Mick Foley Remembers Owen Hart
ON OWEN’S BIRTHDAY
Owen Hart would have turned 50 today. While it’s impossible to know exactly what the future held in store for Owen, I think it’s safe to say that Owen’s passing left those who knew him wishing we could have had just a few more if those classic Owen moments to savor. The classic matches, where, on any given night, he could be as good as the very best who’d ever laced up the boots. 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. The ribs he’d play, the prank phone calls that would have you steaming mad one second, and laughing in appreciation of being had by the Van Gough of road gags the next. Most of all, I wish I could have a few more talks about family – about how the time and sacrifice was worth trying to provide a good life for those you loved – and the challenge involved in trying to balance the travel, and the days away, with the desire to be a good parent. I wish my kids could have played with his kids, maybe even called him Uncle Owen. Owen Hart was a good friend, and an even better man – he truly was one of the best men I’ver known My life is so much richer for having known him.
Please feel free to share an Owen moment… a favorite match, or just a story you heard along the way.
Jerry Springer
The following is a preview of the new Jerry Springer show, Jerry Springer Presents WWE: Too Hot For TV, which will air on the WWE Network following Smackdown tonight:
