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« Reply #300 on: July 16, 2011, 02:31:23 PM » |
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Anybody remember the dog shit match he had against rock in 99/2000?
Absolutely terrible
I remember the dog food match he did with Shamrock, which probably wasn't much better. Davey could deliver whatever you needed in the ring, but you had to call most of the spots. Bret's mentioned several times that Davey was often more of a follwer than a leader in matches. |
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« Reply #301 on: July 21, 2011, 06:42:24 PM » |
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I just watched the Hart and Soul DVD. Stu Hart sold Stampede to Vince but said he must take Bulldogs as well as Hart and Neidhart hence their push and ongoing fued. Aside from Dynamite, the other 3 were all brother in laws....
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« Reply #302 on: July 31, 2011, 05:54:21 AM » |
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Bulldog fights his inner demons July 18, 2000Life is not always a scene out of Rocky. Sometimes there isn't even a good soundtrack. Calgary's Davey Boy Smith, the one-time fruit and vegetable delivery boy from England who has made a name throughout the world as wrestling's British Bulldog, has seen better days than these. Family sources confirm Davey Boy is now in hospital in this city. Again. This time, Davey is being treated for an infected shoulder after surgery was done to save his arm. Davey was only out of hospital a few days after a bout of pneumonia. The sources also confirm Davey has much bigger and life-threatening problems to tackle. Despite trips to rehab, Davey is still hooked on the deadly painkillers he's abused for years and he is now mired in marital woes. To make matters worse, computer screens across the globe recently told mat fans that Davey is trying to kill himself, to end it once and for all. It was quite the story a year ago this very month. Davey working out, twice a day, vowing he'd come back from a back injury caused by a slam against a trap door in a wrestling ring, a mishap that would cripple weaker men. Vowing he'd come back from spinal discs dissolving in infection. Vowing he'd come back even though he was fired by World Championship Wrestling as he lay in pain at Rockyview Hospital. Vowing he'd come back even when doctors said he was crazy and the maggots who feed on bad news said Davey was washed up and done. Yes, a year ago, anyone with any sense couldn't help rooting for Davey, the working-class lad who never copped an attitude, never felt full of himself or his fame. "I'm an addict to wrestling. It's almost like a drug," are words Davey used at the time. But sadly, wrestling is not Davey's only drug. He endured the pain in his back. He lived with the pain in his heart. His sister died at 27, his mom died, his tag-team partner and brother-in-law Owen Hart died. He tried to medicate himself against the pain, a recipe for disaster. He went to rehab for the drugs. And he came back to the ring. Last August, 11 months ago, Davey signed a big deal with Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation. Some, including brother-in-law Bret Hart, attacked Davey's decision, comparing him to a dog rolling in manure. After all, Davey's tag-team partner and brother-in-law, Owen, was killed in a WWF match. "I'm not afraid. I'm not a quitter," are words Davey used at the time. Davey didn't quit. But life is not always a scene out of Rocky. This spring, Davey called from a hallway phone in a rehab clinic outside Atlanta, still an admitted addict to morphine, painkillers with names too tough to spell, muscle relaxants and sleeping pills. Davey swallows them, he shoots them, he wakes up in the night to get a fix. "Things were really getting on top of me. I didn't want to die," he said at the time. He knew he had to clean up, to get straight, to defeat his biggest opponent. But he checked out days later. "Davey didn't need a get out of rehab card," says a family member. Now, Davey is still not off the painkillers. He is still an addict and still must face his family problems. But the story can still end for Davey with his hand raised. He has his supporters, his friends and family who worry about him, who encourage him, who tell him they want him to live long and triumph, no matter the odds. And Davey can still triumph, if he has the will. Just like a scene out of Rocky. credit: http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBritishBulldog/bulldog_00jul18.html
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« Reply #303 on: July 31, 2011, 07:32:07 PM » |
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I just watched the Hart and Soul DVD. Stu Hart sold Stampede to Vince but said he must take Bulldogs as well as Hart and Neidhart hence their push and ongoing fued. Aside from Dynamite, the other 3 were all brother in laws....
Correct. Although, Dynamite & Bret were also brothers-in-law. Tom married Michelle, while Bret married Julie. Julie and Michelle were sisters. |
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« Reply #304 on: July 31, 2011, 08:48:35 PM » |
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Shawn could put my 87 year old Grand Father over. HBK is in a league of his own. |
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« Reply #305 on: August 01, 2011, 01:37:11 AM » |
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Shawn could put my 87 year old Grand Father over. HBK is in a league of his own.
