British Bulldog

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 3-1985’s Match of the Year against Dynamite Kid

## British Bulldogs(1985-1987)

Davey Boy Smith’s first canon match was at SNME May 1985 teaming up with Dynamite Kid failing to defeat King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd in a fatal 4 way that also involved US Express and Hart Foundation to determine the inaugural tag team champions.

They entered a feud with Bundy and Studd where they got defeated 3 times in 3 weeks, Bulldogs managed to get another shot by beating them by countout but they would fail again as Bundy and Studd retained at King of the Ring, this immediately caused a lot of tension within British Bulldogs as both men had awful teamwork with each other. They were both involved in a battle royal at Summerslam to determine the Intercontinental Championship NO1 contender where they aired their grievances beating each other up with clear hatred.

Both men entered the G1, they had a great singles match where Davey Boy realized Dynamite is too fast for him so he attacks him outside of the ring and decides to win by countout which makes Dynamite lose 2 points and be inserted in the sudden death match, Dynamite is infuriated by this and argues with Smith as both men break up brawling with each other. At G1 Finals they started a best of seven series with the winner getting a WWF Championship match, Dynamite Kid won the first match by rollup, DBS was mad but he didn’t wanna attack Dynamite. On the second match, same rollup, DBS wanted to shake hands with Dynamite but Dynamite gave him the middle finger and left. Smith won the third match, Dynamite won the fourth match, Davey Boy won the 5th match which was 1985’s Match of the Year and said he respects Dynamite, Dynamite spits on his face and Davey Boy finally snaps and beats him up tired of trying to reconcilate with him. Davey Boy won the 6th match showing a lot of aggression but at SNME December their last match ended in a double countout.

Due to this, president of WWF Jack Tunney decided to give them both a tag title shot, they started working on their teamwork again as they were pretty much forced to. At Wrestlemania 2, they got over their hatred producing great teamwork and beating Kamala and Paul Orndorff to win the tag titles.

Bulldogs had a solid reign until Summerslam where they were defeated by US Express, after this they started a feud with Bret Hart as both men wanted the IC Championship, Jim Neidhart returned and entered this feud forcing Bret to act heel against Bulldogs. This led to a tag team match at Wrestlemania 3 where whoever got the pin would become IC Champion, Hart Foundation got the win with Bret Hart pinning Dynamite Kid to retain the title.

During 1987, British Bulldogs weren’t featured as much, Davey Boy Smith lost an IC Championship contendership match at Summerslam against Junkyard Dog in a match that also involved Tito Santana and Virgil and at Royal Rumble 1988, Davey Boy Smith entered at number 12 and attacked Ricky Steamboat throwing him off the stage after Steamboat’s promo quitting WWF.

In his last match for WWF before leaving the company, Davey Boy Smith lost against Jake Roberts in the opening match of Wrestlemania 4 in the first round of a 16 men tournament for the WWF Championship.

## Second WWF run and Alliance with Dusty Rhodes(1990-1991)

At Royal Rumble 1990, a man wearing a turkey costume calling himself the Gobbledy Gooker entered the match and eliminated The Mountie, Gooker started competing on singles matches and people booed him for his lack of wrestling skills and boring matches, at Wrestlemania 6 Gooker wrestled The Mountie when he suddenly started pulling off amazing shows of strength and great moves in an entertaining 3 minute squash, after Gooker defeated The Mountie, he took off his mask to reveal the returning Davey Boy Smith.

Davey Boy Smith renamed himself as British Bulldog, he entered 1990’s Money in the Bank which was won by Haku but ended up winning the King of the Ring tournament defeating Mr.Perfect in the finals, Perfect tried to shake hands with Bulldog but Bulldog left.

At Summerslam, British Bulldog failed to defeat Intercontinental champion Koko B.Ware, after the match The Ringmasters Mr.Perfect and Texas Tornado tried to get Bulldog to join their group as they would reach heights unimaginable in wrestling but Bulldog low blows Perfect turning heel, Dusty Rhodes joins him as he attacks Texas Tornado and these 2 form an alliance.

