Every time the World Wrestling Federation Superstars come to Kansas City, they think and talk about Owen Hart. Backlash was the the first Pay-Per-View at this city’s Kemper Arena since Over the Edge on May 23, 1999, the night that the “King of Harts” died tragically in a harness accident.
Edge holds the unique distinction of having fought Owen in Hart’s last match. At a live event in Chicago the night before Over the Edge, Edge and Christian took on Owen and Hart’s then-tag partner, Jeff Jarrett. “It’s a distinction I’d rather not have,” Edge said. “I wish no one had it.” Debra, who managed Owen and Jarrett at the time, says she remembers how much fun they had that night in Chicago.
“Owen was purposely wearing one boot that was different, just to see if anyone would notice,” she smiled. “I also remember that night because he drug out a bunch of coat hangers from under the ring, and he was beating up (Edge & Christian) with a coat hanger. I just remember laughing, it was fun.”
Owen had a reputation for making everyone laugh.
“Back when I was in the Brood, we were wrestling in Philadelphia one time, and when we got back to the locker room, Gangrel couldn’t find his watch,” recalled Christian. “He said he’d left it right on his bag. As he was looking for it, Owen came up to him and asked what time it was. Gangrel said he didn’t know, because he had lost his watch. A couple of months later, we were in Philadelphia again, and Gangrel got back to the locker room after his match, only to find his watch on his bag, just as he’d left it months before. And just like the last time, Owen came up to him and asked what time it was.”
Christian’s former tag partner, Edge, recalls a match in Germany when Owen used a very interesting object to clobber his opponents. “He kept hitting us with something, and then putting it in his armpit to hide it,” Edge said. “And when the ref made him lift his arm, a napkin floated out, and everyone saw that he has been attacking us with a napkin.”
Edge recalled another time when Owen was a clown — in more ways than one.
“There was a time when he and Jeff (Jarrett) brought clown noses to the ring,” Edge said. “Christian got Jeff in one corner and I got Owen in the other corner, and we started punching them. While we were punching them, they put the noses on. Then we threw them into each other, and when they collided, both noses just flew up in the air.
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