RIP Jim Neidhart

[Jussi]

Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart passes away

Damn. If they cover that in Total Divas, it's going to be hard to watch.

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[Mightygoose]

Wow. Another one gone too soon. Only 63.

Bret is the only one left from the Hart Foundation stable from 1997 left. Owen, Bulldog, Brian Pillman and now Neidhart gone

 

[CHGoalie27]

Can i go one week of my f***ing life without a favorite wrestler f***ing dying on me?

 

[Mightygoose]

Can i go one week of my ****ing life without a favorite wrestler ****ing dying on me?

Yes it happens way too much.

I was looking back at WrestleMania VI. Not historically a great card but I was there live so it holds sedimental value.

36 people competed on the card (38 if you count the dark match Paul Roma vs. Brooklyn Brawler), with Neidhart's passing today, 17 are now deceased. Way too many for an event less than 30 years old

 

[CaptainCrunch67]

Really sad, but at the same time you have to marvel that Anvil lived this long. I ran into him at a bar a bunch of years ago and bought him a drink and he had a brief but cool conversation with me, but at that time you got a sense that you didn't want to annoy him.

He was an awesome character, and a lot of fun to watch in live events.

RIP Anvil

 

[CHGoalie27]

Yes it happens way too much.

I was looking back at WrestleMania VI. Not historically a great card but I was there live so it holds sedimental value.

36 people competed on the card (38 if you count the dark match Paul Roma vs. Brooklyn Brawler), with Neidhart's passing today, 17 are now deceased. Way too many for an event less than 30 years old

That's my fav all time WM, def. a historically great card!

 

[Dont Toews Me Bro]

Thoughts and prayers.

 

[Unspecified]

This sucks! One of my favorite wrestlers growing up

 

[tony d]

Always liked the guy, yeah wrestlers dying young is nothing new. 63 is actually old for a wrestler, sad as that is. RIP, thoughts with his family especially his daughter, WWE Diva Natalya.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

RIP to yet another wrestler who I grew up watching when I was young

 

[Better Call Sal]

Reportedly he fell at his home and hit his head. So awful to hear. RIP Anvil.

 

[Guardian17]

RIP Anvil.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Too Soon for another to go.

 

[mrmovies779]

Gutted.Rest well Anvil.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

This is really sad.

 

[Ozz]

RIP Anvil. The Harts were always my 1A/1B tag team along with Demolition. Never felt Neidhart was appreciated enough but it's good to see others felt similarly to me about him.

 

[Loosie]

This is really sad.

I've seen this image going around social media, and it is hauntingly beautiful and sad at the same time.

Please WWE induct the Hart Foundation before we lose Bret. He's the last surviving member of the group and he's already had a stroke and battled cancer, I don't think we have much time left with the Hitman so do it NOW!

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Hart foundation is my favorite all time stable so this one SUCKS for me

 

[Fro]

Ugh, more of my childhood... RIP

 

[Lunatik]

oh f***

No

Poor Nattie

 

[GongShowWilly]

RIP Jim , so sad
one of my favorites of all time , thoughts and prayers to the family

 

[Emperoreddy]

This is really sad.

That is just tragic. This industry man.

 

[Del Preston]

Hart Foundation was awesome. So sad four of them are gone. I remember when Neidhart made his return to WWF in 1997 and beat Austin with a crutch on the stage.

Meltzer, citing Ross Hart (Jim's brother-in-law), says the death was "due to a grand mal seizure related to the Alzheimer's Disease that Neidhart had been suffering from for some time".

 

[The Shadow]

A great match is the best 2 out of 3 falls versus Demolition Summerslam '90

Hart Foundation at their peak there

 

[Ozz]

I just learned yesterday that he had Alzheimer's. That sucks! My mother has had for quite a while now and is only 3 years older than Anvil was. I fear instant troubles like this more than anything, because you just never know... =/