Teddy Long On Owen Hart's Fall At Over The Edge 1999
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long joins Chris to discuss being a referee for the match right after Owen Hart passed away at the Over the Edge event in 1999.
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To be fair to Teddy, I'd want to block that from my mind too.
i wanna see some real footy of that fall bet its hilarious
You should be ashamed of yourself
@@dominictarantino1729i mean would you want to remember watching your friend die like that?
@@tylercox1875he's referencing the guy above him saying it was probably funny
@@deathmauler181 oh i didnt see that
Undertakers face after the accident perfectly captured what everyone in the arena was feeling
What do you mean? His face later on in a match that night or is there some footage/photos of him backstage? As you can tell, I've never watched that PPV.🤦♀️😂
@@Benz5469da hell u laughing
@@JACQUEZ23some weirdos are comfortable laughing at the dead apparently.
@@CHRISPYakaKON it's crazy man
@@CHRISPYakaKONFor some, it's a defense mechanism
25 years later I’m 38 and I still come back and find it as it’s one of the most shocking events in my life
25 years later and I’m 24 about to be 25 lol
Yea I’m 33 him and Eddie guerrro and Chris Benoit was shockening
@@caneloalavarez8131 I remember what I was doing during both those moments
Same. I was watching that live and couldn’t believe when Jim Ross announced what happened.
You must have had a really easy life 😂
My brothers were there at Kemper. They said at first people throught it was supposed to happen but then the arena went silent and everyone knew what happened.
I stayed up to watch that PPV in the UK. My blood ran cold when Jim Ross made the announcement to the audience at home.
I still believe they should've closed the show immediately after the fall. "The show must go on" is an old showbiz mantra that on this occasion was used to mask an incredibly poor decision by Vince and co.
My heartfelt condolences still gonout to Owen's family and friends.
Yeah I don't know if it was the same thing in the States, I imagine it was, but watching it at like 2 in the morning I just wondered what happened to the match because they didn't really say what was going on until lJR said something. Was surreal.
I think if it happened now....they would have cancelled the rest of the show and refunded the remainder of people's money. But the WWE run by Vince McMahon had everyone who attended's money and he wasn't going to let something like a wrestler's death get in the way of that.
I agree, for comparison there was an incident on the live German game show show Wetten Dass, where a guest named Samuel Koch did a stunt gone wrong, he was jumping and flipping over oncoming cars, on the third car he didn't completely clear it and landed awkwardly on his head and neck. It caused him to suffer a spinal cord injury and he's now a quadriplegic for life. At the time of the injury they sent the show to an extended commercial break, after a couple of minutes they came back to announce they were ending the show early as a result of the accident. Good call I think.
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 one of our own. I remember it being on the newspapers as a Kid I remember the Sun covering this
I think they should have canceled cause that should've been investigated by police
Was up in the cheap seats, like section 300 of Kemper Arena that night, so we had our attention on the screens above the ring for the Godfather vs Blue Blazer hype package and as a result unfortunately we had a clear shot of the lighting rig shaking and Owen plummeting that will forever be etched in my mind. Can confirm the audience was left completely in the dark although most of us feared the worst as the night continued on and still no update was given.
Crazy!
Why did the lighting rig shake?
@@Pedaissance Owen was supposed to be lowered from a harness from the lighting rig walkways into the entry way when they lifted him the harness failed and Owen unfortunately plummeted to the ring
thanks for sharing this. i was looking for a comment like this. sad day rip owen
@@melkiah what was the lighting like when he fell? Was the arena dimmed but the lights were shining down on the ring?
I've always found it odd that the ppv was called Over the edge
The May ppv was also called over the Edge in 98
Owen Hart. "You're gonna face the Undertaka playa"
Good to see you Mr. Teddy Long "PLAYA"🙏
Peanut head 😅 naw he's cool I never forget his iconic 3 count on ric flair by steamboat
Who else remembers Teddy Long's WHITE boy challenge from 2003
Imagine, Eric Bischoff Black boy challenge, would that be ok?
😂😂😂😂😂 i do
@@JayCord00Oh shut up , Vince said the N-word on live TV with no outrage.
I do. That was the only time in history that I wasn’t a Teddy fan.
Goldberg going crazy screaming “WHITE BOYS!!” when he won 😂
That’s the day I couldn’t watch wrestling anymore, I try to watch now and then but after watching your favourite wrestling die, after 20 years I’m back tho
You was their?
That's horrible I started watching wrestling shortly after this incident I had no clue since I was a kid
I was watching it live from wales in the uk. I was nearly 14 at the time and had school in the morning but would get up at 1 am then back to bed when it finished. My legs went to jelly when J.R announced that Owen had died and couldn’t sleep after the show.
