Harry Francis Smith (born August 2, 1985) is a Canadian professional wrestler and catch wrestler, best known under the ring name Davey Boy Smith Jr. and his real name Harry Smith.
He currently performs for Major League Wrestling, where he is a two-time Opera Cup winner and former MLW World Tag Team Champion.
He is known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he was a three-time NWA World Tag Team Champion; and New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he was a former IWGP Tag Team Champion as part of the Killer Elite Squad with Lance Archer.
He is the son of the late wrestler "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, and Diana Hart, the youngest daughter of promoters Stu Hart and Helen Hart.
Harry Francis Smith was born on August 2, 1985, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
He is of predominantly British descent through his father Davey Boy Smith who was from Greater Manchester, England and his mother Diana Hart who belongs to a large family of Ulster Scot heritage.
Smith also has Greek ancestry through a maternal great-grandmother and Italian ancestry from his maternal grandfather.
He has a younger sister named Georgia who is a voice over artist and wrestling personality.
Smith's mother Diana is a Hart family member, being the youngest daughter of wrestler Stu Hart and promoter Helen Hart, thus he is the nephew of her eleven siblings, all of whom have been involved in wrestling in one way or another.
His maternal cousins Natalya Neidhart, Matthew, Teddy, Matt, Bruce Jr. and Torrin Hart, as well as step-cousin Mike also wrestle or used to wrestle, while Lindsay is an on-air personality.
Smith is close with Natalya as the two lived together as children while their fathers were wrestling as a team.
He is also very good friends with her husband T.J. Wilson whom he shared an apartment with at one point.
His father's family also have a history in wrestling, his father and his cousin Thomas "The Dynamite Kid" Billington wrestled as a tag-team for many years and Billingtons daughter Bronwyne is a wrestling valet.
He is also second cousin to Dynamite's two nephews Thomas Billington II and Mark Billington II who are wrestlers as well.
Smith began wrestling at the age of eight, he was first trained by his father Davey Boy Smith and uncle Bruce Hart.
Smith started training with Tokyo Joe during high school, crediting the training for preparing him to wrestle in Japan.
1996
He made an early appearance with the then World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) on October 5, 1996, at the age of 11 when he teamed with his cousin Ted Annis against T.J. Wilson and Andrew Picarnia at a WWF house show in Calgary.
He also appeared at the conclusion of In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede with the rest of the Hart family.
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.
2002
In May 2002, Smith teamed with his father on two occasions, shortly before his father died.
2004
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 T.J. Wilson as "The Stampede Bulldogs", a reference to "The British Bulldogs", the tag team composed of his father and his father's first 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.
2005
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.
2006
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.
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 De Marco, 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.
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).
2011
He is also known for his first tenure in WWE under the ring name David Hart Smith, where he won the Unified Tag Team Championship along with Tyson Kidd before being released from his contract on August 5, 2011.
He also previously wrestled under the shortened ring name DH Smith for WWE and its developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).
In addition, Smith is a former three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, two-time GHC Tag Team Champion, one-time WWE Tag Team Champion, one-time WWE World Tag Team Champion and one-time MLW World Tag Team Champion.
Smith also appeared for World of Sport Wrestling (WOS Wrestling) under the ring name British Bulldog Jr. He is known for his tenures in Major League Wrestling (MLW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and Pro Wrestling Noah, where he regularly teamed with Lance Archer.
