KING OF HARTS

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RAW TRIBUTE. JEFF JARRET USED THE SHARP SHOOTER IN MEMORY OF OWEN. BILLY GUNN TOLD THE CROWD THAT IF THEY WERNT DOWN WITH OWEN HART HE HAD TWO WORDS FOR THEM.(SUCK IT) STONE COLD TOASTED A BEER TO OWEN. MARK HENRY WROTE A VERY EMOTIONAL POEM FOR OWEN. HERES WHAT SOME OF THE WRESTLERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT OWEN. MANKIND SAID "OWEN WAS MY SONS FAVORITE WRESTLER WHEN OWEN GOT A BUZZ CUT SO DID HE. HE WAS SO PROUD TO LOOK LIKE OWEN. IF HE GROWS UP TO BE LIKE HIM THAT WOULD MAKE ME EVEN PROUDER. MY SON DEWY AND DAUGHTER NOELLE USED TO BREAK OUT IN CHANTS OF NUGGET NUGGET, THEY DIDNT KNOW THAT WAS A NEGATIVE CHANT. THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE HONORING OWEN.OWEN WAS THE FUNNIEST PERSON I EVER MET ILL MISS HIM. I LOVE HIM. DROZ SAID" OWEN COULD ALWAYS MAKE YOU LAUGH. HE WANTED EVERYONE TO HAVE AS GOOD A DAY AS HE HAD. CHYNA SAID" I THOUGHT OWEN WAS ONE OF THE MOST DECENT HONEST FAITHFUL GUYS IVE EVER MET. OWEN WE LOVE YOU. TRIPLE H SAID" IN A BUSINESS WHERE YOU OFTEN SEE THE WORST OF EVERYTHING THE WORST OF PEOPLES PERSONALITIES TEMPER.EXC. WERE LIKE A FAMILY. WE SEE EVERYONE AT THERE WORST AND BEST. OWEN WAS ALWAYS AT HIS BEST. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY VERY MUCH. HE TALKED ABOUT THEM ALL THE TIME. OWEN YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART BECAUSE YOU WERE MY FRIEND I LOVE YOU. AT THAT PIONT HE WAS TO EMOTIONAL TO CONTINUE." REF EARL HEBNER SAID" OWEN COULD ALWAYS MAKE YOU LAUGH. " REF BRUCE PICHARD SAID" HE WAS A GREAT GUY. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY. GREAT PRATICAL JOKER. GOLDDUST SAID" OWEN WAS A TREMENDOUS FAMILY MAN. DECENT GUY. I LOVE YOU OWEN. FAROOQ SAID" WHEN WE LEAVE OUR FAMILYS AT HOME THE GUYS ON THE ROAD BECOME OUR FAMILY. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE LOST PART OF MY FAMILY. I LOVED YOU. I STILL LOVE YOU.JEFF JARRET SAID " OWEN WAS MY BUDDY MY TAG TEAM PARTNER.OWEN HAD INTEGRITY.THIS BUSINESS IS COLD CALLOUS AND SELF SERVING UNREALISTIC. OWEN WAS REAL. HE WAS A MANS MAN. HE WAS A FAMILY MAN. HE LOVED HIS WIFE AND CILDREN SO MUCH. I PROMISE YOU OWEN WHEN YOUR KIDS GET OLDER I WILL TELL THEM HOW MUCH YOU LOVED THEM AND WHAT A GREAT MAN YOU WERE. EDGE SAID" OWEN COULD ALWAYS MAKE YOU LAUGH." PAT PATTERSON SAID " 40 YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS IVE SEEN ALOT OF WRESTLERS. OWEN WAS VERY SPECIAL. HE WILL BE MISSED BY MANY ALL OVER THE WORLD." HARDCORE HOLLY" THE ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST WAS HE VOULENTERED TO PUT ME OVER IN MIDDLE OF THE RING IN MY HOMETOWN. THAT MEANT ALOT TO ME. FOR ME TO BEAT SOMEONE THE CALIBURE OF A HART IS A CAREER BOOST. THANK YOU OWEN. ROAD DOGG AND XPAC SAID OWEN WE LOVED YOU WERE PRAYING FOR YOUR FAMILY. YOUR IN A BETTER PLACE."