At Survivor Series 1990, Mr.Perfect defeated British Bulldog, this led to a post match brawl where Jim Neidhart aided Bulldog and Dusty while Bret Hart aided Mr.Perfect and Texas Tornado combining the 2 feuds. At Royal Rumble 1991, Bret Hart, Mr.Perfect and Texas Tornao defeated Dusty Rhodes, British Bulldog and Jim Neidhart.

Bulldog entered 1991’s Royal Rumble at number 22 eliminating Mr.Perfect and Texas Tornado and being in the final 4 before being eliminated by The Undertaker.

Dusty Rhodes got a WWF Championship match in an episode of Superstars but was defeated by Haku, Dusty attacked Bulldog after the match blaming him for this loss. Dusty says that he never believed in Bulldog nor the New Generation, he just needed some young blood to get to what he wanted but not even that worked. At Wrestlemania 7, British Bulldog defeated Dusty Rhodes in a WWF Championship NO1 Contendership match and officially turned face as he joined The Ringmasters afterwards

## Ringmasters, intercontinental champion and 2nd WWF departure(1991-1992)

British Bulldog got his WWF Championship match at SNME May but Haku beat him. Bulldog became the first ever 2 time King of the Ring winner defeating his partner Mr.Perfect in the first round and Bret Hart in the finals. At Summerslam, Bulldog defeated Randy Savage to become Intercontinental Champion, Ringmasters celebrated with him when they turned heel as they attacked Bulldog and kicked him out of the group as revenge for last year, Bulldog was replaced by Bret Hart in the stable.

Bulldog and Piper started feuding against Ringmasters as both men had been screwed over by them, this was the big storyline of the G1 as at SNME September, Haku Piper and Bulldog defeated Bret, Perfect and Tornado for each of them to gain 10 points in the G1. At G1 Finals, Mr.Perfect defeated Bulldog to win the IC title. A Ringmasters fatal 4 way for the IC title took place at Royal Rumble 1992 between Bulldog, Perfect, Tornado and Bret Hart after they broke up and Bret Hart won the IC Championship. At Wrestlemania 8, to determine the best Ringmaster, Mr.Perfect defeated Tornado and Bulldog in a triple threat match.

## WCW and feud with Kensuke Sasaki(1992-1993)

Davey Boy Smith debuted on WCW at Starrcade 1992 as Kensuke Sasaki’s mystery partner to defeat Kevin Sullivan and Dustin Rhodes to enter the Battlebowl battle royal, Smith immediately eliminated Sasaki in the battle royal before being eliminated by eventual winner Sting.

Smith says he appreciates Sasaki for getting him into WCW but he has way bigger plans than to be Sasaki’s ally, Sasaki punched him and they brawled. At Saturday Night 196, Smith rolled Meng up and won the WCW TV Championship, he defended it a day later at Superbrawl 3 against Kensuke Sasaki.

Smith kept the title for a while until Kensuke Sasaki returned and said he would answer Smith’s open challenge at Slamboree 1993 but right before the PPV, Sasaki was attacked and injured backstage, the debuting Big Bubba ended up answering the challenge but also losing to Smith. In late July, Smith challenged Sasaki to 1 last match, a no DQ, he accepted but he also made sure that Smith lost the TV Championship to Larry Zbyszko. At Fall Brawl, Smith defeated Sasaki after 2 hooded men beat Sasaki up to end this feud.

Davey Boy Smith teamed up with Big Bubba in a losing effort against Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko in 1993’s Battlebowl, this was Smith’s last match with the company before signing yet again with WWF

## New Foundation(1994-1995)

At Wrestlemania 10, 2 gobbledy gookers were about to face The Quebecers for the RAW Tag Team Championships when they took off their masks to reveal the returning British Bulldog and Jim Neidhart as they won the titles.

