Owen Hart | 112
History of the 90s
Kathy Kenzora
4.7 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In May 1999, Owen Hart, the youngest member of Canada’s first family of wrestling, was at Kansas City's Kemper Arena to compete in the pay-per-view event “Over The Edge.”
Owen was set to enter the wrestling ring by descending from the rafters on a wire attached to a harness as his alter ego The Blue Blazer.
But something went horribly wrong. On this episode of History of the 90s we explore the life and tragic death of Owen “The Rocket” Hart.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Kathy. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to History of the 90s |
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| 0:09.2 | Ever wondered what power is. Power is transforming the sun into your own energy source. |
| 0:16.0 | Power is getting energy companies to pay you. Power is enjoying your morning coffee, knowing you created |
| 0:22.5 | the energy to make it. Well, you and the colossal ball of fire in the sky. Because with solar panels |
| 0:29.6 | from Hive, the sun works for you. Hive, know your power. May not cover all electricity usage, |
| 0:35.9 | roof and weather dependent, paid for surplus requires |
| 0:37.8 | eligible SCT tariff. When Raw is war began on May 24, 1999, the millions of viewers who tuned |
| 0:47.0 | into the weekly wrestling show weren't greeted with the usual display of pyrotechnics and over-the-top |
| 0:52.6 | excitement. That's because 24 hours earlier, one of the |
| 0:56.9 | WWE's most beloved performers had plummeted to his death during a live pay-per-view event. And then, |
| 1:04.2 | in a shocking and highly criticized decision, the rest of the show continued. So the wrestling world |
| 1:10.6 | took time the next night to remember and honor the man continued. So the wrestling world took time the next night |
| 1:11.9 | to remember and honor the man they lost |
| 1:14.4 | in the stunning incidents. |
| 1:16.4 | Well, ladies and gentlemen, Jim Ross and Jerry the King Lawler here at ringside. |
| 1:19.2 | We thank you very much for being with us |
| 1:20.5 | and what we truly believe will be one of the most unique broadcasts |
| 1:25.4 | ever in the genre of sports entertainment here tonight. |
| 1:30.3 | Missing from that broadcast was the wrestler's widow, who was at home with their two small children |
| 1:35.3 | trying to process what had happened, and more importantly, why? A question that would cause |
| 1:41.3 | a rift in Canada's most famous wrestling family. |
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