Owen Hart is known as one of the greatest practical jokers in the history of the wrestling business. He was known for his incredible sense of humor and backstage antics. Here are some of the funniest Owen Hart stories that will be sure to make you laugh.
Owen Hart Stories That Will Make You Laugh
10) Owen Tries To Cheer Up Jim Ross
Legendary commentator Jim Ross told a great story about Owen Hart trying to cheer him up in an interview with The Providence. JR was in charge of talent relations at the time and was having a rough day. He was dealing with a wrestler that was having some issues with drugs.
Owen played a little joke on JR to try and put him in a better mood:
“I was having a long day in my make-shift office at an arena when I was in charge of the talent roster at WWE. I had an extended conversation with someone who was having substance-abuse issues; that was our suspicion. Owen saw that my door had been closed for several hours. (As I headed to the arena to commentate for the TV broadcast), I catch him coming down the hall, stumbling, bouncing off the walls”
He continued:
“I get up close to him, he’s got this white substance under his nose like he’s doing cocaine. Obviously, Owen was not a drug user at all. Long story short, he’d gone to the desert table at catering and got a powdered doughnut, trying to cheer me up and say, ‘You had a rough day. A lot of us are appreciative of what you’re trying to do to help guys”
A common theme throughout these stories will be Owen’s sense of humor.
9) “The Little Bastard Got Me!”
One of Owen’s most frequent victims of his practical jokes was his dad: the legendary Stu Hart. It remains as one of my favorite Owen Hart stories of all-time. The story is told by Bret Hart in his book: Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling. Owen apparently called their dad and pretended to be one of his old friends: Reg Park.
Owen impersonated Reg Park and proceeded to call out Stu:
“On the morning of WrestleMania V, a call came for Stu, who stood in his long, striped nightshirt talking with a big smile on his face. “Yeah, Reg . . . how the hell are you?” Reg Park had been a respected bodybuilder once upon a time. He was an easygoing guy and the conversation started out friendly, but Stu couldn’t believe his ears when Reg suddenly said, “Stu, you were always afraid of me. You never had the balls to try me, or I would have shoved your head up your a**!”
Bret continues, saying that Stu flipped out upon hearing this:
“Stu was pacing the room with the receiver pressed hard against his cauliflower ear, his jaw set like granite. “Reg, if you wanted to try me, why didn’t you try me?” Even the veins in his sturdy white legs seemed to swell with rage—I was sure Stu was about to head downstairs and face off with Reg right there in the lobby!”
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Stu eventually figured out that it was Owen and admitted that his son had gotten the better of him:
“Then Stu abruptly sat on the bed and slammed the phone down. A shy, almost embarrassed smile broke over my dad’s face. One I’ll never forget. “That was Owen. The little bastard got me!”
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