They explained that while British Bulldogs and Hart Foundation had a history of feuding, they decided that they worked better together and offered WWF Champion Bret Hart the choice of joining them if he wanted, their goal was not to win singles title but to bring back the golden days of tag team wrestling. King Kong Bundy, Diesel and Rick Martel were feuding with Bret at the time and New Foundation joined Bret’s side to help him out. New Foundation specifically feuded with Bundy and Diesel even being thrown off the stage by them, at Summerslam 1994 they defeated them to retain the RAW tag titles.

Bulldog won the 1994 G1 Finals defeating Barry Horowitz and he would face WWF Champion Bret Hart, Bret and Bulldog respected each other as Bret considered him a future WWF Champion but he will not be taking the title away from Bret, at Survivor Series Bret Hart defeated British Bulldog to retain the title.

Heavenly Bodies called out New Foundation saying that they’re not bringing the tag division back to its golden days, they’re making it worse as they have only had 1 defense since Wrestlemania 10 which was seven months ago but 123 Kid and Sparky Plugg defeated Heavenly Bodies in a NO1 Contendership match, they lost to New Foundation in an episode of RAW.

Kama and Bundy won the Survivor Series Tag Team Accomplishment and decided to have their match in an episode of RAW before Wrestlemania 11 where they actually defeated New Foundation to win the titles

## Camp Cornette(1995)

At Wrestlemania 11, Shawn Michaels defeated Yokozuna and Crush(Camp Cornette) in a handicap match, afterwards the duo continued beating Shawn up and British Bulldog came out for the save as he took Crush out but then he started beating up Shawn as well, Crush was kicked out of Camp Cornette and replaced by Bulldog as he turned heel.

Along the weeks, Owen Hart also joined Camp Cornette, they held a lottery to see which of the 3 would face Bret Hart for the title which Bulldog won but at In Your House 17 Bret yet again defeated Bulldog.

Camp Cornette started interfering in Shawn and Hunter Hearst Helmsley’s tag matches as they still held a grudge against Shawn and Hunter had recently signed and started becoming Shawn’s ally. At King of the Ring 1995, Bulldog defeated Hunter in the first round before being eliminated by Bradshaw in the semi finals after Shawn Michaels SCM’d him. This led to Summerslam where Hunter and Shawn defeated Camp Cornette.

At G1 Finals, Jim Cornette managed to get Yokozuna and Bulldog tag title shots which they beat Headbangers to win them after Razor Ramon joined Camp Cornette and helped them. The feud with Hunter and Shawn who were now a group called “D-Generation X” culminated at Survivor Series in a 4 on 4 where Hunter, Shawn, X-Pac and the debuting Chyna defeated Bulldog, Yokozuna, Razor Ramon and Bob Holly to win the tag titles.

## Power Hart(1995-1997)

Following Survivor Series and Owen Hart’s loss against WWF Champion Mr.Perfect, Owen was devastated, Cornette said that this only happened because they weren’t on Owen’s corner(because Owen specifically asked them not to be) so from now on they would always be on Owen’s corner, he grabbed Cornette by the neck telling him to shut the hell up when he gets big booted by Razor Ramon and literally kicked out of Camp Cornette, British Bulldog was pissed since he was still a Hart in his heart and pushed Ramon but Cornette made a match between them to settle this, during the match Cornette ordered Yokozuna and Bob Holly to beat up Bulldog also kicking him out of the group.

Bulldog and Owen were on 2 feuds at the same time, against Bret Hart and Camp Cornette but everytime CC attacked them, Bret Hart helped out his family members, at In Your House 19 Bret Hart defeated Bulldog in a NO1 Contendership for the WWF Championship. Jim Neidhart returned during an episode of RAW and both men embraced, Owen continues proclaiming he needs the help of no one so he also starts attacking Bulldog whenever he tries to help, they have a match on an episode of RAW which Owen wins. In the Royal Rumble match, Jim Neidhart tried to stop the 2 from fighting but then decided to ally himself to Bulldog.

