Jim Cornette Reviews A&E's Davey Boy Smith Biography 

"I wasn't even there. It was Owen" - Davey Boy

"I wasn't even there!" is one of my favourite recurring utterances.

Davey: "His arrrrrrsse, he fell on his fookin arrrsse" Booker T: "Look at the size of him!!"

There are strongman spots that are legendary in pro wrestling history. A fully roidy McGoo-ed up Bulldog pulling his standing vertical suplex on Vader will always be impressive.

"They FOOKED him, they FOOKED Bret!" - Davey Boy Smith (Montreal ScrewJob)

Davey and Owen both seemed like the best dudes to hang out with

A&E in UK means “Accident & Emergency”, the US equivalent is ER (Emergency Room).

"And then she died!" I really shouldn't have laughed at that.

Davey's sister died from cancer, it was a brother of Teddy Hart that died by flesh eating bacteria.

I’d like to take a second to thank Jim and crew for the outstanding content that just keeps coming at me full speed.

The British Bulldog is gonna win, whether he wants to or not!

Old school wrestling in the UK was something special. I still have all my dad's VHS tapes from UK wrestling: Davie Boy Smith , Dynamite Kid, William Regal , Fit Finlay , Lord Alfred Hayes, Gentleman Chris Adams , Les Thornton , Billy Robinson , Terry Rudge, Jon Cortez , Adrian Street, and the Giant Haystacks Calhoun....shout out to the UK .🇬🇧

For a man his size Davey had a damn good looking dropkick & he did those luchador moves like nobody's business

I heard Dynamite stopped talking to Davey because Davey trademarked The British Bulldog behind Dynamite's back. That factoid was conveniently left out assuming it's true.

"Ah'm fooked! Ah'm fooked!"

I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed the Hart family accent and the way they all sound exactly like each other Great biography anyway

A local hero that Wigan seems to have forgotten. A childhood hero gone too soon.

When I was a young English lad and was still obsessed with wrestling, Davey was the first real wrestling hero we had who wasn't a massive fat guy 😂

Love Davey tough life gone too soon damn

"Because im bazaar " one of Daveys best promos 😂

I noticed that with the Hart accent too, and I’m not sure if it’s Keith Hart, but he looks just like Owen, you look at him and your instantly reminded of Owen, you think “oh, that’s how Owen would look if he were alive today”.

A friend of mine used to cut on Davey Boy's accent. "I beat Bret in front of 80 thoosand people!" And we went to the In Your House at Hershey Park Arena, where the main event was Bret Hart vs. Davey Boy for the World Title. It got a bit quiet during the match, and Bret gave Davey a backreaker or something, and my friend yells "OOCH!" ('ouch' in the Davey Boy accent), and our whole section started laughing!

I love Davey. My favorite part of Davey's game was when he really got goin' or when he was feeling a crowd, he'd do a front cartwheel with both hands, as you guys are saying, without even trying.

Davey’s first WCW run was fun, especially his feuds with Vader & Regal. He def could’ve World Champ there at that time.

BOBBY HEENAN, WE LOVE THAT DOG!

They don't say that another reason why Dynamite hates Davey. Davey trademarked "The British Bulldog" and prevented Dynamite from using it.

People always neglect to mention Davey at WM7........ His match v Warlord was a banger.

I walk past the church where Davey Boy is buried on my way to work, local hero

Greatest chin lock of all time.

The thumbnail 😂😂😂

Saw Davey battle Vader twice in 1 night in Gainesville Georgia back in 1993 & they were some hard hitting slobberknockers. Vader won the 1st match by count out & Davey won the 2nd by DQ. They battled again the next week with Davey getting the pin in Streetfight without the WCW Title on the line.

I wasn't even there! glad Jim that in on this, had to do it

The dynamite kid stuff was rough

Mr Hitman, I'm fooked.

The British Bulldogs are my favorite Tag Team of all-time. They were a hybrid team of (Power) Davey Boy & (Speed) Dynamite Kid. If it weren't for his drug problems, Davey should've been WWF Champion.

We LOVED the British Bulldog in our house in the early 90s. Fabulous!! And we were all shit scared of Undertaker and Yokozuna 😂

"Even there I wasn't, Owen it was" - British Yoda 😂

Another thing left out was the story Bret has told about Davey and the Anvil doing hard drugs together the day before Summerslam 92 and pretty much because of it, Davey forgetting the match altogether while he and Bret were having it and Bret guiding him through it.

