When, Owen Hart fell to his death in Kansas City, Missouri on May 23, 1999, during the WWF's Over the Edge PPV event. He was being lowered into the ring from the rafters of Kemper Arena for a match with The Godfather. He was scheduled to win the Intercontinental Title that night. In keeping with the Blazer's buffoonish character, Owen was to be lowered to just above ring level, at which time he would release himself from the safety harness and then fall flat on his face. Though he had performed the stunt before, Owen was worried about performing the stunt at Kemper Arena due to the height involved (Owen had a fear of heights). However, Owen performed a practice stunt earlier in the day, the stunt went forward on the show as scheduled. His wife Martha suggests that, by moving around to get comfortable with both the harness and his cape on, Owen triggered an early release and fell 78 feet (24 m) into the ring, smashing his chest on a ring turnbuckle. Viewers at home did not see the incident, as the WWF was transmitting a promotional video package for the match. Owen was transported to the Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, where he was pronounced dead on arrival (he actually died about six minutes after the fall, while still lying in the ring); the cause was later revealed to be internal bleeding from blunt chest trauma. He was 34 years old.
2006-07-13 09:00:52
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answered by Bob 5
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The worst had to have been when Owen Hart died in the late 90's. I think his harness broke. His head hit the turnbuckle and he died instantly. The worst part about it was that it was during a live pay-per-view event.
2006-07-13 16:21:57
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answered by allknowing 3
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Owen Hearts Death, Also a wrestler named Droz was Paralyzed with a Pile Driver gone Bad.
2006-07-13 18:43:09
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answered by Anonymous
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Owen Hart, obviously... i havent seen anyone actually die in the ring, it would be exciting and upsetting at the same time to see someone die.. there are no videos of Owen Hart's death on the net, if so, that one is fake. There are pictures though.. omg... he died big time.. Died because of a shock... shock of falling...
2006-07-13 16:45:44
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answered by DARIA. - JOINED MAY 2006 7
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The worst thing I have seen was WCW Sin PPV in Jan. 2001 when Sid Vicious broke his leg! He jumped off the turnbuckle and it just Snapped! It was horrible to see that big man go down like that! His foot was just flopping around! Ugh!
2006-07-13 16:08:15
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answered by jenjfrost 5
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When Owen Hart was being lowered and hit the ring mat. He died shortly after that
2006-07-13 15:57:56
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answered by deadman1335 1
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When Owen Hart fell nintey feet during a live wrestling event. (not acting)
2006-07-13 16:19:47
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answered by Spike 2
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When John Cena won WWE Championship
2006-07-13 21:37:28
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answered by Sledge 2
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Jake the snake's pet cobra bit macho mans arm in the seventies during a match. His arms got huge on stage and puffed up. The snake died three days later.
2006-07-13 16:00:19
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answered by Ian978 3
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Owen Hart died doing a stunt a few years back.
2006-07-13 15:59:06
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answered by P-ism 1
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