Wednesdaymania 10

I'm sure many of you have already heard the news of Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart's passing. If you haven't, then I truly regret to inform you of his passing. He was only 63 years old. In any other profession that age would be a deeply regrettable and early one, but as we know from my foray into the dismal world of early wrestling deaths, he actually made it pretty far. That's not really much of a comfort for his family, though, who will miss him terribly. His death means that, of the marvelous Hart Foundation stable, Bret Hart is the sole survivor.

Photo taken from Ric Flair's Twitter.

What tragedy this family has already faced! Natalia, Jim Neidhart's daughter, is now the last famous Hart in-ring. I'm not counting Teddy. He's completely nuts.

Jim Neidhart was a beast of a wrestler, and I rarely ever saw him during promos without a mad grin on his face. He was fun to watch, he was fun to listen to, and I'd argue that he was the Math-Promo-Scott-Steiner of the Hart Foundation. He was utterly bonkers. He was also really strong for real, unlike most guys with huge shoulders (which usually come from a bottle, regardless of what certain pancake-gobbling celebrities might say). Dude won an anvil-tossing competition. That's why he's "the Anvil".

He was a student in the Stu Hart Dungeon. He was a loving father. He and Natalia had just gone to see a Smashing Pumpkins concert before he passed. According to Chris Nowinsky (and if you don't recognize that name, don't worry, just look up CTE research and he'll pop up), Jim had developed Alzheimers, so the only "blessing in disguise" (which I don't believe in - tragedy is tragedy) is that he at least passed in a state where he likely knew where he was and still recognized his beloved daughter.

What a sad week.

Hopefully, next week, I won't have to post more pictures of people who've died. I'd like to talk about the G1 Climax this year! Because it was awesome!

Picture taken straight from TokyoLatina's facebook feed. New Japan, baby!

Go Enjoy Something, guys
Seriously.
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