as wrestling personalitiesLindsay Hart andGeorgia Smith.[12]
Hart debuted in July 1995 atRockyford, Alberta, where he teamed up with his brother, Matthew, and defeated his cousin Harry Smith andT. J. Wilson.[13] In theCalgary, Alberta-basedStampede Wrestling promotion, Hart teamed with Smith, Wilson andJack Evans. In 2000, he wrestled for and was a key creative figure in theMatrats promotion. At the age of 16, he wrestled in the opening match of aWorld Wrestling Federation house show in Calgary, teaming with his cousin Harry Smith against Andrew Picarnic and T. J. Wilson as a tribute to his brother, Matthew, who had recently died.
In 1998, Hart became the youngest person ever to be signed to a World Wrestling Federation developmental contract, and was sent to train withDory Funk, Jr. at the "Funkin' Conservatory".[5] However, he was later released by the WWF, due to alleged attitude problems.[5]
On September 20, 2003, Teddy wrestled forRing of Honor in Philadelphia on their September eventGlory by Honor II, where he defeated partner and friend, TJ Wilson. Backstage, however, the Special K faction confronted Hart, and mocked him for not being a good high-flying wrestler. On November 1, 2003, Hart competed at a Ring of Honor show inElizabeth, New Jersey as part of aScramble Cage match.[5] After losing the match, he began to performmoonsaults and executed ashooting star press from the top of the cage rather thanselling the moves he had taken.[5] Hart then vomited at ringside.[5] His actions attracted the ire of many wrestlers, as he endangered some wrestlers by performing moves on them which they were not anticipating.[5] Hart attributes his actions to aconcussion suffered during the match, and has since only wrestled at two ROH shows,At Our Best, on March 13, 2004, andFinal Battle on December 19, 2009, against Jack Evans.
Hart made several appearances withNWA Total Nonstop Action. In August 2003, he defeatedJonny Storm and then lost toJuventud Guerrera in the course of theSuper X Cup Tournament. He returned in March 2004 as a member ofTeam Canada, and represented them as its original captain in the secondAmerica's X-Cup, where Hart defeatedMr. Águila in the first match. He was released from the promotion following an altercation in a restaurant withCM Punk stemming from the Elizabeth ROH show, whereSabu had to separate the two.[14]
The Hart Foundationstable would later compete inMajor League Wrestling, where Hart teamed with Evans asThe Hart Foundation 2.0, as well as being labeled "The New Hart Foundation". MLW's TV series,MLW Underground would be the first appearance for Hart, Smith, Evans and TJ Wilson on a major cable television network.
On January 9, 2004, Hart defeatedBryan Danielson in a match billed as "Shawn Michaels' top protégé (Danielson) vs. the last student of the Hart family dungeon (Hart)”, playing up theMontreal screwjob and bitter real-life rivalry between Michaels andBret Hart.
In 2004, Hart began competing forJersey All Pro Wrestling, and won the promotion'sTag Team Championship with Jack Evans by defeating The Strong Style Thugs (Homicide andB-Boy) in asteel cage tag team match atCaged Fury, with help from Hart's uncleJim Neidhart. After being champions for nearly four months, Evans and Hart lost the titles to theBackseat Boyz. Three months later, Hart teamed up Homicide, one of the men he beat for the Tag Team Championship, to defeat the Backseat Boyz for the titles, giving Hart his second reign and Homicide his fifth. A little over a week later, however, they lost the titles back to the Backseat Boyz.
On January 7, 2006, Hart defeated Azrieal to become the newLight Heavyweight Champion in aGauntlet match atWild Card II. Four months later, Hart lost the title toFrankie Kazarian in atriple threat match also involvingA.J. Styles.
On July 29, 2006, Hart took onJay Lethal at a JAPW event inAberdeen, New Jersey. The match culminated with Hart climbing on top of a soda machine and delivering a moonsault onto Lethal. The match was briefly stopped while Hart stepped out into the parking lot to recover. Hart managed to recuperate in time and then returned to the ring, where he won the match.
On October 28, 2006, Hart defeatedHomicide,Low Ki, andNecro Butcher at the JAPW ninth Anniversary Show inRahway, New Jersey to win the vacatedJAPW Heavyweight Championship (the reigning JAPW champion,Rhyno had no showed the event). On January 23, 2007, Hart was stripped of the JAPW Heavyweight Championship due to problems with the promoter and was released from the company.[2][15]
In 2005, he made several appearances with WWE, wrestling indark matches, where he was defeated by Harry Smith and working as anenhancement talent onVelocity, teaming with JD Michaels against TheBasham Brothers.
