Check out our full episode on the tragic death of Owen Hart! Link in video or right here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2VpzdiznrWocqg.htmlsi=OO8yFgClzt5KP7n6

Bret Hart once said: “If it was Shane McMahon, Vince would stopped the show”

@noicemate9111

7 ай бұрын

Jesus that quote is so true and kind of angering

@user-km2iz8rk4f

7 ай бұрын

I would bet my paycheck if it was your child you would want to stop the show as well. I know exactly what you're saying though and i completly agree with what you're saying. I don't know how showbiz works so I can't say but I would bet there's a set of different rules when it's your name on everyone's paychecks.

@taxfree4603

7 ай бұрын

Vince probably would have continued the show lol, dude is a dirtbag

@UnWoke_One

6 ай бұрын

I honestly think that Vince would’ve kept the show going no matter if it was his son sadly…

@flyingchimp12

6 ай бұрын

No shit, why does it matter?

"Owen is dead, you're back on in 3...2...1-" That had to be the most difficult thing for JR

Vince was so lucky IPhones and social media didn’t exist then

@BeelzeJon

6 ай бұрын

Unlucky for him, there is one eyewitness

@ohYex

5 ай бұрын

@@BeelzeJonplease explain?! Honestly who would that be??

@NothingToPointOut24

5 ай бұрын

In all fairness, and I think Vince has proven to be a total scumbag. But for this exact reason, if something like this happened today, the event wouldn't go on. Just last year an NFL player nearly died on the field and the game was stopped. Same thing would happen in wrestling cause the time is now and not then. 1999 was just flat out a different world

@JudoMMAster

4 ай бұрын

@@NothingToPointOut24they continued the NFL game they stopped momentarily but the game continued

@NothingToPointOut24

4 ай бұрын

@@JudoMMAster The Hamlin game? It was never restarted or replayed.

Man. I remember this like yesterday. Kids at school were going crazy the next morning

@DeathInEntertainment

Жыл бұрын

💯💯

@jandrotapes

Жыл бұрын

I've been trying to find the footage since 1999

@DeathInEntertainment

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like it’s been vaulted or destroyed. The only real media of it is the audio of the Spanish announcers table. You can hear a loud crash and one of the announcers having a traumatic response

@denniscoughlin7437

Жыл бұрын

@@jandrotapes i found it years ago on consumption junction. But think its all gone now.

@DeathInEntertainment

Жыл бұрын

😮

The show should not have gone on.....

@Videogamelover58

9 ай бұрын

Agree

@aldrichhf35

8 ай бұрын

No it should, if not Tons of angry fans will go nuts and mass refund for ppv will held. Its better to continue the show and show attention to the death for the next show

@madboy5686

8 ай бұрын

@@aldrichhf35 nah it’s just disrespectful

@ChuySki

8 ай бұрын

He was just another basic superstar

@benpamer6574

6 ай бұрын

@@aldrichhf35The horror, they would have had to refund people their money!! Give me a fucking break. You think if Shane had fallen to his death on one of the many high spots he's done through his career like the elbow drop to taker from the top of a cage that the show would go on? Of course, it wouldn't.

That had to be the hardest thing that JR had to do

@DeathInEntertainment

Жыл бұрын

Kevin Dunn told him “Owen Hart died and we’re back on the air in 10, 9, 8….” Horrific

@sam041390

Жыл бұрын

@@DeathInEntertainment Smh

@tritontransport

Жыл бұрын

Because Vince McMahon didn’t have the 🏀 ⚽️ to come out and make the announcement. He should have been the one to do it

@TheStinkysteve

Жыл бұрын

It was so hard for JR that the show continued moments later. So disgraceful they did that.

@tritontransport

Жыл бұрын

@@TheStinkysteve like I said Vince is too much of a coward to make the announcement so he pushed it off on JR. When Dale Earnhardt died they didn’t push off the burden to a broadcaster. The president of nascar at the time Mike Helton made the announcement himself

I'll never forget watching this on PPV. Even as just a fan, when he said those words it pierced through me. It was in that moment that you knew that it was real. RIP Owen

@noicemate9111

10 ай бұрын

And then the show just went on?

@andrewkappler5503

10 ай бұрын

​@@noicemate9111yes it did

@jjpope3757

9 ай бұрын

Same here it was my dad and I cried and I really wasn’t even a fan of his Thanks for sharing

@TripleKmafia

8 ай бұрын

Can you tell us exactly what you saw as it happened? Nobody seems to have come forward to talk about it in detail. And mysteriously, nobody’s come forward with a VHS tape of it. I’d assume somebody recorded it and hasn’t shown it due to legal reasons. But, I’ve also heard that the fall was never shown on PPV due to livestream delays specifically to stop people from recording deaths.