I WASN’T EVEN THERE! IT WAS OWEN!

World of Sport Wrestling was massive in the UK up until 1988 when it was pulled from TV. Theres loads of footage im sure of all them great days. In the UK wed get WWF matches every coupme of months too on ITV. Vividly temember obviously The Bulldogs,the Hart Foundation,killer Bees,Demolition. Loved it.

WOS wrestling was regular lunch time viewing in our house when I was a kid. The first place I saw Dave 'Fit' Finley. He killed it as a heel!

I'd been quite happy watching Big Daddy and Giany Haystacks bumping bellies on world of sport, but then ITV would cut to WWF footage toward the end of its run, and The British Bulldogs looked like they came from the future. It was a real trip seeing English people doing well in the USA. British wrestling did not last long on TV after that, and as much as it was superficial in certain respects, the Americans added so many little touches which created a superior form of entertainment. I do remember that even before American wrestling was televised that British wrestling felt like entertainment from a bygone age, and arguably should have modernised itself well before the tsunami that was WWF Swept everything aside. I always say that wrestling in that period took inspiration from fighting games you were beginning to see, the likes of Streetfighter 2, characters with a distinct persona and special moves, and as a 10 year old those things converged in a memorable manner. 'He's fallen flat on his fookin arse' RIP British Bulldog

I attended Davey Boy’s second last match before he died. It was at a community centre in Winnipeg in front of approximately 200 people. Sadly you could tell he was struggling physically. RIP

The Harts have a definite Western Canadian accent; SCTV used to play up some of the regional accents, especially when they were filming in Edmonton. Beyond that, most family members have similar voices and accents, not just the Harts.

22:13 When I worked landscape and drove a big 454 I would keep the pizza on top of the engine all day to keep it warm. Tasted a little funny though…

I started watching wrestling in 93, and Davey Boy was my first favorite wrestler

The Bulldog/Bret match is what convinced me that Bret Hart was better than Shawn Michaels; because as good as Michaels was, there's no way in hell he could've carried Davey Boy Smith to even a decent match, while Smith was higher than giraffe nuts.

The feud in stampede with davey was cut short because of a car accident with ross hart, jason the terrible and davey boy. Left him with a large scar on his forehead

Davey Boy Smith the master of the chin locks 😂😂

I feel like this should have been a longer episode. There's so much they didn't touch on, and they could have had a lot more wrestlers comment or share stories (other than family members). I feel like they just focused on the bulldogs, then moved on to the Summerslam match with Brett and then it was on to the drug issues/decline. I wanted to hear from people who he worked with in that classic era as well as the start of the attitude era when the Hart Foundation were feuding with Austin, more about the DX feud, his partnership with Owen at a tag level. He was such a big character and I'm sure they all have stories about him which would be lovely memories to share with fans, but they left that out. Maybe it's bias because he's always been my favourite, I guess I was just left a bit disappointed and wanted to hear more about a superstar/legend who did a lot over 2 decades but doesn't gets talked about that much.

According to Georgia, she said it was meant to be a 2 hour episode as they had recorded lots more footage and a lot was cut. Shes hoping that WWE will release that version or allow them to upload it to the British Bulldog YT channel

The Mountie always gets his man! 👊

Im English Loved Bulldog but i was a Bret Mark.

I don't understand why some biographies are 2 hours and some are 1 hour? Also, Georgia is stunningly beautiful 😍😍😍

The thing I hate about these a and e shows is how they make wwe out to be saints and obvious wwe painting themselves out to be good. Hbk refused to job to davey at one night only and was a prick. That was totally glossed over and they even had Hbk one there acting like he was his best friend. There’s a lot of glossing over things to make there brand look good and you don’t get the real full unbias story with these shows

As a Calgarian Brian I can say for certain that’s a Hart family accent. lol we don’t speak like them 😂

Davey Boy was great when he was motivated. Look at his matches with Bret & Owen, then you look at some of his worse matches. He was a big kid, unfortunately he did have bad influences around him too which messed his career & life up in places & would wind up cutting his life short. Good talent.

I loved the 94-96 Camp Cornette era.

*BRET, I'M FOOKED*

Wow, the Hart family was so numerous, they even got their own accent! 🤣

The bulldogs 🐶. Were a top 5. Tagteam of all time. Right up there with the steiners roadwarriors. Hart foundation. Midnight express 👋✅

I remember Davey Boy Smith Vs Shawn Michaels on SNME for the IC title, another good match.