On April 1, 2006, Hart and several of his relatives attended the induction of his uncle Bret into theWWE Hall of Fame. AfterWrestling Society X folded, Hart moved to Florida in hopes of earning a development deal with World Wrestling Entertainment, which he received. After being re-signed, he was assigned to theFlorida Championship Wrestling developmental facility of WWE.
Hart appeared at the July 18Ohio Valley Wrestling television taping, participating in a battle royal where the winner facedJohn Cena atSix Flags Kentucky Kingdom on July 27. Although he lost, it was announced that he and Harry Smith (along withNattie Neidhart) would faceShad Gaspard and JTG at the same show. The "Next Generation Hart Foundation", began teaming regularly, and would go on to defeat teams such as the James Boys, Charles Evans andJustin LaRouche, Mr. Strongko andRamón Loco, andJamin Olivencia and TJ Dalton.
Hart appeared at the debut show for Florida Championship Wrestling, as he defeated Shawn Osbourne and competed in abattle royal and atriple threat match. On September 25, TJ Wilson andTed DiBiase, Jr. joined the Next Generation Hart Foundation stable alongside Hart, Smith, and Neidhart. On October 2, Hart competed in his last match for the promotion as he and TJ Wilson defeatedMike Mondo andNick Nemeth. On October 11, Hart was released from the company.
On July 1, 2006, Hart made hisOne Pro Wrestling debut atFight Club II inYorkshire, England, and defeatedPAC. During the next two months, Hart competed regularly for1PW, including a 10-man brawl, in which he was eliminated byAbyss after Hart's teammateSteve Corinoturned on him.
On September 13, 2006, Hart and Corino wrestled in a grudge match at Pro Wrestling Xplosion's debut showLighting the Fuse at the infamousECW Arena. The match ended in ano contest after thereferee, who was associated with Corino, claimed that Hart had submitted when he had not. Hart then challenged Corino to a fight in the parking lot, which led to another brawl.
Hart made his debut with AZW Hawaii at their March 29 eventRevenge and Retribution. He wrestled in both a singles against SABAKI and a six-man tag team match, where he was partnered with SABAKI and Mark Anarchy against AkuA, DDB and Rocko Shinoda.
He debuted for Florida's Pro Wrestling Dynasty in 2006 as part of "Team Vision" (with Chasyn Rance and Mister Saint Laurent) and helped them win in the main event. He also wrestled the next night for Florida's Coastal Championship Wrestling teaming with Rance, defeatingPablo Marquez and J.P. Ace. He also wrestled for UXW Wrestling in Florida on their June 16, 2006 event "Xtreme Havoc", where he defeated Rance.
On December 1, 2007 atAll Pro Wrestling, Hart and Markus Riot defeated Dana Lee andBrian Cage in the main event.
On March 22, 2008, Hart and Jack Evans defeatedRuckus and Trent Acid atPWS Majestic Mayhem in round one of the Majestic Tournament to crown the first ever PWS Champion. In the second round, Evans defeated Hart by countout in a 30-minute match which received a standing ovation.[16] A best of five series was made and the two met for their second encounter on May 2 atBelleville Breakdown, where Hart was victorious.
On May 4, 2012, inRahway, New Jersey Hart defeatedMatt Hardy andColt Cabana in a triple threat match for Pro Wrestling Syndicate.
Hart was part ofMTV'sWrestling Society X project, which was filmed in 2006 and premiered in January 2007.[17] He appeared in the inaugural contract rumble, where he was the second man to enter the ring, but did not win. Hart also wrestled tag team matches on later episodes of the show with"M-Dogg 20" Matt Cross, where their tag team was known as "The Filth and the Fury". As a team, Hart and Cross managed to defeat The Trailer Park Boys and TeamDragon Gate. On the fifth episode, Hart had to be stretchered away following his match after landing leg-first on the guardrail and then climbing to the top of the set and executing amoonsault, clashing heads as he landed. WSX ceased operations after their television show was cancelled.
On October 27, 2007, Hart returned to JAPW after interfering in the fight between Homicide and Low Ki at the JAPW tenth Anniversary Show. On December 8, 2007, Teddy Hart teamed withLow Ki againstThe Latin American Xchange (LAX) (Homicide andHernandez) andBLK OUT (Eddie Kingston andSlyk Wagner Brown) in a three-way match for the JAPW Tag Team Championship atSeasons Beatings, however LAX retained.
