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Post by MOH [Still ''Le Sighing''] on Jan 19, 2007 5:29:14 GMT -5
It really sucks, such a tragedy. At least he's up there looking over everyone now, has been for a while.
RIP
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Post by jameson34656 on Jan 19, 2007 5:30:13 GMT -5
Yeah. While he was falling, he was able to yell towards Jimmy Kordaris for him to get out of the way. I guess those were his last words.
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Post by RAW100023 on Jan 19, 2007 6:57:51 GMT -5
still is the biggest tragedy in the history. His death still bothers me.
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Post by Deadman Inc. Misses Shawn on Jan 19, 2007 7:35:50 GMT -5
Man that's horrible
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jan 19, 2007 8:13:25 GMT -5
Jeez. I actually got teary-eyed looking at the picture of him laying in the ring and had to stop reading. I freakin cried like a baby the morning after he died, too. When I went to school that morning and someone was laughinig about the accident and making fun of Owen I punched them as hard as I could in the face and got sent home.
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Post by kunswwfmark on Jan 19, 2007 8:50:06 GMT -5
I didn't order this PPV, but one of my mom's friends did and she called her when it happened because she knew how much I liked wrestling (I was 14 when it happened). Of course, my mom was in bed so after she answered the phone and hung up she just went right back to sleep. I ended up going into her room and asking who it was and she told me "Bret Hart fell from the ceiling at a PPV or something." (In her defense, she knew who Owen was, but she was sleeping for the most part). I easily put 2 and 2 together and realized it must have been Owen. I spent the whole night just hoping he would somehow be alright, but I think in the back of my head I knew he wouldn't make it.
The next morning my dad went on the internet (he was the only one at the time who knew how to use it) and showed me wwf.com confirming he had passed. I spent the rest of the day kind of numb and then cried my eyes out that night. To this day, that has affected me harder than anything else, and seeing those pictures just reenforces how much of a tragedy the whole thing was.
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Post by mboma10 on Jan 19, 2007 9:07:56 GMT -5
The worst part is seeing exactly how far he fell.
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Post by thesunbeast on Jan 19, 2007 9:54:46 GMT -5
Man, What a tragedy. As much as it feels like crap even talking about it, or seeing the pictures (Which I really didn't want to see, I was caught off guard), I still always wonder how Bret must deal with this, as well as the rest of his family. Bret has gone through an awful lot of losses over the past 10 years, and must have a heck of alot of mental toughness.
I'll always miss Owen, Who has indeed in a better place now. I never truely appeciated just how great Owen was untill I watch old tapes of him now. He could have easily used "The Game" as his nickname.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Jan 19, 2007 10:36:55 GMT -5
I still can't believe they had the show continue. WWF/E should have just made the announcement that Owen died, stopped the show right there, and ran some other WWF based programming (like a tape from a previous PPV or a "Best Of" feature) to fill out the remaining PPV broadcast time they had. I don't think most people would have requested a refund. And for the small percentage of people who did call up the cable company demanding a refund, they could have just given them one.
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Post by dirtydickraines on Jan 19, 2007 10:41:38 GMT -5
This brings up a question. The author of the site stated that it took about one second for Owen to hit the ring. If this is true, I find it hard to understand how Owen could have possible told the ref to get out of the way. It would have taken over one second to warn him and would Owen have had enough of a handle on the situation to do so? Remember, he was falling at a high speed from a great height. Obviously the ref got out of the way, but I attribute that more to him seeing Owen falling that being told to move.
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Post by #Classic Hi-Definition X on Jan 19, 2007 10:42:59 GMT -5
Seeing those pics reminded me of when my mom told me he had died. I still get choked up about that sometimes.
And to see just how far he fell is scary.
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Post by catwoman on Jan 19, 2007 10:44:39 GMT -5
I dont think I could look at those pictures. I was thinking about Owen's death the other day and it still brings me to tears. I was also on the Hitman's official website, where he has lots of his columns that he's written for the Calgary Sun, including this one written after Owen's death. www.brethart.com/column/may31.aspThat was a very moving piece and very honest, but nothing broke me down like this one about Davey Boy after he died. www.brethart.com/column/may24.asp He had me sobbing my guts out after reading the first six words. "Another dead brother. I’m so angry. Yet I’m more sad than anything else." You just cant imagine loss like that.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Jan 19, 2007 10:47:13 GMT -5
If I was the ref, I think I would have let Owen land on me as long as I was at least protecting my neck (so that it didnt break). Sure I would end up in the hospital, but there is a chance that it would have broken his fall just enough that he may have survived.
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Post by dirtydickraines on Jan 19, 2007 10:53:40 GMT -5
If I was the ref, I think I would have let Owen land on me as long as I was at least protecting my neck (so that it didnt break). Sure I would end up in the hospital, but there is a chance that it would have broken his fall just enough that he may have survived. You probably would have died. Remember, Owen was falling very fast and if he hit you, you would have probably recieved some very serious internal injuries.
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Post by willywonka666 on Jan 19, 2007 10:56:24 GMT -5
Jeez. I actually got teary-eyed looking at the picture of him laying in the ring and had to stop reading. I freakin cried like a baby the morning after he died, too. When I went to school that morning and someone was laughinig about the accident and making fun of Owen I punched them as hard as I could in the face and got sent home. Goddamn, that really gets to me how someone can make fun of that, I can be a very hateful person, but only to assholes who deserve it like that, not someone like Owen
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Post by Banned Member on Jan 19, 2007 11:33:32 GMT -5
Wow this is just I have no words.
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Post by BHB on Jan 19, 2007 11:38:08 GMT -5
That's just such a tragedy.
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Post by AmandaJ on Jan 20, 2007 0:49:44 GMT -5
The worst part for me is seeing the pictures of him standing around up there, having no idea that he was going to die within the hour...
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Post by The middle finger is offensive on Jan 20, 2007 0:57:38 GMT -5
man thank god i wasnt a wrestling fan until 01 i woulda been 5 then and i liked people like that,he woulda been one of my favorites and i bet if i woulda watched back then man i woulda been traumatized and crying and stuff,maybe quit watching wrestling man thats some scary shit
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Post by smokinvokoun on Jan 20, 2007 1:04:32 GMT -5
that is unbelieveable.
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