@Ccubed92

7 ай бұрын

​@@TripleKmafiatheir is no recordimg of it

So stunned I couldn’t believe that they continued with the ppv

@TheHiphop98

10 ай бұрын

One of the reasons i fell outta love with this shit

@willh3972

10 ай бұрын

Tough call. When AC/DC played in salt lake city i think 93, some girls got crushed to death at the show before the band started. The band was horrified and didnt want to play, but management said if they didnt play it would only get worse. Difference here is it wasnt a crowd safety thing. But maybe it was the only way to work through it. I dont know. But what shocked ne was Vince on morning news shows saying "no one saw owen die, we blacked out the arena." Of all the times the news did stupid witch hunt crap, and kind of did here, that was a stupid way to answer for a fatal screw up

@tomglavinehof1

9 ай бұрын

The wrestlers should’ve all refused to go out there…despicable act by McMahon

@noicemate9111

9 ай бұрын

@@willh3972dude a guy fucking died there’s nothing tough about it

@Ultriac301

9 ай бұрын

Bret Hart: Owen wouldn't have wanted the show to go on.

And now everything Vince has done and hasnt been accountable for is catching up to him 25 years later. Rest in heaven Owen 🙏♥️🤍

U know damn well he was holding back tears but immediately broke down once the cameras were off him, i would hate to be in that situation 😢 poor JR

@DeathInEntertainment

3 ай бұрын

Brutal. Still had to call 2 matches after this announcement.

It was insane. I remember everyone at school talking about it and everything after it happened. We didn't know if it was real or not for days because WWF at the time did crazy shit back then. It was real alright and I'll never forget it. R.I.P Owen

Me and my friends couldn't hold back our heartbreak and anger that we all felt once the news broke with Owen Hart's death. Everyone was talking about it in school and the news spread like a wildfire. We fans miss you and we love you Owen. 1965 - 1999

@dallascowboysnumber1fan

4 күн бұрын

Same everybody was talking about it at my school and it was so shocking and still is

25 years ago today 😞

When I heard that as a kid? I WAS LITERALLY STUNNED. My momma was in tears and everything. I was comforting my momma like “it’s ok Mom it’s ok.” Me as a kid being numb to crying it didn’t hit me until as I got older looking back at the old wrestling tapes and remembering that day me and Mom ordered the PPV and seen it all unfold.

Owen Hart has died made my heart drop

If this would've happened these days, Vince would've served prison.

@Snotzalotz

4 ай бұрын

That’s the dumbest shit I’ve heard.

He had 10 seconds to process this and find a way to word this before this came back on the air. Absolutely insane.

Vince was wrong for continuing the show, but he was more wrong for going after Owens family in court. Thank god for Tony Kahn and AEW honoring Owens name and getting his widows blessing

@dachicagoan8185

5 ай бұрын

really? vince went after a widow and 2 kids without father? He was already a billionaire by then. What a total POS

@eighty35

2 ай бұрын

please explain

@DeathInEntertainment

2 ай бұрын

We talk about it on our Owen Hart episode of our podcast! But short version here: Vince vigorously defended himself in court against Owen’s surviving wife and kids. And he also lobbied extremely hard to get their civil case moved from Kansas City (where Owen died under his watch) to Connecticut where WWE is headquartered because he knew they would A. Treat him favorably and B. Connecticut has strict cap on civil damages. Instead of making it right he did everything in his power to not take accountability and actively fight against them. Not a great guy.

Imagine falling from that height 😨 that is crazy falling from such a high on my place

This was the Absolute WORST part of my WWF childhood was hearing this announcement from JR. At the time i literally felt like I lost a family member, so I can imagine how the actual wrestlers felt that really knew Owen and were close with him, RIP OWEN FOREVER ❤

Poor JR having to do this live right when Owen passed. Vince is a monster for making the show continue

My family didn't buy a ton of PPVs growing up, but we probably did 2-3 a year during the height of the Monday night wars. For whatever reason we bought this one. Thank you Vince for making sure we got our money's worth and not stopping the show. Of course I'm kidding lol, we were shocked they kept going. Nearly every wrestler was crying during their promos or ring entrances. It was wild.

@DeathInEntertainment

Ай бұрын

Yeah so brutal. Jeff Jarrett and Debra looked horrified having to go out there

Watched it....and hated carrying on watching it the show should not have gone on RIP OWEN XX

@Ccubed92

7 ай бұрын

You didn't see him fall

In today's time, we see all the old school wrestlers who are retired talking about the good ole days! It's incredible as an almost 60 yr old man I was hard core into it as a young man. So sad Owen went to work and didn't make it home. I now understand the pressure they were under. So sad.