Davey & Dynamite had some brutal chain & dog collar matches against each other when they went back to wrasslin in Canada...

The way Diana STILL tries to get a payday from dbs after what she put in her book [ under the mat ] about him is sickening. If what she said was true, why would she want anything more to do with him or his legacy. There's pdf copies around - read even just the 1st paragraph and will see what I mean.

Can't wait to hear what he thinks of the next episode. The Roman Reigns one.

He had the best suplex execution

Davey had the best headlock in the business.

DAVEY💥 BOY💥 SMITH💥💥 CHINLOCK!!💥💥💥💥

I could openly weep if I think too long about the British Bulldogs/Midnight Express feud that could have been had the cards been dealt differently.

Yeah i enjoyed this documentary. I got a little emotional because i love Bret Hart, and The Hart Family. The Hart Foundation, The Bulldogs. I Starting watching Wrestling in 1990, So by the time I started Davey Boy was already a Single, However Tape Trading, Plus my grandfather would Order PPV's and record The events on VHS. So as a kid I watched a lot of 80's Content from my grandfathers Personal Collection, Primarily WWF, NWA, WCW. I also remember watching some tapes in Spanish, and Japanese. The biggest bond my grandpa, and I had was Pro Wrestling. I'll never forget attending The Royal Rumble 1992, and WrestleMania 10 with my grandfather. I miss him very much.

Bulldog did wrestle a few shows for ECW in early 93 before going to WCW

Only wrestler who could look like a million bucks wrestling in a pair of jeans 😂

davey was born and is buried up the road from where I live. proper northen English accent. none of this posh shite like people think we speak 😂

The editorial control they give some of these families really showed on this one. They really made it seem like he was on the brink of reconciliation with Diana, but isn't it known he was shacked up with Bruce's ex for quite some time before he passed away? Like a year, and she told people they were going to get married.

When they come back to stampede crowd was a bit better they showed up walking thru the waiting crowd LATE 1,800 seater auditorium 450 attendees

The bulldog and Micheal bisping the UFC fighter sound very similar when they both speak. Probably because they're both from the greater Manchester area but had been in the states for a while so they kind of picked up the American twang to their voice a little as well lool but this was a really good short documentary but sad as well and it was a shame Davey boy passed away so young.

Davey would have been a good world champion

Excellent video

This felt like a dark side episode

Surprised Jim glossed over his great matches in 1993 with William Regal in WCW.

8:17 - You see that, Tony Khan?

Can't remember if it was Hart or Davey, but, one of em broke the other ones nose in a house show match right before the Wembley Summerslam match to get em ready to go into the Wembley match.. 🤔

I met Diana a few times in the 90’s….holy moly she was gorgeous.

You can't put into words what Bulldog was to me as a kid. I don't think Vince knew what he had with Davey ❤

The trap door. Lmao.

One of the few wrestlers that Vince pushed even though he wasn't to tallest

Davey kept telling everyone that he had an infection or something in his spinal column, but, nobody listened until it was too late as he'd become addicted to painkillers for it after the trap door incident. He really did have a slow killing infection in his spine that wouldn't heal... 🤔

I wasnt even there !

What’s the origin of “I wasn’t even there?” They must say it once an episode.

Come for the professional's opinions on professional wrestling, stay for the off the rail advertisements.

I watched this, great documentary.

The footage of Davey vs Mongo,I said the same thing! That botch was totally on Mongo as he literally didnt go up for the slam,David had to do it on his own . Wrestling without the cooperation just looks brutal 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

Jim cornette, the master of the promo

Davey was always my favourite. He’s the reason I love Cornie 😂

I've thought about why the Hart's accent is so hard to place. I'm far from Canadian so bear with me. I believe it was a hard mix of Stu's personal, thick Canadian accent mixed with Helen's thick Long Island accent. So you get those distinct sounding "not so Canadian, but REALLY Canadian" accent. Anyway.

It wasn’t me! It was Owen! I wasn’t even there!

I think Davey was 6ft. He’s one of the widest people I’ve met.

I loved the british bulldog a & e episode davy boy was an addict sadly.

The flag I I;the back ground is not englands flag it’s the united kingdoms flag scotlands englands wales flag minus the red dragon. Shame it would look cool

What’s Corny doing to Davey Boy here lol he looks like he’s about to MANAGE something 😂