Hart was thrown from the plane into the water with a broken arm, wrist, knee, back, sternum, collarbone and vertebrae with his right eye knocked loose and his nose partially severed.

Hart created the classic feud between The Von Erichs and The Fabulous Freebirds, as well as forming The Stable of H. & H. Ltd in 1982 with Arman Hussian that introduced characters (Bugsy McGraw, Bill Irwin, Checkmate, Killer Brooks and Ten Gu), he also managed The Great Kabuki, The One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy, and The Samoan SWAT Team.

Shortly after Al Perez lost the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship to Kerry Von Erich on March 6, 1988, Hart continued to manage Perez in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions in 1988, along with Larry Zbyszko and Ron Garvin after Garvin turned heel on Dusty Rhodes.

In 1989, he managed the stable J-Tex Corporation, which included Terry Funk, Dick Slater, Buzz Sawyer, The Dragonmaster, and The Great Muta.

Hart retired in 1999, but made a surprise return in Major League Wrestling (MLW), during the promotion's Reloaded Tour on January 9–10, 2004.

Hart appeared following the main event (on January 9) pitting Low Ki against Homicide, where the three laid out several wrestlers from the locker room, as well MLW president Court Bauer.

Hart died on March 16, 2008, following a heart attack at his home in Euless, Texas, after returning from an autograph session in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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