![]() The two teams faced each other at Survivor Series in a 10-team Survivor Series elimination match. On the October 27 edition of Superstars, the Hart Foundation lost the WWF Tag Team Championship to Strike Force ( Rick Martel & Tito Santana), ending their 10-month reign. However, the Hart Foundation retained the title due to the disqualification result. In the first fall, they got disqualified because of illegal double-teaming and in the second fall Neidhart was pinned by Smith. On the May 2 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, the Foundation defended their tag championship against the British Bulldogs in a Two out of three falls match. Davis hit Davey Boy Smith with Jimmy Hart's megaphone and pinned him to get the victory for the Hart Foundation. The rivalry culminated in a six-man tag team match at WrestleMania III where the Foundation teamed up with Davis against the British Bulldogs and Santana. Santana began to feud with Davis as a result of this action and at this point, he joined the British Bulldogs in their feud with the Hart Foundation. On the March 14 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, the Harts made their first title defense against Tito Santana & Dan Spivey and retained the championship after Danny Davis hit Santana with Jimmy Hart's megaphone. On the February 7 edition of Superstars in Tampa, Florida, the Hart Foundation defeated the Bulldogs to win their first WWF Tag Team Championship when the referee of the match, "Dangerous" Danny Davis helped the Hart Foundation to win the match. The Hart Foundation began a feud with Tag Team Champions The British Bulldogs ( Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid) in early 1987 over the Championship. At Saturday Night's Main Event, the Foundation faced Brunzell and Blair in a tag team match, which the Killer Bees won. The Hart Foundation next feuded with The Killer Bees ( Jim Brunzell & B. The duo were the final two men whom André the Giant eliminated to win the battle royal. The Hart Foundation made their pay-per-view debut at WrestleMania 2 in 1986 as participants of a 20-man battle royal which also included NFL stars. With the success of the new tag team, however, "The Hart Foundation" came to be associated solely with the Neidhart/Hart team and their manager, who all had Hart in their family names. ![]() The name Hart Foundation was already used to refer to the stable of wrestlers managed by Jimmy Hart, and in early matches the Neidhart/Hart team would be introduced as "members of the Hart Foundation". Management first laughed at the idea, but months later just as Bret was about to quit, he was given what he wanted: he was allowed to become a heel and was partnered up with Neidhart and Jimmy to form the Hart Foundation. ![]() He then suggested to WWF management that he would much prefer to be teamed up with Jim Neidhart. According to Bret, the tag team originated after he turned down the "Cowboy" Bret Hart gimmick he was given, claiming that he did not really take a liking to it. The Hart Foundation began in 1985, when Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, already managed by Jimmy Hart, joined up with his brother-in-law Bret "Hitman" Hart to form a heel tag team.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |