I'm pissed that they didn't cancel the rest of the ppv. I was between 8or 9 years old when he died. And my family and I refused to watch the rest of the ppv at that point out of respect. It's no wonder Martha hates the WWE.
The lead up to that stunt makes it even sadder. According to a Ted Dibiase interview, Owen rejected a plot line where he would be having an affair. he didn't want to do it because he didn't want to confuse his kids and explain why daddy was with another woman, but really wasn't. Owen was a stand-up guy. Wouldn't drink, smoke, do drugs and was probably the only wrestler NOT cheating on his wife on the road. The wwe were upset with him for rejecting the story line and made him take on the Blue Blazer persona again as punishment because they knew Owen hated it. The idea for the stunt came and Owen was against it, but he didn't want to say no because he didn't want a reputation for rejecting everything and he probably didn't want more punishment. I think the wwe knew he didn't want to do it, but they were still in punish Owen mode. So Owen went along with it and the rest you know. He was hanging from the ceiling, adjusted his mask and accidentally triggered the release switch and down he went. Brett said had he been there, he wouldn't have let Owen do it. Brett had enough clout that he probably could have gotten Owen out of doing it. Please learn from this. Don't ever let your employer talk you into doing anything you feel is unsafe.
I think this is why Owen’s widow can never forgive Vince, it’s less about the safety equipment going wrong and more him making him do something dangerous he did not want to do. Just because you’re a pro athlete doesn’t mean you are physically built for stunts like this, it takes only a small class of elite humans with little fear and razor sharp reflex skills.
He wanted to, and even spoke to Bret about it but Vince didn’t let Owen break his contract, and called Bret to tell him that he’ll sue him for everything he’s got if he speaks to Owen about changing companies.
It’s even worse than that he did openly not want to do it and even tried to avoid the run thru with a local fan he always stayed with and he went with thr fan to the movies and ignored the phone with wwe calling for hours before they must have threatened him. And he went in late.the stunt failed a few times during run thru. The fan he was with said he was dead set against it and the wwe and McMahon still wanted to punish him not over plot lines but over his brother Brett’s exit to wcw
As Owen falls he yelled "watch out". He was trying to warn the ref. Even in the end he was looking out for others. Respect for that man. R.I.P Owen Heart King of Hearts 🙏🙏🙏
it's possible that vince didn't stopped the event because he wasn't sure what to do and if it was Shane Vince would probably just go screw this and leave the event without caring if it continued or not,he would just leave and it would be the decision of whoever was left running the show you have to get that these are very messed up situations and nobody there was thinking clearly
Just cause bret said it doesn’t make it true. Vince didn’t stop Kurt from dropping Shane on his head 3 times and through 2 sheets of real glass. Vince would have kept the show running no matter what. And it’s not Vince’s fault that owen died, Shawn Michaels and Vince himself have ziplined down years before owen did his. The blame goes to the rigger that strapped owen into the harness incorrectly.
@@alexello1189 It’s clear that you do not, at all, understand the backstory of what happened. I recommend you research it a little more before you equate concussions to death and the zip line to that harness.
@@IHateNicolasCage I’m sorry do people not die or suffer from concussions? Was benoits murderous rampage not caused by his roid riddled and concussed brain equivalent of an 80 year old? Is Perro Aguayo still alive after snapping his neck during the 619? Accidents and death happen all the time in wrestling, it’s part of the fucking job description. You can’t blame Vince McMahon for the mistakes someone else made. If Owen didn’t want to do it he could have walked away and been in wcw within a month but because of his “loyalty to Vince” and the inept rigger he died.
Burn the Trolls, Just imagine if he woulda missed them ropes he prolly woulda went right through the ring and the boards woulda been more than broke, there'd be a hole and they woulda had no choice to stop the show
@@JK-ef4nc ALSO MAYBE HE WOULD OF LIVED if that happened but paralyzed? Probably still dead but the reason he died was how hard is lungs hit those ropes causing internal bleeding, shattering his aeorta, etc
I was there as well, i was 18 at the time. I remember it vividly. I actually saw him fall. I was seated to the right of the entrance about 25-30 rows back maybe. I was looking at the ring when it happened. There was 3 of us, my little brother, a friend and me. So we were all looking at the ring, then all of a sudden what we thought was a dummy fell into the ring, hit the turnbuckle and flopped onto the mat. It was the craziest thing we’d ever seen. I remember all of us laughing at first, thinking no way that was a real person. Until I saw him try to reach up with his right arm, like the guy said he tried to get up and immediately fell back down on the mat. He laid there for a sec, then everyone came running out to check on him. They finally took him out on a stretcher. I remember seeing a pool of blood on the mat where he laid. My friend drove his super nice white cutlass that night, needless to say it was one of the cars that got stolen during the show. So we walked back to Kemper to talk to security and report his car being stolen. I asked one of the security if the knew anything about Owen. He said yeah that he’s pretty sure he died, he saw him when they wheeled him out on the stretcher. He said and I’ll never forget this, “I could see his vertebrae sticking out.” Not sure if that’s true or not, that’s just what he said. One of the craziest and sad evenings of my life. RIP Owen
22 years later and not gonna lie this still makes me cry. I was a senior in high school about to graduate that week and remember turning on Monday night raw the next day and when I saw the tears in Gold Dust’s eyes when he came down the ring to wrestle the big show it absolutely broke my heart. Years later I actually met him at a Texas Longhorns practice not realizing it was him and I remember having a good conversation with him about life and actually brought it up to him about Owen Hart’s tragedy and it still affected him 10 years later. His opponent that night The Godfather said he felt himself leave his body because he was that shook up. He loved Owen like a brother.
Godfather's opponent on the Raw after Owen's death was Road Dogg and they didn't even wrestle. Road Dogg suggested they crack some beers and tell some Owen stories. They left the ring and that was that.
They should never have continued the show. It should have been stopped. Someone died in the middle of the ring and you take him out and continue the show? That’s messed up sorry. Yes I get it the fans would need a refund and everything but they could have done something to make it up to them. A rain check to any other event that came back to that arena. Something.
Yes, it was not a crime, but it was an accident resulting in a death which needed to be investigated. If he has died in a car crash outside of Kemper Arena the road would have blocked off until the investigation was over.
@GoodRiddanceGooglePlus if there's a fatal accident on the highway the police shut down the highway and divert traffic until the investigation is over.
She is an incredible lady. I think the thing that makes her a super woman is the strength to push herself for the children. She done so well by them and they have made there dad proud. I can’t believe that Vince tried to sue her. He didn’t take any responsibility for the death at all. Don’t get me wrong not saying he murdered Owen Hart. But if he didn’t try and cut corners and actually got proper pros to sort the equipment Owen still be here today. Everyone agrees this death is so tragic because a young man died and it was so preventable in many ways. Just no good reason for it. But glad the family coped and are all in some place of closure.
According to the 78 page police report ..a fan from row 8 recorded it ..he was from Quebec ..he later put copies of it up for sale on Ebay...however when police tried to get the copy for the court case he took it down and police were never able to locate him or the footage ..it gave his full name and address in the report ..also according to the 3 witnesses on the catwalk owen fell from level with the cat walk ..after they rigged him up he climbed over with some difficulty and they took the strain and lowered him just slightly so his head was in line with their knees and he was turning clockwise....he began to move his arms to straighten the cape up and one witness said it looked like his right shoulder struck the corner of the cat walk and he just released and fell ..it turns out the chord to pull for release was on Owens right shoulder and it only took less then a quarter of an inch of movement for the chord to release ..the reason owen was moving his arms is because he was choking ..they used the wrong vest and rig system ..they used a drag vest instead of a drop in vest ..which when it takes the weight would put pressure on the chest and neck...combine that with his cape tied over the rigging and as soon the rig took the weight it started to choke owen from the neck and chest he began to spin to try to breath and the piss poor snap shackle released ..if they had used a drop in vest it directs the force to the seat of the harness instead of the chest and Owen could of hung with no problem...anybody who's interested in this case should read the police report it's 78 pages and clearly shows who was at fault
my only question is why would the police need the amateur footage from the crowd for the court case when they can probably get footage of the incident from multiple angles from wwe/wwf
@@samsom4122 it was for a civil suit and they just wanted to use him as a witness ..and enquiries were made to obtain the footage but they couldn't get it...I think the importance was whether his footage showed him before he fell as most footage only starts after he has already fell ..That is why investigators wanted it
You really think if he truly had footage it wouldn't be all over the Internet. This fan was probably just trying to make a quick buck with a fake video which is why he took it off ebay so quickly when the police were looking fir him.
I search up this incident from time to time because it has always stuck with me. I was watching this PPV event live. The fall was not shown, just panned to the crowd with concerned faces. The commentators faces were ghost white. Chilling stuff. RIP Owen.
@@spacemanx9595 The only way you would have seen him hit the mat is if you were there. I, like the OP, watched it live on cable and its true. They wouldn't show it. There must be a 15 min delay. The camera just stayed on JR as he explained how basically some things are done for our entertainment but this was something serious and so they refused to show it. Then it was the next match (maybe Godfather vs D'Lo Brown, I forget) and after that match it panned back to JR where he explained how Owen had died on his way to hospital
I watched it live and saw and remember seeing the fall and thinking it was an act but they cut the ppv off tv completely and then brought it back after setting back back up with JR announcing that was not part of the show
And the only other time it was shown it was during the wrongful death trial it is not online in any capacity only images have surfaced over the years and seriously people should stop trying to find/leak it certain things should never see the light of day and this is no exception that night was absolutely tragic and for those who are trying to get the footage are just pieces of shit trying to make a quick buck off of his death smdh just let the blue blazer rest
@@tourguideplays5477 it's that level of curiosity. Once something is dubbed hard to find or never to be seen people instantly want to find it or watch it. It's everyone's downfall. That's why rare items are always pursued, because of the word "rare". That's why a lot of horror movies center around it, like "never watch this video otherwise you will regret it" some people can't help themselves and end up watching it anyway
@Alex yeah but I guarantee you that alot of people in the WWE have watched it. I knew a guy that worked in the tech department that claims he saw the Owen fall video and wishes he never ever watched it because everytime he sees a picture of Owen Hart or something regarding him, he instantly remembers the video and can't forget seeing how he landed.
21 Years Ago we Tragically Lost Owen Hart One of the Greatest Professional Wrestlers of All Time and A Good Man Gone but Never Forgotten R.I.P. we Love you Owen Always❤ 1965-1999
I never realised, but Owen Hart was born in the same year as my dad. I was 8 when Owen died. That really hit home to for me for some reason. Couldn't imagine losing a parent, let alone at that age. Really feel for his wife and kids. RIP King of Harts.
