Davey Boy Smith Jr.

Sep 6, 2009 - by Steve Gerweck

harry smith

Real name: Harry Smith
Height: 6’5″
Weight: 260 lbs.
Date of birth: August 2, 1986
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta
Pro debut: 2000
Trained by: Davey Boy Smith & Bruce Hart
Finishing move: Running Powerslam

Biography

– Smith began his career under his real name, working for Stampede Wrestling. He wrestled his first recorded match as a 9-year old and turned pro at 14
– Smith was involved in the short-lived MatRats project
– Smith teamed with TJ Wilson to win the 2004 GTC Carnival Tournament, defeating The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero) and Pete Wilson & Dark Fuego in the 3-way final
– On January 16, 2004, Smith defeated Karnage in a British Rules Match to win the Stampede North American Title
– On March 26, Smith & Apocalypse defeated Johnny Devine & Dave Swift to win the vacant Stampede International Tag Team Titles, but the duo would split up a week later, with the titles being vacated once more
– On May 28, Smith & Kirk Melnick defeated Dave Swift & Apocalypse to win the Stampede International Tag Team Titles
– On June 25, Smith defeated TJ Wilson to retain the Stampede North American Title
– Smith won the 2004 Stampede King Of The Mat Tournament, defeating Karnage in the final
– On September 24, Smith defeated Randy Myers to retain the Stampede North American Title
– Smith embarked upon his first Japanese experience in early 2005, working a few dates for New Japan. He would returned to compete in the U30 Openweight League in the summer
– The Stampede Bulldogs (Smith & TJ Wilson) won the 2005 AWA Pinnacle Grapple Cup, defeating Rollin 2 Deep (Cadillac Caliss & The Wildcard) in the final
– On February 25, 2006, Smith defeated Nelson Creed, Seth Knight & Hollenback in an Elimination Match to win the AWA Pinnacle Heavyweight Title
– On March 26, Smith defeated Davey Richards to retain the AWA Pinnacle Heavyweight Title
– In April 2006, Smith signed a WWE development deal. He would regularly work dark matches and Raw-brand house shows through the remainder of the year, before reporting to OVW in early 2007
– On May 20, 2006, Smith defeated Skag Rollins to retain the AWA Pinnacle Heavyweight Title, but then lost it to TJ Wilson
– Smith was moved to Deep South Wrestling in April 2007, then onto FCW in the summer of that year
– On June 26, 2007, at the first FCW event, Smith won a battle royal to become the first FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion
– On June 30, Smith defeated Shawn Osborne to retain the FCW Southern Heavyweight Title
– On September 15, Smith defeated Billy Kidman to retain the FCW Southern Heavyweight Title
– On September 25, Smith defeated G-Rilla by DQ to retain the FCW Southern Heavyweight Title
– On October 2, Smith defeated Billy Kidman to retain the FCW Southern Heavyweight Title
– A week later, Smith defeated Ted DiBiase Jr by DQ to retain the FCW Southern Heavyweight Title
– Smith was called up to Raw in October 2007, working as ‘DH Smith’. In his debut match on October 22, he defeated Carlito
– In November 2007, after just two main roster matches, Smith was suspended for a violation of WWE’s Wellness Policy. Upon his return, he competed primarily on WWE Heat
– In the 2008 draft, Smith was moved to Smackdown, but opted instead to return to FCW for further training
– On October 30, The Canadian Bulldogs (Smith & TJ Wilson) defeated Sebastian Slater & Joe Hennig to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Titles
– On November 6, The Canadian Bulldogs defeated Eric Escobar & Gabe Tuft to retain the FCW Florida Tag Team Titles
– On November 13, The Canadian Bulldogs defeated Sebastian Slater & Joe Hennig to retain the FCW Florida Tag Team Titles
– On November 20, The Canadian Bulldogs defeated Scotty Goldman & Carson Oakley to retain the FCW Florida Tag Team Titles
– In the 2009 draft, Smith (now as David Hart Smith) was moved to the ECW brand, where he would form The Hart Dynasty alongside Tyson Kidd & Natalya
– In June 2009, the three members of The Hart Dynasty were traded to Smackdown
– Smith was a member of the victorious Team Smackdown at Bragging Rights 2009
– At Extreme Rules 2010, The Hart Dynasty (Smith & Tyson Kidd) won a 4-team Gauntlet Match
– On the following episode of Raw, The Hart Dynasty defeated ShoMiz (The Big Show & The Miz) to win the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Over The Limit 2010, The Hart Dynasty defeated Chris Jericho & The Miz to retain the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Fatal 4-Way 2010, The Hart Dynasty (Smith, Tyson Kidd & Natayla) defeated The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) & Tamina
