Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Davey Boy Smith Jr. | |
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Family | Hart (maternal) Billington (paternal) |
Website | Official website |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Black Assassin[3] Brakuss[4] British Bulldog Jr. Bulldog Hart[5] Davey Boy Smith Jr.[6] David Hart Smith[7][8] DH Smith Harry Smith |
Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[9] |
Billed weight | 260 lb (118 kg)[9] |
Billed from | Calgary, Alberta, Canada[8] |
Trained by | Bruce Hart[10] Davey Boy Smith[10] Tokyo Joe[11] Johnny Smith[12] Billy Robinson[13][14] Josh Barnett[12] |
Debut | 2000[1] |
Harry Francis Smith
He is the son of the late wrestler "The British Bulldog"
In addition, Smith is a former three-time
Early life
Harry Francis Smith was born on August 2, 1985, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is of predominantly British descent through his father Davey Boy Smith who was from Greater Manchester, England and his mother Diana Hart who belongs to a large family of Ulster Scot heritage. Smith also has Greek ancestry through a maternal great-grandmother[18] and Italian ancestry from his maternal grandfather.[19]
He has a younger sister named
Smith's mother Diana is a
Professional wrestling career
Early years (1994–2006)
Smith began wrestling at the age of eight,
In 2004, Smith began teaming with TJ Wilson as "
Smith traveled to
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2005)
In January 2005, Smith went on a five-week tour of Japan, wrestling with New Japan Pro-Wrestling as "Black Assassin" and suffered a broken hand in the process.[3][1] Later that year, Smith left Stampede Wrestling and wrestled several dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE),[1] before embarking upon a second tour of Japan. He returned to Stampede Wrestling in October 2005, and on November 25, 2005, was defeated by T.J. Wilson in the finals of a tournament for the vacant North American Heavyweight Championship.[1]
World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE
Developmental territories (2006–2007)
On April 1, 2006, Smith and several of his relatives attended the induction of Bret Hart into the WWE Hall of Fame.[28] While there, Smith met with WWE executives, John Laurinaitis and Carl De Marco, and signed a developmental contract with on April 4, 2006.[1][28][30] He wrestled dark matches for the company before his debut, defeating wrestlers like Rob Conway and Mike Knox, and losing to Randy Orton.[31][32]
Harry debuted in
After WWE ended its relationship with DSW, Smith moved to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).[10] On June 26, Smith won a 21-man battle royal to become the first ever FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion.[10][36][37]
Smith then joined up with his cousins Teddy Hart and Nattie Neidhart to form the Next Generation Hart Foundation.[38] They debuted in a six-person mixed tag team match, losing to Mike Kruel, Vladimir Kozlov and Milena Roucka.[38] They were later victorious in a non-title match against the OVW Southern Tag Team Champions, the James Boys.[39] Smith then returned to FCW to form another version of the New Hart Foundation, along with Hart, Wilson and Ted DiBiase Jr.[40] He appeared in a winning effort against Carlito in a dark match during a taping of Raw in the United Kingdom.[41]
On October 16, Smith lost the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship to Afa Jr.[37][42] He was unable to make the referee's ten count and was counted out, due to being in the United Kingdom with WWE.[42]
Early appearances (2006–2008)
In mid-2006, Smith appeared on Raw, despite not being part of the main roster, in a segment where he and others in the locker room chased away ECW invaders. He then was not seen again on the main roster in over a year.[43]
He made his television debut as "DH Smith" on the October 22, 2007 episode of Raw, defeating Carlito using his father's trademark running powerslam.[44][45] He dedicated the match to his father.[44] On October 29, Smith and Jeff Hardy defeated Carlito and Mr. Kennedy.[46]
On November 2, 2007, it was reported that Smith had been suspended for 30 days due to violations of "WWE's Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy".[47] Smith returned to the active roster on December 17 by defeating Charlie Haas on Heat.[31][48] After his return, Smith would wrestle primarily on Heat.[49][50][51]
As part of the
The Hart Dynasty (2009–2011)
On April 15, 2009, Smith was drafted to the
On June 29, The Hart Dynasty were traded to the SmackDown brand, and entered a feud with Cryme Tyme.[59] At the WWE Bragging Rights pay-per-view in October, Smith and Kidd competed in a seven-on-seven tag match with Chris Jericho, Kane, Finlay, Matt Hardy and R-Truth as Team SmackDown to defeat Team Raw.[60] In December 2009, they challenged D-Generation X for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful.
