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It is probably one of the best know deaths in WWF, Owen Hart a member of the famous Hart family passed away on live tv 15 years ago.
He was making his way to the ring as his persona Blue Blazer and it seems the harness failed for some unknown reason and he fell almost 80 feet, landing chest first on the top rope, This was during a live broadcast of the Over the Edge Pay per view and so they cut to commercial whilst they rushed him to hospital but it was announced when the event returned that Owen Hart had sadly passed away at the age of 34 from massive internal bleeding.
WWF aired a tribute “Raw is Owen” the following night so the WWF family could pay tribute to the well liked superstar.
Also on this day…
In 2010 – WWE presented the first ever Over the Limit Pay-per-view live from Detroit Michigan and saw:
– Kofi Kingston defeat Drew McIntyre to win the WWE Intercontinental Title.
– R-Truth defeat Ted Dibiase.
– Rey Mysterio defeat CM Punk in an SES Pledge vs Hair Match, forcing Punk to shave his head.
– The Hart Dynasty defeat Chris Jericho & The Miz to retain the WWE Unified Tag Team Titles.
– The Big Show defeat Jack Swagger via DQ.
– Eve Torres defeat Maryse to retain the WWE Divas Title.
– John Cena defeat Batista in an I Quit Match to retain the WWE Title.
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