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Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
Owen Hart: 23 May 1999: The 34-year-old professional wrestler fell to his death during the Over the Edge pay-per-view event. He was supposed to be lowered into the ring from the rafters as part of his Blue Blazer persona's entrance, but the equipment lowering him into the ring malfunctioned, causing him to fall 78 feet (24 m) and land chest ...
After the Hart Foundation split up, Owen Hart began teaming with Neidhart as The New Foundation. Bret went on to have a successful career as a singles wrestler, holding the WWF World Heavyweight Championship five times. [104] The family connection played a role in two major WWF storylines.
Martha Joan Hart (née Patterson; born October 31, 1966) is a Canadian philanthropist and researcher who is the widow of professional wrestler Owen Hart. [1] After her husband's death in an accident at Over the Edge, Hart sued the World Wrestling Federation (now, WWE).
[44] Bret Hart later stated that he wished he would have been in the WWF at the time, so he could have talked his brother out of doing the stunt. [45] Other members of the Hart family also blamed Vince McMahon for Owen's death, [46] claiming that the accident was the inevitable outcome of "an obsession for ratings and revenues."
The season finale of Vice's "Dark Side of the Ring" airs on Tuesday and features the widow of former World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) performer Owen, Hart, who tragically died in a ...
Heaven Hart, born March 22, 2005, is the eldest child of Kevin Hart and his first wife, Torrei Hart. She graduated from high school in 2023 and started college later that year.
In September 2021, the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced the establishment of the Owen Hart Cup, an annual tournament to honor the legacy of Owen Hart, a prominent wrestler during the 1980s and 1990s who died at the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF, now WWE) Over the Edge pay-per-view in 1999.