The Hart Dynasty appeared at WrestleMania XXVI, first competing in a battle royal which was won by Yoshi Tatsu then helping Bret Hart during his match against Vince McMahon, and the following night on Raw they defeated the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions ShoMiz (Big Show and The Miz) in a non-title match at Hart's behest, effectively turning face in the process.[61][62] At the Extreme Rules pay-per-view, Smith and Kidd earned a Unified Tag Team Championship match by defeating ShoMiz in a tag team gauntlet match (which also included the team of John Morrison and R-Truth and the team of Montel Vontavious Porter and Mark Henry).[63] During the 2010 WWE Draft on the April 26 episode of Raw, The Hart Dynasty, accompanied by Natalya and Hart, defeated ShoMiz to win the Unified Tag Team Championship, when Kidd made The Miz submit to the Sharpshooter.[64][65][66]
The following day, all three members of The Hart Dynasty were moved to the Raw brand as part of the Supplemental Draft.[67] On the May 10 episode of Raw, he was defeated by Chris Jericho, granting Jericho and The Miz a shot for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship at Over the Limit, but The Hart Dynasty were able to retain.[68][69] The following night, on May 24, they were attacked by The Usos (Jimmy and Jey) and Tamina, provoking a feud.[70][71] At Fatal 4-Way, The Hart Dynasty defeated The Usos and Tamina in a six-person mixed tag team match when Natalya pinned Tamina, and Smith and Kidd defeated The Usos at Money in the Bank to retain the championships when Smith made Jimmy Uso submit to the Sharpshooter.[72][73] At Night of Champions, The Hart Dynasty lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre in a Tag Team Turmoil match which also involved The Usos, Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella, and the team of Evan Bourne and Mark Henry.[74]
After a failed attempt to regain the championship, in which Kidd was pushed off balance during their double-team Hart Attack move, Kidd and Smith began to have a falling out with one another. This culminated on the November 15 episode of Raw, when Kidd refused to tag in and attacked Smith during a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship against
When I was in WWE I lost the passion and when I left WWE, I thought that my career was done.
—Harry Smith in 2013[78]
After losing to Kidd, Smith would be restricted to appearing on Superstars, mostly participating in tag team matches with
Independent circuit (2011–2020)
On August 20, 2011, Smith, working under his real name, made his return to the independent circuit defeating Dan Maff at Pro Wrestling Syndicate.
In December 2011, Smith took part in
On January 13, 2012, Smith defeated
Return to NJPW
IWGP and NWA World Tag Team Champions (2012–2014)
On August 13, 2012, New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Smith would be returning to the promotion the following month as a member of
On November 9 at
Pro Wrestling Noah invasion (2015–2016)
On January 10, 2015, K.E.S., along with the rest of Suzuki-gun, took part in a major storyline, where the stable invaded a Pro Wrestling Noah show. During the attack, K.E.S. beat down GHC Tag Team Champions TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste).[138][139] This led to a match on February 11, where K.E.S. defeated TMDK to become the new GHC Tag Team Champions.[140] In May, K.E.S. made it to the finals of the 2015 Global Tag League, where they were defeated by Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura.[141] After ten successful title defenses, K.E.S. lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano on May 28, 2016.[142] K.E.S. regained the title from Marufuji and Yano on November 23.[143] They lost the title to Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi on December 3.[144] Two days later, it was announced that Suzuki-gun was gone from Noah, concluding the invasion storyline.[145]
Return from Noah and departure (2017–2019)
The entire Suzuki-gun returned to NJPW on January 5, 2017, attacking the Chaos stable with K.E.S. targeting IWGP Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano.
Smith would work in NJPW during the following year, usually in multi-man matches. He lost against Toru Yano in the first round of the 2018 New Japan Cup
Major League Wrestling (2018–2020)
In 2018 Smith begun wrestling for
On the December 2, 2020 episode of Fusion, Smith lost to Low Ki in the opening round of the Opera Cup. Following his loss, MLW owner Court Bauer announced in a press conference that Smith would be leaving MLW.[161]
All Japan Pro Wrestling (2020)
Smith was expected to make his AJPW debut in the 2020 Champion Carnival[162] but was unable to travel to Japan for the show due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[163]
Return to WWE (2020–2021)
On February 12, 2020, Smith would appear live via webcam on an episode of
Smith has since confirmed scrapped plans for his WWE return, he was due to re-debut for the company as "The Stampede Stud" as part of the SmackDown brand, however, after missing several weeks of WWE TV with COVID-19 he was released before anything could come to fruition.[170]
National Wrestling Alliance (2022)
On March 19, 2022, at
Return to MLW (2022–present)
Davey Boy Smith Jr. returned to Major League Wrestling for the first time in two years at the Fightland event, teaming with The Billington Bulldogs (Thomas and Mark Billington) defeating The Bomaye Fight Club (Alex Kane, Myron Reed and Mr. Thomas).[171] Smith defeated Calvin Tankman in the semifinals[172] and Tracy Williams in the finals on the 2023 Opera Cup.[173]
