Harry Smith Harry Smith ( August 2 , 1985 ) is a Canadian professional wrestler of English descent . He is currently working for Inoki Genome Federation and is best known for his tenure in WWE , where he won the Unified Tag Team Championship along with Tyson Kidd before being released from his contract on August 5 , 2011 . He is the son of " The British Bulldog " Davey Boy Smith and nephew of Bret Hart . He has also wrestled under the name DH Smith ( " D " for Davey Boy Smith , and " H " for the Hart family ) for WWE ' s Raw brand and developmental territory , Florida Championship Wrestling . Professional wrestling career . Independent circuit ( 2000 – 2004 ) . Smith began wrestling at the age of eight , having trained under his father Davey Boy Smith and uncle Bruce Hart . He made an early appearance with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) on October 5 , 1996 at the age of 10 when he teamed with his cousin Ted Annis against TJ 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 . Smith was offered a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in the summer of 2004 , but opted to attend college and wrestle in Japan before signing . In 2004 , Smith began teaming with TJ 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 , 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 suffered a broken hand in the process . Later that year , Smith left Stampede Wrestling and wrestled several dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , 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 One 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 . On April 1 , 2006 , Smith and several of his relatives attended the induction of Bret Hart into the WWE Hall of Fame . While there , Smith met with WWE executives , John Laurinaitis and Carl DeMarco , and signed a developmental contract with on April 4 , 2006 . He wrestled dark matches for the company before his debut , defeating wrestlers like Rob Conway and Mike Knox , and losing to Randy Orton . Developmental territories ( 2006 – 2007 ) . Harry debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) , at the February 14 , 2007 television tapings , in a tag team match with Kofi Nahaje Kingston , in which they defeated The Belgium Brawler and Nicholas Sinn . 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 . Smith was then sent to Deep South Wrestling ( DSW ) , where he reformed the " Stampede Bulldogs " with T . J . Wilson . After WWE ended its relationship with DSW , Smith moved to Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) . On June 26 , Smith won a 21 - man battle royal to become the first ever FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion . Smith then joined up with his cousins Teddy Hart and Nattie Neidhart to form the Next Generation Hart Foundation . They debuted in a six - person mixed tag team match , losing to Mike Kruel , Vladimir Kozlov and Milena Roucka . They were later victorious in a non - title match against the OVW Southern Tag Team Champions , the James Boys . Smith then returned to FCW to form another version of the New Hart Foundation , along with Hart , 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 . On October 16 , 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 . Early appearances ( 2007 – 2009 ) . He made his television debut as " DH Smith " on the October 22 , 2007 episode of " Raw " , defeating Carlito using his father ' s trademark running powerslam . He dedicated the match to his father . 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 Testing Policy " . Smith returned to the active roster on December 17 by defeating Charlie Haas on " Heat " . After his return , Smith would wrestle primarily on " Heat " . As part of the WWE Supplemental Draft on June 25 , 2008 , Smith was drafted to the SmackDown brand . Smith , however , returned to Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) on August 26 , without making his SmackDown debut . He made the decision to return to FCW on a full - time basis so he could mature , and put more effort into developing his in - ring work and his personality . On October 30 , Smith won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with TJ Wilson , defeating Joe Hennig and Sebastian Slater , but they lost it to Tyler Reks and Johnny Curtis on December 11 , 2008 at the FCW television taping . The Hart Dynasty , Split and Departure ( 2009 – 2011 ) . On April 15 , 2009 , Smith was drafted to the ECW brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft , without making any appearances on SmackDown . Smith made his ECW debut on May 12 , as a villain , attacking Finlay during Finlay ' s match with Tyson Kidd ( TJ Wilson ) , using the name David Hart Smith . Smith , Kidd and Natalya formed a new version of The Hart Foundation , named The Hart Trilogy at first , although on the May 27 episode of " ECW " , the name was tweaked to The Hart Dynasty . Smith was victorious in his first match for ECW , defeating Finlay on the May 19 episode , with help from Kidd and Natalya . On June 29 , The Hart Dynasty were traded to the SmackDown brand , and entered a feud with Cryme Tyme . At the WWE Bragging Rights pay - per - view in October , Smith and Kidd competed in a seven - on - seven tag match with Chris Jericho , Kane , Finlay , Matt Hardy and R - Truth as Team SmackDown to defeat Team Raw . In December 2009 , they challenged D - Generation X for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship , but were unsuccessful . The Hart Dynasty appeared at WrestleMania XXVI , helping Bret Hart during his match against Vince McMahon , and the following night on " Raw " they defeated the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions ShoMiz ( The Big Show and The Miz ) in a non - title match at Hart ' s behest , effectively turning face in the process . At the Extreme Rules pay - per - view , Smith and Kidd earned a Unified Tag Team Championship match by defeating ShoMiz in a tag team gauntlet match ( which also included the team of John Morrison and R - Truth and the team of Montel Vontavious Porter and Mark Henry ) . During the 2010 WWE Draft on the April 26 episode of " Raw " , The Hart Dynasty , accompanied by Natalya and Hart , defeated ShoMiz to win the Unified Tag Team Championship , when Kidd made The Miz submit to the Sharpshooter . The following day , all three members of The Hart Dynasty were moved to the Raw brand as part of the Supplemental Draft . On the May 10 episode of " Raw " , he was defeated by Chris Jericho , granting Jericho and The Miz a shot for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship at Over the Limit , but The Hart Dynasty were able to retain . The following night , on May 24 , they were attacked by The Usos ( Jimmy and Jey ) and Tamina , provoking a feud . At Fatal 4 - Way , The Hart Dynasty defeated The Usos and Tamina in a six - person mixed tag team match when Natalya pinned Tamina , and Smith and Kidd defeated The Usos at Money in the Bank to retain the championships when Smith made Jimmy Uso submit to the Sharpshooter . At Night of Champions , The Hart Dynasty lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre in a Tag Team Turmoil match which also involved The Usos , Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella , and the team of Evan Bourne and Mark Henry . After a failed attempt to regain the championship , in which Kidd was pushed off balance during their double - team Hart Attack move , Kidd and Smith began to have a falling out with one another . This culminated on the November 15 episode of " Raw " , when Kidd refused to tag in and attacked Smith during a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship against The Nexus ( Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater ) . Two weeks later , on the December 2 episode of " WWE Superstars " , Smith defeated Kidd in a singles match . Afterward , Smith offered to shake Kidd ' s hand , but Kidd slapped him across the face . On the next episode of " Raw " , Kidd defeated Smith in a rematch . He was released from his contract on August 5 , 2011 . The following week on Raw CM Punk mentioned Smith being released from WWE . Smith announced on his Facebook that he would be going to wrestle in Japan . Return to the independent circuit ( 2011 – present ) . On August 20 , 2011 , Smith , working under his real name , made his return to the independent circuit defeating Dan Maff at Pro Wrestling Syndicate . On August 27 , 2011 , Smith , working under his real name , made his debut for Japanese Inoki Genome Federation ( IGF ) , losing to Hideki Suzuki . On September 3 , he teamed with Bobby Lashley in a losing effort against Kendo Kashin and Kazuyuki Fujita . On November 6 , Smith wrestled in the main event of a Stampede Wrestling show in Barrie , Ontario , defeating Fit Finlay . In early December , Smith defeated Jason Styles and Ryan Von Kool to become the BTW Heavyweight Champion and lost it in March to Ryan Von Kool . On January 29 , 2012 , Smith made an appearance for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( PWG ) , teaming with Davey Richards in a tag team match , where they were defeated by The Young Bucks ( Matt and Nick Jackson ) . On August 4 , Smith debuted for Crossfire Wrestling and participated in CFW Heavyweight Championship tournament , in the first round he defeated Arrick Andrews but would lose to Shane Williams in the final . Ring Ka King . In December 2011 , Smith took part in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s India project , Ring Ka King under the ring name Bulldog Hart . During the first week of tapings , Hart and Chavo Guerrero were crowned the promotion ' s inaugural Tag Team Champions . On January 19 , in their first defence of the titles they lost to two members of RDX , Scott Steiner and Abyss . On January 20 , Smith teamed up with Chavo , Jwala , Mahabali Veera and Matt Morgan to take on Abyss , Deadly Danda , Scott Steiner , Sir Brutus Magnus and Sonjay Dutt in World Cup Of Ring Ka King steel cage match and lost . Resistance Pro Wrestling . On November 25 , 2011 , Smith debuted for Billy Corgan ' s Resistance Pro Wrestling and took on Kevin Steen in the semi final of RPW Heavyweight Championship tournament , the match ended in a time limit draw and therefore both progressed to the finals of the tournament . On January 13 , 2012 , Smith defeated The Almighty Sheik and Kevin Steen to become the first Heavyweight Champion of Resistance Pro Wrestling promotion . Over the next few months , Smith would take on Rhino in various matches culminating on May 11 , in a steel cage match with special referee Raven which once again Smith would win . Return to New Japan ( 2012 – present ) . On August 13 , 2012 , New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Smith would be returning to the promotion the following month as a member of Minoru Suzuki ' s Suzuki - gun stable , forming a regular tag team with stablemate Lance Archer . Smith said that New Japan wanted a huge monster as Archer ' s parthner . Also , he received a good offer from All Japan Pro Wrestling , but he chose NJPW due to the previous relationship . Smith wrestled his return match on September 7 , when he , Lance Archer , Minoru Suzuki and Taka Michinoku were defeated in an eight - man tag team match by Hiroyoshi Tenzan , Satoshi Kojima , Togi Makabe and Yuji Nagata , following a disqualification . On September 9 , Smith submitted IWGP Tag Team Champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan in another eight man tag team match , after which he and Archer , dubbing themselves K . E . S . ( Killer Elite Squad ) , made a challenge for his and Satoshi Kojima ' s title . On September 24 , New Japan renamed Smith " Davey Boy Smith Jr . " . On October 8 at King of Pro - Wrestling , K . E . S . defeated Kojima and Tenzan to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship . K . E . S . made their first successful title defense on November 11 at Power Struggle , defeating Tenzan and Kojima in a rematch . From November 20 to December 1 , K . E . S . took part in the round - robin portion of the 2012 World Tag League , finishing with a record of four wins and two losses , advancing to the semifinals of the tournament in the second place in their group . On December 2 , K . E . S . defeated Always Hypers ( Togi Makabe and Wataru Inoue ) to advance to the finals of the tournament . Later that same day , K . E . S . was defeated in the finals of the 2012 World Tag League by Sword & Guns ( Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson ) . On January 4 , 2013 , at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome , K . E . S . defeated Sword & Guns in a rematch to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship . On February 10 at The New Beginning , Smith and Archer defeated Tenzan and Kojima for their third successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship . On March 11 , Smith entered the 2013 New Japan Cup , defeating IWGP Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura in his first round match . Smith ' s main event win over the former three - time IWGP Heavyweight Champion was referred to as the biggest of his career . Six days later , Smith advanced to the semifinals of the tournament with a win over Yujiro Takahashi . On March 23 , Smith was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Hirooki Goto . On April 5 , Smith and Archer made their fourth successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii . Two days later at Invasion Attack , Smith unsuccessfully challenged Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship . On April 20 , Smith and Archer defeated Ryan Genesis and Scot Summers in Houston , Texas to not only retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship , but to also win the NWA World Tag Team Championship . On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013 , K . E . S . lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship back to Tencozy in a four - way match , which also included Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano , and Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man , though neither Smith nor Archer was involved in the finish . K . E . S . received a rematch for the title on June 22 at Dominion 6 . 22 in a three - way match , which also included Iizuka and Yano , but were unable to regain the title , when Kojima pinned Archer for the win . On August 1 , Smith entered the 2013 G1 Climax . The tournament concluded on August 11 with a match , where Smith was defeated by his tag team partner Lance Archer , costing him a spot in the finals and ending his tournament with a record of five wins and four losses . On November 9 at Power Struggle , K . E . S . faced Tencozy and The IronGodz ( Jax Dane and Rob Conway ) in a two - fall three - way match . In the first fall , they lost the NWA World Tag Team Championship to Dane and Conway , but came back in the second to defeat Tencozy for the IWGP Tag Team Championship . From November 24 to December 8 , K . E . S . took part in the 2013 World Tag League . After winning their round - robin block with a record of five wins and one loss , they were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by their old rivals , Tencozy . On January 4 , 2014 , at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome , K . E . S . lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to the winners of the tournament , Bullet Club ( Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson ) . K . E . S . received a rematch for the title on February 9 at The New Beginning in Hiroshima , but were again defeated by Bullet Club . On May 25 at Back to the Yokohama Arena , K . E . S . failed to regain the NWA World Tag Team Championship from Tencozy in a three - way match , which also included Rob Conway and Wes Brisco . On June 21 at Dominion 6 . 21 , K . E . S . received another shot at the NWA World Tag Team Championship , this time in a regular tag team match , but were again defeated by Tencozy . From July 23 to August 8 , Smith took part in the 2014 G1 Climax , where he finished eighth out of the eleven wrestlers in his block with a record of five wins and five losses , scoring a big win over Hiroshi Tanahashi on the final day . On October 13 at King of Pro - Wrestling , K . E . S . defeated Tencozy to regain the NWA World Tag Team Championship . From November 22 to December 5 , K . E . S . took part in the 2014 World Tag League . The team finished their block with a record of four wins and three losses , narrowly missing the finals of the tournament . On January 10 , 2015 , K . E . S . , along with the rest of Suzuki - gun , took part in a major storyline , where the stable invaded a Pro Wrestling Noah show . During the attack , K . E . S . beat down GHC Tag Team Champions TMDK ( Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste ) . This led to a match on February 11 , where K . E . S . defeated TMDK to become the new GHC Tag Team Champions . In May , K . E . S . made it to the finals of the 2015 Global Tag League , where they were defeated by Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura . Global Force Wrestling ( 2015 – present ) . On May 6 , 2015 , Global Force Wrestling ( GFW ) announced Smith as part of their roster . Personal life . Smith is the son of Davey Boy Smith and Diana Hart , and has a sister , Georgia . He is very good friends with TJ Wilson and his cousin Teddy Hart , and used to live with Wilson . Smith is also close friends with his cousin Nattie Neidhart , and the two lived together as children while their fathers were wrestling as a team . Smith lists his father , his uncles Bret Hart and Owen Hart , Shawn Michaels and Chris Benoit as his influences . He also cites Ted DiBiase as a big influence . Smith was involved in a minor controversy over steroids , when , discussing how his father ' s drug abuse contributed to his death , Smith commented " I hope to be as big as him someday " , leading to concerns over Smith using steroids . Smith claimed that the remarks were taken out of context and that he had learned from his father ' s mistakes . Smith appeared on an episode of " Hogan Knows Best " .