Diana Hart

Writer

Birthday October 8, 1963

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Age 60 years old

Nationality American

#21950 Most Popular

1963

Diana Joyce Hart (born 8 October 1963) is a Canadian-American writer, model, valet and wrestling personality.

She is the youngest daughter of Canadian wrestling promoter Stu Hart and was the second to last child born to Stu and his wife Helen.

She is best known for her several appearances for Stampede Wrestling and WWE often with her brothers Bret and Owen Hart as well as her husband Davey Boy Smith, and for her book, Under the Mat.

1989

One of Hart's first wrestling appearances was in her father's promotion, Stampede Wrestling, in August 1989, during a heated rivalry between her husband Davey Boy Smith and his storyline brother Johnny Smith, in which her brother Owen Hart also got involved after Johnny's disrespect towards the Hart family.

1992

Hart was in attendance at SummerSlam in August 1992 where her husband won the WWF Intercontinental Championship from her brother, Bret Hart, in the night's main event at Wembley Stadium.

At the end of the match, Hart embraced both her brother and her husband to signify the family's unification.

1994

Two years later at the 1994 SummerSlam, she sat at ringside beside her husband, who had just returned to the WWF, to watch her brothers Bret and Owen wrestle each other inside a steel cage for the WWF Championship.

1995

In 1995, she accompanied her husband to the ring for his WWF Championship match against Bret at In Your House: Season's Beatings, which Davey lost.

1996

In April 1996, the WWF began a storyline where Hart claimed that she was sexually assaulted by Shawn Michaels backstage at In Your House: Good Friends, Better Enemies in an attempt to play mind games with Michaels as her husband prepared to challenge him for the WWF Championship at In Your House: Beware of Dog.

The angle culminated with an in-ring promo on an episode Monday Night Raw where Hart slapped Michaels, leading to a brawl between Michaels and Bulldog.

When their match at In Your House led to a draw, a rematch was signed for King of the Ring 1996, which the Bulldog ultimately lost.

After that, the storyline was dropped.

1997

She was also the 1997 "Mrs. Calgary Stampede".

Hart is of Greek descent through her maternal grandmother and Irish through her maternal grandfather.

Her father was mainly of Scots-Irish descent but also had Scottish and English ancestry.

Hart is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States thanks to her mother Helen, who was born in New York.

Hart grew up with eleven siblings; Smith, Bruce, Keith, Wayne, Dean, Ellie, Georgia, Bret, Alison, Ross and Owen.

In July 1997, Diana accompanied the Hart Foundation in their match at In Your House: Canadian Stampede, who defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, and The Legion of Doom in the main event.

Two months later, she was at ringside for the WWF One Night Only British pay-per-view, where her husband lost the WWF European Championship to Shawn Michaels in the main event.

1999

She was also involved in the 1999 incarnation of Stampede Wrestling.

In a storyline where she refused to put the belt around the waist of a wrestler who had insulted her family, she was then attacked but her son Harry intervened and chased the attackers off.

2002

She later appeared on WWE television in May 2002, when she was interviewed for a WWE Confidential piece on the recent death of her ex-husband.

At WrestleMania XXVI, Hart returned as a lumberjack for the No Holds Barred Match between Bret Hart and Mr. McMahon.

McMahon had paid the Hart Family to screw Bret in their match.

However, the tables were turned and the Hart Family sided with Bret and helped him win the match.

2010

She also appeared at her father Stu's Hall of Fame induction in 2010 together with all her living siblings.

2013

Hart has also worked for Hart Legacy Wrestling, which is managed by her relatives and their associates, she appeared on the first ever HLW event in 2013 together with all her living siblings except Bret and the Hopes & Ropes charity fundraiser in 2016 where she signed copies of her book Cauliflower Heart: A Romantic Wrestler.

She also works with gym training for younger students and promotional work for the shows.

After the death of her younger brother, Owen Hart, in a wrestling accident, Hart became very outspoken about the wrestling industry and wrote a controversial book entitled Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family, which discussed alleged secrets of the Hart family.

Owen's widow, Martha, intended to sue Hart over the book, which caused the book to be removed from publication.

It was later claimed by Hart that the stories that were printed in the book were completely twisted and changed from how she had written them originally, and she was deeply hurt by the controversy that it caused her family because of it.

Her brother Bret has questioned her claim that she was not aware of the book's content before publication.

Hart has disowned the book and stated that she wishes it had never been written.

2014

The first book entitled Cauliflower Heart: A Romantic Wrestler, which was released in 2014.

Hart received a silver medal award by the Reader's Favorite in the category Sports Fiction for the book.

It was also a runner-up at the Hollywood Book Festival in the category genre-based books.

2015

In 2015 Hart stated that she was intending to write a trilogy of romance novels.

The book series is entitled Cauliflower Heart and revolves around a woman born into a wrestling family.

2016

The second part of the series is entitled Cauliflower Heart: Wrestling With Life and was released on October 7, 2016.

2020

She also appeared alongside her children to accept the posthumous Hall of Fame induction of her ex-husband as part of the class of 2020 (ceremony held in 2021).