Matthew Aryan Dean Herweg, (born January 28, 1993) better known by his ring name Matt Hart is a Canadian professional wrestler.
Herweg was born to Liane Reiger-Herweg, who was of German and Native American descent, and Smith Hart in 1993.
[13] In 2001 he and his father were among the Hart family members who attended WWF Monday Night RAW to commemorate his uncle Owen who had died two years earlier.
[14] Herweg's mother died on his thirteenth birthday on January 28, 2006[15] after which he was put into foster care due to Canadian authorities deeming his father's career too unstable.
[22] After being separated from his father's side of the family after the death of his mother, Herweg reconnected to them through professional wrestling, deciding to join the industry as soon as he got the chance.
[36] Hart debuted on the 2012 sneak peek of the promotion but had to take a year off from all wrestling afterwards due to injury.
[46][47] He later got involved in a major storyline with Real Canadian Wrestling's top heel wrestler,[48] Heavy Metal, after he destroyed Harts trophy for winning the Smith Hart Memorial Tournament and destroyed Smiths final letter to his children before Matt could read it.
[62] Hart won the match with the Sharpshooter,[63] a move which is deeply connected to his family's history.
In 2016 Herweg and his father were the subject of the Telus original documentary Hart Still Beating which concerns his childhood, the loss of his mother, his father's then recent diagnosis with terminal cancer and their attempt to grow closer to each other through professional wrestling.