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Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
Owen Hart fell to his death before his Intercontinental Championship match against The Godfather. The next scheduled match was a singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship between The Godfather (champion) and the Blue Blazer . As Hart descended into the ring on a safety harness, the equipment gave way, and he fell.
The Death Of Owen Hart - On the 1999 pay-per-view, "Over the Edge", Owen Hart fell 75 feet into the ring and died. Problems In WCW - During a StarrCade PPV, fellow wrestler Bill Goldberg accidentally inflicted Hart with a career ending concussion. [19] Living It Up - Hart recalls his recovery from a stroke in 2002.
However, this second event would be the last Over the Edge held due to the death of WWF wrestler Owen Hart at the event. In 2000, the event's pay-per-view slot was replaced by Judgment Day . Stone Cold Steve Austin was featured in the main event of both Over the Edge events, defending the WWF Championship at both.
In 1999 WWE wrestler Owen Hart died after he took a tragic fall while performing a stunt. Now, Martha Hart, the widow of Owen Hart is suing the WWE because the company breached a contract with ...
Tragedy befell the WWF at the Over the Edge pay-per-view on May 23, 1999, when Owen Hart died after an in-ring stunt gone wrong. The following night on Raw (which was named Raw Is Owen ), the entire episode was dedicated to the memory of Hart with various WWF personalities delivering out-of-character comments on the accident.
Owen Hart’s “Dark Side of the Ring” episode pinned down 626,000 total viewers, counting three days of DVR viewing, with 390,000 of that total coming from the key adults 18-49 demographic.
After Scott Hall's death in 2022, Bret Hart and Kevin Nash talked about the premature death of several wrestlers, mentioning the mental and body damage as possible causes. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] List