i know he fell but off what and what was he supposed to do
2007-01-17 02:36:11 · 7 answers · asked by jonluke s 4 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
he fell being lowered down from the top of the areana. real sad...here's a video that can clear things up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdVX0eO3Om8
2007-01-17 09:09:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hart fell to his death in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 23, 1999, during the WWF Over the Edge pay-per-view event. He was being lowered into the ring from the rafters of Kemper Arena for a predicted WWF Intercontinental Championship win over The Godfather.
In keeping with the Blazer's new 'buffoonish superhero' character, Owen was to be lowered to just above ring level, at which time he would release himself from the safety harness and then comically fall flat on his face. He had performed the stunt only a few times before, and was worried about performing the stunt at Kemper Arena due to the height involved (Owen had a fear of heights).
Owen performed a practice stunt earlier in the day, and the stunt went forward on the show as scheduled. His wife Martha has suggested that, by moving around to get comfortable with both the harness and his cape on, Owen unintentionally triggered an early release and fell 78 feet (24 m) into the ring, smashing his chest on a padded, but still tough, ring turnbuckle.
TV viewers at home did not see the incident or its aftermath, as the WWF was transmitting a promotional video package for the match, and only showed the audience while Owen was being worked on by medical personnel inside the ring while WWF television announcer Jim Ross repeatedly told those watching live on pay-per-view that what just transpired was not a wrestling angle or storyline and that Hart was hurt badly.
Owen was transported to the Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The cause was later revealed to be internal bleeding from blunt chest trauma. The WWF chose to continue the event, which drew a great deal of criticism over the following weeks, especially as the main event of the evening involved The Undertaker (also known as the "Deadman") winning the WWF Title.
In the weeks that followed, much attention focused on the harness Owen used that night, especially on the "quick release" trigger and safety latches. When someone is lowered from the rafters in a harness, there are backup latches that must be latched for safety purposes. These backups may take some time to unlatch, which would have made Owen's stunt difficult to perform smoothly. Therefore, it was apparently decided that it was more important not to have the safety backups, because it would be easier for Owen to unlatch himself.
In addition to not having safety backups, the harness Owen used was designed for sailboats and required only six pounds of weight to trigger the quick release mechanism; Owen weighed about 225 pounds. An out-of-court settlement between Owen Hart's family and the WWF has prevented the release of any information about the harness. The WWF, however, decided to ban stunts of a similar nature from this point on to avoid a similar event from occurring.
2007-01-17 11:15:26 · answer #2 · answered by jakester 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
His stage name was the Blue Blazer. It wasn't the case that the rope snapped but rather that there was a quick-release mechanism on the harness he was strapped into which he was then meant to use to drop to the ring from a safe height but it unfortunately opened far too high up above the ring causing him to fall and land headfirst on one of the ring turnbuckles.
A tragic loss to everyone.
2007-01-17 10:46:32 · answer #3 · answered by thingfishy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
owen was descending from the rafters onto the ring as a masked man, in a blue mask I cant recall what his stage name was, but they were letting him down on a rope when the rope busted and he fell straight onto the corner pole of the ring, and died imediatly, people there thought it was part of the show, sad sad story but he was coming down from the rafters to fight
2007-01-17 10:42:25 · answer #4 · answered by smalltd28 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it was during a pay per view were he did stunt coming down on a rope and some how the rope brike and he fell to the ground
2007-01-17 11:44:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that he was act as hero bird of usa. I think his rope is broke then he fell to die. Fell 78ft. Oh my god... :(
2007-01-17 16:07:14 · answer #6 · answered by Zpider 20-0 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he got hurt in the ring and died
2007-01-17 10:46:16 · answer #7 · answered by crystal 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