– At Money In The Bank 2010, The Hart Dynasty (Smith & Kidd) defeated The Usos to retain the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles
– In November 2010, Kidd turned on Smith, separating the team. Following a small feud between the two, Smith was relegated to WWE’s B-Shows
– Smith was released by WWE on August 5, 2011, having not competed since April. He would compete on the indies under his real name
– Smith contested his first post-WWE match on August 20, 2011, defeating Dan Maff at a PWS event
– On November 19, 2011, Smith defeated Lance Storm to retain his recently-won PWA Title
– On December 12, Smith defeated Jason Styles & Ryan Von Kool to win the BTW Heavyweight Title
– Smith was involved with TNA’s Ring Ka King project, working under the name ‘Bulldog Hart’
– On January 7, 2012, Smith defeated Jake Manning to win the ASW Heavyweight Title
– On January 13, Smith defeated Kevin Steen & The Sheik in a No-DQ Match to win the vacant RPW Heavyweight Title
– On February 17, Smith defeated Rhino to retain the RPW Heavyweight Title
– The next day, Smith defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr to retain the PWA Title
– On February 23, Smith defeated Dylan Knight to retain the PWA Title
– On March 17, Smith fought M to a draw in an Iron Man Match to retain the PWA Title
– On March 23, Smith fought Rhino to a no-contest to retain the RPW Heavyweight Title
– On May 11, Smith defeated Rhino to retain the RPW Heavyweight Title
– On July 6, Smith defeated Davey Richards to retain the ASW Heavyweight Title
– On July 27, Smith defeated Jay Bradley to retain the RPW Heavyweight Title
– In August 2012, it was announced that Smith would be returning to New Japan Pro Wrestling as a member of the Suzuki-gun stable
– At Destruction 2012, Suzuki-gun (Smith, Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer) defeated Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2012, Suzuki-gun (Smith & Archer) defeated Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At Power Struggle 2012, Suzuki-gun again defeated Kojima & Tenzan to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Kingdom 7, Suzuki-gun defeated Karl Anderson & Hirooki Goto to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At The New Beginning 2013, Suzuki-gun defeated Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At NJPW’s 41st Anniversary Show, Suzuki-gun (Smith, Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Kengo Mashimo) defeated CHAOS (Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada)
– On April 5, 2013, the now-named Killer Elite Squad (Smith & Lance Archer) defeated CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On April 20, Killer Elite Squad defeated The Kingz Of The Underground (Scot Summers & Ryan Genesis) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles and win the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On July 20, Smith defeated Wavell Starr to win the RCW Canadian Heavyweight Title
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2013, Killer Elite Squad (Smith & Lance Archer) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takaaki Watanabe
– On October 18, Killer Elite Squad defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin Liger to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On November 2, Smith defeated Kay Jutler to win the NBWA Heavyweight Title
– At New Year Dash 2014, Suzuki-gun (Smith, Archer & Shelton Benjamin) defeated Bullet Club (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga)
– At The New Beginning In Osaka 2014, Suzuki-gun (Smith, Archer & Minoru Suzuki) defeated Bullet Club (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga)
– On August 31, Smith was awarded the Stu Hart Heritage Title, which would be defended across various Canadian independent promotions
– On September 21, The Canadian Dogs (Smith & Marc Merric) defeated The Canadian Pitbulls (Arik Angel & Elias Casteneda), The Upgrades (Royce Isaacs & Cody Devine) and Sam Udell & Mercury Yaden to win the Primos Tag Team Titles
– On October 4, Smith defeated Martin Stone to retain the Stu Hart Heritage Title
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2014, Killer Elite Squad (Smith & Lance Archer) defeated TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) to win the NWA Tag Team Titles
– In January 2015, the entire Suzuki-gun stable invaded Pro Wrestling NOAH, launching a long-running storyline
– On February 11, Killer Elite Squad (Smith & Lance Archer) defeated TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) to win the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On February 20, Smith defeated Rene Dupree to retain the Stu Hart Heritage Title