Owen didn't want to hurt no one he knew it was over for him in that moment he still made sure nobody else got hurt Mad respect Owen King of Hart's Hart Rest easy Champ P.S. Fuck Vincent
i was there that night ... i had just walk through the curtain to get a beer ... i heard him hit {it was very loud} ... looked back and told my cousin "Owen just hit the ring" ... but he was laying on the mat ... i seen jerry running to him ... and you could hear a pin drop after it happened ... i seen him being wheeled to the back .... and the rest of the show we didn't know we had lost Owen ... you guys knew from them telling you on PPV but us inside had no idea ... some thought he was gone or hoped it just ended his career we knew it was bad but no news was leaked inside ... i didn't find out what truly happened until i was supposed to get a signed pic from Steve Austin ... for helping keep the door at the arena closed ... it was windy that day and the tunnel kept blowing the door open and i kept shutting it for them {I did see alot of the stars that day} ... one of the guards promised me a sign photo from Austin after the show ... i asked about Owen and he acted like i was a asshole for not knowing he had passed .... i felt like a inch tall for not knowing and walked away ... i never got my signed photo but to this day i would rather had have Owen just badly hurt instead of losing him that night ... R.I.P. Owen
To this day I still cannot understand why the police did not shut down the show immediately once it was known that a death had occurred. At that point the arena should have been cleared and a proper investigation should have begun. It wasn't just disrespectful to continue the show - it was criminal.
I’ve heard several recounts of the detail of Owen trying to sit up for a second & then going back down. Utterly heartbreaking. It’s human instinct to try to get right back up after you fall, almost to prove you are ok. He probably had 1 last bit of adrenaline to help him raise up but there was nothing there. I tear up just thinking about it. We love you Owen. 💔
Well even more so he would of wanted to let everyone know he was fine and I’m sure he wanted to know himself he was fine. It’s really heartbreaking because there’s always a second or two delay of feeling pain because of the shock the body is in. So he likely didn’t feel that pain until he tried to sit up. Or the brain didn’t register it and it must of been one overwhelming feeling when trying to sit up because a so understand his lungs filled up with boood as he absolutely shattered his aorta and he ripped apart his left arm apparently he had chunks of his left arm ripped open. (The ref F said this) He had no injuries (other then overly minor) to his head or to any other parts of his bodies other then his chest and left arm and what that says to me when falling he needed something to break his fall that explains the defensive wound with the arm and the biggest part of your body or the base is your core and I’m sure he was trying to just sort of break His fall with the softest part or softest part out of concrete floor and a hard wooden canvas and a hard black turnbuckle (which is red ropes) you’d think anyway and because he weighs what he did and those are as tight as they are and because he fell 80 feet at a speed of I think 40-50 MPH ....he had no chance. If you see this on the ppv the fans in the crowd you can see pointing to the top and their fingers going down so some in the crowd count 2 and 2 together
@@MachoWrestling101 i dont think he felt any pain...too much adrenaline and not conscious long enough. In such a situation everything becomes surreal. I had my little share of beeing injured. For instance one brutal car crash at 130km/h (80mph)that broke my skull and damn near killed me, and i only felt pain later in the hospital. Our bodies and brains are set up in a way to reduce suffering. A quick and violent death might be even better than dying in bed slowly
So sad. It should HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. WWF didnt know what to do with a great technical wrestler since they were going into a more adult, trashy, Jerry Springer type story lined show. And Owen didnt want to be involved with those angles where he cheats on his wife and shit. He wanted to wrestle, not act. He died purely out of negligence on the WWFs part
I wish we lived in the parellel universe where Owen survives his fall and comes back to win the World Title. Or maybe just one where he didn’t fall in the first place.
Even in the slim chance that he did survive, he most likely would have been turned into a vegetable. Extreme brain dead. He wouldn't be able to walk, talk, or eat on his own.
I just wish that maybe the accident with Steve didn’t happen simply cause if it didn’t, he’d probably have had a bit more respect and MAYBE not be slapped with the Blazer gimmick that had that harness spot. And if he was the Blazer, I wish he was just treated a little better. Vince as vengeful as he is, I really would LOVE to think, that Vince didn’t think that it was unsafe, and didn’t care cause Screw Bret.
Your friend picked a weird time to come out to you. You'd think he could've waited until after you guys ate at least. Plus the whole Owen thing happened, people can be so selfish sometimes I swear.
When I seen the PPV live, I had 2 friends with me. At first I thought it was a really good "Work". I was thinking it was a way of getting out of the Blazer gimmick. But when Lawler came back to the broadcast position and you seen the look of terror on his face? I immediately knew something had to been up. Then J.R came back and said he has passed. I just sat there in shock. My best friend was very upset. She just had enough and did not even finish up the PPV. She went into my game room, And played with her kids. I finished watching it but was of course just not into it at all. As I was talking with my other friend through the rest of it. We hardly even watched it. I don't remember that PPV at all. A point that was brought up during the "Dark Side Of The Ring" that I never thought of? Even when Vince would not stop the PPV, Why did'nt the Police? That was a legitimate crime scene. That one really baffles me.
@@Zerohopexe I saw live too. I think they had a 5 or 10 second delay but you know that something has happened and then it went to black and stayed that way for quite some time until they finally came back on and said what had happened to Owen. My friends, my dad and I thought it was all part of the show at first but then we realized it was real. And to think just some time earlier the WWF had come into town and I at least got to see Owen Vs Bret in a No Holds Barred match, which was televised on a Saturday show.
My second PPV my parents ordered for me, I believe I was around 10-11. I was watching live and when Owen fell I remember running up stairs to wake my dad and tell him and I’ll never forget his response, “wrestling’s fake, he’s okay, goodnight”. His face the next morning watching the news… 😱
@@thejay3804 I remember stumbling on some online years later… honestly I hate gore and watching that type of stuff so I was relieved that it was so pixelated and blurry that you can’t see much detail… but you knew it was Owen and that was enough. I feel so bad for anyone in the first few rows they actually witnessed that, and the fact that Owen yelled “Watch out!” as he fell.. oh man..
@@Wickedpissah138 Probably wasn't him. If it had been leaked, ever, I'm sure it would be on the dark web somewhere. After all, WWE have left the Spanish recording up.
I've cried hard for two wrestlers dying. Owen and then later Eddie Guerrero. I was only 9 years old when Owen passed. I was confused because I thought these guys were invincible. I just keep thinking these days how cool it would have been if Owen could still be around today and have a match every now and then. So sad. Life cut far too short for a dumb reason. I believe he was only 33 or so. Btw, he was not a nugget!!
@@gator9339 I cried an awful lot over eddie guerrero too i was too young to remember the owen incident but i have shed tears for both gone way too soon may they rest in peace let's not forget benoit too all gone too soon
I'm not gonna pretend I was a big Owen fan (I think he did his best work during "The Rocket" era. His athleticism was second to none though), but his death broke my 14 year old heart. I shed tears because it was such a tragic mishap. I was sad that Monday in school. Seeing everyone break kayfabe and cry really changed my outlook on wrestling.
I wasn't the biggest owen fan either and when dx made fun of the nation it was fucking hilarious (you'll never see blackface xpac again) lmfao. But he was extremely talented, and looking back at some of his matches, it shows just how hard he worked to give the fans a show.
Wow!!! Thank you so much for this interview guys!!!! I’ve always wanted to hear from a audience member about it. Very honest account & very interesting to hear certain things you’d not usually think of like the dust ect. Broke my heart to hear he tried to sit up. That whole incident NEVER should’ve happened & was 100% avoidable. He was such a lovely man!! 🥺🥺
I was watching this live at home and vividly remember Lawler and Ross trying to hold it together knowing Owen was deceased. It was painful to watch then and just as painful now. It was cruel that Mcmahon continued the event.
Vince is still undefeated ... Owen broke his money makers neck (stone cold)was out almost 2years and on the night Stone cold returned owen had an "accident
@@Domo_-gn6xe dude a year before he died almost exactly. Owen slipped up and didn't pull up on a sitting pile driver and Austin's neck broke. And another reason why Owen had to be that stupid blue character, as a punishment for hurting the star. And of course Bret ran his mouth so they had him lose the title to Shawn to get the hart family out of wwf that fued wasn't over a predetermined match I promise u. They wanted to break Owen not kill him but the wire was cut a tad too soon and he smashed the turn buckle. Vince is a mob boss . From umaga to Chris Benoit, test, hurricane, ultimate warrior, Andre the giant, Yokozuna, owen,Eddie guerro, Ahmed Johnson, china, big boss man, you don't cross vince if the cameras aren't rolling. Or cost him a dollar..
I didn't have cable and would watch ppv on channel 67 I think. The picture was supper unwatchable but I heard every single thing unfold. I was young and it wasn't until I heard Jr say something like " this is not something scheduled we apologize for all viewers." Then I heard Road Dogg say "Owen we are praying for you buddy" and then I told my aunt that I think something bad happened. Then later on the announced his departure. I wasn't a huge Owen Hart fan but I knew all about his prowess. I didn't even know he was the blue blazer at that time either. Then Debra spoke about Owen and thats when the tears came. Idk why but hearing her voice made me bawl. Rest in Peace sir. According to so many people he touched so many people in a good way. God needed you. You were only a loan to us from the Most High.
@@Destiny_Fox it's deeper than that. It's ppv and it's live. So not only refunding the entire arena, but then refunding all the ppv buys and you know at the time WWF was making boatloads of money on everything they did. This kind of scandal if it happened today would be worst than Benoit, and you know how what he did almost destroyed the WWE. Maybe if Martha didn't have such chicken shit lawyers they'd of stuck with it and saw it till the end.
Ben Hill I was SHOCKED when I heard that! I can't believe some of the Hart family did that to her. I hate to say it, RIP Jim Neidhart, but I immediately thought of hm because maybe he knew Natalya wanted to go into wrestling and he said I will help you if you help her. I font think Bret would have done this seeing this was after the Montreal Screwjob and he hated Vince. But who knows?
I remember watching this at a friend's house. You can tell that something went wrong. The other Wrestlers was not into the show, it was horrible for the show to keep going.
