Owen Hart, the youngest of the Hart brothers, was born in Calgary, Alberta Canada on May 7, 1966. The youngest of Stu and Helen's 14 children, Owen Hart would become one of the greatest athletes ever to grace a wrestling ring. Owen Hart mixed technical wrestling and high flying, and in my opinion, took his brother's place as the Excelence of Execution.

Owen, like every other Hart brother, would start wrestling for his father's Calgary based, Stampede Wrestling. Owen also wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling and made two appearences on WCW Saturday Night during his NJPW days. When Owen finally hit the "big time" in the WWF, he had a masked gimmick as The Blue Blazer. As the Blazer, Owen never really gained much popularity, and disappeared from WWF TV. Two years later, in 1991, when Bret Hart began pursuing a singles career, "The Rocket" Owen Hart teamed up with Bret's former tag team partner, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart to form The New Foundation. The New Foundation never really went anywhere and Neidhart abandonned the team to do color commentary on WWF Wrestling Challenge. Owen Hart then teamed with Koko B Ware to form High Energy. The team was very impressive with their high flying style but still never won a title or rose above mid-card status.

At the 1993 Survivor Series, Owen Hart and his brothers Bret, Bruce, and Keith teamed up to fight Shawn Michaels' team of the Red, Black, and Blue Knights. Owen was the only Hart brother eliminated during that match when he ran into the ropes and accidentally knocked Bret Hart off the apron. Whil Owen was watching to see if his brother was okay, Shawn Michaels rolled him up for the pin. This event would lead to the biggest feud of 1994. At the 1994 Royal Rumble, Owen and Bret teamed up to take on the Quebecers for the WWF Tag Team Title. The referee would stop the match because of Bret's injured leg 16 minutes into the match. Owen attacked his brother after the match and accused him of being selfish. Owen says that Bret should of tagged him in when he had the chance, but Bret was too selfish and had to hog all the spotlight. Owen cleanly beat his brother in a classic match at Wrestlemania X. Bret however, would go on to beat Yokozuna later on in the night to become the WWF World Champion. Owen, later on in the year, would follow in his brother's footsteps and become the WWF 1994 King of the Ring renaming himself "The King of Harts". The Owen/Bret feud would come to a head at Summer Slam '94 when the two would face off in a legendary steel cage match for the WWF World Title. Bret did walk away from the steel cage with his WWF World Title, but Owen walked away with something much greater-the recognition that he is not just "Bret's brother", but a great athlete just as good-if not better than his brother Bret.

Although the cage match was supposed to be the end of the Hart Family Feud, it was far from over. Owen and Bret headlined almost every house show for the WWF in 1994. At the 1994 Survivor Series, Owen became the most evil heel in the business. Bret Hart was defending his WWF World Title against Bob Backlund in a match where the only way to win was to have your corner man throw in the towel. Bret's corner man was The British Bulldog and Backlund's corner man was "The King of Harts". The British Bulldog was knocked out by Owen during the match thus eliminating Backlund's chance of winning since there was nobody to throw in the towel for Bret. Bob Backlund caught Bret in his cross face chicken wing manuever and would not let go. Owen looked sincerly concerned about his brother's condition and he urged his mother, to throw in the towel for Bret. She did, and we saw that Owen wasn't at all concerned for his brother's well-being, as he celebrated Backlund's World Title win. In 1995, Owen challenged the Smokin' Gunns to a WWF Tag Team Title match at Wrestle Mania XI where he would unveil his mystery partner. Owen announced his new tag team partner as a man who did what he would love to do-beat his brother for the WWF World Title. Owen's mystery partner turned out to be Yokozuna, and they easily took the Tag Team Titles from the Smokin' Gunns. Owen and Yokozuna dominated the tag team circuit and six man circuit (with British Bulldog, who had just turned heel). Owen and Yokozuna would later lose the titles back to The Smokin' Gunns.

In a match on WWF Raw in November of 1995, Owen Hart hit Shawn Michaels in the back of the head with an inziguri and supposedly brought on "post concussion" syndrome and Michaels was out for several months. Shawn Michaels came back and won the 1996 Royal Rumble, earning himself a title shot against Bret Hart at Wrestle Mania XII. Michaels defended his World Title shot against Owen Hart at the February 1996 In Your House. Michaels won the match however. Owen then turned his attention towards six man tag team matches with fellow "Camp Cornette" partners The British Bulldog and Vader (who had replaced Yokozuna). At the 1996 Slammy Awards, Hunter hearst Helmsley announced that that most shocking moment of the year was when Shawn Michaels collapsed on Raw. Hunter then awarded the award for "Squared Circle Shocker" to "the man who made it all possible" Owen Hart who than began calling himself "The Slammy Award Winning" Owen Hart.