Neidhart and Bulldog started teaming up again and approached Bret to see if he was on their side but Bret attacked them. At In Your House 20, Neidhart defeated Bret in an extreme rules match with help from Bulldog, at RAW 217 Owen Hart defeated British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart and Bret Hart in a ladder match to retain his MITB briefcase. At Summerslam 1996, Neidhart and Bulldog turned heel as they helped Owen Hart defeated Bret Hart and formed a new incarnation of Hart Foundation.

Bulldog got the nickname of “Power Hart” during this time, Hart Foundation started feuding with DX. At ECW vs WWF, Bulldog challenged former ECW Heaviweight champion Shane Douglas and was defeated. A week later at G1 Finals, Shawn Michaels Barry Windham and Billy Gunn defeated Owen, Neidhart and Bulldog. Neidhart and Bulldog ended up winning the Survivor Series Tag Accomplishment against Jawbreakers. At Wrestlemania 13, Neidhart and Bulldog defeated New Age Outlaws to win the World Tag Team Championships

A big winner take all took place at Canadian Stampede where Hart Foundation defeated DX and Stone Cold for the WWF, Intercontinental and Tag Team Titles, if Hart Foundation won, Bret Hart would win the WWF Championship, Owen the Intercontinental and Bulldog and Neidhart retain the tag team championships. At Summerslam 1997 Marc Mero picked Sable as his surprise partner and Sable lifted her top up to show her boobs to Neidhart enough to distract him as Mero rolled him up and won the tag titles.

Bulldog and Neidhart were getting tired of Bret and Owen’s constant bickering and fighting so they walked out on them officially ending Hart Foundation

## Failed gimmicks and 3rd departure from WWF(1997-1998)

At Ground Zero, British Bulldog came out during a lightheaviweight title match between Owen Hart and the defending champion “The One” Cold Scorpio helping Scorpio win, this was the start of a gimmick as Bulldog says he didn’t do it by himself and was paid by Scorpio to do it beginning a “paid bodyguard” gimmick. Some weeks before this, Undertaker was attacked by a mystery man backstage so now he ambushed Bulldog backstage as he thought he was paid to attack Taker, Bulldog says he was paid to do it but he didn’t have the guts so he gave the money to someone else but won’t reveal who because he’s not a snitch, Undertaker chokeslammed Bulldog through a wall and this gimmick was never mentioned again.

Bulldog started trying to win the tag titles from Bret and Jim Neidhart, he failed 2 times but then found Ken Shamrock to be his partner as they won the titles but they lost it just 27 days later against Vader and Sycho Sid at Badd Blood, afterwards Bulldog turned on Shamrock. At RAW is WAR 282, Bret Hart defended the title against Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart and British Bulldog in yet another Hart Foundation fatal 4 way, Shamrock beat up Bulldog during this match to make sure he lost. At Royal Rumble 1998, Shamrock defeated Bulldog in a no DQ match.

Leading up to Wrestlemania 14, Jim Cornette and Vince Mcmahon were feuding as Cornette wanted to run the show to make it more wrestling oriented while Vince liked the crash TV and entertainment style but accepted a challenge, Cornette would get a wrestling representative while Vince would get an entertainment representative, the winner is owner of the company. Cornette chose Bulldog as his representative while Vince chose The Rock. At Wrestlemania 14, The Rock defeated Bulldog

## WCW Return and NWO Wolfpac(1998)

At Nitro 206, Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart and British Bulldog invaded the main event attacking Konnan and Scott Hall, Bret declares that they’re here to end their careers in great fashion. WCW Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers challenged Neidhart and Davey Boy Smith to a title match. At Bash at the Beach 1998, Steiner Brothers defeated Neidhart and DBS.