Rip Owen 😢. He deserves the HOF so much
I was only 5 when it happened but I do recall it was the first time I have ever felt dread. Dread and panic.
All these years later, such an unfortunate event.
And an unnecessary one. There was no point to having him do that stupid ass stunt.
I would never for get that day. May 23 my birthday is May24 and that was a gift my mom gave me a ppv . I was so happy then everything went blank
What sad is that a wrestler actually died and Vince McMahon was so damn greedy, that he could have reimbursed everyone's tickets and had that Pay Per View the following weekend
They thought Owen would be able to get help.
I didnt find out until recently that the cameras weren't live on owen when the fall happened. I can't tell you how many jackasses ive heard for 20 years say they saw that live.
Had to watch cuz I’m not tryna go one on one with The Undertaker
I really wish the morbid online mob would let that dude (and others) Rest In fkng PEACE
i personally hated the fact they kept the PPV going i would have pulled the plug on the PPV
Thank God there wasn't smart phones and social media Owens fall would be all over the Internet n some shit doesn't belong there
when will they release the footage because it’s been a long time coming
Why would ya want to see that??
@@lloydlyall8120World has changed so things you all see as gruesome or unfortunately very normal to some, some of us want to see wassup instead of hearing the talk, tbh it's nothing to be excited to see but still fact we all heard alot about WWE dark side we would want to see what really happened, I remember videos being up years ago and now all cleared.
@@UNKNOWN-dw8zovideos of it were never up 😂😂😂you’re delusional
The rumor in school the next day is that Sting fell.. second grade .
Teddy turned into a black Walter White
From what i heard, that was one of the most fucked up things to happen in the industry besides what happened with Chris Benoit. RIP OWEN!
They should have stopped the show they really should have, Takers face said it all that night for those who saw it the way he was looking at Pat Patterson
But I still imagine the matches we could have had especially at Wrestlemainia
To this day. To carry that show on was a disgusting decision
The show shouldn't have been stopped. I will never forgive Vince for continuing the show
Vince doesn’t care about you’re forgiveness 😂
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Totally disgusting how Vince continued the show
I didn't know Teddy was there for that 😢
Yep Teddy was a referee before he was GM.
It was STAGED. Get it ? 😂😂😂😂
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Same😔
Damn it’s so sad hearing how they were hanging out that day Owen making ppl laugh then that happened to him wish I was old enough to see him wrestle
hard to believe its 25 years
Soon we'll say can't believe it's been 50 years
@@hermanthetosser4219sersiouy man, i remember this day like it was yesterday at 8 years old
Right.
It’s quite easy to believe
Not really tho.
Why are you making this sweet old man relive this shit 🤣
Same reason why you clicked
I am sure they asked him before the interview if it was ok to talk about it, and he give go ahead to do so.
@@harinderrana9735 hmmm
Why did you click?@@bryanmack4054
It's disgusting this video is a disgrace to Owen
Over The Edge has got to be the most unfortunate PPV titles ever
I was JUST thinking that very thing!
Nugget Splat is what I call it
I still believe the fall was planned and that it was a sacrifice on live tv for the world to see
@@spockhozzer7207Stop describing your brain
Which is why they retired the PPV name and replaced it with, oddly enough, Judgement Day.
The way he had no recollection when you referred to it as Over the Edge 1999 transition into instantly reliving the whole day when you mention Owen Hart falling.
ye i’m sure none of them gave a fuck about the ppv name after that especially with it being changed to judgement day
I doubt he remembered the name of the PPV, but he definitely remembers the night itself
@@shotzcapalotJudgement Day was started the year before.
@@HisVirusness True but they retired the Over The Edge ppv name, and Judgement Day became the May ppv.
Be Cautious when talking to teddy you don't wanna get on his bad side when he summons The Undertaker 😮
Teddy long was my favorite GMs when he was on Smackdown.
Saddest day ever, god bless the family
Today marks 25 years of this tragedy, how I miss Owen and Eddie, damn 😢, I never got to see them on television but they were incredible wrestlers and had a lot to give, there were still too many rivalries that will only be a dream :-(
Owen was superb man the way he embraced that nugget thing was superb. Unfortunately, he died after that.
But he was superb with LOD 2000. Also, his deflection to the Nation brought attention Rock and others. Prior to them they were just there. But it was his friction with DX that caused the whole DX vs Nation confrontation.
Vince Mcmahon really was a dirtbag
So original!! Dude great work 👏👏
@@JayCord00 thanks
Is**** present tense
Vince is a dirtbag, but not for continuing the show after Owen’s fall.
A lot of the wrestlers in the back lost somebody they deeply cared about, and just wanted to take their minds off of the horrible tragedy by wrestling. Owen himself probably would have also wanted the show to continue.