Truth... HBK is easily in my top 3 of all time. |
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« Reply #306 on: August 01, 2011, 06:21:28 PM » |
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« Reply #307 on: August 01, 2011, 06:21:59 PM » |
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« Reply #308 on: August 01, 2011, 06:22:24 PM » |
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« Reply #309 on: August 01, 2011, 06:22:58 PM » |
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« Reply #310 on: August 01, 2011, 06:23:21 PM » |
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« Reply #311 on: August 01, 2011, 06:24:23 PM » |
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A while back, someone asked me about current photos/news regarding Dynamite. I believe these pictures were taken some time in 2010 while WWE was touring England. And yes: that is D.H. Smith with Dyno.    |
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« Reply #312 on: August 01, 2011, 06:24:52 PM » |
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« Reply #313 on: August 26, 2011, 04:15:19 PM » |
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Time to end the suffering October 27, 2000 By RICK BELL -- Calgary Sun Davey, give me a call. Give somebody a call. Please. I've always been in your corner, Davey. Yes, I've heard the stories about you. From those who defend you and those who wish the worst. A muddle of fact and fiction. But I don't care about the stories. This isn't about stories anymore. This is reality, Davey. No raised arm in victory, no cheers from the crowd now. No rehearsed moves or stage roles. This is real life. And now it's time. Time to get it together, Davey. To get help before you hurt yourself or someone else. I've always liked you, Davey. I've watched you and compared you more than once to Rocky, hoping for the heroic Hollywood ending. I cheered you when you worked out at B.J.'s Gym and vowed you'd return to the wrestling ring. Even though your back had been slammed against a trap door in a match. Even though discs in your back dissolved in a sea of infection. Even though you suffered great pain. Even though World Championship Wrestling canned you while you lay in bed at the Rockyview. And even though there was the death of your mother, your sister and your tag-team partner, Owen Hart. "I'm not finished," you said. Yes, I cheered when you spoke of your life. How you got into wrestling, a working-class English lad delivering fruit and vegetables and jumping over the fences of your customers to stay in shape. Your dad figured it was a lot better than breaking windows. And boy, it was. You came to Calgary. You became a star. The British Bulldog. I remember how you spoke of your victory over brother-in-law Bret Hart in front of a capacity crowd at London's Wembley Stadium. Lennox Lewis, now boxing's champ, carried your Union Jack into the ring. A long way from jumping fences. And I cheered again when you signed with the World Wrestling Federation. Our headline writers dubbed you The Comeback Kid. "I'll never quit. I never have. I never will," you said. But, dammit, there was no Hollywood writer to make things work just right. No Robin Williams' character with inspiration and insight. The comeback didn't happen like in the movies. It was real life. I remember the phone call from a pay phone in a hallway in a rehab in Georgia. You'd been on painkillers. You wanted to get straight. But you came back from drug rehab. Things were not going well. In a column, I tried to tell your story as best I could. You didn't like the column. You haven't spoken to me since. Davey, I'll admit I'm the last fellow to give you advice. I've documented enough woes on this page to make Jerry Springer slink away in disbelief. A loser's litany -- the bar fights, the drunk driving, the handcuffs and the jail cell, the boozy battle with the bottle. But, maybe through that, just maybe, I came to realize there comes a time when enough is enough. When it's time for real life. I met real life in Les, my previous publisher, when I finally promised to quit the sauce. I met real life in my friend B.J., when I woke up and decided to quit being a fat guy. They were there. All I had to do was ask. And Davey, you are not alone either. There are a precious few who'll back a guy when he's down. "If you put yourself down, you stay down. I get back up." You said those words, Davey. Please don't forget them now. Dial the phone. credit: http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBritishBulldog/bell_00oct27-sun.html
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« Reply #314 on: November 26, 2011, 07:56:36 AM » |
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Davey Boy Smith arrested twice in two days October 27, 2000By PETER SMITH -- Calgary Sun  Davey Boy Smith, the British Bulldog of the wrestling world, was arrested and charged yesterday after his estranged wife allegedly received a death threat. Smith, 38, an international wrestling star, had been arrested and charged Wednesday night with two counts of threatening to kill Diana Hart, his estranged wife, and her sister Ellie, said Sgt. Mike Lamore. Police allege that after being released, he made another threat on Diana's life when she arrived at his house yesterday, and they arrested him again last night after he turned himself in. Police say they have been to the home several times for domestic disputes over the past few months. Diana said yesterday she was scared for her life, and others around her. "I'm absolutely terrified and everyone in my house is," she said. Diana said after Smith was arrested Wednesday night, she went to his house yesterday to fetch her daughter, expecting he would still be in custody. "Imagine my surprise when he was there," she said. "If I thought for a moment he was going to be there, I wouldn't have gone." Diana said she was intending to be in court later today where her lawyer was hoping to get a restraining order against Davey Boy Smith. Diana's brother, international wrestling star, Bret (The Hitman) Hart, was worried about the situation. "If the police take him seriously, then I take him seriously," he said. Bret said he hadn't spoken to Smith or his sisters since the death of his brother Owen in a wrestling tragedy, when their reaction to Owen's death upset him. "I don't have anything to do with the three of them. I don't talk to them," he said. Bret said he was sure his sister wouldn't need his protection. "Diana can get help from the police," he said. In the past two years, Davey Boy Smith, a one-time delivery boy from Manchester, England, has admitted he was battling a difficult painkiller drug problem, and had spent some time in a rehabilitation centre in Atlanta. credit: http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBritishBulldog/arrest_00oct27-sun.html
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« Reply #315 on: November 26, 2011, 10:44:37 AM » |
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sad...dynamite kid had incredible build as kid,,ripped,agile,and great duo power/speed/in ring guile.