THIS GUY'S ACCOUNT IS ACCURATE. You can call BS on me but I too was there - a 23-year-old college student at Wichita State at the time, with my girlfriend and roommate. Kemper Arena was indeed dark but the ring was well lit while a promo was playing on the TitanTron. I was about 100 feet from the ring, in Section 112, facing the TitanTron, and suddenly saw a blue blur drop from the darkness. Owen hit the near the turnbuckle and rope face first (face down, horizonal), flipped over and landed on his back. He brushed the ref either on the initial fall or kicked him during the flip onto the ring. I initially thought it was a dummy, like what WCW had done with Sting. But then he tried to SIT UP and collapsed. KCMO PD quickly stormed the ring, Lawler approached the apron where Owen lay, EMTs scurried from in back. The WWF doctor with long hair was running around the ring. They all worked on him for at least 8 minutes, then rushed him off as the crowd chanted "Owen, Owen, Owen." EMTs straddled Owen and performed CPR as they stretchered him off. Jeff Jarrett had the next match and his music played for 2-plus minutes before he came to the ring with Debra. Both were visibly shaken. At first, many people thought it was part of the show. While EMTs attempted to resuscitate Owen, people in our section shouted to get him out of the ring and get on with the show. Attitude Era crowds were different than today’s crowd - they were a rowdy combination of rock concert-goers and drunken NFL fans. I thought there may be a riot if it the show were cancelled. All hell could've broken loose -- remember GNR and Metallica in Montreal in 1992? Frankly, even though Vince takes heat to this day for not ending the show, it was the right, and safe, move at that point in time. Martha Hart's book "Black Hart" has the most detailed, accurate account of Owen's fall. It is based on her lawyers' discovery and KCMO PD investigation. It is 100 percent factual. She also implicitly describes watching the WWF video of the ordeal, proving there is video of the event, which jibes with the "Never Open, Never Watch" tape supposedly in the WWF archives. Lastly, it was never announced to the crowd that Owen died. When the show ended the KCMO PD quickly ushered fans off the floor began its investigation. They were looking up toward the rafters, police were in the rafters. Happened over 21 years ago and I still remember it like it was yesterday.
I can’t believe that the police didn’t force Vince to stop the show. Like I get there would have been riots or something but I’m sure once people found out what happened people would have understood. I can’t imagine what the other wrestlers were thinking having to keep putting on the show for everyone..
Thanks for an actual accurate account. I was under the impression that he landed chest first on the top rope NEAR the turnbuckle and then did the flip onto his back. I guess he just faceplanted close to the rope
@@MentalM8 When I typed "face first" I didn't mean to imply it was literally face first (vertically speaking). His body was horizontal and faced downward (i.e., face first) when he hit near turnbuckle -- so your description of "chest first" is also accurate.
@@kurtrundell6834 so with the flexibility of he ropes and his weight and momentum did he hit the rope on his chest and go down through all three ropes and still slam on the mat, THEN flip onto his back?
Fluke - Using a construction site or factory is a bad comparison. In those cases, there isn’t a crowd of people who have paid to be entertained. At a factory or construction site, there is no “show” that must go on. Or not
@@cirenosnor5768 Vince is a cold hearted bastard but his a buisness man . Rip to Owen but I agree the show must go on . If you love what you do that's what you would want if you accidentally died etc . They announced it . They let the tv viewers know what happened . Not like they rolled him out then didn't say a word
They sent Jeff Jarrett and Debra out next, who were good friends of Owen, had worked with him, and were cut up about what had happened to Owen. How must they have felt, having to wrestle a match straight after Owen's body was carried out?
I was also there that night. I was 6 years old with my dad and 2 brothers in the 10th row. My oldest brother birthday is May 16th and my little brother birthday is May 19th. We went as their birthday gift. I had a handheld TV in my hand thinking I could watch the commentary lol(I now know it would never work) I heard people gasping and I looked up and saw him. I swear it was the loudest thud when he hit the ring. As the EMTs got into the ring my dad told us it was all apart of the show. I don't remember anything after that to be honest. It was crazy. I didn't realize he died until the next day for the tribute show. Every year on that day I get chills. I remember his eyes just being open, not knowing that most likely he was dead.
I was there with my dad in the 10th row. It was a couple weeks before my 10th birthday. I was a big Owen/Blue Meanie fan so my eyes were on him. I unwillingly remember it vividly.
Imagine owen hart having a return wrestlemania match with one of the younger talent today! It would of been epic! Such a great talent and great human being gone too soon
The same type of technical wrestler like Kurt Benoit Malenko Jericho came in 2000 would be beneficial for him. He would against or become one of their tag partner
@@kaylonW Its on dailymotion, but I watched it a 100 times back in the day. Borrowed a tape from a coworker the next day and copied it on vhs. The whole ppv after that was a huge yikes.
I remember waking up for school that Monday watching the today show and Bret hart came on with the family and u could see anger and pain it was heart wrenching. It was so surreal as a kid
Imagine falling like that. You know your gonna die. This is it and still trying to keep the ref safe by yelling at him to move. In his final seconds he saved the refs life.
Hahahaha that never fucking happened, Owen fell 50 feet ffs, he wouldn't have had to time to get the words out let alone be able to form a coherent sentence knowing he was in deadly danger.
@@petechambers541 you literally weren’t even in the ring and your acting like what the ref said was a lie lmfao you don’t think what your saying is horseshit?
@@JohnDOe-ke9cw shut up you fanny, you think the ref heard Owen say that over the thousands of fans, music etc in the arena? Not excluding the fact the moment he fell he wouldn't have had time to yell look out ffs
Such a sad day. I was 10 when this happened. Now I’m the same age as Owen when he passed away. Shows how time goes so quick yet this feels like it happened a couple of years ago for me.
I'm surprised we haven't heard more stories from people who were there. Especially those close to the ring or those who could hear JR/King talking off mic.
I wasn't there but I was a kid living in Kansas city and I was very familiar with Kemper arena and it was heartbreaking to have this happen in my home town.
i'm convinced this place is cursed. a few years before owen's accident, layne staley of alice in chains played his last ever concert there before going into seclusion and dying. I think Bret Hart's in ring career came to an end here too? could be wrong
I remember watching this on the PPV channel with the "squiggly lines" as my parents wouldn't pay for it. I still remember not knowing what was going on and not being sure if it was a TV signal issue. Crazy , RIP Owen
Basic human instinct. Trying to sit up. Gut wrenching to hear. I STILL can never bring myself to watch Over The Edge 1999 on the network. Haven't watched the PPV since it's happened
He was unconscious if not dead on impact from that height but the nervous system would have been firing thus making the body spasm. Another thing by law they can’t pronounce a person dead at the scene but at the hospital by a Dr.
this still make me so sad... at the time owen was my fav wrestle, so there i was a 13yo me glued to the tv waiting for his match, then getting the announcement he had an accident and later that he died i cried myself to sleep that night.
I was outside the building, I was 8 years old, we had no chance of getting tickets, but just the idea of "being meters away from the action" was enough. No social media back then, no smart phones, so we found out what happened 24 hours later. But the idea the Owen Hart died that night, I can't believe that, it happened, but I was there, his Ambulance could have literally driven past me and I wouldn't have known.
+Nic Bennet, Well not to date myself, but it was a different time back then, how would I have known? We love like 10 minutes away from the venue, knowing where the action was taking place, I couldn't just sit at home, so yes, we stood outside, then we sat in the car, we listened to some tunes, and we left early (to beat the crowd), but if the timeline is correct, Owen would have died while I was out side.
+Nic Bennet, Not really, I was a casual fan back then, but there was never an exact moment, I don't remember watching the tribute show, but days (maybe even weeks) it became obvious that Owen was gone. You also have to take into account, that shows got re-run back then (and still do), so 80's Hogan was just as relevant as late 90's Owen Hart, so it wasn't such a shocker back then. But looking back, it is, as I do remember the night vividly, but keep in mine, I'm thinking that the likes of Hogan, Nash, Warrior etc are in that venue.
I can remember being a 14 year old boy, obsessed with the WWF at the time (Attitude Era is unbeatable), and watching this on live PPV at my aunt and uncles, and just seeing everything going on, it was so heartbreaking to see, and then when JR came on and told us that Owen had died, it was shattering... I loved the Hart family, Bret was my favorite of all time, and Owen was such a young up and comer..and he was supposed to win the Intercontinental Title that night...🥺🥺😢😢
I remember watching this ppv with friends in highschool. And we were so confused. They cut to the crowd and everyone was silent. Then for the rest of the pay per view wrestlers were crying and hoping that Owen was ok. We were like what happened?
This was the height of the Attitude Era and Vince Russo's "crash TV". I didn't see the PPV but I'm imagining that for a short time, a lot of people were thinking it was all a work. That they had dropped a mannequin from the rafters or something. I didn't find out about this until the next day at school. I was in shock pretty much all day. I didn't want it to be true. Then I watched the Raw tribute show and it just hit me like a sledgehammer. He was really gone. Rest in Peace, Owen.
Man, I remember watching this PPV..it was heartbreaking, at first you think it's just part of the show when you're watching on camera, you're in denial..then the slow realization sets in.
I have this on VHS PPV old school Black Analog Black Box .,,,the camera kept panning into the crowd ...remember this the show must go on ....in poor taste
Because they settled out of court and it wasn't a criminal act. There was no criminal intent. It was negligence. It's why we don't put people on trial who accidentally run people over
I can remember listening to sports radio that night, and them mentioning Owen Hart's death. The manner in which it happened, and where. I was very shocked, but knew there had to be something other than just Owen Hart triggering the release of his harness. So sad.
Owen's death was the first real death I ever felt. Maybe corny but I followed Owen's matches, always wanting him to win and jump from his matches to a bulls game watching Jordan. When he died when I was 13 it was like losing a family member. I probably would still sock Vince for making him do that.
I get it . My aunt died 2 months before but I felt more emotional over Owen's death. I guess because I didn't see my aunt often and wasn't close and she had her own issues (alcohol, abusive husband she refused to leave) but you can't force yourself to feel things for others who you don't feel much for.
This guy comes across really sincere, doesnt make a gorey spectacle of what "he saw" I was about 9- watching the PPV n didn't see the fall like Most of us out here
I was 19 years old. My wife and i had ordered “Over the Edge” PPV. 11 of us were watching Blue Blazer Promo...then it cut to black and then panned to the crowd. I still have the VHS taping of this PPV from that night. RIP OWEN. A True Technician.
@Joe Brace Especially since hes repeating basically accounts told from other people.The only 2 things I'd never heard before was the dust coming from the ring (which makes sense) and the fact King ran to the back, I knew he went to the ring, not the back which is true because they say DLO does on the new d ocumentary
As a kid I used to record a lot of WCW and WWF PPVs through 98 and 99 on blank VHS tapes I'd get at Dollar General. This is the only one I never watched back. I remember watching Raw the next night and being in tears the whole show.
I watched it from the nosebleeds in kemper in kc drive 3 hrs from stl I thought at first it was part of show. Then after everyone came out knew something was wrong
In the 90s, my best friend and I would split the cost every month and order every pay per view starting with Wrestlemania 12. So that's close to 40 pay per views in a row we watched. For some reason neither of us were really interested in ordering Over the Edge 1999. Not sure why after so many in a row we decided to not get that one but we just didn't. Later that evening my friend called me and said "Get online and read the news right now." I was like ??? He said it again, but this time he was like "I think Owen Hart just died on pay per view." What????