BIO OWEN JAMES HART BORN ON MAY 1 1965. THE YOUNGEST OF TWELVE CHILDREN OF STU AND HELEN HART. OWEN GREW UP IN CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA. OWEN EXCELLED IN AMATURE WRESTLING IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF CALAGARY AND GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION. OWEN MARRIED HIS CHILDHOOD SWEET HEART MELENIE. HE HAD TWO KIDS OJE BORN IN 92 AND ATHENA BORN IN 95. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 1986 AT HIS FATHERS WRESTLING PROMOTION. IN 1988 HE ENTERED THE WWF AS THE BLUE BLAZOR. HE LEFT IN 89 TO COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY. ALSO TO MARRY. HE RETURNED IN 92 TO THE WWF. OWEN BECAME A SUPERSTAR HAVING A LEGENDARY FUED WITH BROTHER BRETT. HE WON KING OF RING IN 94. HE ALSO HAD TWO I-C TITLES THREE TAG TITLES AND ONE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP. HE WAS ALSO A PART OF THE HART FOUNDATION. ONE WEEK BEFORE HE DIED HE HAD DECIDED TO BECOME THE BLUE BLAZOR AND BE A GOOD GUY. HIS MOTTO WAS IN HIS LAST INTERVIEW ON HEAT PRIOR TO PPV WAS SAY YOUR PRAYERS DRINK YOUR MILK AND TAKE YOUR VITAMINS.

BRET HART HONHORED HIS BROTHER IN A VERY SPECIAL TRIBUT MATCH ON 10/4/99 IN THE SAME ARENA HIS BROTHER DIED IN. WCW TOLD HIM HE DID NOT HAVE TO BE AT THAT NITRO THEY UNDERSTAND COMPLETLY. BRET WANTED TO BE THERE.HE PICKED CHRIS BENWOIT AS HIS OPENET.THIS MATCH HAD NO TITLES AT STAKE OR GRUDEGES. THIS MATCH WAS VERY SPECIAL THOUGH. BEFORE THE MATCH MIKE TENAY SPOKE TO CHRIS BENWOIT HE SAID" IVE BEEN ON A ROLLER COASTER ALL DAY MY EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING RAMPAD. IT IS A HONOR TOS TEP IN THE RING WITH SOMEONE THE CALIBUR OF A HART. I AM VERY HONORED HE CHOSE ME. BRET SAID"THIS MATCH IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT MATCH OF MY CAREER I HOPE I CAN DO MY BROTHER PROUD. HARLEY RACE INTRODUCED THE MATCH. HE SAID I HAVE KNOWN THE HART FAMILY FOR WELL OVER 30 YEARS IT WAS A HONOR TO INTRODUCE THIS MATCH. THAT IT MEANT MORE TO HIM THAN ANY OTHER RING ACCOMPLISHMENT. ALL DURING THE MATCH A CHANT OF OWEN WENT ON AND LETS GO BRET. THIS MATCH WAS NOTHING FANCY BUT THE TYPE OF MATCH THAT THEY LEARNED IN STU HARTS DUNGEON. REAL WRESTLING TECHNICAL MAT WRESTLING. BOTH MEN GAVE IT 100% AT ONE POINT BENWOIT HAD ON CHRIPPLERS CROSS FACE ANOTHER DIVING HEAD BUTT BRET WOULD NOT GIVE UP. BRET APPLIED THE SHARPSHOOTER TO GET THE WIN. AFTER 25 MIN MATCH BRET LOOKED UP TO THE CEILING OF THE KEMPER ARENA AND SALUTED OWEN. AFTER THE MATCH MIKE TENAY CAUGHT UP WITH BRET. BRET SAID HE WANTED TO HONOR OWEN. THAT HE LOVED KANAS CITY THAT THEY HAVE SOME OF THE GREATEST WRESTLING FANS IN THE WHOLE WORLD. HE WAS AMAZED WITH THE OVATION HE RECIEVED. DOESNT HOLD ANYTHING AGAINST THE FANS FOR NOT LEAVING BECAUSE THEY DIDNT KNOW OWEN HAD DIED TO WAY INTO THE SHOW. HE PICKED BENWOIT BECAUSE HIM AND OWEN WERE GOOD FRIENDS THEY TRAINED TOGETHER WRESTLED OVERSEES IN JAPAN TOGETHER HAD SAME WRESTLING STYLE. BENWOIT IS LIKE FAMILY TO THE HARTS.