Hart Family decide that they wanna make a decision on which NWO to join, either Chaos or Wolfpac as they face against each group to see who’s best. NWO Hollywood start taunting Hart Family saying that one of those 3 joined NWO Hollywood last week as they were sick an tired of their shitty family. NWO Chaos defeat Hart Family at Great American Bash so they join them. They pledge their alliance to the group but Jim Neidhart chairshots Bret and Davey Boy Smith as he reveals himself to be the member who joined NWO Hollywood

Over the weeks, Davey Boy Smith decides to join NWO Wolfpac during a Chaos vs Wolfpac match, Bret argues with Smith and Smith just says that Chaos are not the good guys, no matter how Bret tries to spin it.

Bret is pissed at both his family member’s betrayals and says that both men will always live in Bret’s shadow, he challenges them to a ladder match to determine the NO1 Contender to the WCW Heaviweight Championship. At Road Wild, Davey Boy Smith gets the win but lost against Goldberg the following day.

Smith remained as fodder to NWO Wolfpac not really getting any storylines, Wolfpac ended up winning the NWO Civil Wars so they would get all the title matches at Starrcade, Smith was in a battle royal to determine the challengers for the tag titles as the last 2 remaining would team up but Smith ended up eliminating both Psicosis and David Flair to win it on his own, he says that he doesn’t wanna team up with any of them and will choose his tag partner at Starrcade. At Starrcade 1998, he chooses Bret Hart as they reunite but lose against WCW Tag Champions Booker T and Rey Misterio Jr., Bulldog is released after this

## 3rd WWF return and Revamp(1999-)

On the January 18th episode of RAW, New Age Outlaws were hosting an open challenge which British Bulldog and Jim Neidhart responded returning to WWF but they lost, Bulldog was signed back to WWF while Neidhart wasn’t. A week later, after winning the hardcore Championship HHL found Bulldog backstage and gloated that they will hold this title longer than anyone, for 417 days, Bulldog beat up HHL and his BWO and wins the hardcore championship.

Bulldog asked to join BWO Wolves but Mr.Imperfect refuses, Bulldog says he’s probably the biggest star they could get and yet they don’t want him doing anything useful in their group which is a shot to WCW doing nothing with Bret Hart during 1998, Bulldog begins a gauntlet match for the hardcore title before getting tired and vacates it but says that whoever can take him out of the ring will be automatically champion, Matt Hardy sneaks in while the rest of the division is fighting outside and gets Bulldog out of there. Bulldog says Matt won by sheer luck and that’s not what he wanted. At Breakdown 1999, Bulldog defeated Matt after Edge speared him and took the Hardcore Championship.

Bulldog says he’s been here since The Reboot and it’s his destiny to become WWF Champion, Owen Hart comes out and advises Bulldog that he should change his attitude and character to become anything relevant in this new attitude era. Bulldog returned on the RAW after Wrestlemania wearing jeans, a new theme and just ditching the whole “british” thing as he did a complete revamp, he defeated Owen Hart in his first match back.

Shane Mcmahon recruited British Bulldog for his alliance to take down Ministry of Darkness as he said this would be Bulldog’s golden shot of fitting in the attitude era so Bulldog accepted. At Backlash 1999 it’s clear that this alliance isn’t ready as him, Mark Henry and Mosh are defeated by Undertaker, Kane and Big Show in just 5 minutes. During a fatal 4 way match, Nova impressed Bulldog so Bulldog recruited him to Shane’s Alliance, he was in the Money in the Bank match but failed to win

## Championships and accomplishments

* World Wrestling Federation
* Intercontinental Championship(1 times)
* World Tag Team Championships(4 times) - with Dynamite Kid(1), Yokozuna(1), Jim Neidhart(1), Ken Shamrock(1)
* RAW Tag Team Championships(1 time) - with Jim Neidhart
* 24/7/Hardcore Championship(2 times)
* King of the Ring(1990,1991)
* G1(1994)
* Survivor Series Tag Team Accomplishment(1996) - with Jim Neidhart
* Match of the Year(1985) vs Dynamite Kid at Superstars
* Tag Team of the Year(1994) with Jim Neidhart

* World Championship Wrestling
* WCW TV Championship(1 time)