Edward Ellsworth Annis (born February 2, 1980) is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart.
He currently wrestles on the independent circuit.
He most recently wrestled on a National scale for Major League Wrestling (MLW) as the leader of The Hart Foundation, where he was the longest reigning MLW World Middleweight Champion and also held the MLW World Tag Team Championship.
He has also wrestled for AAA, the short-lived Wrestling Society X, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, and Dragon Gate USA.
He operates a wrestling school in Edmonton.
He is the son of Georgia Hart of the Hart family and wrestler B.J.
Annis.
Hart achieved an early degree of fame when he became the youngest wrestler to be signed to the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE).
His subsequent release and controversial actions while wrestling on the independent circuit have earned him a measure of infamy.
Outside of the ring Annis has been a mentor to several young wrestlers and has been a trainer at wrestling schools.
Among his trainees are Jack Evans, Pete Wilson and his younger cousin Matt Hart.
Annis is also a cat lover and breeder of Persian cats which he has used sometimes in storylines and brought with him to matches.