Jim Neidhart
James Henry Neidhart ( born February 8, 1956 in Tampa, Florida, United States), also known as Jim "The Anvil " Neidhart is a Canadian- American professional wrestler and actor. Its most striking feature is his goatee.
Private
Jim Neidhart now lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and is married to Ellen Hart ( daughter of Stu Hart ). Neidhart is the father of Natalie Katherine Neidhart, which currently stands as Natalya in WWE under contract. Natalya Neidhart next to two more daughters.
In September 2010 he was arrested for several offenses imprisonment.
Career
Neidhart first played American football for the Dallas Cowboys and the Oakland Raiders. Later he went to Canada, where he was trained by Stu Hart to a wrestler. Here he also got his nickname " Anvil " ( anvil ) after winning an anvil - throwing competition. He also celebrated as a shot putter successes ( 19.85 m).
He graduated in 1979 in Stampede Wrestling Hart of family into which he had married in the meantime his wrestling debut. He twice won the tag team titles ( 1980, Hercules Ayala, 1983 with Mr. Hito ). After a trip to Florida, where he became Southern Heavyweight Champion and Tag Team Champion (with Krusher Krushchev ), he joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now World Wrestling Entertainment), where he teamed up with his brother Bret Hart Hart Foundation took. Together they were for several years the top of the league and won the tag team titles twice.
After the team was dissolved in 1991, he was briefly in a team with Bret's brother Owen Hart as New Foundation before he left the WWF and its own league called " Anvil Promotions" founded. He later appeared with the name " Who?" Back in the WWF, and later formed together with Bret and Owen Hart, the "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, and Brian Pillman a new edition of the Hart Foundation. After become known as the Montreal Screwjob event he followed his brother Bret Hart in WCW. Here he celebrated but no major successes more.
The next gold he won in 2000, when he in a new edition of the " New Foundation " the Southern Tag Team titles won by Maryland Championship Wrestling along with the Blue Meanie. A year later he succeeded in winning the UWA Heavyweight Titles. After that, he was active in various other leagues without achieving greater success. Until its dissolution in 2008 Neidhart was in promotion USA Xtreme Wrestling ( UXW ) under contract.