One of the most tragic days in professional wrestling history was the shocking death of wrestling legend Owen Hart. Hart was scheduled to compete at WWE’s Over The Edge in 1999. He was going to fly in from the rafters as the Blue Blazer with the help of a cable.
Unfortunately, due to a cable malfunction, Owen Hart fell into the ring. He hit chest first onto the turnbuckle and was rushed to the hospital. The show continued, which is still seen as a polarizing decision today. Many had criticized Vince McMahon for continuing the show, even with Hart’s blood still on the mat.
However, it has since been clarified that it wasn’t Hart’s blood, but it was fake blood from a segment that took place earlier in the night on Sunday Night Heat.
During a recent episode of the 83 Weeks podcast, Conrad Thompson shared a text message he received from Blue Meanie. The exchange was in response to the incident being discussed in the Mr. McMahon docuseries on Netflix. Meanie clarified that it was not Owen Hart’s blood on the mat, and it was fake blood used during a “blood bath” by the Brood earlier in the night.
Blue Meanie clears things up
“There’s a misconception that when Owen died and the show went on that his blood was in the ring. It wasn’t his blood. On Sunday Night Heat, Goldust and I wrestled The Hardys with Michael Hayes in their corner. After the match, there was a Blood Bath on The Hardys. Matt Hardy put his ‘bloodied’ arm on the mat, coincidentally where Owen would later fall. And it stayed there the remainder of the show,” Blue Meanie texted Conrad Thompson.
My Fandom‘s Josh Shernoff and Dave Sturchio also discussed the incident on their show, The Wrestling Hour. Shernoff pointed out that Netflix and VICE’s Dark Side of the Ring have both gotten that detail wrong, pointing out that the evidence of Hardy’s arm hitting the mat on the Sunday Night Heat broadcast.
Furthermore, it was Shernoff who actually told Meanie what had happened that night on a past episode of the Mind Of The Meanie podcast they co-hosted together.
In that archive clip, Shernoff pointed out that detail and Meanie said he was glad Shernoff brought it up. Meanie also mentioned that the police found traces of real blood in that spot on the canvas, but both of them taking place in the same area was an unfortunate coincidence. Shernoff said he brought it up for multiple reasons. First, he thought it would clear up incorrect reports, and he hoped to give Hart’s friends and family some closure about the incident.
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