{"id":11589,"date":"2018-01-02T18:18:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T23:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=11589"},"modified":"2018-01-02T18:18:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T23:18:09","slug":"brian-pillman-jr-davey-boy-smith-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/01\/02\/brian-pillman-jr-davey-boy-smith-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"A Foundation Rebuilt: Brian Pillman Jr. to tag with Davey Boy Smith Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, <strong>Brian Pillman Jr.<\/strong>, the real life son of former WWE, WCW, and ECW great <strong>&#8220;Flyin'&#8221; Brian Pillman<\/strong>, took part in his first professional wrestling match, in a winning effort over <strong>Jonathan Wolf<\/strong> with <strong>Indianapolis Championship Wrestling<\/strong>. It was the culmination of a dream for Pillman, who was only three years old when his legendary father passed away from an undetected heart condition. It&#8217;s the completion of a near year long journey to the ring, that started with him reaching out to &#8211; and then training under &#8211; former ECW, WWE and WCW Superstar <strong>Lance Storm<\/strong> at <strong>Storm Wrestling<\/strong> in Calgary. Alberta. Canada. He trained with Storm from September to December.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11590\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11590\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/DK1q6qOVAAEMDuo-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: twitter.com\/FlyinBrianJr\/media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Only 24 years old, Pillman earned high praise from his opponent that night, calling him &#8220;the real deal.&#8221; Although it wasn&#8217;t long before one of the indie&#8217;s newest loose cannons, <strong>Joey Janela<\/strong>, called him out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You&#39;re gonna be waitin a while brotha, cause I got more soul than James Brown \ud83d\ude0e\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\ude0e\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Yvpz4FVjo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/2Yvpz4FVjo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; King (@LexisKingWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LexisKingWWE\/status\/947360235714433024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With such a high profile father to live up, Pillman is bound to get offers and challenges. He&#8217;s already announced for<strong> Black Label Pro<\/strong>&#8216;s Rumble on January 13th in Indiana.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have our first entrant into the Black Label Pro Rumble! Making his BLP debut on January 13th is none other than <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlyinBrianJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FlyinBrianJr<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Tickets: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V9utKuNM5h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/V9utKuNM5h<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2K4I4yfRIG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2K4I4yfRIG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Black Label Pro (@BLabelPro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLabelPro\/status\/946547728707936257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But one interesting match that&#8217;s been mentioned is one that has legendary historical ties between his tag partner and each of their fathers. On March 25, 2018, Pillman is scheduled to tag with <strong>Davey Boy Smith Jr.<\/strong> in <strong>Wrestle Club Pro<\/strong>, a new promotion in the UK. While originally mentioned by <strong>Dave Meltzer<\/strong> in the latest <strong>Wrestling Observer Newsletter<\/strong>, we reached out to Wrestle Club Pro who confirmed the match was in the works (pending travel Visas). Their two fathers &#8211; Brian Pillman and <strong>&#8220;The British Bulldog&#8221; Davey Boy Smith<\/strong> &#8211; have teamed up several times. First in <strong>Stampede Wrestling<\/strong> in the 1980s, where he partnered with both British Bulldogs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"British Bulldogs &amp; Brian Pillman vs Makhan Singh, The Great Gama &amp; Vulkam Singh\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LLXdc0hNCBI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But many WWE fans remember the new <strong>Hart Foundation<\/strong> that helped kick off the Attitude Era, that featured Hart family members <strong>Bret &#8220;Hitman&#8221; Hart, Owen Hart, Jim &#8220;The Anvil&#8221; Neidhart<\/strong> and British Bulldog. The only non-related member was someone the Harts always treated as family, Brian Pillman.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11595\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11595\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/Bret_Hart.8-e1514789561647.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;ll definitely be an emotional night as these two second generation Hart Foundation progenies tag up for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlyinBrianJr\/status\/947585233074970624<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, Brian Pillman Jr., the real life son of former WWE, WCW, and ECW great &#8220;Flyin&#8217;&#8221; Brian Pillman, took part in his first professional wrestling match, in a winning effort over Jonathan Wolf with Indianapolis Championship Wrestling. 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