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« Reply #316 on: November 30, 2011, 08:11:42 PM » |
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The Harts distressed and in turmoil October 28, 2000By LYLE HARVEY -- Calgary Sun The head of Calgary's first family of wrestling says he worries that a son-in-law's brush with the law might further fracture his once closely-knit clan. Grappling legend Stu Hart said the arrest Thursday of Davey Boy Smith -- a pro wrestler known as the British Bulldog, who is estranged from Hart's daughter Diana -- has been tough on him and wife Helen. "My wife, especially, was distressed about it, because we've never had any problems with any of our kids," Stu said. "It's an ugly thing -- you don't even like thinking about it, and you don't quite know how it's going to end." Smith, 37, was arrested and charged Thursday after Diana allegedly received a death threat. He had been out on bail after being arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a death-threat incident last September. The former WCW star, who has admitted to battling a painkiller problem after a back injury, made a brief court appearance yesterday on the death-threat charges. Smith, who was kept in custody, will be back in provincial court Monday, when government lawyers will seek to have his bail revoked. Diana Hart's lawyer was also in court yesterday to seek a restraining order against Smith. Diana, 37, has been separated from Smith for a couple of years, and they share custody of their two teenage children. She said the last few years have been hard, not only on her, but also on her parents and her nine living siblings. Brother Owen Hart died at age 34 after falling 15 metres during a WWF event in Kansas City on May 23 last year. Arsonists struck the family's guest house last July and brother Bret got fired by the WCW last week. Diana's brother, Dean, died in 1990. "Things are really taking a toll on our family," Diana said. "Every family has its problems, but in this situation, everyone is very emotional." Stu said the public attention paid to his family is something he and his wife still find hard to get used to, especially during such difficult circumstances. "We've been fairly quiet all our lives, but I think we've had 20 or 30 police cars here in the last 48 hours," he said. "It's hard to believe all of this is going on in one family." credit: http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingHarts/harts_00oct30-sun.html
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« Reply #317 on: December 04, 2011, 09:16:26 AM » |
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Davey Boy in court on threat chargeOctober 30, 2000 Wrestler Davey Boy Smith will be in court today on charges of making death threats. Police charged the 38-year-old British Bulldog of the wrestling world last week after allegations he threatened to kill both his estranged wife Diana Hart and her sister Ellie. Until his arrest, some relatives say the international wrestling giant was on the road to recovery after a long battle with a prescription drug addiction. Smith, a father of two teenage children, was held in police custody over the weekend and will be in provincial court today. -- Calgary Sun credit: http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBritishBulldog/court_00oct30-sun.html
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« Reply #318 on: December 14, 2011, 05:20:54 AM » |
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Davey Boy Smith to enter drug rehab October 31, 2000 By MIKE D'AMOUR -- Calgary Sun Wrestling superstar Davey Boy Smith said he has no drug problem, yet agreed to check into a rehab program as part of his deal to get out of jail yesterday. "He's not admitting he has problems with drugs, but will (enter a drug rehab program) to satisfy the Crown prosecutor's terms for his release," Smith's lawyer, Jim Lutz, said outside provincial court. Smith, known to his millions of fans as the British Bulldog, spent the weekend behind bars in Calgary's Remand Centre after being charged with allegedly telling his estranged wife, Diana Hart-Smith -- sister of another wrestling superstar, Bret (The Hitman) Hart -- he would kill her. Police allege Diana's massively-muscled 38-year-old husband first uttered the threats to kill her and her sister, Elizabeth Niedhart -- wife of pro-wrestler Jim (The Anvil) Niedhart -- Wednesday night. Police said Smith made a similar threat to Diana on Thursday and he was arrested the same day. Smith admitted in the past he was addicted to painkillers, a dependency brought on by back problems and had spent some time in an Atlanta rehab clinic. After languishing in the pokey for the weekend signing autographs for other inmates, Smith appeared yesterday in Calgary's domestic abuse court where Judge Bill Pepler granted him bail on five counts of uttering threats to kill. Smith, shackled at the legs, sat quietly in the prisoner's dock with his hands folded in front of him. The judge released him on the following conditions: He must pay $2,000 cash for each charge or a $20,000 surety. He is to have absolutely no contact with his wife, sister-in-law or two others named by the court. He is not allowed to drink alcohol or take non-prescription drugs. Smith must also enter an addiction treatment program within 48 hours of his release, either in Alberta or in the U.S., where his lawyer said he is soon planning to visit. Smith is also barred from going near five residences, including that of his wife and Stu Hart, father of Bret. Smith will make his next court appearance Nov. 8. credit: http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBritishBulldog/release_00oct31-sun.html
