6) Ribbing The Sheik
Jim Ross tells the story about Owen ribbing the Iron Sheik. He says that Owen called the Sheik up one night from the hotel front desk, pretending to be a reporter.
Owen (as the reporter) would complement Sheik and go-on about his amateur wrestling background. After buttering him up for a while, he flipped the switch:
“Then, Owen started disrespecting him, telling the Sheik he wasn’t that good of a wrestler. The Sheik has a bad temper, and he began threatening the guy. And Owen said, ‘As a matter of fact, I’m in your hotel right now.
He also challenged the Sheik to a fight:
“Why don’t you try something, if you’re such a tough guy?’”
This pissed off the Sheik, who came looking for the reporter in the lobby:
“With the other wrestlers watching in amusement, the Sheik stormed into the lobby in a T-shirt and shorts, looking all over for the nonexistent scribe”
No-one was safe from the ribs of Owen Hart, including the legendary Sheik.
5) Owen Goes Limp
Lex Luger was interviewed back in 2013 where he was asked if he ever was ribbed by Owen Hart. Luger would tell the story about Owen going limp after asking to get Press Slammed, making himself very difficult to lift.
Luger would struggle to lift Owen, who wasn’t doing his part to help him out:
“He used to every night he would wrestle against Davey and I…I would shoot him off the ropes and (Owen) he would say “Press Slam me” So I’d shoot him off the ropes and he would Spidermonkey me and wouldn’t let me press slam him”
After not letting Luger pick him up, Owen would allow the British Bulldog to Press Slam him multiple times. As a result, this made the British Bulldog look 10 times stronger than Luger to the fans in attendance:
“Then he would have me tag Davey in …and Davey Boy would shoot him off the ropes and Owen would not only let him Press Slam him …but he would do like 10 reps before he press slammed him….and Davey Boy would just look over at me and smile…they hit me with that almost every night.I used to be like …you guys…lol…I swear…they were always doing stuff like that …they made it fun , they really did.”
A genius way for Owen to make Luger look bad in front of the live audience.
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