– On March 15, Killer Elite Squad (Smith & Archer) defeated TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On May 10, Killer Elite Squad defeated Dangan Yankees (Masato Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On June 9, Killer Elite Squad defeated TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On June 19, Killer Elite Squad defeated Chris Hero & Colt Cabana to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On September 19, Killer Elite Squad defeated War Machine (Hanson & Rowe) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On December 23, Killer Elite Squad defeated Chris Hero & Colt Cabana to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On January 31, 2016, Killer Elite Squad defeated Mohammed Yone & Katsuhiko Nakajima to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On March 19, Killer Elite Squad defeated Go Shiozaki & Mayback Taniguchi to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On April 3, Killer Elite Squad defeated The Pretty Boy Killers (Shane Taylor & Keith Lee) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On April 15, Killer Elite Squad defeated Tommy Dreamer & Rhino to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– The next day, Killer Elite Squad defeated Chris Hero & Colt Cabana to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On September 3, Smith defeated Steve Rivers to retain the Stu Hart Heritage Title
– On September 30, Smith defeated Kenny Lush to retain the Stu Hart Heritage Title
– The next day, Smith defeated Nelson Creed to retain the Stu Hart Heritage Title
– Smith was involved in the UK World Of Sport revival in late 2016
– On November 23, Killer Elite Squad (Smith & Lance Archer) defeated Naomichi Marufuji & Toru Yano to regain the GHC Tag Team Titles, but would lose them to Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi in their first defense two weeks later
– In January 2017, Suzuki-gun returned to New Japan
– On May 27, Smith defeated Steven Myles to retain the Stu Hart Heritage Title
– At Destruction in Kobe 2017, Killer Elite Squad (Smith & Lance Archer) defeated War Machine (Hanson & Rowe) and The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2017, Killer Elite Squad again defeated War Machine and The Guerrillas of Destiny to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On October 21, Smith defeated Red Thunder to retain the Stu Hart Heritage Title
– At New Year Dash 2018, Suzuki-gun (Smith, Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, Hanson & Ray Rowe
– On January 20, Smith defeated Christian Strife to retain the Stu Hart Heritage Title
– At Sakura Genesis 2018, Suzuki-gun (Smith, Archer & Suzuki) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA)
– Smith returned for the short-lived World Of Sport revival series in May 2018
– In the summer of 2018, Smith began working for MLW
– At MLW Christmas Chaos 2018, The Hart Foundation (Smith & Brian Pillman Jr) defeated Tommy Dreamer & Barrington Hughes
– At MLW SuperFight 2019, The Hart Foundation (Smith & Teddy Hart) defeated The Lucha Brothers (Rey Fenix & Pentagon Jr) to win the MLW Tag Team Titles
– On March 2, The Hart Foundation defeated MJF & Richard Holliday to retain the MLW Tag Team Titles
– On June 15, Smith defeated Mike Everest to win the vacant ASW Trans-Canada Title
– Later that month, it was announced that Smith would no longer compete for New Japan
– On October 19, Smith defeated Nathan Banner to win the GNW Television Title
– Smith won the 2019 MLW Opera Cup, defeating Brian Pillman Jr in the final
– At MLW SuperSeries 2020, The Hart Foundation (Smith & Brian Pillman Jr) defeated Los Mercenarios (El Texano Jr & Rey Escorpion)
– At NWA Alwayz Ready, The Commonwealth Connection (Smith & Doug Williams) defeated La Rebelion (Mecha Wolf & Bestia 666) to win the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On the following episode of Powerrr, The Commonwealth Connection defeated La Rebelion in a Lucha Rules Match to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On June 13, 2022, The Commonwealth Connection defeated Dirty Sexy Boys (JTG & Dirty Dango) to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On November 3, Smith defeated Berat Gorani to win the CWE Central Canadian Title, but would lose it to Danny Duggan the next day
– Smith won the 2023 MLW Opera Cup, defeating Tracy Williams in the final
– In late 2023, Smith joined the All Japan roster alongside his MLW commitments
– At MLW SuperFight 2024, Smith defeated 1 Called Manders
– At Intimidation Games 2024, World Titan Federation (Smith & Tom Lawlor) defeated The Second Gear Crew (Matthew Justice & 1 Called Manders) to win the MLW Tag Team Titles
– At War Chamber 2024, World Titan Federation defeated Bomaye Fight Club (Alex Kane & Mr Thomas) to retain the MLW Tag Team Titles
– At MLW’s 2024 Anniversary Show, Smith defeated Timothy Thatcher

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