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Harry Smith
Born (1986-08-02) August 2, 1986 (age 38)[1]
Calgary, Alberta
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)The Black Assassin
DH Smith
Harry Smith
Billed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2]
Billed weight260 lb (120 kg; 19 st)[2]
Billed fromCalgary, Alberta[2]
Trained byDavey Boy Smith
Bruce Hart
Chris Benoit[3]
Debut2000[1]

Harry Smith (born August 2, 1986 in Calgary, Alberta)[2][1] is a Canadian-American[4]-British professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its SmackDown brand under the ring name DH Smith ("D" for Davey Boy Smith, and "H" for the Hart family).[5]

Career

Independent circuit (2000–2004)

Harry Smith began wrestling at the age of eight, having trained under his father Davey Boy Smith and uncle Bruce. He made an early appearance with the World Wrestling Federation on October 5, 1996 at the age of 10 when he teamed with his cousin Teddy Hart against T.J. Wilson and Andrew Picarnia at a WWF house show in Calgary. He made his professional debut at the age of fifteen at the Rockyford Rodeo, and went on to become a mainstay of the Calgary-based Stampede Wrestling promotion. In May 2002, Smith teamed with his father on two occasions, shortly before his father died. Harry also opted to attend college before signing with WWE.

In 2004, Smith began teaming with T.J. Wilson as the Stampede Bulldogs, a reference to the British Bulldogs, the tag team composed of his father and his second cousin the Dynamite Kid. In the same year, Smith formed a stable known as The Hart Foundation Version 2.0 with Wilson, Jack Evans, and Teddy Hart. The Hart Foundation Version 2.0 initially performed in Stampede Wrestling before expanding to the United States of America, where they competed in Major League Wrestling.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2005–2006)

In January 2005, Smith went on a five week tour of Japan, wrestling with New Japan Pro Wrestling as "Black Assassin" and suffering a broken hand in the process. Later that year, Smith left Stampede Wrestling and wrestled several dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment before embarking upon a second tour of Japan. 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.

Smith traveled to England in January 2006, appearing with 1 Pro Wrestling at No Turning Back on January 6 2006. Smith was billed as the mystery opponent of NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett, ostensibly hand-picked by his uncle, Bret Hart.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2006–Present)

On April 1 2006, Smith and several of his relatives attended the induction of Bret Hart into the WWE Hall of Fame. On the same day, Smith was offered a World Wrestling Entertainment contract by Vice President of Talent Relations Johnny Ace, which he accepted. He wrestled dark matches for the company before his debut, defeating Rob Conway[6], Robbie McAllister, Mike Knox, Kenny K, Wavell Starr and losing to Randy Orton. Smith made his televised WWE debut on the June 5 2006 episode of RAW, running to the ring with several other wrestlers to chase away members of the ECW roster.

Developmental territories

Harry debuted in OVW in a tag team match on February 17 2007 with Kofi Kingston in which they defeated Johnny Punch and Pat Buck.[7] At the following taping, the duo of Harry and Kofi became collectively known as the Commonwealth Connection and faced La Résistance in a losing effort. Harry Smith was then sent to DSW and reformed the Stampede Bulldogs with T.J. Wilson.

After WWE ended its relationship with DSW, Harry moved to Florida Championship Wrestling. On June 26th at the Dallas Bull in Tampa, Florida, Smith won a 21-man battle royal to become the first ever Florida Championship Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Champion.[8]

Smith then joined up with his cousins Teddy Hart and Nattie Neidhart to form the Next Generation Hart Foundation. They debuted in OVW first in a Royal Rumble match then in a tag team match. They were victorious in the Tag Match against the James Boys. Smith then returned to FCW to form another version of the New Hart Foundation, along with Teddy Hart, TJ Wilson and Ted DiBiase Jr. He appeared in a winning effort against Carlito in a dark match during a taping of RAW in the United Kingdom.[9][10]

On the 16 October, Smith lost the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship to Afa Jr.. He was unable to make the referee's ten count and was counted out, due to being in the United Kingdom with WWE.[11]

Raw brand

He made his television debut as D.H. Smith on the October 22 edition of RAW, defeating Carlito using his father's trademark running powerslam. He dedicated the match to his father.[12][13]. On October 29, Smith and Jeff Hardy defeated Carlito and Mr. Kennedy.

On November 2, 2007, it was reported that Smith had been suspended for 30 days due to "violations of WWE's Substance Abuse and Drug Policy".[14] Smith returned to the active roster on December 17 by defeating Charlie Haas on Heat.[6][15]. After his return, Smith would wrestle primarily on Heat, usually on the losing end. In April 2008, he began wrestling as a heel, pinning Hacksaw Jim Duggan on the April 4 edition of Heat by using the ropes for leverage.

SmackDown brand

As part of the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft, Smith was drafted to the SmackDown brand.[16]

In wrestling

  • Entrance music
    • Harry used Rule, Britannia! as his theme music, just like his father did early in his career, for his debut.[2] He then switched to a generic in–house theme.

Championships and accomplishments

Notes

  • Harry Smith appeared on an episode of Hogan Knows Best.[23] It was an episode where each one of the Hogans pick a candidate for Brooke to date. Hulk found him at a local gym and told Harry that he looked familiar. He replied, "I'm Davey Boy Smith's son." Soon after arriving, Brooke made crude remarks on his appearance. The two never hit it off.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Harry Smith". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "DH Smith Bio". WWE. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  3. ^ "Harry has Bulldog spirit". The Sun Online. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
  4. ^ RF Video shoot interview
  5. ^ Jerry Lawler revealed this on the October 29, 2007 edition of RAW during Smith's match.
  6. ^ a b "Harry Smith". Retrieved 2007-12-26. {{cite web}}: Text "Online World Of Wrestling" ignored (help)
  7. ^ "February 17, 2007--Ohio Valley Wrestling". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  8. ^ "Florida Championship Wrestling Results - 2007". Online World of Wrestling.
  9. ^ The Lilsbous. "Sign of the times on WWE Raw". The UK Sun. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
  10. ^ Zack Zeigler (October 18, 2007). "An emotional night for Bulldog's boy". WWE. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  11. ^ "October 16, 2007--Florida Championship Wrestling". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  12. ^ "WWE RAW Results - October 22, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  13. ^ Corey Clayton (October 22, 2007). "Bulldog's boy bites Carlito in Raw debut". WWE. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  14. ^ "World Wrestling Entertainment Suspends Two Performers". WWE. November 2, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  15. ^ "INTERNET HEAT TAPINGS". Online World Of Wrestling. December 17, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  16. ^ "Official 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft Results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  17. ^ Harry Smith on the Online World of WrestlingOWW Profile
  18. ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "FCW - FLORIDA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING FCW SOUTHERN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY". Solie. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  19. ^ "Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Title". WrestlingTitles.com. Retrieved 2008-05-07. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 19 (help)
  20. ^ "Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Title". WrestlingTitles.com. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  21. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 - 2006". Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  22. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 - 2007". Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  23. ^ "Hogan/Orton Storyline". Retrieved 2008-01-05. Harry Smith might get involved in the Orton/Hogan/Brooke angle at some point, as he appears in an episode of "Hogan Knows Best"
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