Owen Hart net worth, personal life, career, wife, death, biography

Owen Hart was a Canadian-American professional wrestler known by his ring name, ‘The Blue Blazer’. Hart had an illustrious career during which he wowed crowds around the world with his impressive technique and skills. Owen wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, to name a few.

Owen’s father was also a professional wrestler and he trained young Owen at the basement studio. Hart joined his father’s pro team in 1986 and 1988, then entered the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Owen died on May 23, 1999, when he fell 90 feet during a pre-game publicity stunt. Now let us know more about his life and further read Seth Rollins as well.

OWEN HART: EARLY CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION AND CAREER

Owen Hart was born on May 7, 1966, in Alberta, Canada, into the Hart wrestling family. Owen’s father, Stu, was in his prime a professional wrestler and his mother Helen was a homemaker. He grew up in a large family with 11 siblings and few of his brothers continued to struggle like Owen himself. The Hart boys studied wrestling from an early age in a basement studio under the watchful eye of their talented father.

Owen wrestled at the amateur level and became Canadian University Champion. He then made his professional debut in 1986 as part of his father’s Stampede Wrestling tour. He toured Europe, Japan, Mexico and Canada before finally entering the WWF in 1988.
‘The Rocket’ or ‘The Blue Blazer as he was so often called’, Hart became a popular name in the WWF. He had a fierce but staged rivalry with one of his siblings and a WWF Champion, Bret. This “rivalry” drew viewers in and they later teamed up to form “The Hart Foundation” in 1993. Individually, Owen won “King of the Ring” in 1994 and the Intercontinental in 1997.

OWEN HART: MORT

In the early 1999s, Hart was considering retiring from wrestling to spend more time with his family and wanted to try coaching. Owen had a son Oje and a daughter Athena with his wife Martha. ^Owen
died on May 23 , 1999 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City in a pre-game publicity stunt. The accident happened in front of more than 16,000 fans, most of them not realizing the extent of the damage. He fell 90 feet when a release mechanism disengaged on a cable attached to the ceiling of the safety vest he was wearing. He died of internal bleeding as his head struck one of the wrestling ring’s padded turnbuckles.

OWEN HART: FORTUNE

Owen Hart, prior to his death, was believed to have a net worth of $14 million, although this is not entirely certain due to his unfortunate demise. Hart has made a lot of money during his career, working with several wrestling foundations. He was an established athlete in the industry with a lot to offer, as a player or as a coach.