The Hart House is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada's Patterson Heights. Once owned by Stu Hart, it was home to his extensive family made world famous for their accomplishments in professional wrestling. While no longer under ownership of the Harts, the mansion still resides in Calgary and is now considered a historical site. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Onward Area: 789. ... Stewart Edward (Stu) Hart, CM (May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. ... Professional wrestling is generally any form of performance art in which pro-wrestlers receive payment for participating. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

The 5,600 square foot home, sitting on 2.17 acres of land, was built in 1905 by businessman Edward Crandell. It was converted into the Soldiers' Children's Home for Orphans in 1920 and then bought by Judge Henry Stuart Patterson from the Crandells. Sold to Stu Hart in 1951 for $25,000, the three story brick house has had many famous professional wrestlers as well as political and entertainment figures pass through its doors. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Stewart Edward (Stu) Hart, CM (May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

In its Hart-owned state, it featured twenty-two rooms, four fireplaces, five chandeliers from Edmonton's historic McDonald Hotel, two porches, a view of downtown Calgary, and a coach house behind the main house. Members of the professional wrestling community around the world hold a great deal of appreciation and respect for the Hart House and the legacy it holds. Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies. ...

The Dungeon

The Hart Dungeon, otherwise known simply as The Dungeon, is the basement of Hart mansion. It is known as one of the most notorious training rooms in the world of athletics and was established by Stu shortly after his founding of Stampede Wrestling in 1948; although, the nickname itself developed over time. Stampede Wrestling is a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta that for decades produced a weekly television series that is considered the forerunner of todays WWE. // History Stampede Wrestling was operated by Stu Hart between 1948 and 1984, when his son Bruce took over. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Aside from professional wrestlers, the Dungeon provided training grounds for various athletes from strongmen to football players. The majority of Hart's sons trained in the Dungeon and went on to become involved in the wrestling world including the legendary Bret and Owen Hart. Other famous Dungeon graduates include "Superstar" Billy Graham, Greg Valentine, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Chris Jericho, Jushin Liger, Chris Benoit, Edge, and Lance Storm. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... A strongman is a political leader who rules by force and runs a authoritarian regime. ... The term footballer is ambiguous, as there are several games known as football. ... Bret Sergeant Hart (born July 2, 1957 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian former professional wrestler, and part of the famous Hart wrestling family. ... Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler. ... Superstar Billy Graham Eldridge Wayne Coleman, better known by his stage name Superstar Billy Graham (born September 10, 1943), is an American professional wrestler. ... John Anthony Wisniski Jr. ... Rowdy Roddy Piper (born Roderick George Toombs on April 17, 1954) is a Canadian professional wrestler of Scottish descent. ... Christopher Keith Irvine (born on November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is a Canadian actor, radio host, rock musician and inactive professional wrestler. ... Keiichi Yamada (山田恵一 Yamada Keiichi) (born November 30, 1964), better known as Jushin Liger (獣神ライガー - Jūshin Raigā) and later, Jushin Thunder Liger (獣神サンダーライガー - Jūshin Sandā Raigā) is a Japanese professional wrestler. ... Christopher Michael Benoit (born May 21, 1967), is a French Canadian professional wrestler. ... Adam Joseph Copeland (born on October 30, 1973), is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Edge. ... Lance Timothy Evers, also known as Lance Storm (born April 3, 1969), is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler. ...

	I take a lot of pride in being one of the last guys that had the hands-on training from Stu Hart when I went to the Hart family to train . . . It was a good experience just to be there, to imagine all the people that had been through there, and all the blood, sweat, and tears that had been paid . . . Going to the Hart family for training was kind of like, if you're a very religious person, going to the Vatican.
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One of, if not the, first televised acknowledgements of the nickname "Dungeon" was by then WWF color commentator Jesse Ventura. It's first significant exposure was in the documentary Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows. In it, the Dungeon was moderately filmed for the first time and Stu Hart was shown demonstrating wrestling holds on a pupil in severe pain. A bonus feature on Bret Hart's DVD set also shows Bret Hart discussing the Dungeon and its legendary status. World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling promotion, currently the largest in North America. ... A color (or colour) commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. ... Jesse Ventura (born 15 July 1951, as James George Janos), also known as The Body, The Star, The Mind, and Governor Body, is an American politician, Navy UDT, professional wrestler, actor, and radio talk show host. ... A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ...

Various activities took place in the Dungeon, ranging from weight lifting to shoot wrestling. Bret Hart has described the Dungeon in interviews as having holes in the walls and ceiling from bodies being driven into them. He also noted that practices could, at times, be as intense as MMA styled fighting. Leading up to its sale in 2003, the Hart Brothers Training Camp still ran three times a week. Weightlifting is a sport where competitors attempt to lift heavy weights mounted on steel bars. ... Shootfighting Shoot wrestling is a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling. ... Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a combat sport in which two competitors attempt to achieve dominance over one another by utilizing a wide variety of permitted martial arts techniques, including striking and grappling. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

2003 sale

After the death of Stu Hart on October 18, 2003, the ten remaining Hart siblings were forced to make the difficult choice of putting the Hart mansion up for sale. It was in need of great restoration and held high property taxes, the likes of which the family couldn't afford. Stu Hart also instructed in his will not to tear it down, and due to its status as a historical site, it can not be. October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years). ... In the common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person (the testator) regulates the rights of others over his property or family after death. ...

Prior to its sale, there was talk of turning the house into a museum or bed and breakfast; however this would likely require a removal from the residential area. Alison Hart gave several tours of the home to guests before finally handing down ownership of the $2 million home. In June 2006, preservation plans for the mansion were defused in a tied 7-7 vote, leaving it susceptible of being demolished. In October, however, a revised plan was authorized for thirteen townhouses to be built around the mansion as well as its restoration. Construction is slated to begin in summer 2007. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• SLAM! Sports: Stories on The Hart Family