Ouch: The Worst Injuries In Professional Wrestling

Owen Hart’s Fatal Plunge

At the 1999 “Over The Edge” PPV, Owen Hart, who was competing under the name The Blue Blazer, was set to face The Godfather for the Intercontinental Championship. For his entrance, he wanted to descend into the ring from the arena rafters. Unfortunately, the cable snapped, and he fell more than 70 feet to his death. It was supposed to be a parody of how Sting enters the ring, but it turned into a tragedy. Hooked up to a harness, Hart descended from the ceiling, but something went very wrong with his cord and he went crashing into the ring from a height too high to be safe. Owen Hart was thirty-four years old at the time of his death. He came from a wrestling family with 10 other siblings. The most well-known among them is his brother Bret Hart who also ultimately had to retire due to an injury sustained while wrestling.