If you listen to an audio clip of the commentary team, you can hear the thud in the background. The wrestlers talked about how the part of the ring he fell on was sunken in and it disturbed them. Jeff Jarrett I believe was the first one out after this and his story was sad. RIP King of Harts.
whatever anyone says, repeating the classic quotes or denying a video existed. It definitely did, don’t know where it ended up or what happened, it was a fan shot clip from one of the corners, not the same as the pictures of after he fell, but from the opposite side. Almost hard camera and to the left. You couldn’t see anything, but it was titled blue blazer falls. It was on the sites that you could find action replay cheat codes and stuff around 05 06. Either way you couldn’t see anything except flashes it was bad, worst possible quality. There were so many clips with new jacks scaffold match and sting and the dummy, even HBK’s wrestlemania xii entrance. The real video was like you find it when you weren’t really looking it type of deal, it wasn’t titled Owen harts death tape or Owen harts fall. Always just by chance, and you usually would find it by itself, all the others would be duplicates of new jack, sting, repeat. It was once on that video site that was blue, I think it had a short name maybe even an app. I forgot what it was called, it had the blue banner. It was even on UA-cam around 2005 when the fake Eddie heart attack video first came out when he really died. Again it was mis titled as blue blazer accident or blue blazer fall. Wish I could find it for archival purposes, so much has been lost from the 2000s internet to now. Amongst all the hoax videos and mashed up stuff, once in a while the real thing is hidden in there.
First WWF event I was allowed to stay up and watch (UK air times 1am) was this. Sat there on my Todd. Thought it was some weird work at first. Then it dawned on me. ☹️
As soon as it cut back to JR, looking psychically sick and his tone of voice, I knew something was wrong I remember him saying later on that Owen had died, the way he said sent shivers down my spine
I remember walking to the gym at night and around the corner of my home, my friend saw me and told me Owen passed away. I didn’t believe him, until the next morning on the new radio, when they said a wrestler has died. My heart fell. 🙁
As a native Calgarian, I have always had a very hard time looking into this or learning about it. I'm not a wrestling fan, but as everyone knows, even for all their faults, the Hart family is pretty iconic here. I wasn't a wrestling fan anymore at this point, but hearing of Owen's passing was extremely traumatic. I couldn't imagine having been so close to it. This was a very hard listen, but having this perspective on the incident is very interesting. Show should have been stopped when they knew Owen had died imo. Anyways, thank you for the video.
I remember watching the PPV with my friend. It was just weird because they started panning over the crowd for a long time. It was odd because that doesn’t happen.
Aah man so sad. Rip Owen, this was a really sad story and still is today. What a legend. I remember when he was in South Africa. Such a nice fun loving guy and remembered that he really loved being here when they visited.
Martha Hart only got a small fraction of the $98 million that she petitioned the court for. The amount the WWF had to pay her was based on Owen’s estimated future earnings for the next 20 years.
I was in my second last year of high school when this happened. Whilst everyone at that time was an Austin or Undertaker fan, I was the biggest wrestling fan at my school and the boys all knew my favourite wrestlers were Owen Hart and Al Snow. They'd playfully tease me as a fan of "Nugget" and we'd banter, me arguing why he was so great vs them arguing he was the Nugget that wouldn't flush with the rest of the Foundation. But when this incident happened it destroyed me. My mates, to their credit, all supported me and the banter ended as the loss of The King of Hart's affected us all deeply whilst the adults in our life just waved it off like it was just another celebrity death. I'm in my 40's now yet every May 23, I still think of OH and still keep, yet haven't worn, my Owen Hart T-Shirt since so its doesn't deteriorate. I really wish I could listen to Owen do shoot interviews. I still have Al Snow but, man, I really want Owen here too. 😔
I can't believe that it's 21 years since he died in the ring but I born the year after his death its so so sad RIP Owen Hart you are a legend still to this day and you should be in the hall of fame
@@stevelockwood7298 i was also there i am also a worker and i was with a friend we were third row also this guy is full of shit you did not know it was owen who fell looked like a doll he got all his info off of other interviews
I was watching on PPV and as soon as Jim Ross announced Owen had died, I just couldn't believe it. Then when they said they were going to continue, I turned the TV off and just sat on my bed in shock, not only did Owen die but they were going to continue, I couldn't believe McMahon was that heartless, to me he valued money over the family of the man that had just died in front of thousands of people, not to mention the poor wrestlers that had to wrestle in the same ring their friend had just died in.
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I was there also. I was diagonal from your arrow. I was in 3rd grade.
I'm pissed that they didn't cancel the rest of the ppv. I was between 8or 9 years old when he died. And my family and I refused to watch the rest of the ppv at that point out of respect. It's no wonder Martha hates the WWE.
Hell, Vince would have had Austin bring out the beer truck if it was Shane now, in hindsight.
The lead up to that stunt makes it even sadder. According to a Ted Dibiase interview, Owen rejected a plot line where he would be having an affair. he didn't want to do it because he didn't want to confuse his kids and explain why daddy was with another woman, but really wasn't. Owen was a stand-up guy. Wouldn't drink, smoke, do drugs and was probably the only wrestler NOT cheating on his wife on the road. The wwe were upset with him for rejecting the story line and made him take on the Blue Blazer persona again as punishment because they knew Owen hated it. The idea for the stunt came and Owen was against it, but he didn't want to say no because he didn't want a reputation for rejecting everything and he probably didn't want more punishment. I think the wwe knew he didn't want to do it, but they were still in punish Owen mode. So Owen went along with it and the rest you know. He was hanging from the ceiling, adjusted his mask and accidentally triggered the release switch and down he went. Brett said had he been there, he wouldn't have let Owen do it. Brett had enough clout that he probably could have gotten Owen out of doing it. Please learn from this. Don't ever let your employer talk you into doing anything you feel is unsafe.
Owen should have quit and followed Bret in WCW like Jim and Davie did.
I think this is why Owen’s widow can never forgive Vince, it’s less about the safety equipment going wrong and more him making him do something dangerous he did not want to do. Just because you’re a pro athlete doesn’t mean you are physically built for stunts like this, it takes only a small class of elite humans with little fear and razor sharp reflex skills.
He wanted to, and even spoke to Bret about it but Vince didn’t let Owen break his contract, and called Bret to tell him that he’ll sue him for everything he’s got if he speaks to Owen about changing companies.
It’s even worse than that he did openly not want to do it and even tried to avoid the run thru with a local fan he always stayed with and he went with thr fan to the movies and ignored the phone with wwe calling for hours before they must have threatened him. And he went in late.the stunt failed a few times during run thru. The fan he was with said he was dead set against it and the wwe and McMahon still wanted to punish him not over plot lines but over his brother Brett’s exit to wcw
@@Facade953he tried he was locked into a contract vince wouldnt release him
As Owen falls he yelled "watch out". He was trying to warn the ref. Even in the end he was looking out for others. Respect for that man. R.I.P Owen Heart King of Hearts 🙏🙏🙏
Copy and paste but true nonetheless
I was there and he also yelled, "I'm NOT a NUGGET"
Darkside of the ring
@@itsyourenotyour9101 sure
I remember reading this 5 other times exact same thing
Bret said it best. “If that was Shane that fell, Vince would have stopped the event”
Scary part is I think Bret's wrong....
it's possible that vince didn't stopped the event because he wasn't sure what to do and if it was Shane Vince would probably just go screw this and leave the event without caring if it continued or not,he would just leave and it would be the decision of whoever was left running the show
you have to get that these are very messed up situations and nobody there was thinking clearly
Just cause bret said it doesn’t make it true. Vince didn’t stop Kurt from dropping Shane on his head 3 times and through 2 sheets of real glass. Vince would have kept the show running no matter what. And it’s not Vince’s fault that owen died, Shawn Michaels and Vince himself have ziplined down years before owen did his. The blame goes to the rigger that strapped owen into the harness incorrectly.
@@alexello1189 It’s clear that you do not, at all, understand the backstory of what happened. I recommend you research it a little more before you equate concussions to death and the zip line to that harness.
@@IHateNicolasCage I’m sorry do people not die or suffer from concussions? Was benoits murderous rampage not caused by his roid riddled and concussed brain equivalent of an 80 year old? Is Perro Aguayo still alive after snapping his neck during the 619?
Accidents and death happen all the time in wrestling, it’s part of the fucking job description. You can’t blame Vince McMahon for the mistakes someone else made. If Owen didn’t want to do it he could have walked away and been in wcw within a month but because of his “loyalty to Vince” and the inept rigger he died.
Him saying the dust coming from under the ring tells how hard Owen fell when he hit the ring R.I.P. Owen "The King of Harts"
Yeah u can tell from the Spanish announcer video feed, it was LOUD and he hit HARD
Burn the Trolls, Just imagine if he woulda missed them ropes he prolly woulda went right through the ring and the boards woulda been more than broke, there'd be a hole and they woulda had no choice to stop the show
Hunter Hearst Helmsley said Owen Hart is a nugget it won’t flush it keeps popping back up
@@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide 😐
@@JK-ef4nc ALSO MAYBE HE WOULD OF LIVED if that happened but paralyzed? Probably still dead but the reason he died was how hard is lungs hit those ropes causing internal bleeding, shattering his aeorta, etc
I was there as well, i was 18 at the time. I remember it vividly. I actually saw him fall. I was seated to the right of the entrance about 25-30 rows back maybe. I was looking at the ring when it happened. There was 3 of us, my little brother, a friend and me. So we were all looking at the ring, then all of a sudden what we thought was a dummy fell into the ring, hit the turnbuckle and flopped onto the mat. It was the craziest thing we’d ever seen. I remember all of us laughing at first, thinking no way that was a real person. Until I saw him try to reach up with his right arm, like the guy said he tried to get up and immediately fell back down on the mat. He laid there for a sec, then everyone came running out to check on him. They finally took him out on a stretcher. I remember seeing a pool of blood on the mat where he laid. My friend drove his super nice white cutlass that night, needless to say it was one of the cars that got stolen during the show. So we walked back to Kemper to talk to security and report his car being stolen. I asked one of the security if the knew anything about Owen. He said yeah that he’s pretty sure he died, he saw him when they wheeled him out on the stretcher. He said and I’ll never forget this, “I could see his vertebrae sticking out.” Not sure if that’s true or not, that’s just what he said. One of the craziest and sad evenings of my life. RIP Owen
Wow what a recollection, such a tragedy, we hope you and your friends are doing well all these years later!
Thank you for this
When you say it was a car stolen? Many were!?
@@kanekanekaneable yup, there were several stolen that night.
That would have killed me .Ripped my Hart out
A selfless man who loved his family and watched out for others even in final moments. CLASS ACT. Mr Hart you raised your son well sir.
He never called Stone Cold
Shocked no one in charge of rigging him was sent to prison
Me too
The guy who was rigging him bobby talbert is actually big in hollywood now and has worked with the rock on some movies being a stunt coordinator
He has his own youtube channel
@@mikematthews3409 that's mental. The Rock was behind the curtain that night and wanted to go check on Owen according to his book.
