Barry Horowitz
| Barry Horowitz | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Barry Horowitz |
| Born |
March 24, 1960 St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Barry Hart Barry Horowitz Brett Hart (also used by Bret Hart) Jack Hart The Red Knight Major Yates |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 221 lb (100 kg) |
| Trained by | Boris Malenko |
| Debut | 1979 |
Barry Horowitz (born March 24, 1960) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation.
Horowitz attended Florida State University, where he studied sports nutrition and wrestled.
Horowitz trained as a professional wrestler under Boris Malenko in Tampa, Florida for 18 months and debuted in 1979 on the Floridian independent circuit. He went on to work for the World Wide Wrestling Federation, Jim Crockett, Sr.'s NWA Mid-Atlantic promotion, and promotions in Canada and Puerto Rico.
Horowitz eventually joined Championship Wrestling from Florida as Jack Hart. On July 23, 1985 in Tampa, he defeated Mike Graham in a tournament final to win the vacant NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship. He held the title until September 2, 1985, when he lost to Kendall Windham. He remained in CWF for two years, and was managed by heels such as Percy Pringle and Sir Oliver Humperdink.
After wrestling in Memphis as "Stretcher" Jack Hart, Horowitz joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1987. Wearing suspenders and a vest with an outline of a handprint on the back, which he patted as a self-congratulatory measure, he spent three years in the WWF as an enhancement talent (primarily against up and coming babyfaces). Horowitz occasionally teamed with another preliminary wrestler, Steve Lombardi ("The Brooklyn Brawler") during Horowitz's stint in the WWF. Although Horowitz's win years later over BodyDonna Skip was viewed as his first victory, he did have multiple pinfall victories during his first WWF run. The first was in Kitchener, Ontario on July 22, 1987 over Brady Boone. That year he would gain three more victories, pinning Lanny Poffo, David Sammartino, and Jerry Allen. Horowitz also gained multiple wins in tag-team action as he partnered with Steve Lombardi. In one house show event, Horowitz and Lombardi defeated Jerry Allen and Scott Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts on August 23, 1987. They also defeated the team of Lanny Poffo and Scott Casey on January 26, 1988 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The match would later air on an episode of Primetime Wrestling on February 19, 1988.
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