Everyone, including Vince, was devastated by the loss of Owen Hart. But not everyone handles such events the same. Let people mourn and cope with tragedies in their own way.
@@Filthy-Rat__Steve Austin wasn't. He killed him. Witnesses that were brushed off said they saw Austin in the rafters where Owen's spot was being set up earlier that day.
Owen falls 60ft to his death, at an event called "Over the Edge." Vince and Steve had something to do with it.
Thought it was like 76 FT
this incident amongst others make just think “what the hell is wrong with Vince” this is the textbook definition of “read the room”. someone passes away and he’s just like “the show must go on” heartless decision
The other wrestlers are just as much to blame as Vince. He gave them the option to go home and all of them decided to stay. From a business standpoint, he still had advertisers and sponsors to fulfil on the PPV since they are contracted, plus the thousands that paid to see the main event in house and millions at home. Making a decision like this is not as simple as you think.
@QualityEJC and they were finally beating wcw in ratings and 2000 was coming up which was the peak of wrestling
Business has no heart, it's business. Vince would have to refund everyone and that would take a very long time to deal with each person who paid and some might try to make it into a court thing and it would be a disaster.
@@ItApproaches When Mitsuharu Misawa died right then and there in a Pro Wrestling NOAH ring, the whole show was called off immediately. This was not a company with the power to just go "fuck the consequences, we'll do what's right, we can survive" like fucking 1999 WWF, arguably the greatest year for any damn wrestling company that's ever been, at least for the past 30-35 years.
The seconds, the young boys, all the undercard guys, all the main eventers, the promoters, they all said "a man just fucking died, the show's off". 2009 NOAH was a struggling company. Misawa was their biggest draw. Not only were they uncertain if they could survive the controversy of a single show cancellation, of which thousands were in attendance, they were damn sure they might be completely done. They still had sponsors and advertisers to please, too.
They did the right thing anyway.
WWF could've easily survived doing the right thing to the minor inconvinence of Vince's literally bottomless pockets in 1999, but they didn't. Some promoters are men, and other promoters are cowards.
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But would they have made that decision without seeing the fallout from the decision wwe made in 1999? Easy to point the finger when you're not the one having to make the call without precedent.
This guy is almost 80 and looks absolutely stunning! Great for Teddy! RIP Owen and Teddy’s wife 💕💕🪽
I was on Napster trying to find the video. 🤦♂️
Lol same
@@jroc828Removed and Locked away by WWE as I understand also, heard some sites have it just gotta look deeply but I knew it was online even on here
I think I was on limwire
Remembers none of it then goes on to name the town, and everything
🤣🤣🤣 to be fair Chris had to remind him about what he was talking about
I don’t think Teddy knew the exact name of the PPV when Owen fell lol Teddy probably just assumed it was some random match Chris was talking about.
^^ What the last reply said
@@ClamSwordyeah people are slow bro they don’t understand
Chris telling him it was the night Owen fell let him know what ppv he was referring too. There were just a couple of Over the Edge ppv with the last one being 25 years so he probably didn't remember the name of the ppv
Did he put you in a tag team match after the interview?
Or make him go one-on-one with the Undertaker!
@@noobsaibot8844 “ 🎵 you know it’s the macmillitant,…coming to get it on 🎶 “
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!!!!!!
From all the perspectives and testimonies from the crowd that was underneath the rafters and the staff, it really sounds like this was intentional/malicious or the person/people behind it were trying their hardest to cover it up and avoid accountability
Look into the story and the person who made the rope didn't have the training to make a safety rope and lied to the wwe about his training
Always remember Teddy telling the Skyscrapers, to beat the hell out of that jobber.
Dang man.
I wouldn’t even ask him about that nobody wants to talk about stuff like that
It's a topic people want to hear about
@@Pedaissanceyes but for people who knew him, why would they want to reminisce on something so horrifying for them
That’s a horrible death, I don’t think he died instantly… man that breaks my heart
damn i didnt know teddy was there
He was the referee for the infamous D'Lo vs Droz
@@jadoc3767 oh wow I didn't know that either
He was refereeing matches for the WWF at the time.
Over the edge where a fighter fall right on the edge of ring. The same fighter who almost killed the golden goose Steve Austin. That same fighter whos brother had overstayed his welcome and then spit in Vince Mcmahon's face.
Billionnaires are insane with egos.
but what do i know
I remember this like it was yesterday, and I still think about it to this day. I was a freshman in high school.
RIP Owen Hart.🙏🏾
He knew, he just said that because ever since he's probably trying to forget, I mean who would like to remember such a tragedy. But I'll tell you this, he's never forgotten about it, he just wants to move on with it because no matter what those images will be instilled in his mind forever. Even if he wants to forget, he truly never could even if he wanted to. Just think about that for a minute.
