The Hart Foundation referred to several teams or stables in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), usually consisted of members or close friends of the Hart wrestling family from Canada.
The original Hart Foundation (1985–1991) consisted of Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart and Bret "The Hitman" Hart, who were initially managed by Jimmy Hart (no relation) and won the WWF Tag Team Championship twice. In 1991, after the team was disbanded, Neidhart teamed briefly with Bret's younger brother Owen Hart as The New Foundation. They also teamed in 1994. In 1997, Bret, Neidhart and Owen joined forces with another brother-in-law, The British Bulldog, and Brian Pillman, to re-form the Hart Foundation as a pro-Canada/anti-American alliance, which at the time held all the available WWF championships: the WWF Championship, Intercontinental Championship, European Championship, and Tag Team Championship.
In 2007, David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, and Natalya teamed together as The Next Generation Hart Foundation in WWE (formerly the WWF)'s developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, where they won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship. They were later moved to the WWE main roster and renamed The Hart Dynasty where they won the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship.
In 2008, WWE named the Hart Foundation as the third greatest tag team in wrestling history. In 2012, WWE named them the second greatest tag team in WWE history.
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