Owen Hart's Blue Blazer Interview and Live Accident Commentary

Folks, uh, let's take you now to an interview conducted earlier tonight, uh, with, uh, Kevin Kelly and, uh, and the, uh, the Blue Blazer.

And, uh, we got big problems out here. Well, Blue Blazer, you got a big match tonight, going after the Intercontinental Championship, taking on The Godfather.

Ooh, The Godfather. Just saying his name makes my blue blood boil.

Ooh, The Godfather, my arch nemesis. He represents everything that's wrong with the WWF.

But fear not, because I, the Blue Blazer, will always triumph over evildoers.

And do you know why? Because I always take my vitamins, say my prayers, and drink my milk.

Whoo!

Ladies and gentlemen, when you're doing live television, a, a lot of, uh, things can happen, and, uh, and sometimes, uh, they are not good.

Uh, the Blue Blazer, as we know, is Owen Hart, was gonna make a very spectacular superhero-like entrance from the rafters and something went terribly wrong here.

Uh, certainly, uh, Owen Hart, Blue Blazer, a very serious situation here at this point in time.

He's being attended to by the, by the, uh, uh, the EMTs.

Uh, this is not a, a part of the, uh, entertainment here tonight.

We are as, this is as real, uh, as real can be here.

And the, the EMTs are tending to Owen in the ring now, and we are, again, uh, we are at a little bit of a loss for this situation.

I've been doing this for, uh, uh, more years than I, uh, would like to, to admit, and this, uh, is the ... well, it's one of the most shocking things I've ever seen.

This is not a, a, your typical wrestling, uh, storyline.

This is a real situation. Owen Hart was to ascend in a superhero-like entrance from the ceiling of this arena, and something terribly, terribly went wrong.

I don't know if the harness broke or what the malfunction was.

And, uh, we are gonna keep our cameras, uh, on this crowd at this point in time, simply because ...

Ladies and gentlemen, uh, again, Owen Hart was scheduled to, uh, descend from the, uh, top here of the Kemper Arena, uh, in a, again, a superhero-like entrance in his Blue Blazer character.

Uh, something has gone terribly wrong, uh, with the equipment that, uh, Owen Hart was being lowered down to the ring.

Uh, and the paramedics are working on Owen Hart.

Let me tell you, we are going to have a, and we've a- we've already had some entertaining things.

This is not a part of the show. Uh, I don't know any better way to put it, this is not a wrestling angle.

This is real life. Owen Hart, uh, with the equipment malfunctioning, is being attended to right now by a host of, uh, of EMTs.

Uh, we are not, uh, going to, uh, put this on television.

It is not a sensationalistic attempt, uh, to, uh, to, to leave a mark here on, on this, this event.

Uh, it was, uh, again, we don't know exactly what malfunctioned.

Obviously something in the, in the apparatus, we assume, and that's all we're doing is assuming that that went wrong, uh, unless, uh, Owen inadvertently released himself before he was near the ring.

Um, so again, we will have our mixed tag team match up.

We will have, uh, the rest of this broadcast.

But the bigger issue now is that a human being, uh, Owen Hart, uh, has been terribly injured, uh, here on this live broadcast.

So, uh, we will, a- again, there's been so many things that have happened here, but right now nothing is more important than the health and the welfare of not only a great athlete, but a, but a very unique and a good human being who is, uh, now being attended to in the ring.

And again, uh, I can re- only reiterate the best way that I know how, and if I'm not being as articulate, uh, as, uh, I would like to be, I hope that you can understand that this was not, I repeat, this was not, uh, a wrestling angle.

This was not, uh, a stor- part of the storyline.

Uh, this was, uh, a terribly, terribly, um, tragic situation.

And the EMTs now are giving Owen Hart, um, external heart massage.

There are s- several, several folks are there to attend to him.

And, uh, Jerry Lawler, back joining me here.

King, I was just reiterating to the fans, this is not a part of the show.

Uh, we're here to entertain and have fun, but this is neither.

No, it's, uh, it's, it doesn't look good at all.

So again, uh, the ... Owen is being attended to.

Uh, they're, he is now leaving the ring.

We are not going to sensationalize this event by, by taping it or by showing you what's going on.

And Owen Hart getting a, a tremendous, uh, ovation here, uh, as he is being, uh, carried from the ring.

And thank God that the EMTs who are already here tonight are standing by, that they were here and able to get here so quickly.

And folks, uh, again, there's so many things going on.

We will keep you updated on this situation.

And our mixed tag team match, by the way, is coming up next.

We will tell you that. And, uh, Kevin Kelly, we do understand, is standing by.

Let's take you now to Kevin Kelly, who I think is with, uh, Jeff Jarrett and Deborah.

Here at, uh, in Kansas City, uh, tragedy befell the World Wrestling Federation and all of us.

Owen Hart was, uh, set to make an entrance from the ceiling, and, uh, he fell from the ceiling.

And I have the unfortunate responsibility to let everyone know that Owen Hart has died.

Owen Hart has tragically died from that accident here tonight.