Hart family The Hart wrestling family is a Canadian family with a significant history within professional wrestling . The patriarch of the family is wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Fame r Stu Hart , amateur and professional wrestler , promoter and trainer , who not only owned and operated his own wrestling company , but has also trained some of the most well known and successful stars in the contemporary wrestling industry including Chris Jericho , Chris Benoit , and Edge . His sons Bret and Owen Hart also achieved fame and success in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , with many of the WWF ' s biggest storylines in the mid - 1990s being built around Bret and Owen and their brothers - in - law . Family history . The Hart family is one of the most well - known professional wrestling families in history . The patriarch of the family , Stu Hart was a professional wrestler and a trainer as well as the owner of Stampede Wrestling . Many of his children became professional wrestlers . He became involved with wrestling after retiring from his career with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League . Stu began promoting wrestling in 1948 and operated Stampede Wrestling until selling it to Vince McMahon in 1984 . In 1985 , however , he decided to revive the promotion , which remained in operation until December 1989 . It was brought back again in 1999 by Bruce and Ross Hart and remains active today . Stu Hart has been noted from training some of North America ' s most famous wrestlers , including André the Giant , the " British Buldog " Davey Boy Smith , Dynamite Kid , Junkyard Dog , and dozens more in addition to his own sons . Bret Hart has won the most wrestling championships of anyone in the family . He won his first title belt in the World Wrestling Federation while teaming with brother - in - law Jim Neidhart ( Ellie Hart ' s husband ) to form The Hart Foundation tag team . They had a feud with the British Bulldogs ( Diana Hart ' s husband Davey Boy Smith and Bret Hart ' s sister - in - law ' s husband Dynamite Kid , who were first cousins in real life ) . On January 26 , 1987 , Hart and Neidhart defeated the Bulldogs to win the WWF Tag Team Championship . After the Hart Foundation split up , Owen Hart began teaming with Neidhart as The New Foundation . Bret went on to have a successful career as a singles wrestling , holding the WWF Championship five times . The family connection played a role in two major WWF storylines . Four of the Hart brothers ( Bret , Owen , Keith , and Bruce ) formed a team at Survivor Series 1993 . Animosity began to build between Bret and Owen , and Owen turned on Bret at Royal Rumble 1994 . The feud culminated with Owen costing Bret the WWF Championship . While Bret was defending the title against Bob Backlund at Survivor Series 1994 , Owen tricked his mother Helen into throwing a towel into the ring to signify that Bret conceded defeat . Several years later , the Hart Foundation was formed again , this time as a stable of anti - American wrestlers . Bret and Owen reconciled , and they were joined by Neidhart , Smith , and Brian Pillman ( Pillman was not related but had trained with the Hart family and was a friend of the family ) . At the pay - per - view in Calgary on July 6 , 1997 , the Hart Foundation won a five - on - five match against Steve Austin , Ken Shamrock , Goldust , and The Legion of Doom ( Hawk and Animal ) . Bret Hart left the WWF in 1997 after what has come to be known as the Montreal Screwjob , while Owen died as the result of a failed stunt during his ring entrance at the Over the Edge 1999 pay - per - view . Bret would eventually return to the renamed WWE in 2010 after settling his differences with the promotion . Three of Stu and Helen Hart ' s grandchildren have begun careers in professional wrestling . Nattie Neidhart , daughter of Ellie and Jim , trained in Calgary and now wrestles for World Wrestling Entertainment ( formerly the WWF ) under the ring name Natalya . She was the first female from the Hart family to win Championship gold , when she won the Diva ' s Championship at Survivor Series 2010 Harry Smith , son of Diana and Davey Boy Smith , uses the name David Hart Smith and also wrestles for WWE . Teddy Hart , son of Georgia Hart and BJ Annis , has also competed in WWE but was released by the company . Outside of wrestling . Helen Smith Hart was the daughter of noted marathoner and sprinter Harry J . Smith , a serious contender for the 1912 Olympics before an injury took him out of competition , by his Greek wife , Elizabeth " Ellie " Poulis Smith BJ Annis , husband of Georgia Hart and father of Teddy Hart has operated BJ ' s Gym in Downtown East Village , Calgary since constructing it in 1971 . In November 2011 , his daughter Angie Annis staged an art exhibition at the gymnasium prior to the establishment closing its doors . In December 2011 , Jade Hart , the eldest child of Bret Hart and Julie Hart , launched a clothing line called Jade Hart Kimonos . Based out of Calgary the clothing line consists of hand made kimonos made from Canadian silks and other fabrics . Family Tree . Note that when Bruce divorced from her ex - wife Andrea Redding , Bruce won the custody of his five children ( Bruce Hart Jr . , Brit Hart , Rhett Hart , Tory Hart and Lara Hart ) from his ex - wife , he then married Rachel Overholt in January 2007 and had their first child later that year naming their son Davis Gene Hart , making his wife Rachel the stepmother of his five step - children who are Bruce Hart Jr . , Brit Hart , Rhett Hart , Tory Hart and Lara Hart , it also makes their son Davis the half brother of his four half brothers and one half sister . DVD . " " is a documentary produced and released by WWE Home Video in collaboration with Hart family members . The DVD chronicles the lineage of the Hart family beginning with the biography of patriarch Stu Hart . It gives a brief accounting of the lives of all Twelve Hart children as well as parents Stu and Helen growing up in Calgary . It describes the deaths of Stu , Helen , Dean , Matthew , Owen , Brian Pillman and Davey Boy Smith with recollections from their loved ones . The DVD concludes with a feature on the Hart Dynasty and their future in WWE . The Bonus Discs feature matches from Stampede Wrestling , WWF and WWE as well as candid home footage & interviews from the Hart family .