On February 29, 2024 at Intimidation Games, Smith and Tom Lawlor defeated The Second Gear Crew (Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders) to win the MLW World Tag Team Championship.[174]
Submission wrestling career
Smith became interested in mixed martial arts and submission wrestling in 2003 and sought out Johnny Smith, a retired wrestler and Calgary police officer, to teach him legitimate techniques.[12] He met catch wrestling legend Billy Robinson, who had also taught his trainer Tokyo Joe, during Smith's first tour with NJPW in 2005.[175][13] He took the opportunity to train under the veteran Robinson in Tokyo despite having an injured hand at the time. Robinson would continue to coach and mentor Smith until his passing in 2014.[13] Also in 2005, Smith met catch wrestler, UFC and Pancrase champion Josh Barnett at an independent show in Seattle, and began training with Barnett when he returned months later.[12] Smith and Barnett later demonstrated techniques with Robinson in a DVD instructional, and Smith became an assistant catch wrestling coach under Robinson in 2011.[176] He has trained with Pancrase co-founder Minoru Suzuki as well.[14] He originally intended to pursue a career in MMA after being released from WWE in 2011 and trained at Dave Batista's Gracie Fighter Tampa school.[12]
Smith entered his first submission grappling competition in December 2012, winning the super heavyweight division at a NAGA tournament.[177] In August 2016, he won the expert level super heavyweight division at NAGA in Las Vegas, coached by Barnett and Erik Paulson.[178][179] In July 2018, Smith won the heavyweight division at the Billy Robinson Classic catch wrestling tournament, again coached by Barnett.[180][181]
Smith also trained in MMA with Jake Hager in 2019.[182]
Personal life
Smith lists his father, his uncles Bret Hart and Owen Hart, Shawn Michaels and Chris Benoit as his influences.[20] He also cites Ted DiBiase as a big influence.[23] Smith appeared on an episode of Hogan Knows Best, taking Brooke Hogan on a kayfabe date.[183]
Smith was involved in a minor controversy over steroids, when, discussing how his father's drug abuse contributed to his death, Smith commented "I hope to be as big as him someday", leading to concerns over Smith using steroids.[23] Smith claimed that the remarks were taken out of context and that he had learned from his father's mistakes.[23]
On October 16, 2015, Smith announced he acquired the trademark to the "British Bulldog" moniker famously used by his father, and subsequently began wrestling as "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith Jr.[184]
On October 23, 2017, Smith saved the life of a suicidal woman in Calgary by stopping her from jumping off a bridge. He credited his years of grappling experience with being able to pull her away from the edge and pin her down so she was not a danger to herself and others until emergency services arrived.[185][186]
On April 7, 2018, at a WrestleCon event in New Orleans, Louisiana, Smith threw a cup of coffee at Jake "The Snake" Roberts' face during a verbal argument before fleeing the scene. According to Smith, Roberts refused to apologize for comments he made about his father. Smith was wanted by the New Orleans Police Department for battery, however, Roberts later dropped the charges after Smith apologized and they spoke in person.[187]
Championships and accomplishments
Professional wrestling
- All Star Wrestling
- ASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- All-Star Wrestling (British Columbia)
- ASW Trans-Canada Championship (1 time)
- AWA Pinnacle Wrestling
- Big Time Wrestling (Newark, CA)
- BTW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[188]
- Canadian Wrestling's Elite
- Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Florida Championship Wrestling
- Hart Legacy Wrestling
- Stu Hart Heritage Championship (1 time)[190]
- Stu Hart Memorial Cup (2016)
- Great North Wrestling
- GNW World Television Championship (1 time)[191]
- Major League Wrestling
- MLW World Tag Team Championship (2 times, current) – with Brian Pillman Jr. and Teddy Hart (1) and Tom Lawlor (1, current)[192]
- GTC Carnival (2004) – with TJ Wilson[193]
- Opera Cup (2019, 2023)
- National Wrestling Alliance
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- New Breed Wrestling Association
- NBWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[194]
- Next Generation Wrestling
- NGW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[31]
- Prairie Wrestling Alliance
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- Real Canadian Wrestling
- RCW Canadian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[196]
- Resistance Pro Wrestling
- Ring Ka King
- 1 time) – with Chavo Guerrero Jr.[85]
- RKK Tag Team Championship Tournament (2011) – with Chavo Guerrero Jr.
- Stampede Wrestling
- World of Sport Wrestling
- WOS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Grado[200]
- World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
Submission grappling
- North American Grappling Association
See also
- Hart Dungeon
- The Hart Foundation
- The Hart Dynasty
- Natalya Neidhart
- Tyson Kidd
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Further reading
External links
- Official website
- David Hart Smith on WWE.com
- Davey Boy Smith Jr.'s profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database