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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).
The family connection played a role in two major WWF storylines. Four of the Hart brothers (Bret, Owen, Keith, and Bruce) formed a team at Survivor Series 1993. [105] Animosity began to build between Bret and Owen, and Owen turned on Bret at Royal Rumble 1994. [106]
The Harts won the match, with all of the brothers surviving except for Owen, the only Hart family member eliminated when he was rolled up by Michaels after inadvertently knocking Bret off the apron. [80] Bitter about his elimination, Owen blamed Bret for this and in the weeks ahead, blamed Bret for holding him back.
The tag-team known as The New Foundation was a short-lived team formed in 1991 soon after the original disbanded. This team consisted of Neidhart and Owen Hart, Bret's younger brother. The two also teamed again in 1994, and the New Foundation name would later be used by Neidhart together with The Blue Meanie.
[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 ...
Bret Hart was scheduled to defend his title against Bob Backlund at Survivor Series 1994. The stipulations stated that the only way to win was to force the person in your opponent's corner to throw a towel into the ring. Davey Boy Smith was in Bret's corner, while Owen Hart was in Backlund's corner.
Owen Hart. The team of brothers-in-law, Hart and Bulldog debuted on March 31, 1996 at the twelfth WrestleMania event as members of James E. Cornette's Camp stable along with Vader and went on to defeat Yokozuna, Ahmed Johnson and Jake Roberts. [1] At In Your House 7, Hart and Bulldog defeated Johnson and Roberts. [2]