Owen Hart and The British Bulldog began to drift away from Jim Cornette and Vader and won the Tag Team Titles from The Smokin'Gunns. Owen and The British Bulldog were without a doubt the most technically skilled tag team in the WWF at that time. The WWF introduced a new title, The European Title and the finals came down to WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and The British Bulldogs. In a great technical match, The British Bulldog walked away with the gold. Owen and The Bulldog began teasing a break up for some time, until Bret Hart returned on Raw and formed The Hart Foundation consisting of himself, Owen, The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, and Brian Pillman. The whole gimmick was unique in that The Hart Foundation were heels in the United States and faces in Canada. Owen and The Bulldog lost their Tag Team Titles to Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels after challenging the two to team together thinking the combination would never work. In February of 1997, Owen Hart won the WWF Intercontinental Title from Rocky Maivia without any outside interference from The Hart Foundation. While presenting a Slammy at the 1997 Slammy Awards, Owen decided to just keep the Slammy. Owen then referred to himself as "The Two Time Slammy Award Winning" Owen Hart. At the WWF's July 1997 In Your House "Calgary Stampede", Owen Hart scored the win for the 5 man Hart Foundation tag team in the main event when he pinned Steve Austin. Steve Austin then challenged Owen Hart to a "Kiss My @ss" match at Summer Slam 97 where if Austin lost the match, he would kiss Owen's @ss. During the match, Owen botched a K-Driller piledriver and injured the neck of Steve Austin. After the incident Owen began wearing an "Owen 3:16" shirt with "I Just Broke Your Neck" on the back. The feud was settled at Survivor Series 1997 when Austin beat Owen in a rematch. Also during that card, Bret Hart lost his WWF World Title to Shawn Michaels in a conspicuous fashion. Bret subsequently left the WWF along with The British Bulldog and Jim Neidhart. Many beleived Owen would jump ship as well, but he just disappeared for a while.

At the December 1997 In Your House "Degeneration X", Owen Hart ran into the ring after the main event attacked Shawn Michaels, and fled the scene. Owen started calling himself "The Black Hart" and he sported a goatee and crew cut. Owen never got the World Title push it looked like he was going to get and instead got caught up in a feud with Hunter Hearst Helmsley for the WWF European Title. During an interview, Shawn Michaels described Owen as a "nugget" that just won't flush down the toilet. "Nugget" chants were then customary every time Owen walked down the aisle. The title switched hands between the two before the feud ended with Triple H and the European Champion. Owen Hart then joined The Nation Of Domination with his motto as "Enough is enough, and it's time for a change" and a Amaresu with a "Danger" sign on it. When Degeneration X started a feud with The Nation Of Domination, Owen Hart was once again the butt of the jokes. Independent wrestler, Jason Sensation imitated Owen and insulted him very badly. The next week on Raw is War however, Owen took care of Jason Sensation and beat him senseless. Gradually, Owen left The Nation and began feuding with Ken Shamrock. Owen and Shamrock fought in the Hart Family Dungeon at the July 1998 In Your House "Break Down" and in the first ever a Lion's Den match at Summer Slam '98. Owen then began feuding with Dan Severn, and during a match on Raw, Owen botched a K-Driller piledriver an injured Severn's neck (This time it was an angle though). Owen said he was so upset at what he had done and he "retired" from Professional Wrestling.

After 9 years, the Blue Blazer returned to the WWF, only this time, everybody knew who it was...or did they? Every time Owen Hart was seen backstage and was accused of being the Blue Blazer, he denied it and said he was retired. Then one night, Owen Hart and the Blue Blazer appeared at the same place at the same time proving everybody wrong who thought it was Owen. The Blue Blazer started feuding with Steve Blackman who unmasked the Blue Blazer to be Owen Hart, but who was the other Blue Blazer? Weeks later, the other Blue Blazer was unmasked to be Jeff Jarrett. Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett formed a great technical wrestling tag team and were soon the WWF Tag Team Champions. Owen and Jarrett defeated every team in the WWF until they lost their titles to Kane and X-Pac.

At the WWF's syndicated television special, WWF Smackdown, the Blue Blazer once again appeared saying that the WWF needed a superhero and that he was the guy to do it. Although it was obvious he was Owen Hart, he still denied it. The Blue Blazer said that he was going to rid the WWF of negative characters such as Val (The Blazer wouldn't even say his last name because of what it rhymed with), and he told the kids to say their prayers, eat their vitamins, and drink their milk. On May 23, 1999, at the WWF's May 1999 In Your House "Over The Edge", the most shocking moment in wrestling history occurred as Owen Hart, "disguised" as the Blue Blazer was descending from the top of the arena. The cable supporting Owen Hart snapped and he plumetted 50 feet into the ring, hitting his head on a turnbuckle. Paramedics rushed to the scene to try to save recessutate Owen and after 15 minutes, Owen was taken to a nearby hospital where sadly, he passed away at the young age of 34. Owen is survived by his wife and two young children. The Stungun will forever be dedicated to Owen Hart, a man who for ten years was an intricate part of the World Wrestling Federation. Owen was a great athlete who died way before his time. Let's keep Owen and his family in our prayers.