Probably the only time the action in the ring wasn't staged.
I think continuing the show after Owen died is top 3 of the worst things Vince has ever done, and that’s really saying something.
He was a ref then
I was a baby when the incident happened but I remember watching segments about Owen Hart and reading about how this happened definitely made me understand why the WWE made those don’t try this at home montages on the DVDs. Wrestling is scripted yes but those guys suffer serious injuries and sadly death. RIP Owen Hart.
“The show must go on, pal!”
Vince is pure evil for that, it shows all he cares about is money and not his talent's well being, and he truly lacks empathy
Clear sacrifice
Yeah it was
Predictive programming sacrifice
If social media was around like it is now, they would have stopped the show
and if smartphones were around too.
That had to be the hardest decision to make to continue because I've been to events and by the time Owen fell people had been drinking alcohol and scary part that nobody looks at is what would people reaction be if they stopped all it would take is one person to throw a chair hit someone and you get a riot
not a hard decision at all it should gave been treat like a crime scene
@@wonkeydonkeyTV then blame the cops if they would of went to Vince and said it's a crime scene the cops would of forced Vince to stop everything I worked with cops for years that is exactly how it's done it's not considered a crime scene unless the cops say so
owen was a trash wrestler and a botcher. It was karma.
Anybody would've stopped the show
Not even most people would have carried on
@@stormshadow631stone cold and the rock was forced to wrestle that last match with owens blood still in the ring
@@tracedeyo190 good on them gotta get paid
I believe if cell phone was back in 99 they would stop the show it would be too many information the fans probably go crazy
Yeah I think so, the fans would leave kemper arena, sad and confused.
Stupid wrestling show
“Over The Edge” is such an appropriate name. Definitely just a coincidence if you’re a norm norm.
Can you imagine if it would have happened today, the footage would have been all over social media in a heartbeat!!!
met teddy when i was a kid. unc a good guy💯
I recently watched an unedited version of that show. It was brutal. They never showed Owen laying there but JR was telling the audience that this was not part of the show and something terrible had just happened to Owen. I think it was the 3rd match of the show so it was still early. I don’t know if they should have continued the show but Owen never should have been up there to begin with.
Are we ever gonna acknowledge how weird Chris is for asking these questions?
I was in KC for Over the Edge 99. I remember how they were cleaning up all the debris after the Al Snow/ Road Dogg Hardcore Title bout, and suddenly seeing the fall. My mind tricked me for a few seconds and I thought someone had thrown a mannequin. It was awful. I distinctly remember Jerry Lawler sliding into the ring frantically waving his arms and how long it took while they strapped Owen to the gurney and rushed out. My friends and I figured there was no way Owen could have survived, but were hopeful still. We ran into a KC TV reporter after the event and she told us that Owen had passed. It took me about 6 months before I could watch wrestling again. A terrible tragedy.
Nobody didn't have smartphones yet in 1999, Nobody didn't know yet in Kemper arena. They all would know when they all went home and got the message on the TVs at home.
Every time I turn around, there’s just a different person talking about the same thing leave that man alone leave his family alone. Do you think they want to see this every time they go on the Internet? No his wife don’t even want nothing to do with these people from that company and you keep bringing these company people in talking about itwhat a joke
Man, we all thought it was fake for like a week as a kid back then.
Owen was the best. i dont understand how they failed that harness fall to this day.
The reason Owen was so white was because he ruptured his aorta in the fall. He bled to death internally and was most likely dead before they got him out of the ring.
Teddy is right, none of that cell phone stuff was going on. Otherwise that video would’ve been all over the place if anyone was recording at the very moment, because I heard Owen was making somewhat of an unexpected entrance.
Yup, the fans didn't know he was coming down from the ceiling that night
Only the people who were watching on TV at home, got the news from JR that owen died.
Could any of that footage have been admissible in a suit against Vince and WWE, if we'd had phone cameras back then?
Smartphones weren't a thing but did anyone catch it on camcorder, I wonder?
@@BlossomField91It was online before like 8 years ago
I still remember that ppv I was a kid watching it
I firmly believe that the responsible thing would have been to not to the stunt at all, or at the very least, change the stunt to the Blazer failing to get out of his harness, fumbling with the release stuff when he's safely on the ground.
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He went from I don’t remember to telling a full detailed story
The event was really called over the edge? Crazy
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Vince was more worried about money than human life!
The event should have been stopped and the people told that they event could continue another date at the same venue!
Vince still continuing the show is still crazy to me
and especially how he got fired of being the owner of the WWE.
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I always found it weird out of all the managers that came and gone.. he was the only one they ever turned into a Ref.
He was a ref first then a manager
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