I was 11 years old when I saw Owen fall I still remember it like it was yesterday. Watching a man plummet like that from that high up... And the impact 😣 The way he hit those ropes... I knew it was very bad at that moment Rest in peace Owen I still haven't forgotten you

@TripleKmafia

8 ай бұрын

Would you please tell us exactly what you saw in as much detail as possible?

@Ccubed92

7 ай бұрын

You never saw him fall. It wasn't live on pay per view when he fell. They were doing a video vignette when he fell so that's a false memory

@tjcalhoun5705

6 ай бұрын

​@@Ccubed92Where did he say that he watched it live on PPV?

@myrceIIa

5 ай бұрын

@@Ccubed92you realize he could’ve been there live watching it at the arena? why do you have to be so unnecessary rude whilst commenting on things you don’t know about.

@MrDJCue

4 ай бұрын

​@@Ccubed92You real quiet now huh? 😂

I remember watching this live at BW3’s, I took my brother-in-law and he is much younger, I believe he was maybe 10 at the time. He was devastated when we found out it wasn’t scripted

Rip Owen Hart massively underrated talent and a hero of mine as a child

I remember this. Tragic. All I could think of was his family- especially his brother Bret. RIP Owen.

I remember watching this as a teenager and being utterly shocked, I didn't believe JR was serious, thought it was a storyline for a moment. Man, surreal to think about this being part of my teenage years.

Vince should have not used rookie riggers he cheaped out

JR was given confirmation 10 seconds before this that Owen Hart had died and he needed to give an update to the viewers

When I hear the announcement of Owen’s death. Literally time froze for me

After all these years, it’s still shocking, painful and tragic as the day it happened….

@LCFCV9

2 ай бұрын

9/11 happened since. This is nothing compared. Get over it.

@dianeleahan3357

2 ай бұрын

@@LCFCV9 shut up you sad excuse for a human…

That is actually very chilling Jim Ross words,I miss u Owen may your soul rest in peace

I remember watching this. He started falling and then it went to commercial real quick.

@DeathInEntertainment

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they were doing a promo for The Godfather vs Blue Blazer and awkwardly cut to Jim Ross explaining Owen had fallen and was being taken to the hospital. All the while saying it was not part of the show so people understood it wasn’t a work. What a terrifying, preventable tragedy

@alexs7097

4 ай бұрын

You guys have to understand when something runs "live" there is at least 3 minute delay on your tv. These 2-3 minutes of delay are done on purpose for the producers to be able to control "unexpected" events during a live show...for example somebody running in and "bombing" the show, or some crazy accident that they cannot show on live tv....so there is always a minute or two delay.

@alexcorrea4828

4 ай бұрын

I'm not sure what you guys were watching but that is not what happened at all. The camera shot cut up into the air for a while before it went down to Jim Ross

@HunterGuy558

4 ай бұрын

Not true

@jesuscage

3 ай бұрын

That's not how it happened, they were about to do Blue Blazer's (Owen Hart) entrance but he had fallen and the camera pointed to the crowd really quick for a minute then went to commercial, the show came back on to Jim Ross explaining what had happened with Jerry Lawyer with a very concerned face and out of character, nobody saw the actual fall except for the ppl that were there

I saw the documentary with his wife its so sad and messed up he didn't even want to do that stunt and I don't even think they used the proper equipment the day it happened a neighbor friend of mine that lived across the street told me as they were watching it live RIP Owen

@DeathInEntertainment

Жыл бұрын

It’s laughable how unknowledgeable the riggers were that day. They used a clip that is MEANT to release under 6 pounds of pressure 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

@tigerlilly5494

Жыл бұрын

@@DeathInEntertainment Not to mention too they had people carry on with the show after that horrific accident their friends blood all over the Matt and also it was a crime scene Vince is a piece of shit

It's hard to believe it's 25 years rip own

I was watching this. I named my 1st born son Owen in tribute

@HunterGuy558

4 ай бұрын

So there's a person in the comments saying he seen him falling and they cut to commercial almost 100% that's a false memory

@SciyonGenysis

2 ай бұрын

@@HunterGuy558 Nobody watching on TV saw the fall. if they told you they did they're lying, The only people who saw it were the people in the arena and even then most people in the arena didn't even see it as the arena lights were dimmed as the Kevin Kelly interview was playing as well as the fall itself being super quick

A true professional how he handled this unfortunate situation

The wrestling industry lost an amazing talent but the world lost an outstanding man.

