At the time of his death, they were 16 and 14, respectively. [86], On August 13, 2012, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Smith would be returning to the promotion the following month as a member of Minoru Suzuki's Suzuki-gun stable, forming a regular tag team with stablemate Lance Archer. [70], 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. [147] At the end of the year, K.E.S. In 2004, Smith began teaming with TJ Wilson as "The Stampede Bulldogs",[1] a reference to "The British Bulldogs", the tag team composed of his father and his father's first cousin the Dynamite Kid. After his personal life spiraled out of control, the wre… [106] Two days later at Invasion Attack, Smith unsuccessfully challenged Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. Was scheduled to defend his IC title against The Mountie at the 1992 Survivor Series but both wrestlers left the WWE beforehand. [103] Six days later, Smith advanced to the semifinals of the tournament with a win over Yujiro Takahashi. On June 29, The Hart Dynasty were traded to the SmackDown brand, and entered a feud with Cryme Tyme. This was scheduled to begin not long before Smith left the WWE, in late 1992. [104] On March 23, Smith was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Hirooki Goto. Davey Boy Smith, Actor: WWF SmackDown!. Other Works One of only two WWE European champions who were actually European. The other was William Regal. Smith also has Greek ancestry through a maternal great-grandmother[15] and Italian from her father. [157], 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.[158]. Afterward, Smith offered to shake Kidd's hand, but Kidd slapped him across the face. 1, WWE Summerslam: The Complete Anthology, Vol. [115][116], On November 9 at Power Struggle, K.E.S. [53][54] Smith was victorious in his first match for ECW, defeating Finlay on the May 19 episode, with help from Kidd and Natalya.[53]. [59] 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. [10] He made an early appearance with the then World Wrestling Federation (Now WWE) on October 5, 1996 at the age of 11 when he teamed with his cousin Ted Annis against TJ Wilson and Andrew Picarnia at a WWF house show in Calgary. Also, he received a good offer from All Japan Pro Wrestling, but he chose NJPW due to the previous relationship. ", "「New Year Navig. Official Sites. [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. On November 6, Smith wrestled in the main event of a Stampede Wrestling show in Barrie, Ontario,[79] defeating Fit Finlay. [40] On October 29, Smith and Jeff Hardy defeated Carlito and Mr. Former WWF Tag Team Champion on Multiple occasions with his cousin "The Dynamite Kid" and with his brother-in-law, Owen Hart. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. faced Tencozy and The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway) in a two-fall three-way match. [132] The team finished their block with a record of four wins and three losses, narrowly missing the finals of the tournament. 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. [34] They debuted in a six-person mixed tag team match, losing to Mike Kruel, Vladimir Kozlov and Milena Roucka. took part in the 2013 World Tag League. [78] On August 27, 2011, Smith, working under his real name, made his debut for Japanese Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), losing to Hideki Suzuki. [98] Later that same day, K.E.S. He is the son of the late wrestler "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith and Diana Hart, the youngest daughter of promoters Stu and Helen Hart. [148] On January 4, 2018, at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome, K.E.S. beat down GHC Tag Team Champions TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste). The British Bulldog had tested positive for cocaine and steroid use at the time. [73], After losing to Kidd, Smith would be restricted to appearing on Superstars, mostly participating in tag team matches with Yoshi Tatsu or Darren Young. He is also appearing for World of Sport Wrestling (WOS Wrestling) using the name British Bulldog Jr. [119] After winning their round-robin block with a record of five wins and one loss,[120] they were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by their old rivals, Tencozy. On September 3, he teamed with Bobby Lashley in a losing effort against Kendo Kashin and Kazuyuki Fujita. Was a member of the Hart Foundation.