Every Hart Family Wrestling Stable & Tag Team, Ranked Worst To Best

Anytime you mention Calgary to any wrestling fan, images of The Hart Family immediately are conjured. When rugged, tough Canadian wrestler Stu Hart married demure Long Island debutant Helen Smith in 1948, they started one of the largest wrestling families of all time. Their eight sons all ventured into the professional wrestling world. Meanwhile, their four daughters all married pro wrestlers. Brothers Owen and Bret Hart were arguably the biggest stars to emerge from the family.

That means a lot of different tag teams and stables over the years that proudly represented The Hart Family, and The Pink And Black Attack. While only Natalya remains as the last Hart currently wrestling in mainstream wrestling, there are others all over the world. Perhaps one day, the prominent family will reestablish their footprint.

10 Honorable Mention - The British Bulldogs

Most fans of course know that Davey Boy Smith married into the Hart family. But for a time The Dynamite Kid was married to Michelle Smadu, whose cousin Julie was married to Bret.

The British Bulldogs were a revolutionary tag team thanks to a combination of speed, technical prowess, and raw power. Not to mention just how tough both Davey Boy and Dynamite were in the ring.

9 The New Era Hart Foundation (MLW)

Major League Wrestling has been in a way an unofficial developmental territory for the big federations for quite some time now. But it was still the only place to go if you wanted to see a proper Hart stable.

Teddy Hart and Davey Boy Smith, Jr. had convinced trainee Brian Pillman Jr. to turn on his mentor, Kevin Sullivan in favor of his “family,” thus forming The New Era Hart Foundation. Throughout their run, they were dominant much like their elders, winning tag team gold, Teddy won the Middleweight title, and Harry was able to win The Opera Cup, once won by his grandfather decades ago.

8 The Hart Family - Survivor Series 1993

For nearly a year, Jerry Lawler had been doing all he could do to take Bret Hart down a peg or two - and that meant insulting the entire Hart Family. He once told Stu to turn his false teeth around and eat himself. When Lawler was forced out of the match due to personal reasons, he was swapped out for Shawn Michaels.

The gist was the same, it led to Bruce and Keith coming out of retirement to join Owen and Bret against Shawn and his knights for Survivor Series 1993. The match led to the angle that would turn Owen heel.

7 Bret And Owen Hart

Despite how things eventually turned out for Bret and Owen in 1994, the prospect of the two Hart brothers teaming together filled a lot of fans’ hearts with joy. The Rocket and The Hitman finally together to take on the world. The WWE Universe even got a dream match out of the deal when they took on the Steiner Brothers. But then Bret had to be selfish and try to beat The Quebecers for the tag titles. So Owen did what he had to do and turned on him.

6 Jim Neidhart And Davey Boy Smith

Had they teamed up ten years prior, The Anvil and The Bulldog would have been a legendary powerhouse tag team that could rival The Road Warriors. Unfortunately, that’s not what happened. After Montreal, Jim Neidhart and Davey Boy followed Bret to WCW as well.

They became a decent team, but nothing near the level of success they had just mere months prior. Unfortunately in WCW, they were involved in a match at Fall Brawl 1998, when Davey’s tragic back injury took place.

5 The New Foundation

When Owen Hart returned to the WWE, he was partnered up with Koko B. Ware as the team High Energy. Koko would leave, but the MC Hammer pants and taxi cab checkerboard suspenders stayed. Neidhart would wear them too, and this team would be called The New Foundation.

While they had all the makings of an iconic team, adding Owen’s agility to basically everything that made the original Hart Foundation great, The New Foundation only had a few big matches before disbanding.

4 Owen Hart And Davey Boy Smith

Aside from Bret and The Anvil, Owen and Davey Boy might be the best pure tag team that the Dungeon ever produced. Together, they won tag team titles, both won the European Title, and lest we forget Owen’s two Slammys.

The two backstage practical jokers had a lot of fun if you know where to look watching their team. Which is part of their brilliance - it was always hard to tell.

3 The Hart Dynasty

It had been over a decade since any members of the family were part of the main roster. Then just like that, The Hart Dynasty debuted. Natalya, Tyson Kidd, and DH Smith. The next generation of Stu Hart’s family and the last of the Dungeon graduates. The trio lived up to expectations, not just winning the tag team titles but being the last duo to hold the belts before the brand split.

Harry went on to greater success in Japan. Meanwhile, Tyson is currently one of the most respected Producers in the business and Nattie is, well she’s the B.O.A.T.

2 The Hart Foundation

As the OG team, Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart were able to take the WWE by storm. They were able to revolutionize tag team wrestling, quite frankly by being able to have great matches with any and all tag teams.

As part of plenty of the early PPVs, they were able to prove that by taking on the likes of Demolition, The Brain Busters, The Nasty Boys, and The Rockers.

1 The Hart Foundation 1997

When The Hitman got fed up with the WWE fans cheering for miscreants like Steve Austin, he turned to his family for help. He quickly made amends with Bulldog and Owen and formed a new Hart Foundation.

Jim Neidhart and family friend Brian Pillman would round out the fearsome fivesome. To date, it was one of the most unique situations in WWE history - they were hated heels in America, but everywhere else, they were the number one babyfaces.