Watched it live. Crazy

@uchennanwogu2142

3 ай бұрын

you saw the whole fall?

Rest in heaven owen,always been a fan of the hart family wrestling....

WWF Over The Edge '99 PPV Sunday 5/23/99 Never released on VHS 📼 Coliseum Home Vodeo

That was horribly, HORRIBLY SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😔😔😩😩😔😔

Never forget when it happened. Could not believe it.

When he says (died) is what hits me.

The WWE didn't care enough to stop the ppv

@markosbourne5967

9 ай бұрын

Wwf

@dachicagoan8185

5 ай бұрын

they pretended to be shocked and hoped nobody noticed.

And next on the card...

@SpectacularDisaster

6 ай бұрын

It was Val Venus. He talked about it on a podcast. He was in the dreasing room and saw paramedics move his lifeless body. On top of the shock of seeing his friend, he had to entertain a crowd that witnessed a great tragedy. He questioned if it was right to go on with the show but followed orders at the end.

@pimppastorjj

6 ай бұрын

@@SpectacularDisaster I know. I was merely making a joke on the fact that they continued the show.

@dachicagoan8185

5 ай бұрын

@@SpectacularDisaster management is always slow to react when it comes to halting operations. They pretend to be pondering over whether or not to cease. By the time it's over they act like the tragedy didn't happen or faintly express some guilt (but deep inside are happy their cash flow wasn't interrupted).

@Bls-of1ld

4 ай бұрын

​@@SpectacularDisasterthey all saw it ...Jeff Jarrett was being interviewed live as they rolled Owen right passed him

R.I.P.

Probably one of my most haunting memories during that time, Will never forget watching this as a kid, took me hours after the show to realize what had happened. I was sad and mad. Didn’t understand why the show kept going at that time. Man…..

Ill never forget watching this live.

@DeathInEntertainment

6 ай бұрын

Were you at the venue??

@chevroletonly9653

6 ай бұрын

@@DeathInEntertainment yes

@kramer7026

2 ай бұрын

@@chevroletonly9653did you see him free falling?

R.I.P

This happened on my 12th birthday i remember watching it and back then you questioned everything we werent even 100% sure it was real until we saw it on the local news after the ppv

He would have been a World Champion......

RIP my sweet Nugget, You could of been like your brother..In some ways you were.

@wugirl55

10 ай бұрын

What’s that mean? Sorry 😞

It's so weird that crowd is carrying on as normal

Crazy, I remember thinking this was a work because at the time wrestling had some really crazy storyline angles. I remember thinking “if this was real they wouldn’t just continue with the rest of the event!”. But it was real. I wonder if anyone has ever asked Vince if in hindsight he regrets continuing the show.

I was only 18 years old when I saw this that Sunday night and it was so uncomfortable to watch and hear from Jim Ross, but we all know it wasn't JR's decision to make that tragic announcement. It was Kevin Dunn's disgusting decision.

Can you please make this an episode? You've done The King of Rock n Roll. Now it's time for the King of Harts!

@DeathInEntertainment

Жыл бұрын

His death was on May 23, 1999. Makes sense to do it this spring 🧐🫡

i would just straight up leave if i was there. thats so sad seeing a man literally die and having to continue watching like nothing even happened

@DeathInEntertainment

2 ай бұрын

Lights were off so the majority of people didn’t know what had happened. Even the announcement that Owen had died was only made to the home audience

JR handled this so well. Shameful circumstances all round.

I had the pay per view that night it happened. everything just stopped and we didn't know what happened but something just didn't feel right.just had this eerie feeling then ross came on

My friend's uncle was at this show, and he said he honestly thought it was part of the show

I remember the raw the next night and everyone on the entrance ramp while they rang the bell. Then the media storm afterward

I remember hearing this and I was SO SO IN SHOCK and deeply felt the pain coming from Bret heart 😢😢 Even til this day, I'm still in shock when J.r. Announced owens death

The most grusome thing is that there was still Owen's blood on the mat and they had to wrestle the entire show on a mat where one of their friends just died...

@Alexandria87

4 ай бұрын

The blood was from a previous match where The Brood gave Jeff Hardy a bloodbath. I thought it was Owen's blood too until a read a comment from someone else in a OH related video.

RIP rocket !!

That fan who held the X sign was right.

The saddest day in wrestling history.

And on the the next match!

That was what broke kayfaybe back then. It was real and the next night you saw wrestlers crying and stepping outside of their characters and it was crazy because most wrestlers don't actually die in the ring like that.

