Remember watching this PPV that night. For JR to have witnessed this this right in front of his eyes and still carried the broadcast and be as professional and articulate as he was that night takes an extra special something to do.
@@skippythealien9627 It had to be hard on all of them. Even Stone Cold who had issues with him. They are together so much it has to feel like they are family. And they even look at each other as family.
Yes, you can. And Jeff Jerret too. But actually you could tell by a lot of reactions. What made it worse is the people in the arena didn't know. And it sounds so awful when Jim mentioned that Owen died. And the cheers were so high. It didn't go with the sad feeling people were feeling.
Twenty-five years ago tonight. In hindsight, we should be thankful social media and smartphones were not around to spare us the sensationalization of Owen Hart’s death.
This is why I respect Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler. Jerry checked on him. I also respect Michael Cole. I know he has been through a lot of abuse but the way he handled Jerry Lawler when he had his Heart Attack was Awesome.
The silence after JR announced Owen's passing is still very heartbreaking to me, even after 25 years. It absolutely sucks to know one of the more genuinely sweetest guys passed away at such a young age and leaving two super young children. He's looking down to see Martha, Athena and Oje.
😥😥😥 I can picture the scenario now, though. Guy falls seventy feet, the medical staff bolt to the ring, and after a while, Owen just gets up, waves to the crowd, and is like “All good y’all. Just gonna go backstage and heal the injury. Thanks guys!” 😂
@@RejectedSpiritXI doubt it from 70 feet From that high up chances or survival are really really slim ,imagine if he just landed in thr ring still would have screwed up all of his internals
That day still upsets me to this day. owen is one of my fav wrestlers. its very tragic. and it was his IC title shot too. RIP Owen James Hart (May 7 1965 - May 23 1999)
@hollywoodmkx where are you getting your info? Owen left the arena saying they can't do the stunt if he's not there. Vince told him to get back for rehearsals or he's fired.
I remember watching this on PPV. A moment I will never forget. Kudos to Jim Ross! At 6:12 I will never forget my moms reaction. She let out a huge gasp followed by an "OH MY GOD!" I've never seen he so shocked in my life. She was a fan of his and loved the Blue Blazer character.
Plus he only had 10 seconds to come up with it. Kevin Dunn (not the actor) just said "He's Dead, Owen Died and you're back in 10, 9, 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 and go JR and King"
What many didn’t know that night is that by the time they loaded him up and wheeled him out, he had already died. Owen fell close to 80 feet (8 stories) and landed chest first on the top rope. The impact of his chest against the rope severed his aorta, and he bled to death internally within a few short minutes. I estimate it took him 8 minutes to die due to the aorta being the primary artery within your whole body. As far as I know, no one has ever survived that.
Yeah I heard Val Venus say that he was the first to see Owen after they emts got past the curtain and he saw Owens eyes. They were open but "gone." He was already dead
Judas Priest guitarist, Richie Faulkner had a complete aortic dissection during a live show in 2021. He is quite possibly one of only a few to survive such an event. Its quite a story.
@@Nick-s-f an aortic dissection is not as severe. It just means there is a slight “cut” in the aorta. Owen’s descending aorta was completely severed into two.
The crowd never knew Owen had died or heard the announcement. JR talking was only heard by the people at home watching the pay per view on TV not the people at the arena
As he was coming down he shouted to the fans below to watch out. Imagine you're about to die and your concern is for others. The Hart brothers are the best there was, the best there is, and the best that ever will be
Facts the abomination for Vince McMahon to allow the show to continue after knowing one of his own employees literally died in front of thousands in attendance live wtf 🤬🤬
All respect intended, I can’t overlook how many ironies are in this moment. The video talking about how evil will never triumph over the blue blazer at the moment beginning of his demise. The name of the PPV, His night to take the belt. It’s just as eerie as sad. Credit to JR and Jerry. I can only imagine what was going through Owens head.
You can tell in both JRs and King's voices, they knew that Owen wasn't going to survive this tragedy. King came back from the ring and his normal demeanor was drained out of his body. His friend and tag team partner Jeff Jarrett could barely make it to the ring. This changed people's perception of wrestling forever. Sadly, many more premature wrestler deaths would follow.
I can't imagine what it; would of been like to see this. I am glad I wasn't at the event. They said he landed his chest on a turn buckle. What is so sad is when he fell he was telling people To move because he didn't want to injure them. He could of landed on people. But you can tell everyone was not the same.. Even though I was looking forward to seeing The Undertaker vs Stone Cold match. That all changed with the Owen Hart falling. But he as he was falling he was thinking of others. That is what Jim Cornette said. I know you have to watch what he says. But I really couldn't imagine wrestling in a ring that His blood on it. I hated that when Jim Ross was trying to tell everyone at home that Owen Hart died they were screaming so loud. But they didn't know he died. But just seeing it you have to know something bad happened.
I don’t believe that. Falling free fall speed unexpectedly the brain did not have time to process or even catch a single breath to scream to get out of the way. It’s a tragedy and one that stuck with me but this can’t be possible
It's just awful, even more by the fact that there's cheering fans all around, of course they didn't know but imagiune being JR and having to hear that while he's delivering the news.
