Neidhart assaulted Ramon behind the referee's back, allowing Owen to become the second WWF King of the Ring ( after his brother Bret, who was King in 1993 ) on pay-per-view.

Usually seconding Owen in his matches throughout the summer of 1994, Neidhart was seated in the third row at SummerSlam 1994 behind members of the Hart family, as well as " British Bulldog " Davey Boy Smith for the steel cage match pitting Bret against Owen for the Federation championship ; this was the title that Neidhart had saved for Hart back at the King of the Ring so Owen could claim it at SummerSlam.

Some notable house show title changes include an August 10, 1987 match where The Rougeau Brothers ( Raymond and Jacques ) went over the champion Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ) to take the WWF Tag Team championship in the Rougeaus home town of Montreal.

During their first year with the company they faced and defeated such duos as The Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ), the Moondogs, Jimmy Jack and Dory Funk, Jr., and The Dream Team ( Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake ).

During their first year with the company they faced and defeated such duos as The Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ), the Moondogs, Jimmy Jack and Dory Funk, Jr., and The Dream Team ( Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake ).

The Bulldogs, along with Smith's brothers-in-law Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart were brought in to World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) after Vince McMahon bought out Stampede Wrestling.

Smith teamed up with Bret against Owen and Jim Neidhart in a series of tag team matches.

Hart and Smith later joined forces with Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, and Brian Pillman to re-form the Hart Foundation as a villainous faction which feuded with Stone Cold Steve Austin and other American wrestlers.

After the events at Survivor Series 1997, Smith, along with Bret Hart and Neidhart, left the WWF for WCW.

" He has managed many professional wrestlers, including Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, Jerry " The King " Lawler, Ted DiBiase, and The Honky Tonk Man.

:* The Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ), with " Dangerous " Danny Davis

* The Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart )

Following WrestleMania 13, Pillman aligned himself with his friends Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith, and Jim Neidhart as part of the anti-American Hart Foundation, all of whom he was familiar with from his Stampede Wrestling roots.

When Stu Hart sold Stampede Wrestling to Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ), Neidhart and Bret Hart were included in the deal.

Originally, McMahon had Neidhart slated to perform as a singles wrestler managed by Jimmy Hart – who has no relation to the Hart family – and Bret Hart was asked to play under a " cowboy " gimmick.

The Hart Foundation was split in late 1989 as both Bret Hart and Neidhart began wrestling singles matches to varying degrees of success.

After Bret split off into singles competition, Neidhart went to the announce table, commenting for Wrestling Challenge, alongside Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby " The Brain " Heenan.

Neidhart reappeared in the WWF at King of the Ring 1994 as the mystery cornerman of Bret in his WWF Championship defense against Intercontinental Champion Diesel.

Neidhart, however, interfered, costing Bret the match, but allowing him to retain his title.

Following the match, Bret was subject to a beatdown at the hands of Diesel and Shawn Michaels, but Neidhart did not come to Bret's aide.

Neidhart believed Owen when he said that Bret had been holding him down all his life and sided with him against his former tag team partner.

Following a grueling match-up, Bret emerged triumphant, but was later subject to another beating at the hands of Owen and Neidhart, who locked themselves inside the caged ring while members of the Hart family tried to climb over the top to get in and help Bret.

Hearns " attacked " Jim Neidhart and knocked him down as he was standing in front of Hart.

At King of the Ring on June 8, Sid and The Legion Of Doom faced The Hart Foundation ( Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, and Jim Neidhart ) in a six-man tag team match, which The Hart Foundation won when Owen pinned Sid with a roll-up.

While in the WWF, the Bulldogs began a long running feud with Hart and Neidhart, who were now known as The Hart Foundation.

They faced Tag Team Champions Shawn Michaels and Diesel, Owen Hart, Jeff Jarrett, and Jim Neidhart.

After splitting from Lawler, Hart created a stable known as Hart's First Family of Wrestling to attack Lawler, which among others included King Kong Bundy, " Ravishing " Rick Rude, Lanny Poffo, Jim " The Anvil " Neidhart, Ox Baker, Kamala, Randy Savage, " Hot Stuff " Eddie Gilbert, The Iron Sheik and Kevin Sullivan.

Also in 1985, Hart managed Jim " The Anvil " Neidhart.

Jimmy Hart teamed him up with Jim " The Anvil " Neidhart to form The Hart Foundation.

He suffered another injury on September 13, 1998 at Fall Brawl during his match with Neidhart against the Dancing Fools ( Disco Inferno and Alex Wright ).

In a shoot interview, Neidhart said that he spent some time in jail and actually saw Charles Manson during this period, as well.

Later in the night, Neidhart reappeared at ringside during Owen's match against Razor Ramon in the finals of the King of the Ring tournament.

This cost their team the match as Neidhart and Owen were counted out along with the rest of the " Teamsters ".

On February 27, 2010-Jim " The Anvil " Neidhart was inducted into the Legends Pro Wrestling " Hall of Fame " by Jack Blaze in Wheeling, WV at their " LPW St. Valentine's Day Massacre " event.

On his return, Hart would make a running leap and perform a lariat takedown on the opponent as Neidhart let go of him, resulting in both Hart and the opponent falling onto their backs.

He accompanied the Hart Foundation to the ring for their matches and often became involved by attacking the Hart Foundation's opponents from outside the ring or entering the ring to reverse pinfalls by placing Hart or Neidhart on top of their opponents.

** PWO Tag Team Championship ( 1 time )-with Jim Neidhart

Although some biographies state that he played in the NFL for those teams, DatabaseFootball. com contains no evidence that Neidhart ever recorded actual playing time in an NFL regular season game.

As champions, they easily defeated a number of the top teams of the WWF, which at the time had a very talent-rich and hotly contested tag division, most notably the British Bulldogs and Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ).

** MCW Southern Tag Team Championship ( 1 time ) – with Jim Neidhart

** Mid-South Tag Team Championship ( 1 time )-with Jim Neidhart