4) The Intentional Bad Match
According to numerous stories, Owen Hart would intentionally put on bad matches at WWE live events just to mess with the guys that he was working with.
From Mick Foley’s Facebook page:
“Those intentionally bad matches, done away from the camera eye, before the age of the internet – where road-weary wrestlers could forget all their problems, and just enjoy the utter brilliance of a classic Hart stinker”
From an interview with Triple H:
“I’ve been in the ring with Owen and he was unbelievable…an unbelievable talent. So much so, that sometimes he would go out and have a bad match on purpose…to make himself laugh. You know what I mean? Because he would think it was funny”
There is no doubt that Owen Hart would like to have fun in the ring, even if that meant putting on a bad match for the sake of a rib.
3) Owen Pranks Jeff Jarrett And Their Driver
Val Venis told a great story about Owen Hart in an interview with the Inquistr. Venis was traveling alongside Owen and Jeff Jarrett. The trio would hire a driver to take them to one of the arenas. The driver and Jarrett ended up as the victims of one of Owen’s classic pranks.
Here is how the story goes from Val Venis:
“There was one time when we watched Owen, he had a driver and he was in the passenger seat and Jeff Jarrett was in the backseat behind Owen. And as they are going up the ramp to drive out from the bottom of the arena, all you hear on the top of the roof of the car is ‘whack!’ And Owen looks over to the driver, he says ‘that guy up there just threw a rock down on your car”
He continued the story:
“So, the guy stops the car on the ramp, gets out of the car, runs up the ramp, runs around the rail and charges at the guy Owen pointed at. Well, a cop steps out in front of the driver and says ‘whoa, this guy didn’t throw any rock, the guy with the blonde hair in the car hit the roof of your car with his hand. And when the driver looks over the rail to look at Owen, Owen turns around and says ‘Jeff, why did you hit the top of the car?’ and put all the heat on Jeff”
No-one was safe from a prank from Owen, not even their driver.
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