On January 19, 2008, Hart defeated Homicide and Eddie Kingston in a 3-Way No Disqualification New JerseyStreet Fight atReclaiming Hudson. Less than a month later on February 16, 2008, Hart defeatedKenny Omega andXavier in a 3-way elimination match atWild Card IV. After the match, Hernandez hit Hart with theBorder Toss. That same night, Hart, in response to being attacked by Hernandez, announced that he would challenge LAX for the Tag Team Titles atCaged Fury and that his partner would beSamoa Joe. On March 8, 2008, LAX defeated Hart and Samoa Joe in a steel cage match to retain the Tag Team Championship atCaged Fury.
On December 19, 2009, more than five and a half years after his last appearance, Hart returned to Ring of Honor at their first live pay-per-viewFinal Battle 2009, where he was defeated by Jack Evans.[18]
Hart made hisAAA debut on November 20, 2007, in an Extreme Four Way tag team Ladder Match, where he teamed with Sabu againstCrazy Boy andJoe Líder,Charly Manson andChessman,Extreme Tiger andHalloween for theAAA World Tag Team Championship atGuerra de Titantes. Soon after joining, Hart joinedKonnan'sheel stableLegión Extranjera (Foreign Legion), where he regularly teams with Evans as The Hart Foundation 2.0. Part of hisvillainous character is that he cannot speak Spanish and during his promos, AAA captions his remarks in Spanish.On March 16, 2008, Hart lost a$2500 Ladder Battle Royal Match to Xtreme Tiger, which also included Chessman,Juventud Guerrera, Halloween and Joe Líder atRey de Reyes.On June 13, The Mexican Powers (Crazy Boy,Último Gladiador andRicky Marvin) defeated La Legión Extranjera (Bryan Danielson, Jack Evans and Teddy Hart), and La Familia de Tijuana (Extreme Tiger, Halloween and TJ Xtreme) in a Three Way Elimination match atTriplemanía XVI.On September 14, La Hermandad Extrema (Joe Líder andNicho El Millonario) defeated The Hart Foundation 2.0 (Teddy Hart and Jack Evans), The Mexican Powers (Crazy Boy and Último Gladiador) and La Familia de Tijuana (Extreme Tiger and Halloween) in a Four Way Ladder match for the World Tag Team Championship atVerano de Escandalo. After the loss, Hart and Evans began feuding with Líder and Nicho and on October 24, La Hermandad Extrema defeated The Hart Foundation 2.0 (Teddy Hart and Jack Evans), and Los Bello Stones (Alan and Chris Stone) in a Three Way Ladder match for the World Tag Team Championship at the 2008Antonio Peña Memorial Show.On December 6, Hart and Evans wrestled to a double countout against Líder and Nicho for the World Tag Team Championship atGuerra de Titanes.On March 15, 2009, El Zorro, Hart and Evans defeated Charly Manson and D-Generation Mex (X-Pac andAlex Koslov) atRey de Reyes. In June 2009 Hart and the rest of Legion Extranjera turned on Evans and kicked him out of the stable. On June 13, Team AAA (El Hijo del Santo,La Parka,Vampiro,Octagón and Jack Evans) defeated La Legion Extranjera (Silver King, Chessman,Kenzo Suzuki, Electroshock and Teddy Hart) atTriplemania XVII to regain control over AAA and force Konnan out of the company.[19] On August 21 atVerano de Escandalo Konnan and Hart returned to AAA with their new version of La Legion Extranjera.[20] In early 2010 AAA suspended Hart indefinitely.[21]
Hart returned to AAA on March 18, 2012, atRey de Reyes, where he teamed with Chessman in a four-way tag team match, which was won by Joe Líder and Juventud Guerrera and also included the teams of Extreme Tiger and Fénix, and Halloween and Nicho el Millonario.[22] On April 1,El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, who had recently been feuding with Hart's former partner Jack Evans, named Hart the newest member of hisLos Perros del Mal stable.[23] On August 5 atTriplemanía XX, Hart reunited with Evans for one night to take part in aParejas Suicidas steel cage match, featuring three other former tag teams. However, both Hart and Evans managed to escape the cage and avoid having to face each other in aHair vs. Hair match.[24]
On February 22, 2013, Hart participated on the AAA Canada: Next Generation Wrestling event, competing in the NGW World Title Tournament.[25][26] Hart reached the finals of the tournament but ultimately would not win the championship.[26]
On April 5, 2014, Hart competed forDragon Gate USA where Hart,Chuck Taylor andBiff Busick facedAnthony Nese,Caleb Konley andTrent Baretta in a losing effort. on May 31, at an ACW event, Hart,Dan Maff andMonsta Mack defeated Azrieal, Danny Demanto and Damien Darling. on October 5, 2014, Hart competed for the Inspire Pro Pure Prestige title in a triple threat match which was won by Thomas Shire.
