Teddy Hart

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Teddy Hart
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Ted Hart Teddy Hart, The Terminator
Billed height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Billed weight	88 kg (195 lb)
Born	February 2, 1980 Calgary, Alberta
Trained by	Stu Hart, Bruce Hart
Debut	1995

Theodore ("Teddy") Annis (born February 2, 1980), is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Teddy Hart. He Currently wrestles in several independent promotions, most noteably Jersey All Pro Wrestling, where his the current JAPW Heavyweight Champion

Hart is a third generation member of the Hart wrestling family. He is the grandson of Stu Hart, and the nephew of Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Bruce Hart, Jim Neidhart and Davey Boy Smith. His mother is Georgia Hart and his father is B.J. Annis, a gym proprietor, fitness guru and former wrestler in his own right.

Hart achieved a degree of fame when he became the youngest wrestler ever to be signed to a developmental contract by the World Wrestling Federation. However, his subsequent release and controversial actions while wrestling on the independent circuit have earned him a measure of infamy.

1 Career
2 Wrestling facts
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 Personal life

[edit] Career

Hart debuted in 1995 at Rockyford, Alberta, where he tagged up with, for the first time, his late brother Matthew Annis and he faced his cousin Harry Smith and T.J. Wilson. In the Calgary based Stampede Wrestling promotion he formed The Hart Foundation 2.0 with Harry Smith, T.J. Wilson and Jack Evans. The stable would later compete in Major League Wrestling, where Hart teamed with Evans as "The New Hart Foundation". In 2000 He also wrestled in Matrats (run by Eric Bischoff), which he wrestled with his cousins and kids who were interested in wrestling.

[edit] World Wrestling Federation

In 1998, Hart became the youngest person ever signed to a World Wrestling Federation developmental contract, and was sent to train with Dory Funk, Jr. at the "Funkin' Dojo". He was later released by the WWF because of "attitude" problems.

[edit] Ring of Honor

On November 1, 2003, Hart competed on a Ring of Honor show in Elizabeth, New Jersey as part of a scramble cage match. After the match (which Hart did not win) he began to perform moonsaults and executed a shooting star press from the top of the cage rather than selling the moves he had taken. Hart then vomited at ringside. His actions attracted the ire of many wrestlers, namely CM Punk, as he endangered some wrestlers by performing moves on them which they were not anticipating. Hart attributes his actions to a concussion suffered during the match. He has since wrestled at only one ROH show, At Our Best (held on March 13, 2004).

[edit] Total Nonstop Action

Hart made several appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. In August 2003, he defeated Jonny Storm and then lost to Juventud Guerrera in the course of the Super X-Cup Tournament. He returned in March 2004 as a member of Team Canada, represented as its original captain in the 2nd America's X-Cup. He was released from the promotion following an altercation in a restaurant with CM Punk, where Sabu had to separate the two. CM Punk would later leave the promotion following the Rob Feinstein controversy in Ring of Honor.

[edit] Independent Circuit

Hart is currently black-balled from many promotions as a result of his unpredictable behaviour, although he still wrestles regularly for Jersey All Pro Wrestling, and also operates a training school in Calgary.[1] In 2005, he made several appearances with WWE, wrestling in dark matches and working as a jobber. Hart now mainly works for JAPW, and won the JAPW Tag Team Titles with Homicide defeating The Backseat Boyz, The SAT, and The Briscoe Brothers.

On Saturday, July 1, 2006, Teddy Hart wrestled at 1 Pro Wrestling's, Fight Club II event at the Barnsley Metrodome in Yorkshire, England. He faced and was defeated by the UK's own cruiserweight sensation 'The Man That Gravity Forgot' Pac.

On July 29, 2006, Hart took on Jay Lethal at a JAPW event in Aberdeen, New Jersey. The match featured a dazzling array of aerial maneuvers, capped off when Hart climbed on top of a soda machine and delivered a moonsault onto Lethal. Hart struck the ground with such impact that the match was briefly stopped while Hart stepped out into the parking lot to vomit. Hart then returned to the ring and won the match.

During July and August of 2006, Teddy came to the UK for major Promotion 1PW. He faced Pac in his first appearance and was involved in a 10 man brawl in his second. During the 10 man brawl, Hart was eliminated by TNA star Abyss when Hart's nemesis (and team mate in this match), Steve Corino knocked Hart's foot of the bottom rope.

On September 13, 2006, Hart wrestled long time nemesis Steve Corino at Pro Wrestling Xplosion's debut show "Lighting the fuse" at New Alhambra in south Philly. The match was a hard-fought bloody encounter between the two but controversially ended in a no-contest after the referee(associated with Steve Corino)called the match over claiming Teddy had submitted, when in fact he had not. Teddy then challenged Corino to a fight in the parking lot, which lead to another pull apart brawl, the fans were solidly behind Teddy as he was livid over the match decision. A return match between Hart and Corino is currently being contemplated by PWX management.

On October 28, 2006, Teddy defeated Homicide, Low-Ki, and Necro Butcher at the 9th Anniversary Show in Rahway, New Jersey to win the Jersey All Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship.

[edit] Wrestling facts

Finishing and signature moves

Open Hart Surgery (Somersault corkscrew legdrop or somersault corkscrew senton)
Stu Hart Special (Gory special flipped into a sitout powerbomb or release belly to back suplex turned and flipped into a sitout powerbomb)
Hart Attack 2.0 / Lethal Injection (Shooting star elbow drop)
Hart Attack (Shooting star press)
Triple Bypass (Shooting star legdrop)
Hart Rate (Release back suplex into a sitout powerbomb)
Twirly Cutter (Scoop Slam into a Cutter)
Diving headbutt
Spike DDT
Release belly to back suplex into bulldog
Asai Moonsault
Super Asai Moonsault
Fireman's carry into sitout facebuster
Back to belly piledriver
Fallaway-Samoan Drop
Springboard Swan-Drive DDT
Deep Fujiwara Armbar Takedown

Manager(s)

Scott D'Amore

Quotes

"All you player hating sons of bitches want to be me, and all your girls want to see me. And when your kids meet me, I greet thee with a smile, because I go the extra mile."

"And don't let your girl watch the tape, because she might get wet. And it won't be sweat. You’ll have no excuse but to throw her out of the bed. Because you know she's thinkin' about Ted."