One Of The MOST Tragic Event To Happen In A Pay Per View 🤯😧😭🙏

Extremely sad dad incident

So sad

sad day in America

@DeathInEntertainment

Жыл бұрын

And Missouri too

@markosbourne5967

9 ай бұрын

Wasn’t just a sad day in america

And then they continued the event afterwards and had wrestling matches on top of this poor man's dead blood

😢💔

Almost 25 years have passed since that day. Seems like only yesterday I was in college, hearing about it from a friend who watched the PPV. At first, I thought it was a storyline taken too far (it was the Attitude era after all), but yep, couldn’t believe it. I still half expect him to turn up on TV and say ‘hah! Had you going for 25 years!’ ❤

Long Live Owen

The whole arena thinks it was part of the show at first

JR was told only seconds before he had to make this announcement that Owen had in fact died. He had a few seconds to try and process it before he had to tell the world.

I remember watching this live in the Uk when i was 14 years old and it was a moment I will never forget. I don’t JR should have been told to announce the death of Owen it should have been up to the Hart family to announce it not while you were still on the air. Even then the PPV should have been stopped for the investigation to take place.

@DeathInEntertainment

11 ай бұрын

Yeah everything was handled horrifically. But there’s Vince for you

JR was the WWF/E HR

Sad thing also that Owen wasn't planning to wrestle for much longer. He wasn't a fan of the way the company was going creatively in terms of the attitude era stuff and obviously how he was being used as well and being away from his young family. so he was planning to see out the remainder of his contract and then train to be a first responder so he didn't have to be on the road all the time and could be with his family. Such a shame he never got to enjoy that time with his family all because they wanted to do something ridiculous with an already bad gimmick

@DeathInEntertainment

8 ай бұрын

Yup. Very true. We did a whole deep dive on our podcast about Owen Hart and his career.

Vince killed Owen for bret Hart beef

lol randomly searching for an owen hart fall video after many years and this is uploaded seconds after

@DeathInEntertainment

Жыл бұрын

As far as I know there’s only leaked photos and audio- you can hear a crash during the Spanish Annoucer’s broadcast. Video seems to be locked up or destroyed by WWE

@Snotzalotz

4 ай бұрын

You’ll never see a video of his fall

Jr he was holding back tears saying that Owen died

Back then we watched pay per views the cheap way with screen scrambled but could see bits and pieces. Audio was clear as day so I heard Jim Ross make that annoucement. I always wondered, did WWF inform his Hart's family first?

@Bls-of1ld

4 ай бұрын

Ya Vince called them immediately after

RIP Owen Hare Krishna

Sorry to burst alot of peopes memory but nobody except the live audience saw his fall. The tv audience were watching a pre recorded vignette during the time of his fall

@DeathInEntertainment

7 ай бұрын

And the live audience didn’t even really see. The arena was blacked out except for the promo running on the big screens

Crazy times back then...the crowd wanted the show to go on the players playing the game wanted to keep playing. Football was the same no social media to make the world care

I beleive wholeheartedly that this announcement was made durinf the show to bring in views even more...it was a ppv, but when the news broke during the show how many people paid to see it even if they missed halfnofnit

@DeathInEntertainment

4 ай бұрын

Definitely wouldn’t put it past Vince to think that way!

I stopped watching wwf after this..

Does anyone know what match took place right after JR’s announcement of Owen’s passing?

@DeathInEntertainment

3 ай бұрын

The final undercard match: HHH vs The Rock

How many matches did they have after announcing this?? I really feel for JR you can tell he's holding back a lot of emotion

@DeathInEntertainment

4 ай бұрын

Almost the whole show- 5 full matches. This was towards the beginning of the event

Man ain't this some fucked up shit. Its just sad and horrific. Nobody wanted to hear that.....

So sad about Owen Hart

As a kid I watched it live on tv,and I remember thinking there is no way he is going to survive that fall.

@RazzaThaDude

23 күн бұрын

His fall wasn’t broadcasted, it was showing a blue blazer promo package on tv when he fell

@giantenemybird2687

23 күн бұрын

I watched it on PPV and the fall wasn't shown at all.

@jrcrit8843

23 күн бұрын

Dude you just lied about seeing it on tv when it was never broadcast. You need attention that bad doofus?

@osamaalafghanee8868

23 күн бұрын

@@giantenemybird2687 How did they know he was going to fall? Because that show was being aired live all over the world. Even today when you want to watch it, they cut it right at the moment when he starts falling. After he fell I can remember thinking: surely that can't be part of the act. There was a slight delay in the show as paramedics treated him, and took to hospital then show resumed. When the show was about half way through, one of the commentators announced that he had died.

@osamaalafghanee8868

23 күн бұрын

@@RazzaThaDude There must be a glitch in the Matrix, because I know what I saw.

😢