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

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, 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 teameing with Blackheart Apocalypse (Tom Nash) as the Blackhearts. They feuded with

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and

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

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

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portraying Jim Neidhart. In 1997, he made his debut in Germany for Catch Wrestling Association (CWA) teaming with

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and Robby Brookside. He lost to

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on January 18, 1998 in Mombasa, Kenya. Neidhart appeared on

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's WCW Worldwide taping on March 30, 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 Gangrel. 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 promote ...

(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 professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Champions