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« Reply #319 on: December 21, 2011, 06:04:21 AM » |
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Bulldog denies threats November 15, 2000By NOVA PIERSON, Calgary Sun Wrestling star Davey Boy Smith is "adamant" about his innocence against allegations he threatened to kill his estranged wife. Smith's lawyer Jim Lutz appeared in provincial court yesterday to enter a not guilty plea for his client and set a trial date. Smith, who is estranged from wife Diana Hart-Smith of the Calgary wrestling clan, has been charged with four counts of uttering threats, as well as charges of failing to appear and failing to comply with court conditions. Police allege the 38-year-old wrestler known as the British Bulldog threatened to kill both Diana and her sister Elizabeth Niedhart. "He is adamant it has nothing to do with him being guilty, but has to do with other matters," said Lutz, hinting at the marital strife the couple is going through. A divorce has been filed in Court of Queen's Bench. Smith was arrested in late October and spent a weekend behind bars before being released. credit: http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBritishBulldog/court_00nov15-sun.html
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« Reply #320 on: December 22, 2011, 05:51:33 AM » |
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Bulldog freed from allegations December 8, 2000 By NADIA MOHARIB -- Calgary Sun Ten minutes after giving an encouraging wink to his girlfriend, Davey Boy Smith won his courtroom battle and opportunity to return to opponents in the wrestling ring. The Crown agreed yesterday to drop four criminal charges against the burly 38-year-old wrestler, including an allegation of death threats made to his estranged wife, Diana Hart-Smith of the Calgary wrestling clan. "I'm really happy, just glad it's all behind me," the man known as the British Bulldog said outside provincial court. His lawyer Jim Lutz said his client has a one-year peace bond that orders Smith to keep the peace, report to a probation officer, have no illicit drugs and no contact with his ex-wife. Smith, who has no criminal record, said the bogus threats came in the midst of a bitter ongoing divorce. "It's a dysfunctional family, to put it mildly," said Crown attorney Edna Konik. Smith, a father of two, faced four counts of uttering threats, including allegations he threatened to kill both Diana and her sister, Elizabeth Niedhart. "I was involved with the Harts for 20 years. It was the worst 20 years I've ever had. I have no intention of having anything to do with them," he said, as girlfriend Andrea Hart beamed at his side. "I've got a new girlfriend and there is a lot of jealousy in the family. I knew this would never see the other side of the courtroom. Someone was going to get caught lying." His "tough" ordeal included three days spent in police custody, being inundated with autograph requests and a suspension without pay from work. "I want to step into the ring again or open a new wrestling school. "I'm disappointed I was incarcerated for something I didn't do. But I guess that's the justice system," he said. credit: http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBritishBulldog/bulldog_00dec08-sun.html
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« Reply #321 on: December 26, 2011, 10:33:43 AM » |
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Some pics of Davey & the Smith Family:
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« Reply #322 on: December 26, 2011, 10:42:31 AM » |
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« Reply #323 on: January 01, 2012, 08:28:40 AM » |
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Here's a rarely seen Japan match with Davey & a pasty-white, flabby Bret vs. George Takano and Fujinami: |
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« Reply #324 on: January 02, 2012, 08:45:32 AM » |
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I was watching WWE roundtable. Brett & Pat Patterson spoke about a confrontation betwwen Rougeaus and Bulldogs. Said Dynamite was a real Bully and no one ever stood up to him. Well Hennig played a rib on Dynamite and said Jaque Rogue did it.Put a lock on his bag So Dynamite started bullying Jacque. Well one day Raymond blindsided Dynamite in a venue hallway, punched him in the mouth and knocked out a bunch of teeth.Pat did say he had a roll of coins in his fist. Needless to say, Bull Dogs were shortly gone after this.
They said Ray was a quiet guy but was a genuine badass you didnt want to mess with.
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