Jason Anderson (born 16 December 1965) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in

Stampede Wrestling Stampede Wrestling was a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta. For nearly 50 years, it was one of the main promotions in western Canada and the Canadian Prairies. Originally established by Stu Hart in 1948, the prom ...

, where he was known under the ring names Blackheart Destruction and Jason Neidhart, being portrayed as the cousin of wrestler

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. He would wrestle internationally.

Professional wrestling career

Neidhart started his pro wrestling career in 1988 in Calgary for

as Jason Anderson. In 1989, he became Blackheart Destruction teaming with Blackheart Apocalypse (Tom Nash) as the Blackhearts. They feuded with

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and

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in Stampede. On 8 July 1991 he wrestled for WWF "Wrestling Challenge" losing to

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which aired on 4 August. In 1993, Neidhart was Jud Jeet Singh, billed from India in the independent promotions in Calgary. In 1994, he wrestled in South Africa as Jason the Rebel for Maharaj Promotion. In 1996, he became Jason Neidhart and grew a long

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portraying Jim Neidhart. In 1997, he made his debut in Germany for

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(CWA) teaming with Cannonball Grizzly and

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. He lost to Duke Droese on 18 January 1998 in Mombasa, Kenya. Neidhart appeared on

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's WCW Worldwide taping on 30 March 1999 losing to

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in Kitchener, Ontario. That same year he returned to both Germany and Calgary. In 2001, he worked for

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as Sledgehammer. During Neidhart's career he travelled to England, Philippines, Hungary, Austria, Lebanon, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. In 2009, he worked in Egypt where he lost to

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and

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. From 2013 to 2015, Neidhart wrestled in Qatar. In 2016, he wrestled in Sudan. That same year, he returned to Edmonton and retired from wrestling.

Championships and accomplishments

*Prairie Wrestling Alliance **PWA Championship *Western Canada Extreme Wrestling **WCEW Extreme Heavyweight Champion (as Sledge Hammer) *

Stampede International Tag Team Championship The Stampede International Tag Team Championship was the main tag team title in the Canadian professional wrestling promotion Stampede Wrestling. It was created in 1958 as the NWA International Tag Team Championship (Calgary version). When promo ...

(1 times) - (as Blackheart Destruction) with Blackheart Apocalypse **

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( 1 time) (as Jason Neidhart) * Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame **Class of 2000 *

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**TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Blackheart Apocalypse

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neidhart, Jason 1965 births Canadian male professional wrestlers Living people Professional wrestlers from Calgary Stampede Wrestling alumni 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century Canadian professional wrestlers 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century Canadian professional wrestlers Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Champions 20th-century Canadian sportsmen