Line #26 Wrestling/JimNeidhart


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3	James Henry Neidhart (February 8, 1955 – August 13, 2018) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]], best known for his time with the WWF, where he performed as Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart.
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5	He got his start in the NFL, playing for the Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys. After leaving football, he traveled to Calgary, and trained with Stu Hart to become a professional wrestler.
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7	With his brother-in-law Wrestling/BretHart, they made up part of The Hart Foundation. He was also headliner for two of WWF's pay-per-view events: Survivor Series 1989 and In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede.
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9	Through his marriage to Elizabeth Hart, one of Stu Hart's daughters, he is part of the [[WrestlingFamily Hart Family]]. The couple had three children, one of whom, [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart Natalie]], currently wrestles for Wrestling/{{WWE}}.
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11	He died on August 13, 2018, after suffering a head injury from a fall.
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13	As for his in-ring achievements, he was a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]] with Bret Hart as The Hart Foundation, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/stampede/ab-int-t.html Stampede International Tag Team Champion]] (1x w[=/=]Hercules Ayala and 1x w[=/=]Mr. Hito), a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/mswa/mswa-t.html Mid-South Tag Team Champion]] with Butch Reed, a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-us-t.html NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team Champion]] with [[Wrestling/BarryDarsow Krusher Khrushchev (Barry Darsow)]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/md/mewf/mewf-h.html MEWF (Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation in Maryland) Heavyweight Champion]], he and Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie were the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/w/mcw/mcw-s-t.html MCW (Memphis) Southern Tag Team Champions]], he was a 1x [[https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=1929 TRCW (Manitoba) International Heavyweight Champion]], and he and Wrestling/GregValentine were 1x [[https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=1137 PWO (Ohio) Tag Team Champions]].
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17	!!"Anvilized Tropes":
18	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: He faced Wrestling/MartyJannetty at Wrestling/{{ECW}}'s July 28, 1995 show in Middletown, NY, and laughed when the crowd chanted "WE WANT BRET!"
19	* BadassTeacher: He was one of Wrestling/RoderickStrong's trainers.
20	* CommutingOnABus: After the Hart Foundation split in 1991, he faded into the background until he left in March 1992. He returned at ''King of the Ring'' in June 1994 and was gone by the end of the year. He made one appearance under his own name in 1996 before his short-lived repackaging as "Who." He returned properly in 1997 for the Hart Foundation reunion and left in December. Returned in 2007 for the ''Raw'' 15th Anniversary Battle Royal.
21	* FastballSpecial: The Rocket Launcher, where The Anvil would throw Wrestling/OwenHart off the top rope onto their opponent
22	* FinishingMove: Camel Clutch, Anvilizer (Swinging Cobra Clutch)
23	* ItRunsInTheFamily: He was an in-law to one of the all-time great wrestling families.
24	* PowerStable:
25	** (in Memphis) The First Family, led by [[Wrestling/JimmyHart "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart]].
26	*** Neidhart's Raiders, which led after splitting from The First Family.
27	** (in WWE): The 1997 edition of The Hart Foundation.
28	* RealMenWearPink: The Hart Foundation's colors were pink and black.
29	* RedBaron: "The Anvil"
30	* RedOniBlueOni: He was very much the Red to Wrestling/BretHart's Blue, being loud and hammy.
31	* TagTeam: With Bret as the Hart Foundation.
32	** The New Foundation, with Owen in late 1991 to early 1992.
33	* WhosOnFirst: It was the source of his short-lived masked "Who" gimmick in mid-1996.
34	* WrestlingFamily: He married into the Hart family and his daughter is Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart.

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