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My Take
Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart is pure 1980s and 90s wrestling nostalgia for me. The goatee, the cackling laugh, the sheer mass of the man, he was unmistakable. What I appreciate most is that the Hart Foundation, his tag team with real-life brother-in-law Bret Hart, was genuinely great, not just a gimmick pairing. Two WWF Tag Team titles back that up. He came from an athletic background, even college football, and you could see that power translate into the ring. His passing in 2018 closed a chapter on an era I'm fond of. Fans of that golden age of tag team wrestling won't forget him.
Overview
James Henry Neidhart (February 8, 1955 – August 13, 2018) was an American professional wrestler known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation as Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, where he was a two-time WWF Tag Team Champion with his real-life brother-in-law Bret Hart in the Hart Foundation.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jim Neidhart
- Name (Japanese)
- ジム・ナイドハート
- Reading
- じむ・ないどはーと
- Born
- February 8, 1955 – August 13, 2018
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Goat
- Origin
- Tampa, Florida, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / American football player / professional wrestler / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Newport Harbor High School
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.