Modern Day Wrestler
Owen Hart
Height: 5 ft 11 in
Weight: 227 lb
Date of birth: May 7, 1965
Town of birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Trained by: Stu Hart
Debut: May 30, 1986
Nicknames: Blue Angel, The Blue Blazer, The Rocket, The King of Harts
Managed By: Jim Cornette, Clarence Mason, Debra, Bret Hart
Owen is the youngest child of legendary Stu and Helen Hart. Owen was trained by his father in the Dungeon. In 1986 Owen was ready to join Stampede Wrestling, owned by his father, but at that time it was already going downhill. Owen though, used the time that was left to hone his skills and become one of the most promising rookies the sport has ever seen. Owen had many great matches in Stampede and had a great feud with Mike Shaw (Bastian Booger).
Owen showed on several occasions, that he was championship material, and together with Ben Bassarab, he became International Tag Team champion. Owen also showed his skills in singles competition by winning the British Commonwealth Mid Heavyweight title once. Owen then went after the North American Heavyweight title, which he came close to winning in a tournament final, where he lost to Makhan Singh, Owen though came back an won the title twice, the last time holding it for 13 months.
In 1988 on a tour with New Japan, Owen's skills finally paid off. Owen became the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion by defeating Hiroshi Hase, May 27, in Sendai. Owen was the first westerner to hold the title. Owen title regain lasted until, June 24 1988, when he lost the title to Shiro Koshinaka, in Osaka.
Owen returned to the States, where the WWF showed interest in him. Owen, beneath hood and cape, became the Blue Blazer - a lightweight high flyer versus the heavyweights of the WWF. Owen's skills was mostly used to put the other guys over, at WrestleMania V, he jobbed to Mr. Perfect, shortly after Owen left the WWF. Never once during his first stint in WWF was it mentioned, that Owen was Bret Hart's brother.
Owen spent the next two years on the road, showing his skills in Mexico, Canada, Japan, Europe, and he had a very short stint in the WCW. In Mexico Owen lost the mask of the Blue Blazer to El Canek.
Owen spent the rest of his career in the WWF/WWE until his untimely death on May 23, 1999.
Titles and Accomplishments:
New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
Stampede International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ben Bassarab
USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
WWF European Championship (1 time)
WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
WWF World Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Yokozuna (2), British
Bulldog (1), and Jeff Jarrett (1)
King of the Ring (1994)
PWI Rookie of the Year award in 1987
PWI Feud of the Year award in 1994 - vs. Bret Hart
PWI Editor's Award in 1999
PWI ranked him # 66 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years
in 2003.
PWI ranked him # 84 of the 100 best tag teams of the PWI Years with Davey
Boy Smith in 2003.
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(compiled by Brett Schwan)
