The
Hart wrestling family is a
Canadian family with a significant history within
professional wrestling. The
patriarch of the family was wrestling legend,
WWE Hall of Famer and
Order of Canada recipient
Stu Hart (1915–2003). An amateur and professional wrestling performer, promoter and trainer, Stu not only owned and operated his own wrestling promotion,
Stampede Wrestling, but also trained some of the most well known and successful stars in the contemporary wrestling industry including
Edge,
Chris Jericho, and
Chris Benoit. Two of his sons,
Bret and
Owen, also achieved fame and success in the
World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), with many of the WWF's biggest storylines in the mid-1990s being built around Bret and Owen and their brothers-in-laws.