On August 21, 2015, it was announced that Hart would make his debut forNOVA Pro Wrestling.[27] In January 2016 Hart debuted forCanadian Wrestling's Elite.[28] On July 14, 2016, in his debut forLucha Libre Elite, Hart was defeated byDiamante Azul.
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Hart returned toMajor League Wrestling (MLW) in 2017 as part ofNew Era Hart Foundation with cousinDavey Boy Smith Jr. andBrian Pillman Jr. On December 14, 2018, he defeatedDezmond Xavier,El Hijo de L.A. Park, Gringo Loco andKotto Brazil in afive-wayladder match to win the vacantWorld Middleweight Championship. AtMLW Saturday Night SuperFight on November 2, 2019, Hart defeatedAustin Aries via theCanadian Destroyer to retain the MLW World Middleweight Championship.[1] On the November 11, 2019 edition ofMLW Fusion Hart was defeated byMyron Reed for the Middleweight Championship.[29] On December 6, MLW posted on their website and social media that Hart had been released from the company.[30] While MLW offered no official explanation for Harts release, anonymous sources speculated that it was the result of ongoing disciplinary issues with Hart, including no showing an event and appearing in the crowds ofAEW andNXT shows.[31]
On April 20, Hart made his return to the company after 5 years away from the AAA, attacking Joe Líder andPagano. That same night he reappeared with Juventud Guerrera andKevin Kross, attackingDr. Wagner Jr., Vampiro and Hernandez after the main event by theAAA Mega Championship. The trio called themselvesMAD, and vowed to meet against their upcoming incumbents.
Annis was the subject of the 2009 documentaryA Hart Still Pounding.[32][33] The project was originally namedTed Hart's Truth and Reality and was almost shut down by the creator, due to having problems with working with Hart.[34] Hart also appeared in the 2016 documentaryHart Still Beating, which is about his uncleSmith and cousinMatt.[35]
Annis is also the subject of the documentaryHart of Darkness by directorsKurt Spenrath and Fred Kroetsch,[36][37][38][39][40] and the 2022 true crime documentaryDangerous Breed: Crime. Cons. Cats. which was originally being filmed as a "redemption" story, but changed directions upon the mysterious disappearance of Hart's then-girlfriend Samantha Fiddler.[41]
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Annis is a third-generation wrestler; his father,B. J. Annis, and his grandfather Stu Hart were both wrestlers. Annis has a son, Bradley, with his ex-girlfriend Kim.[42] Annis suffers fromBipolar disorder and does not medicate.[43] Annis's great-grandfatherHarry Smith also had bipolar disorder, as did his brother Frank.[44]
Annis was married to Fay, and she was involved in his wrestling career, mainly in theHart Legacy promotion.[45][46][47] In 2016 Annis and his wife divorced.[48]
Annis holds Canadian citizenship as a result of his birth in Canada to a Canadian-born mother. He also holds American citizenship due to being born to an American-born father.
On November 19, 2016, Annis's girlfriend Samantha Louise Michelle Fiddler disappeared inBartow, Florida.[49]
On December 3, 2014, theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police announced that Annis was wanted on sexual assault charges involving two women.[50][51] The charges were dropped in June 2016.[52][53] Annis later opened up about several personal/real-life topics including his rape accusations in an interview hosted by wrestlersChuckie T andTrent Barreta in January 2015.[48]
On January 1, 2017, Annis was arrested inArlington, Texas, and was charged withDUI, evading arrest, andauto theft.[54] The charges against Annis were later dropped.[55]
In February 2020, Annis was arrested inVirginia and was charged with possession of a schedule III controlled substance with the intent to sell or distribute.[56]
On March 4, 2020, Annis was once again arrested in Virginia, this time for violating the conditions of his bail by not staying under house arrest.[57]
On March 26, 2020, Annis was arrested in Virginia for a third time after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, female independent wrestler Maria Manic at the home of another independent wrestler, Ace Montana. Montana claims he had pulled a gun on Annis in order to get him off of Manic. He then called the cops and Annis was arrested and charged withstrangulation resulting in wounding/bodily harm.[57] He was held without bail in the Richmond City jail until his court date on April 22.[58]
On October 23, 2020, Annis was arrested in Texas and charged with injuring a disabled person, evading arrest, and being in possession of a controlled substance.[59] Annis was arrested again on the same charges on February 16, 2021, this time in northern Virginia.[59]
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