Mike Matthews and he trusts him? 😳
If it happened in today's era, I believe the video will already circulate on the internet.
@hansel lewis lol bullshit it was never online. Its on a VHS tape in a vault at WWE
It would be everywhere with all the cellphones
@SuperPikachu Jexs WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME??
@hansel lewis shut the fuck up you lying sack of shit
SuperPikachu Jexs no it was never seen online.
Been waiting YEARS to hear from someone in that arena other than wwe personal...(crazy Its been 21 years today since that tragic event)
I know right R.I.P. to the King of Harts Owen Hart
Imagine if this happened today with social media being the way it is, cameras everywhere.
What was shocking really was the clip that held Owen, that thing was a key ring pretty much.
@@KevinFightstar I know when I saw that Clip I Was Pissed Off that was not Strong Enough to Hold Owen it Should have NEVER Happened!!!
@@sleazyfellow yeah it would TERRIBLY went viral if it happen today!
22 years later and not gonna lie this still makes me cry. I was a senior in high school about to graduate that week and remember turning on Monday night raw the next day and when I saw the tears in Gold Dust’s eyes when he came down the ring to wrestle the big show it absolutely broke my heart. Years later I actually met him at a Texas Longhorns practice not realizing it was him and I remember having a good conversation with him about life and actually brought it up to him about Owen Hart’s tragedy and it still affected him 10 years later. His opponent that night The Godfather said he felt himself leave his body because he was that shook up. He loved Owen like a brother.
You are probably depressed if you are still crying about it..
Godfather's opponent on the Raw after Owen's death was Road Dogg and they didn't even wrestle. Road Dogg suggested they crack some beers and tell some Owen stories. They left the ring and that was that.
They should never have continued the show. It should have been stopped. Someone died in the middle of the ring and you take him out and continue the show? That’s messed up sorry. Yes I get it the fans would need a refund and everything but they could have done something to make it up to them. A rain check to any other event that came back to that arena. Something.
GoodRiddanceGooglePlus You’re right. I said “crime” but yes Accident scene is more what it was
Yes, it was not a crime, but it was an accident resulting in a death which needed to be investigated.
If he has died in a car crash outside of Kemper Arena the road would have blocked off until the investigation was over.
Be yourself. Don't be a copycat. Don't copy Martha. I know she's your biggest influence but still... :-) good day.
Owens death was the only thing memorable about this event imo. Sadly. :(
@GoodRiddanceGooglePlus if there's a fatal accident on the highway the police shut down the highway and divert traffic until the investigation is over.
You really understand Martha Harts resentment towards everyone if you watch Dark Side Of The Ring
I cried so hard watching it
It was well done
dvon1097 how sad was that? I just wanted to hug them all.
I don't blame her
She is an incredible lady. I think the thing that makes her a super woman is the strength to push herself for the children. She done so well by them and they have made there dad proud. I can’t believe that Vince tried to sue her. He didn’t take any responsibility for the death at all. Don’t get me wrong not saying he murdered Owen Hart. But if he didn’t try and cut corners and actually got proper pros to sort the equipment Owen still be here today. Everyone agrees this death is so tragic because a young man died and it was so preventable in many ways. Just no good reason for it. But glad the family coped and are all in some place of closure.
According to the 78 page police report ..a fan from row 8 recorded it ..he was from Quebec ..he later put copies of it up for sale on Ebay...however when police tried to get the copy for the court case he took it down and police were never able to locate him or the footage ..it gave his full name and address in the report ..also according to the 3 witnesses on the catwalk owen fell from level with the cat walk ..after they rigged him up he climbed over with some difficulty and they took the strain and lowered him just slightly so his head was in line with their knees and he was turning clockwise....he began to move his arms to straighten the cape up and one witness said it looked like his right shoulder struck the corner of the cat walk and he just released and fell ..it turns out the chord to pull for release was on Owens right shoulder and it only took less then a quarter of an inch of movement for the chord to release ..the reason owen was moving his arms is because he was choking ..they used the wrong vest and rig system ..they used a drag vest instead of a drop in vest ..which when it takes the weight would put pressure on the chest and neck...combine that with his cape tied over the rigging and as soon the rig took the weight it started to choke owen from the neck and chest he began to spin to try to breath and the piss poor snap shackle released ..if they had used a drop in vest it directs the force to the seat of the harness instead of the chest and Owen could of hung with no problem...anybody who's interested in this case should read the police report it's 78 pages and clearly shows who was at fault
my only question is why would the police need the amateur footage from the crowd for the court case when they can probably get footage of the incident from multiple angles from wwe/wwf
btw do you know which row it was that the fan supposedly recorded the incident from? behind the announce table or to the left or to the right of it?
@@samsom4122 it was for a civil suit and they just wanted to use him as a witness ..and enquiries were made to obtain the footage but they couldn't get it...I think the importance was whether his footage showed him before he fell as most footage only starts after he has already fell ..That is why investigators wanted it
@@samsom41228th row and of course the police would wanna shut that down
You really think if he truly had footage it wouldn't be all over the Internet. This fan was probably just trying to make a quick buck with a fake video which is why he took it off ebay so quickly when the police were looking fir him.
I search up this incident from time to time because it has always stuck with me. I was watching this PPV event live. The fall was not shown, just panned to the crowd with concerned faces. The commentators faces were ghost white. Chilling stuff. RIP Owen.
You saw it live and I saw him hit the mat
@@spacemanx9595 The only way you would have seen him hit the mat is if you were there.
I, like the OP, watched it live on cable and its true. They wouldn't show it. There must be a 15 min delay.
The camera just stayed on JR as he explained how basically some things are done for our entertainment but this was something serious and so they refused to show it.
Then it was the next match (maybe Godfather vs D'Lo Brown, I forget) and after that match it panned back to JR where he explained how Owen had died on his way to hospital
I watched it live and saw and remember seeing the fall and thinking it was an act but they cut the ppv off tv completely and then brought it back after setting back back up with JR announcing that was not part of the show
I'll never forget JRs voice live, "We got a big problem out here*
@@spacemanx9595wow bet that had to be shocking 😯
Footage of Owens fall does indeed exist. But it is locked in a WWE vault never to be released
It’s marked DO NOT VIEW, DO NOT DUPLICATE, DO NOT DESTROY
And the only other time it was shown it was during the wrongful death trial it is not online in any capacity only images have surfaced over the years and seriously people should stop trying to find/leak it certain things should never see the light of day and this is no exception that night was absolutely tragic and for those who are trying to get the footage are just pieces of shit trying to make a quick buck off of his death smdh just let the blue blazer rest
@@tourguideplays5477 it's that level of curiosity. Once something is dubbed hard to find or never to be seen people instantly want to find it or watch it. It's everyone's downfall. That's why rare items are always pursued, because of the word "rare". That's why a lot of horror movies center around it, like "never watch this video otherwise you will regret it" some people can't help themselves and end up watching it anyway
Sick people just want to see it so they get there sick kicks of knowing they seen it
@Alex yeah but I guarantee you that alot of people in the WWE have watched it. I knew a guy that worked in the tech department that claims he saw the Owen fall video and wishes he never ever watched it because everytime he sees a picture of Owen Hart or something regarding him, he instantly remembers the video and can't forget seeing how he landed.
21 Years Ago we Tragically Lost Owen Hart One of the Greatest Professional Wrestlers of All Time and A Good Man Gone but Never Forgotten R.I.P. we Love you Owen Always❤ 1965-1999
vince mcmahon is an Evil man!
I never realised, but Owen Hart was born in the same year as my dad. I was 8 when Owen died. That really hit home to for me for some reason. Couldn't imagine losing a parent, let alone at that age. Really feel for his wife and kids. RIP King of Harts.
Owens last words were “WATCH OUT!”
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anthony dipasquale I thought it was , “I am not a nugget!”
Lol
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I thought it was
Weeeeeeeeeeee...........
Owen didn't want to hurt no one he knew it was over for him in that moment he still made sure nobody else got hurt Mad respect Owen King of Hart's Hart Rest easy Champ
P.S.
Fuck Vincent
@@clouds2515
TOO SOON?!
what good is a tragedy if you cannot get a laugh or 2 out of it?
Comedy is a way to deal with tragedy.
The Owen Hart episode of Dark Side of the Ring was absolutely heartwrenching. I never cried so hard at a documentary than I did with that episode.
How sad are you that he unclipped the harness of his own free will in order to end a panic attack?
@@thejanglezclan where did you hear that ? It did look like he fell without knowing he was unbuckled
Me too, it was so sad. His poor family, the kid's were cheated out of a really good father. RIP Owen 🙏
@@thejanglezclan there's always one candy ass that has to make a stupid irrelevant remark and that is you TJC
Same bro
i was there that night ... i had just walk through the curtain to get a beer ... i heard him hit {it was very loud} ... looked back and told my cousin "Owen just hit the ring" ... but he was laying on the mat ... i seen jerry running to him ... and you could hear a pin drop after it happened ... i seen him being wheeled to the back .... and the rest of the show we didn't know we had lost Owen ... you guys knew from them telling you on PPV but us inside had no idea ... some thought he was gone or hoped it just ended his career we knew it was bad but no news was leaked inside ... i didn't find out what truly happened until i was supposed to get a signed pic from Steve Austin ... for helping keep the door at the arena closed ... it was windy that day and the tunnel kept blowing the door open and i kept shutting it for them {I did see alot of the stars that day} ... one of the guards promised me a sign photo from Austin after the show ... i asked about Owen and he acted like i was a asshole for not knowing he had passed .... i felt like a inch tall for not knowing and walked away ... i never got my signed photo but to this day i would rather had have Owen just badly hurt instead of losing him that night ... R.I.P. Owen
To this day I still cannot understand why the police did not shut down the show immediately once it was known that a death had occurred. At that point the arena should have been cleared and a proper investigation should have begun. It wasn't just disrespectful to continue the show - it was criminal.
Criminal? No.
Yes and someone should been going to prison for that
The people who paid for the job would have went nuts
To quote Biff Tannen "Kid I own the police!"... I feel it would've been something Vince said to anyone who would've suggested calling the authorities.
I was deeply saddened as a kid but as an adult seeing how it affected his family I couldn't help but start crying. so damn sad.
I’ve heard several recounts of the detail of Owen trying to sit up for a second & then going back down. Utterly heartbreaking. It’s human instinct to try to get right back up after you fall, almost to prove you are ok. He probably had 1 last bit of adrenaline to help him raise up but there was nothing there. I tear up just thinking about it. We love you Owen. 💔
Well even more so he would of wanted to let everyone know he was fine and I’m sure he wanted to know himself he was fine.
