Diana Hart

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Diana Joyce Hart-Smith
Born Diana Joyce Hart
(1963-10-08)8 October 1963
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Occupation Writer
Language English
Nationality Canadian
American
Period 2001–
Genre Autobioraphical, Romance novel
Subject Pro wrestling
Notable works Under the Mat
Spouse Davey Boy Smith (m. 1984; div. 2000)
Children 2

Diana Joyce Hart-Smith (born October 8, 1963)[1] is a writer and the youngest daughter of Canadian wrestling promoter Stu Hart and was the second to last child born to Stu and his wife Helen.

She was also the 1997 Mrs. Calgary Stampede.[2]

Early life

Hart is of Greek descent through her maternal grandparents[3][4] and Irish through her maternal grandfather.[5][6] Her father was mainly of Scots-Irish descent but also had Scottish and English ancestry.[7][8]

Hart hold dual citizenship with the Canada and the United States, thanks to her mother Helen whom was from New York, as does all her siblings.[9][10]

Wrestling related appearances

Stampede Wrestling (1989)

One of Diana'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.[11]

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (1992–present)

Diana 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.[12] At the end of the match, Diana embraced both her brother and her husband to signify the family's unification.[13] Two years later at 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. A year later, she accompanied her husband to the ring for his WWF Championship match against Bret at In Your House: Season's Beatings, which Davey lost.[citation needed]

In April 1996, the WWF began a storyline where Diana 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.[14] The angle culminated with an in-ring promo on an episode Monday Night Raw where Diana 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.[15] After that, the storyline was dropped.[citation needed]

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. Her last appearance on WWE television was in May 2002, when she was interviewed for a WWE Confidential piece on the death of her husband, who had recently passed away.

At WrestleMania XXVI, Diana 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.[16]

She also appeared at her father Stu's Hall of Fame induction together with her sibling.[17]

Books

Autobiography

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Main article: Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family

After the death of her younger brother, Owen Hart, in a wrestling accident, Diana 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 Diana over the book, which caused the book to be removed from publication.[18] It was later revealed by Diana 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 wasn't aware of the books content before publication.[19] Hart has disowned the book.[20]

Cauliflower Hearts trilogy

Hart has stated that she is intending to write a trilogy of romance novels. The first book entitled "Cauliflower Hearts: A Romantic Wrestler", which was released in 2014.[21] Hart received a silver medal award by the Readers Favorite in the category Sports Fiction for the book.[22][23]

Personal life

Hart met Davey Boy Smith at the age of 17 when Davey, 18, was training under her father in 1981. They married on October 7, 1984, a day before her 21st birthday. The couple had two children together, Harry (born on August 2, 1985) and Georgia (born September 26, 1987). They remained married until 2000, when the couple filed for divorced, and her son Harry followed his father and mother into professional wrestling. At the time of Smith's their split in 2000 they were not yet formally divorced, even though they both had began new relationships with other people.[24]

Hart has in her autobiography expressed interest in family research.[25]

References

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Further reading

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External links

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