Was Owen Hart's 'Blue Blazier' gimmick a punishment for this....?

[GearSolidMetal]

Owen's injuring of Steve Austin via piledriver on Summerslam 1997 is well known.

But I had absolutely no idea that 14 months later, he did this -



Inexcusable and beyond wreckless after using the exact same move on Austin and all the neck problems he suffered since then.

So 'The Blue Blazer' was a punishment for Austin and Severn, or was it for something else on top of that?

And is there a particular reason why Owen loved that move? And was he wreckless with co-workers he didn't like?

Its just amazing to me that Brett was so professional and never hurt anyone he ever worked with (including HBK).... yet his brother was a loose cannon in the ring.

 

[Pittie Petey]

Do you think Vince decided he had to kill Owen to save the rest of his wrestlers, I mean Owen really left him no other choice

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Do you think Vince decided he had to kill Owen to save the rest of his wrestlers, I mean Owen really left him no other choice

Well, Vince was seen with a knife and near some very long rope just hours before the show started.

So...






Edit - I'm joking because you're joking. But my questions in the OP were honest and was hoping for serious answers.

 

[Pittie Petey]

Well, Vince was seen with a knife and near some very long rope just hours before the show started.

So...






Edit - I'm joking because you're joking. But my questions in the OP were honest and was hoping for serious answers.

Well since you want a serious answer, the Dan Severn injury was a kayfabe storyline, ya goof

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Well since you want a serious answer, the Dan Severn injury was a kayfabe storyline, ya goof

It was a kayfabe storyline... but Owen botched the piledriver and almost seriously hurt Severn.

In his own words -


So if this wasn't the incident that got Owen punished with the Blue Blasier gimmick, what was?

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

I thought he started his career as the Blue Blazer

 

[Deleted member 449757]

I thought he started his career as the Blue Blazer

This.

 

[Pittie Petey]

I thought he started his career as the Blue Blazer

When he joined the WWF they made him the Blue Angel and then the Blue Blazer, he started his career as Owen Hart and was well established as a great young talent before that though, WWF just had no idea what to do with an undersized high flyer so they slapped a mask on him

 

[deezy]

Bret Harts book states that Owen told him he was going with the Blue Blazer so he can avoid being put in sexual storylines and falling in love with Debra when he was tagging with Jarrett.

 

[My Spot]

The rumor and innuendo has always been that Owen rejected a proposed angle in early 99 where him and Debra would've been fucking each other behind Jeff Jarrett's back.

 

[chinarice]

Owen's injuring of Steve Austin via piledriver on Summerslam 1997 is well known.

But I had absolutely no idea that 14 months later, he did this -



Inexcusable and beyond wreckless after using the exact same move on Austin and all the neck problems he suffered since then.

So 'The Blue Blazer' was a punishment for Austin and Severn, or was it for something else on top of that?

And is there a particular reason why Owen loved that move? And was he wreckless with co-workers he didn't like?

Its just amazing to me that Brett was so professional and never hurt anyone he ever worked with (including HBK).... yet his brother was a loose cannon in the ring.

He was the blue blazer in wwf back in the early 90s or 80s....

 

[skysolo]

I'm still upset about this.

Owen died because of cost cutting measures. Vince should have had to pay Owen's wife 100 million dollars.

 

[Deleted member 592570]

That piledriver is retarded. It leaves nowhere for your head to go.

Owen or someone on staff should have known better.

Severn and Austin were also far too big for Owen to be doing moves like that on. He didn't have the size and strength to protect them properly.

 

[the ambush]

I'm still upset about this.

Owen died because of cost cutting measures. Vince should have had to pay Owen's wife 100 million dollars.

Remember "the show must go on"

: (

 

[Thrawn33]

That piledriver is retarded. It leaves nowhere for your head to go.

Owen or someone on staff should have known better.

Severn and Austin were also far too big for Owen to be doing moves like that on. He didn't have the size and strength to protect them properly.

Yeah people like to look at him through rose colored glasses and say he was better than Bret...

...but no...dude was good, but no.

 

[Based God]

Dan Severn was a known headache backstage that always turned down angles and would threaten to shoot on wrestlers in the ring if he didn't get his way.

I doubt Vince gave a flying fuck about Dan Severn. He wasn't gonna punish Owen Hart for him even if the piledriver wasn't kayfabe.

 

[deezy]

Yeah people like to look at him through rose colored glasses and say he was better than Bret...

...but no...dude was good, but no.

He had one accident in his career.....there are supposed better workers who have a worse track record.

And in 94 he was better than Bret and I'm a Bret guy.

 

[Thrawn33]

He had one accident in his career.....there are supposed better workers who have a worse track record.

And in 94 he was better than Bret and I'm a Bret guy.

Ok...one year.

Bret made him legit, but he really couldn't stay at the top on his own.

I'm just saying people who think Owen was a better talent are deluding themselves...just like folks who say Kurt Cobain was some musical genius.

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

Ok...one year.

Bret made him legit, but he really couldn't stay at the top on his own.

I'm just saying people who think Owen was a better talent are deluding themselves...just like folks who say Kurt Cobain was some musical genius.

There was potential with Owen as it was the perfect post SS feud for HBK after Bret left but it just didn't happen. For whatever reason anybody wants to use, it was a missed opportunity. Great IC tier guy, though.

As for his actual work, he's absolutely up there with Bret, imo. Not better, but he's up there.

 

[Thrawn33]

There was potential with Owen as it was the perfect post SS feud for HBK after Bret left but it just didn't happen. For whatever reason anybody wants to use, it was a missed opportunity. Great IC tier guy, though.

As for his actual work, he's absolutely up there with Bret, imo. Not better, but he's up there.

Dude was solid workwise. Not Benoit or Angle level. Definatly Eddie in ring level though.

And yes, Owen vs HBK post screwjob would've been white hot.. I have to wonder if Shawn would've "felt safe" working with him after that though...