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Ring name(s) Owen Hart

Debut May 30, 1986 

Hart was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada the youngest of 12 children to wrestling promoter Stu Hart and Helen Hart.He was the younger brother of professional wrestler Bret Hart.

Hart accumulated a multitude of championship accolades during his career; he was a two-time Intercontinental Champion, one-time European Champion and four-time World Tag Team Champion in the WWF and a one-time World Heavyweight Champion in the United States Wrestling Association (USWA). Hart was also the winner of the 1994 WWF King of the Ring. He died on May 23, 1999 when an equipment malfunction occurred during his entrance from the rafters of the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri at the WWF's Over the Edge pay-per-view event.

Stampede Wrestling (1986–1987)

New Japan Pro Wrestling (1988)

World Wrestling Federation (1988–1989) 

Owen debuted at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in August of 1988 under a mask called the Blue Angel. Instead of promoting Owen as Bret Hart’s younger brother, the WWF decided to create a masked “Super Hero" type gimmick for Owen Hart known as The Blue Blazer. 

he Blazer caught the attention of fans with his unique look and exciting aerial maneuvers, but he didn't achieve much success against upper-card talent, being eliminated at Survivor Series 1988, losing to Ted DiBiase on the March 11, 1989 airing of Saturday Night's Main Event and being defeated by Mr. Perfect at WrestleMania V. 

very brief sting in World Championship Wrestling (1991)

World Wrestling Federation 1991–1993

Owen signed with the WWF for a second time.

Neidhart and Owen formed an alliance called The New Foundation.

The New Foundation first feud came against Beverly Brothers and had only one PPV match at the 1992 Royal Rumble where they beat The Orient Express.Owen then teamed up with Koko B. after Neidhart Ware to form the duo known as High Energy,again only one PPV match as a team, at the 1992 Survivor Series where they lost to The Headshrinkers.

Owen Hart won the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship from Papa Shango, but it was never acknowledged on WWF television.

The two brothers faced off for the first time at WrestleMania X,where Owen Hart shocked the world by cleanly pinning his older brother.

Owen then won the prestigious King of the Ring in 1994.After the victory, Owen took the nickname “The King of Harts".

Owen and Bret feuded throughout the summer of 1994,lost a steelcage match at Summer slam 1994, which is acclaimed as one of all time top 100 matches.

Then on August 17 1994 Owen Hart initially won and was announced as World champion but then reversed due to interference.Bret and owen clashed again after Royal Rumble 1995 with Bret soundly defeating his brother, thus putting an end to their feud for the time being.

Owen then paired with  Yokozuna at WrestleMania XI to beat The smoking guns to win the WWF tag-team titles.Owen Hart and Yokozuna would continue to team off and on until the end of the year, winning the titles a second time.

In September 1996, Bulldog & Owen Hart finally earned a PPV shot at the tag team titles at In Your House 10.Owen and Bulldog left with the gold after defeating the Smoking Gunns.

British Bulldog and Owen hart fought for the 1st European championship and British Bulldog came up with trumps.

After retaining the tag team titles against the Headbangers by disqualification on Monday Night Raw (March 24, 1997) the tension between the two bubbled over and they Owen challanged Bulldog for European championship, but the match was called off after Bret's interference and they three together formed the new "Hart foundation",which also included Hart in-law Jim Neidhart and Hart Family friend Brian Pillman.

Owen then won his first Intercontinetal championship beating The Rock,this meant that the Hart Foundation held every WWF title except the World title, cementing their dominance over the federation.

Owen Hart/Steve Austin feud took a nasty turn as a botched piledriver ended up injuring Steve Austin’s neck.[31][32] The injury was so bad that Austin’s neck never fully recovered and was part of the reason Austin was forced to retire in 2003.

Because of the neck injury, Austin was not allowed to compete and was stripped of the title. Although it was an accident, the WWF decided to make it part of the storyline as Owen Hart began wearing a t-shirt patterned after Austin's that read "Owen 3:16/I Just Broke Your Neck".

Owen Hart then won IC title and defended it against Farooq at ppv Bad blood 1997.

Owen had a very heated, very emotional feud with DX and won the European title from HHH.

Owen Hart then left wwf to come back again as Blue Blazer. On January 25, 1999, in the midst of the Blue Blazer angle Owen and Jeff defeated Ken Shamrock and The Big Boss Man for the tag-team titles. 

Death 

On May 23, 1999, Hart fell to his death in Kansas City, Missouri during the Over the Edge pay-per-view event.[42] Hart was in the process of being lowered via harness and rappel line into the ring from the rafters of Kemper Arena for a booked Intercontinental Championship match against The Godfather. In keeping with the Blazer's new 'buffoonish superhero' character, he was to begin a dramatic entrance, being lowered to just above ring level, at which time he would act "entangled", then release himself from the safety harness and fall flat on his face. 

Finishing moves

As Owen Hart

Inverted piledriver[1] - 1997-1999

Missile dropkick[1] - 1992-1993[58]; Used as a regular move thereafter

Northern Lights suplex - 1993[58]; Used as a regular move thereafter

Sharpshooter[1] - 1994-1999

As The Blue Blazer

Diving splash[59]

Moonsault[59]

Signature moves

Camel clutch

Diving elbow drop[1]

Diving headbutt[1]

Dragon sleeper[1]

Enzuigiri[1]

Flying crossbody

Hurricanrana

Jackknife hold[1]

Jumping leg drop

Leg grapevine[1]

Running neckbreaker

Multiple suplex variations

German

Gutwrench[1]

Overhead belly to belly[1]

Snap

Spinning heel kick[1]

Split-legged moonsault

Superkick[1]

Championships and Titles  

USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

WWF European Championship (1 time)

WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times)

WWF Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Yokozuna (2),British Bulldog and Jeff Jarrett.

King of the Ring (1994)

vivekwwe.com salutes a master piece wrestler,RIP Owen 1965-1999