It’s really heartbreaking because there’s always a second or two delay of feeling pain because of the shock the body is in. So he likely didn’t feel that pain until he tried to sit up. Or the brain didn’t register it and it must of been one overwhelming feeling when trying to sit up because a so understand his lungs filled up with boood as he absolutely shattered his aorta and he ripped apart his left arm apparently he had chunks of his left arm ripped open. (The ref
F said this)
He had no injuries (other then overly minor) to his head or to any other parts of his bodies other then his chest and left arm and what that says to me when falling he needed something to break his fall that explains the defensive wound with the arm and the biggest part of your body or the base is your core and I’m sure he was trying to just sort of break
His fall with the softest part or softest part out of concrete floor and a hard wooden canvas and a hard black turnbuckle (which is red ropes) you’d think anyway and because he weighs what he did and those are as tight as they are and because he fell 80 feet at a speed of I think 40-50 MPH ....he had no chance.
If you see this on the ppv the fans in the crowd you can see pointing to the top and their fingers going down so some in the crowd count 2 and 2 together
@@MachoWrestling101 i dont think he felt any pain...too much adrenaline and not conscious long enough. In such a situation everything becomes surreal. I had my little share of beeing injured. For instance one brutal car crash at 130km/h (80mph)that broke my skull and damn near killed me, and i only felt pain later in the hospital. Our bodies and brains are set up in a way to reduce suffering. A quick and violent death might be even better than dying in bed slowly
Jesus fucking hell thanks for making seem 1000x more horrific.
So sad. It should HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. WWF didnt know what to do with a great technical wrestler since they were going into a more adult, trashy, Jerry Springer type story lined show. And Owen didnt want to be involved with those angles where he cheats on his wife and shit. He wanted to wrestle, not act. He died purely out of negligence on the WWFs part
@@babaed5760 but I like my bed
I wish we lived in the parellel universe where Owen survives his fall and comes back to win the World Title. Or maybe just one where he didn’t fall in the first place.
or one where you knew how to spell parallel...
A universe where Owen didn't drop Steve on his head and shorten Austin's career.
@vMystjc key word-parallel universe
Even in the slim chance that he did survive, he most likely would have been turned into a vegetable. Extreme brain dead. He wouldn't be able to walk, talk, or eat on his own.
I just wish that maybe the accident with Steve didn’t happen simply cause if it didn’t, he’d probably have had a bit more respect and MAYBE not be slapped with the Blazer gimmick that had that harness spot. And if he was the Blazer, I wish he was just treated a little better. Vince as vengeful as he is, I really would LOVE to think, that Vince didn’t think that it was unsafe, and didn’t care cause Screw Bret.
Man I had no idea he tried to sit up after the fall until now, just another detail that adds to the tragedy. Rest in eternal peace Owen Hart ❤️
Amen
i remember that the door bell rang and my buffalo wings and pizzas were delivered and my friend came out to me and said "owen fell".
Oh wow
Pepporoni?
@@JimHerbertOutdoors butthole sauce?
@@deangelobayley7079 I ALREADY GAVE YOU MY LUNCH MONEY, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!
Your friend picked a weird time to come out to you. You'd think he could've waited until after you guys ate at least. Plus the whole Owen thing happened, people can be so selfish sometimes I swear.
When I seen the PPV live, I had 2 friends with me. At first I thought it was a really good "Work". I was thinking it was a way of getting out of the Blazer gimmick. But when Lawler came back to the broadcast position and you seen the look of terror on his face? I immediately knew something had to been up. Then J.R came back and said he has passed. I just sat there in shock. My best friend was very upset. She just had enough and did not even finish up the PPV. She went into my game room, And played with her kids. I finished watching it but was of course just not into it at all. As I was talking with my other friend through the rest of it. We hardly even watched it. I don't remember that PPV at all. A point that was brought up during the "Dark Side Of The Ring" that I never thought of? Even when Vince would not stop the PPV, Why did'nt the Police? That was a legitimate crime scene. That one really baffles me.
TwistedSMF thank you! I thought the same thing! Just gave more time for a coverup imo
I saw the PPV live too, they didn't show Owen fall.
@@Zerohopexe I saw live too. I think they had a 5 or 10 second delay but you know that something has happened and then it went to black and stayed that way for quite some time until they finally came back on and said what had happened to Owen. My friends, my dad and I thought it was all part of the show at first but then we realized it was real. And to think just some time earlier the WWF had come into town and I at least got to see Owen Vs Bret in a No Holds Barred match, which was televised on a Saturday show.
Im so glad I wasn't watching this live at a friend's house or something. We usually were back then
I watched the ppv live on TV too back then I can't remember if the screen went to black or the anouncers.
My second PPV my parents ordered for me, I believe I was around 10-11. I was watching live and when Owen fell I remember running up stairs to wake my dad and tell him and I’ll never forget his response, “wrestling’s fake, he’s okay, goodnight”. His face the next morning watching the news… 😱
Did you actually see the fall footage?
@@thejay3804 I remember stumbling on some online years later… honestly I hate gore and watching that type of stuff so I was relieved that it was so pixelated and blurry that you can’t see much detail… but you knew it was Owen and that was enough. I feel so bad for anyone in the first few rows they actually witnessed that, and the fact that Owen yelled “Watch out!” as he fell.. oh man..
No footage exists of the actual fall online tho
@@iwuzhighwenisedthat2160 but like I said it’s very fuzzy and you can’t really see anything… probably a good thing
@@Wickedpissah138 Probably wasn't him. If it had been leaked, ever, I'm sure it would be on the dark web somewhere. After all, WWE have left the Spanish recording up.
I've cried hard for two wrestlers dying. Owen and then later Eddie Guerrero. I was only 9 years old when Owen passed. I was confused because I thought these guys were invincible. I just keep thinking these days how cool it would have been if Owen could still be around today and have a match every now and then. So sad. Life cut far too short for a dumb reason. I believe he was only 33 or so. Btw, he was not a nugget!!
I was also 9 when that happened.
Cheers dudes I was 9 as well 😢 this happened right before my 10th birthday. I remember bawling during the next nights raw. RIP Owen
I wasn't watching wrestling around the time Owen died but I was watching when Eddie died and that got to me the hardest, he was my favorite
@@gator9339 I cried an awful lot over eddie guerrero too i was too young to remember the owen incident but i have shed tears for both gone way too soon may they rest in peace let's not forget benoit too all gone too soon
I don't watch wrestling because of this accident, vince mcmahon is an Evil man!
It’s been 22 years and it still makes me cry 😭
omfg, you didn't even know him and you cry lol what a snow flake
@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 haha come and say that to my face and you’ll be the one crying 😂
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I'm not gonna pretend I was a big Owen fan (I think he did his best work during "The Rocket" era. His athleticism was second to none though), but his death broke my 14 year old heart. I shed tears because it was such a tragic mishap. I was sad that Monday in school. Seeing everyone break kayfabe and cry really changed my outlook on wrestling.
Yeah, seeing Mark Henry break down while reciting his poem broke me as a kid.
@@sid2daknee I remember that too. That was one of the saddest Monday Night Raw
I wasn't the biggest owen fan either and when dx made fun of the nation it was fucking hilarious (you'll never see blackface xpac again) lmfao. But he was extremely talented, and looking back at some of his matches, it shows just how hard he worked to give the fans a show.
@@kyleprenot4572 "i tried to be a tough guy, but i couldn't grow my damn beard in"
Wow!!! Thank you so much for this interview guys!!!! I’ve always wanted to hear from a audience member about it. Very honest account & very interesting to hear certain things you’d not usually think of like the dust ect.
Broke my heart to hear he tried to sit up. That whole incident NEVER should’ve happened & was 100% avoidable. He was such a lovely man!! 🥺🥺
Amazing interview... its probably the saddest story in pro wrestling, it never gets easier to listen to. RIP Owen Hart
An accident in real life is scarier than seeing a worked accident in a movie or television show.
I was watching this live at home and vividly remember Lawler and Ross trying to hold it together knowing Owen was deceased. It was painful to watch then and just as painful now. It was cruel that Mcmahon continued the event.
Can't become a billionaire without skeletons in your closet
@@51UM agreed but he could’ve shut this event down and still been wealthy.
Vince is still undefeated ... Owen broke his money makers neck (stone cold)was out almost 2years and on the night Stone cold returned owen had an "accident
@@donaldduck9441 What? Austin was only out for three months until November of 97.
@@Domo_-gn6xe dude a year before he died almost exactly. Owen slipped up and didn't pull up on a sitting pile driver and Austin's neck broke. And another reason why Owen had to be that stupid blue character, as a punishment for hurting the star. And of course Bret ran his mouth so they had him lose the title to Shawn to get the hart family out of wwf that fued wasn't over a predetermined match I promise u. They wanted to break Owen not kill him but the wire was cut a tad too soon and he smashed the turn buckle. Vince is a mob boss . From umaga to Chris Benoit, test, hurricane, ultimate warrior, Andre the giant, Yokozuna, owen,Eddie guerro, Ahmed Johnson, china, big boss man, you don't cross vince if the cameras aren't rolling. Or cost him a dollar..
I didn't have cable and would watch ppv on channel 67 I think. The picture was supper unwatchable but I heard every single thing unfold. I was young and it wasn't until I heard Jr say something like " this is not something scheduled we apologize for all viewers." Then I heard Road Dogg say "Owen we are praying for you buddy" and then I told my aunt that I think something bad happened. Then later on the announced his departure. I wasn't a huge Owen Hart fan but I knew all about his prowess. I didn't even know he was the blue blazer at that time either. Then Debra spoke about Owen and thats when the tears came. Idk why but hearing her voice made me bawl. Rest in Peace sir. According to so many people he touched so many people in a good way. God needed you. You were only a loan to us from the Most High.
That whole thing must have been awful. How could you possibly enjoy a wrestling match after seeing someone die in front of you?
Right? Today they would cancel the event and refund everyone.
@@Destiny_Fox it's deeper than that. It's ppv and it's live. So not only refunding the entire arena, but then refunding all the ppv buys and you know at the time WWF was making boatloads of money on everything they did. This kind of scandal if it happened today would be worst than Benoit, and you know how what he did almost destroyed the WWE. Maybe if Martha didn't have such chicken shit lawyers they'd of stuck with it and saw it till the end.
The crowd weren't told he died
Destiny Jensen McMahon is too greedy. That wrestler would also "have wanted the show to go on".
Ben Hill I was SHOCKED when I heard that! I can't believe some of the Hart family did that to her. I hate to say it, RIP Jim Neidhart, but I immediately thought of hm because maybe he knew Natalya wanted to go into wrestling and he said I will help you if you help her. I font think Bret would have done this seeing this was after the Montreal Screwjob and he hated Vince. But who knows?
I remember watching this at a friend's house. You can tell that something went wrong. The other Wrestlers was not into the show, it was horrible for the show to keep going.
