Owen is quoted as saying, in the WWE Home Video "Owen Hart of Gold" that "during his time in the University, he wrestled incognito (under a mask) as the original British Bulldog.
Wrestling was not Hart's first choice for a career as Martha explained in her book Broken Harts, Owen tried numerous times to find a profitable living outside of wrestling. He placed 4th at the 1984 Canada West championships in the 76 kg weight class. Hart continued amateur wrestling for the Dinos at the University of Calgary. Hart first gained wrestling experience in the amateur wrestling division at high school, through which he met his wife, Martha. Professional wrestling career Early career (1983–1988) īecause his mother, Helen, was born in New York, Hart held American citizenship in addition to Canadian citizenship, which he acquired due to birth in Canada to a Canadian-born father. His father was mainly of Scots-Irish descent, but also had Scottish and German ancestry. He was of Greek descent through his maternal grandmother and Irish through his maternal grandfather. He grew up in a household with eleven older siblings: Smith, Bruce, Keith, Wayne, Dean, Ellie, Georgia, Bret, Alison, Ross and Diana. Owen was born on May 7, 1965, in Calgary, Alberta into the Hart wrestling family and was the youngest child of Stu and Helen Hart.
The equipment that was lowering him to the ring malfunctioned and he fell to his death in front of a live audience and live on Pay Per View during WWF's Over the Edge event. Hart died on May 23, 1999, during his entrance from the rafters of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. He headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF, and was widely regarded as one of the company's best in-ring performers. Among other accolades, Owen was a one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion, a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, a one-time WWF European Champion, and a four-time WWF World Tag Team Champion, as well as the 1994 WWF King of the Ring. He received most of his success in the WWF, where he wrestled under both his own name and the ring name The Blue Blazer.Ī member of the Hart wrestling family, he was born in Calgary, Alberta, the youngest of twelve children of Stampede Wrestling promoters Stu and Helen Hart. Owen James Hart (– May 23, 1999) was a Canadian professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). " Parts Unknown" (as the Blue Angel and the Blue Blazer)
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