@@ericbattle4597 i mean it literally just happened 5 seconds ago in front of him and you can actually clearly see him point at the ceiling and then the ring your right owen didnt break his neck. but that guy didnt know that, and clearly seen it happen, which is absolutely wild we have that interview from somebody in the 3rd row, somebody who was behind the announcers would have probably seen it pretty clearly. its always been said it wasnt so dark you couldnt see anything just compltely dimmed, and of course nobdoy was looking at the ring attention was turned to the tron. but for the guys behind the announcers the tron is directly in front of them....right were owen fell. they were watching and then a figure fell past their face and they looked at the ring and there he was.
@@Wellnow123123he turned out to be right. The impact of Owen’s chest against the top rope severed his aorta, and it took him about 6 minutes from that point to die of internal bleeding. The start of the video packaging is when the fall happened. After JR had said “this is real as real can be here.” was about the point of Owen’s death. The internal bleeding filled Hart’s lungs with blood.
I just noticed this...I've already read that Owen fell during the taped segment. But JR is already saying they have a big problem out here as he is introducing that segment.
They replayed the pre match taped segment after owen fell to buy some time to give owen medical care , which is the segment you see in this video and why JR says we’ve got problems out here
JR said that moments after Owen Hart had just fallen and then they switch to the pre recorded backstage interview with Kevin Kelly and Owen and while that was being shown, the medical personnel team had already begun to attend Owen in the ring
I was 13 and got my mom to rent this ppv. Even at 13 with the somber tone I could tell this was not a gimmick and felt that something really bad was going down. A lot of people at the time felt this was a storyline but just with how jr and lawler were imo it was obvious it wasn’t
There's no way I wouldn't have done that stunt No Way! I'm afraid of heights so why would I be stupid enough to do it? Vince would've just have to fire me for refusing to do it I would've been fired but at least I would've still be alive
So to clarify, Owen died doing a stunt that only the people in the arena were going to see, because the producers decided to show the interview over the stunt? My apologies for sounding callous, but that sounds like one of the most pointless deaths ever.
He was stepping off the ledge to dangle in place. Once the promo ended he was going to be lowered. Unfortunately the harness was not secure and he fell straight down unexpectedly.
I hate picturing what that would have been like for Owen from the second the malfunction occurred to the impact of the fall even if had been only a few seconds down from top of arena to floor, watching dark of the ring when Jim Cornette said that the last thing people heard Owen shout was “look out”, I also agree with Cornette it is a testament to Owen’s character that falling from nearly 100 feet and would know he’s finished and the last thing he was thinking was about the safety of others
It's awful to think that when JR told us Owen had died, he had been told literally ten seconds before going back on the air and had that ten seconds to process it, and try put into words how he would inform the viewers....
I can't imagine those who had to wrestle following Owen's fall could even concentrate on their matches, especially with Owen's blood still on the canvas.
Yup. I didn't watch the ppv, it was my birthday, and I was out with friends. Heard as I left. When I got home I turned on the ppv channel where you could hear the announcers and the event was going so I thought I was lied to. Then I went on AOL chat rooms for WWF and quickly found out it was real.
@@Kevin-tz2lv I wasn’t a die hard fan anymore but my mom actually told me the next day and I remember watching raw that night and remember Jeff Jarrett saying Owen was never a nugget. My mom was also the person who told me and my 10 year old buddies playing basketball that Mike Tyson got knocked out for his first loss. I think Owen, if he wanted to, could have been one of the best wrestlers of all time. He was kind of like Brett, but he could do the pretty shit like Shawn could. That’s just my opinion though. I remember him in one of the wrestlemanias where he fought Mr. perfect and he did something I’ve never seen before or since. Mr. Perfect threw him against the ropes and did a hip toss that Owen somehow in mid air did a kind of kick out where he blocked the move. He was fighting as the Blue Blazer
@Steve-v4i well there was one point, and you probably didn't see it bsck then...since you said you weren't really into at the time, but it was after bret left and they did a "black hart" gimmick...look it up if you haven't seen it.. owen and vince in the ring...he was SO over...then they buried the storyline
My younger brother and I were watching the PPV and Adelphia cable, our TV provider, had an audio issue in which there was no sound. I had no idea what the wide shots were and why there was no match. The rest of the show had no sound either. I remember my parents calling and getting a refund for the show and me at 14 being pissed I can't hear anything. It wasn't until the next morning when I woke up for school that my Mom asked me if I knew a wrestler named Owen Hart, and then told me the story. None of my buddies except me at our lunch table ordered the show. I told everyone and nobody believed me. The next day, that Tuesday, we were all in such disbelief. RIP Owen, the King of Harts.
not only that but The Undertakers intro promo for the beginning of the ppv was very ominous to the foreshadowing of Owens death. a lot of things could be "conspiracy'd?" to the whole death of Owen that night. including the hardware used to hold him for the descent to the ring.
All you had to do watching it live was see Lawler's face when he came back into the frame. Like I'm sure everyone who saw, I was hoping against hope but when I saw him, I knew. 😥
Considering all the dark stuff coming out about Vince..it's not to crazy to think he killed Owen for breaking Steve Austin's neck with that piledriver right when Austin was hitting his prime
I remember tuning into this show via "Scramblevision" and the first thing I heard after I put it on was Ross' announcement that Owen died. I was shocked and it's a moment I've never forgotten.
No Owen did after he came back later... you know Owen is still alive right 🤷♂️🥲. Yeah just a like Eddie and Benoit. This was a work to get him over as heelbabyface 😃🫡🤷♂️.