THIS GUY'S ACCOUNT IS ACCURATE. You can call BS on me but I too was there - a 23-year-old college student at Wichita State at the time, with my girlfriend and roommate.
Kemper Arena was indeed dark but the ring was well lit while a promo was playing on the TitanTron. I was about 100 feet from the ring, in Section 112, facing the TitanTron, and suddenly saw a blue blur drop from the darkness.
Owen hit the near the turnbuckle and rope face first (face down, horizonal), flipped over and landed on his back. He brushed the ref either on the initial fall or kicked him during the flip onto the ring. I initially thought it was a dummy, like what WCW had done with Sting. But then he tried to SIT UP and collapsed.
KCMO PD quickly stormed the ring, Lawler approached the apron where Owen lay, EMTs scurried from in back. The WWF doctor with long hair was running around the ring. They all worked on him for at least 8 minutes, then rushed him off as the crowd chanted "Owen, Owen, Owen." EMTs straddled Owen and performed CPR as they stretchered him off. Jeff Jarrett had the next match and his music played for 2-plus minutes before he came to the ring with Debra. Both were visibly shaken.
At first, many people thought it was part of the show. While EMTs attempted to resuscitate Owen, people in our section shouted to get him out of the ring and get on with the show. Attitude Era crowds were different than today’s crowd - they were a rowdy combination of rock concert-goers and drunken NFL fans. I thought there may be a riot if it the show were cancelled. All hell could've broken loose -- remember GNR and Metallica in Montreal in 1992? Frankly, even though Vince takes heat to this day for not ending the show, it was the right, and safe, move at that point in time.
Martha Hart's book "Black Hart" has the most detailed, accurate account of Owen's fall. It is based on her lawyers' discovery and KCMO PD investigation. It is 100 percent factual. She also implicitly describes watching the WWF video of the ordeal, proving there is video of the event, which jibes with the "Never Open, Never Watch" tape supposedly in the WWF archives.
Lastly, it was never announced to the crowd that Owen died. When the show ended the KCMO PD quickly ushered fans off the floor began its investigation. They were looking up toward the rafters, police were in the rafters. Happened over 21 years ago and I still remember it like it was yesterday.
I can’t believe that the police didn’t force Vince to stop the show. Like I get there would have been riots or something but I’m sure once people found out what happened people would have understood. I can’t imagine what the other wrestlers were thinking having to keep putting on the show for everyone..
Thanks for an actual accurate account. I was under the impression that he landed chest first on the top rope NEAR the turnbuckle and then did the flip onto his back. I guess he just faceplanted close to the rope
@@MentalM8 When I typed "face first" I didn't mean to imply it was literally face first (vertically speaking). His body was horizontal and faced downward (i.e., face first) when he hit near turnbuckle -- so your description of "chest first" is also accurate.
@@kurtrundell6834 so with the flexibility of he ropes and his weight and momentum did he hit the rope on his chest and go down through all three ropes and still slam on the mat, THEN flip onto his back?
@@MentalM8 Chest and body hit the top rope then he flipped onto his back in the corner.
I really wanna hear the fan's perspective on that incident. Thank you for this.
They rolled his body out and sent more wrestlers into that ring.
Welcome to the human circus known as the WWE.
Fluke - Using a construction site or factory is a bad comparison. In those cases, there isn’t a crowd of people who have paid to be entertained. At a factory or construction site, there is no “show” that must go on. Or not
@@cirenosnor5768 Vince is a cold hearted bastard but his a buisness man . Rip to Owen but I agree the show must go on . If you love what you do that's what you would want if you accidentally died etc . They announced it . They let the tv viewers know what happened . Not like they rolled him out then didn't say a word
They sent Jeff Jarrett and Debra out next, who were good friends of Owen, had worked with him, and were cut up about what had happened to Owen.
How must they have felt, having to wrestle a match straight after Owen's body was carried out?
The Kansas City police failed to follow procedure and allowed Vince to call the shots.
I was also there that night. I was 6 years old with my dad and 2 brothers in the 10th row. My oldest brother birthday is May 16th and my little brother birthday is May 19th. We went as their birthday gift. I had a handheld TV in my hand thinking I could watch the commentary lol(I now know it would never work) I heard people gasping and I looked up and saw him. I swear it was the loudest thud when he hit the ring. As the EMTs got into the ring my dad told us it was all apart of the show. I don't remember anything after that to be honest. It was crazy. I didn't realize he died until the next day for the tribute show. Every year on that day I get chills. I remember his eyes just being open, not knowing that most likely he was dead.
he had his mask on and then they bagged him. How did you see his eyes from the 10th row? geesh
The mask didn't cover his eyes lol plus it was took off before he was bagged
I rewatched this ppv on the anniversary on the network. After Undertakers entrance you can see him in the ring look right at the spot.
Vic Crown It’s still there. Search up “Over the Edge 1999.”
Why would he be in the ring then?
@@wezzab3899 CUZ VINCE MCMAHON IS A ASSHOLE AND HIS THING WAS THE SHOW MUST GO ON FUCKEN SAD
@Vic Crown go to pay per views. Filter the shows by year and select 1999.
@Vic Crown Are you that dense?
I was there with my dad in the 10th row. It was a couple weeks before my 10th birthday. I was a big Owen/Blue Meanie fan so my eyes were on him. I unwillingly remember it vividly.
@gibbnasta He was the BLUE BLAZER, NOT THE BLUE MEANIE! That's a different Guy
Why do people lie about such stupid things. Kid said blue meanie. Stop trying to get likes on the Internet.
Imagine owen hart having a return wrestlemania match with one of the younger talent today! It would of been epic! Such a great talent and great human being gone too soon
He would have already been retired dum dum.
The same type of technical wrestler like Kurt Benoit Malenko Jericho came in 2000 would be beneficial for him. He would against or become one of their tag partner
I think it was mentioned that Owen was going to retire at the end of his contract (which I think was 2001 or 2002) and become a school teacher
I will never forget the fan on tv, sitting directly behind King and JR, who indicated that owen had fallen from the top and he was gone. RIP Owen.
Ur the second person to post this but the other comment was more gruesome in its description
Nothing gruesome about it , he was telling people that he had fell and was dead which ended up being facts
The guy behind him motioned several times his hand under his chin commonly referred to as to say "cut it" .
@@leakyjeep5.9 that was it. Good memory.
@@kaylonW Its on dailymotion, but I watched it a 100 times back in the day. Borrowed a tape from a coworker the next day and copied it on vhs. The whole ppv after that was a huge yikes.
Doing CPR on someone that has internal bleeding must be brutal
I remember waking up for school that Monday watching the today show and Bret hart came on with the family and u could see anger and pain it was heart wrenching. It was so surreal as a kid
Yet to this day, I still get chocked up and teary eyed just thinking about this
Imagine falling like that. You know your gonna die. This is it and still trying to keep the ref safe by yelling at him to move. In his final seconds he saved the refs life.
Hahahaha that never fucking happened, Owen fell 50 feet ffs, he wouldn't have had to time to get the words out let alone be able to form a coherent sentence knowing he was in deadly danger.
@@petechambers541 The ref confirmed Owen yell at him to move. I’d take his word over your “opinion”.
@@Njpro that's horseshit and you know it
@@petechambers541 you literally weren’t even in the ring and your acting like what the ref said was a lie lmfao you don’t think what your saying is horseshit?
@@JohnDOe-ke9cw shut up you fanny, you think the ref heard Owen say that over the thousands of fans, music etc in the arena? Not excluding the fact the moment he fell he wouldn't have had time to yell look out ffs
Damn I still can't believe he's gone. Rest In Paradise King of Harts. 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Such a sad day. I was 10 when this happened. Now I’m the same age as Owen when he passed away. Shows how time goes so quick yet this feels like it happened a couple of years ago for me.
Any life advice for me man please 🙏
@@piero17y65 an apple a day keeps the doctor away
My mom died may 11th 99. Was around the time we had a memorial our friends set up for us. We got back and was told owen died that night
Sorry to hear that
Sorry bro
I'm surprised we haven't heard more stories from people who were there. Especially those close to the ring or those who could hear JR/King talking off mic.
I’m sure it’s out of fear of getting sued or something
@@Vhideaway1012 or people wouldn't believe them.
@@ferox965 true that
McMahon probably used his infamous NDA’s 😏
I wasn't there but I was a kid living in Kansas city and I was very familiar with Kemper arena and it was heartbreaking to have this happen in my home town.
i'm convinced this place is cursed. a few years before owen's accident, layne staley of alice in chains played his last ever concert there before going into seclusion and dying. I think Bret Hart's in ring career came to an end here too? could be wrong
Whenever a tragedy is happening... No one knows what exactly to make out of it.
Sting is blessed to be alive after all of the times he dropped from the rafters.
I remember watching this on the PPV channel with the "squiggly lines" as my parents wouldn't pay for it. I still remember not knowing what was going on and not being sure if it was a TV signal issue. Crazy , RIP Owen
Basic human instinct. Trying to sit up. Gut wrenching to hear. I STILL can never bring myself to watch Over The Edge 1999 on the network. Haven't watched the PPV since it's happened
He was unconscious if not dead on impact from that height but the nervous system would have been firing thus making the body spasm. Another thing by law they can’t pronounce a person dead at the scene but at the hospital by a Dr.
this still make me so sad... at the time owen was my fav wrestle, so there i was a 13yo me glued to the tv waiting for his match, then getting the announcement he had an accident and later that he died i cried myself to sleep that night.
My father was there that night and his story is basically the same.
I was outside the building, I was 8 years old, we had no chance of getting tickets, but just the idea of "being meters away from the action" was enough.
No social media back then, no smart phones, so we found out what happened 24 hours later.
But the idea the Owen Hart died that night, I can't believe that, it happened, but I was there, his Ambulance could have literally driven past me and I wouldn't have known.
+Nic Bennet,
Well not to date myself, but it was a different time back then, how would I have known?
We love like 10 minutes away from the venue, knowing where the action was taking place, I couldn't just sit at home, so yes, we stood outside, then we sat in the car, we listened to some tunes, and we left early (to beat the crowd), but if the timeline is correct, Owen would have died while I was out side.
+Nic Bennet,
Not really, I was a casual fan back then, but there was never an exact moment, I don't remember watching the tribute show, but days (maybe even weeks) it became obvious that Owen was gone.
You also have to take into account, that shows got re-run back then (and still do), so 80's Hogan was just as relevant as late 90's Owen Hart, so it wasn't such a shocker back then.
But looking back, it is, as I do remember the night vividly, but keep in mine, I'm thinking that the likes of Hogan, Nash, Warrior etc are in that venue.
I can remember being a 14 year old boy, obsessed with the WWF at the time (Attitude Era is unbeatable), and watching this on live PPV at my aunt and uncles, and just seeing everything going on, it was so heartbreaking to see, and then when JR came on and told us that Owen had died, it was shattering... I loved the Hart family, Bret was my favorite of all time, and Owen was such a young up and comer..and he was supposed to win the Intercontinental Title that night...🥺🥺😢😢
Exactly the same age as me couldn't believe it at the time
They” said” he would win
Thankful that there is no footage of this. People are sick and would have posted it. Owen was one of the greats. RIP
WWE have the footage
@@drmurde5576 it was dark . there really isn't footage.
@@lyricberlin no it wasn't dark
That good
Yes it was the house light were off at the time he fell.
I remember watching this ppv with friends in highschool. And we were so confused. They cut to the crowd and everyone was silent. Then for the rest of the pay per view wrestlers were crying and hoping that Owen was ok. We were like what happened?
I was at Bennigans with my dad and the news about this came on the tv in the bar area. I'll never forget that. I felt bad for his brother.
This was the height of the Attitude Era and Vince Russo's "crash TV".
I didn't see the PPV but I'm imagining that for a short time, a lot of people were thinking it was all a work. That they had dropped a mannequin from the rafters or something.
I didn't find out about this until the next day at school. I was in shock pretty much all day. I didn't want it to be true.
Then I watched the Raw tribute show and it just hit me like a sledgehammer. He was really gone.
Rest in Peace, Owen.
Rest in peace Owen hart. 💔💔💔. Such a tragic accident
This was no accident.
that was NO accident.
This is literally so sad. Genuine, good guy it seems. See you in Heaven, Owen!
From me as a kid to now as an adult this stills hurts.
Man, I remember watching this PPV..it was heartbreaking, at first you think it's just part of the show when you're watching on camera, you're in denial..then the slow realization sets in.
I have this on VHS PPV old school Black Analog Black Box .,,,the camera kept panning into the crowd ...remember this the show must go on ....in poor taste
I seriously don't understand why someone wasn't put on trial for this. This was reckless endangerment and involuntary manslaughter on Vince's part.
Who would they put on trial tho??
Because they settled out of court and it wasn't a criminal act. There was no criminal intent. It was negligence. It's why we don't put people on trial who accidentally run people over
You can’t really charge Vince with anything, all he did was hire the rigging crew.
The rigging crew should have been investigated at the very least. Investigated & charged.
@@squirleyspitmonkey3926 Er.. People do go to prison all the time for running people over! It's called vehicular manslaughter.
I can remember listening to sports radio that night, and them mentioning Owen Hart's death. The manner in which it happened, and where. I was very shocked, but knew there had to be something other than just Owen Hart triggering the release of his harness. So sad.
vince mcmahon is an Evil man!
@@Shanedog76 it couldn’t have been Vince that caused this, it was a machine failure
@@DementiaMuichiroTokito That is simply some bullshit. Vince definitely had him killed see taker's sacrifical promo about hearts
@TheBestFighter precisely
Owen's death was the first real death I ever felt. Maybe corny but I followed Owen's matches, always wanting him to win and jump from his matches to a bulls game watching Jordan. When he died when I was 13 it was like losing a family member. I probably would still sock Vince for making him do that.
I get it . My aunt died 2 months before but I felt more emotional over Owen's death. I guess because I didn't see my aunt often and wasn't close and she had her own issues (alcohol, abusive husband she refused to leave) but you can't force yourself to feel things for others who you don't feel much for.
This guy comes across really sincere, doesnt make a gorey spectacle of what "he saw" I was about 9- watching the PPV n didn't see the fall like Most of us out here
Cause it wasn’t really gorey violent no doubt.
I was 19 years old. My wife and i had ordered “Over the Edge” PPV.
11 of us were watching Blue Blazer Promo...then it cut to black and then panned to the crowd.
I still have the VHS taping of this PPV from that night.
RIP OWEN. A True Technician.
You should upload the vhs tape
Nice to hear the perspective of someone that was there but damn man he can’t finish a damn thought
Lol
I just wanted to shake him, lol.
First time we've heard an interview with an actual witness in the audience and the interviewer is one of THOSE interviewers...
@Joe Brace Especially since hes repeating basically accounts told from other people.The only 2 things I'd never heard before was the dust coming from the ring (which makes sense) and the fact King ran to the back, I knew he went to the ring, not the back which is true because they say DLO does on the new d ocumentary
240 lbs from 80 feet probably was crazy and he actually broke the ring broke the boards rip Owen
19,200 pounds of force
I don't watch wrestling because of this accident, vince mcmahon is an Evil man!
45 ft
Theres a tiny chance he could have survived given how hed landed. That he hit the buckle and flipped on the ground.
Ring boards were definitely broken. The wrestlers who performed after the fall were told to avoid the spot where Owen landed :-\
As a kid I used to record a lot of WCW and WWF PPVs through 98 and 99 on blank VHS tapes I'd get at Dollar General. This is the only one I never watched back. I remember watching Raw the next night and being in tears the whole show.
I remember seeing this live. It was tragic.
I still can't believe they continued the show
I watched it from the nosebleeds in kemper in kc drive 3 hrs from stl I thought at first it was part of show. Then after everyone came out knew something was wrong
I remember watching this PPV. Completely oblivious to what happened. I was 13
In the 90s, my best friend and I would split the cost every month and order every pay per view starting with Wrestlemania 12. So that's close to 40 pay per views in a row we watched. For some reason neither of us were really interested in ordering Over the Edge 1999. Not sure why after so many in a row we decided to not get that one but we just didn't.
Later that evening my friend called me and said "Get online and read the news right now." I was like ???
He said it again, but this time he was like "I think Owen Hart just died on pay per view." What????
He shouted “look out!” He was still thinking of others…he had a bad feeling about this…read what he told his son the week before and wife…man.
If you listen to an audio clip of the commentary team, you can hear the thud in the background. The wrestlers talked about how the part of the ring he fell on was sunken in and it disturbed them. Jeff Jarrett I believe was the first one out after this and his story was sad. RIP King of Harts.
whatever anyone says, repeating the classic quotes or denying a video existed. It definitely did, don’t know where it ended up or what happened, it was a fan shot clip from one of the corners, not the same as the pictures of after he fell, but from the opposite side. Almost hard camera and to the left. You couldn’t see anything, but it was titled blue blazer falls. It was on the sites that you could find action replay cheat codes and stuff around 05 06. Either way you couldn’t see anything except flashes it was bad, worst possible quality. There were so many clips with new jacks scaffold match and sting and the dummy, even HBK’s wrestlemania xii entrance. The real video was like you find it when you weren’t really looking it type of deal, it wasn’t titled Owen harts death tape or Owen harts fall. Always just by chance, and you usually would find it by itself, all the others would be duplicates of new jack, sting, repeat. It was once on that video site that was blue, I think it had a short name maybe even an app. I forgot what it was called, it had the blue banner. It was even on UA-cam around 2005 when the fake Eddie heart attack video first came out when he really died. Again it was mis titled as blue blazer accident or blue blazer fall. Wish I could find it for archival purposes, so much has been lost from the 2000s internet to now.
Amongst all the hoax videos and mashed up stuff, once in a while the real thing is hidden in there.
First WWF event I was allowed to stay up and watch (UK air times 1am) was this.
Sat there on my Todd.
Thought it was some weird work at first. Then it dawned on me.
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As soon as it cut back to JR, looking psychically sick and his tone of voice, I knew something was wrong
I remember him saying later on that Owen had died, the way he said sent shivers down my spine
Jerry lawler had to go back on camera seconds after seeing Owens crumpled body. You can't imagine what was going on in his head
Poor guy
I remember walking to the gym at night and around the corner of my home, my friend saw me and told me Owen passed away. I didn’t believe him, until the next morning on the new radio, when they said a wrestler has died. My heart fell. 🙁
As a native Calgarian, I have always had a very hard time looking into this or learning about it. I'm not a wrestling fan, but as everyone knows, even for all their faults, the Hart family is pretty iconic here. I wasn't a wrestling fan anymore at this point, but hearing of Owen's passing was extremely traumatic. I couldn't imagine having been so close to it.
This was a very hard listen, but having this perspective on the incident is very interesting. Show should have been stopped when they knew Owen had died imo.
Anyways, thank you for the video.
I remember watching the PPV with my friend. It was just weird because they started panning over the crowd for a long time. It was odd because that doesn’t happen.
Aah man so sad. Rip Owen, this was a really sad story and still is today. What a legend. I remember when he was in South Africa. Such a nice fun loving guy and remembered that he really loved being here when they visited.
Man this was such a long time ago. Hard to believe
Martha Hart only got a small fraction of the $98 million that she petitioned the court for. The amount the WWF had to pay her was based on Owen’s estimated future earnings for the next 20 years.
I was in my second last year of high school when this happened.
Whilst everyone at that time was an Austin or Undertaker fan, I was the biggest wrestling fan at my school and the boys all knew my favourite wrestlers were Owen Hart and Al Snow.
They'd playfully tease me as a fan of "Nugget" and we'd banter, me arguing why he was so great vs them arguing he was the Nugget that wouldn't flush with the rest of the Foundation.
But when this incident happened it destroyed me. My mates, to their credit, all supported me and the banter ended as the loss of The King of Hart's affected us all deeply whilst the adults in our life just waved it off like it was just another celebrity death.
I'm in my 40's now yet every May 23, I still think of OH and still keep, yet haven't worn, my Owen Hart T-Shirt since so its doesn't deteriorate.
I really wish I could listen to Owen do shoot interviews.
I still have Al Snow but, man, I really want Owen here too. 😔
Sorry to hear you had to go through your last year of high school twice...
@@SteadyFreddie lol
I can't believe that it's 21 years since he died in the ring but I born the year after his death its so so sad RIP Owen Hart you are a legend still to this day and you should be in the hall of fame
I have been looking for a fan account! 18 THOUSAND THERE and we havent heard a damn word for 20 years from a fan!
Look on forums and reddit. Plenty of people have given their accounts,
@Damian Weiler I didn't think it was him, looked like a doll from where I was. I was looking right at the ring, but I was so way up at the top.
@@stevelockwood7298 i was also there i am also a worker and i was with a friend we were third row also this guy is full of shit you did not know it was owen who fell looked like a doll he got all his info off of other interviews
So ironic that the event was named "Over the Edge"
I know right ?? That’s pretty weird
Lol
I was watching on PPV and as soon as Jim Ross announced Owen had died, I just couldn't believe it. Then when they said they were going to continue, I turned the TV off and just sat on my bed in shock, not only did Owen die but they were going to continue, I couldn't believe McMahon was that heartless, to me he valued money over the family of the man that had just died in front of thousands of people, not to mention the poor wrestlers that had to wrestle in the same ring their friend had just died in.
Good job by that fan for explaining what happened from his point of view. Intelligent description.