This show aired the day after the Over the Edge Pay-per-view, during which Owen Hart died after falling from the rafters of the arena. I remember bawling my eyes out when that happened. The next night's Raw became a tribute to Owen Hart. The show opens with a ten bell salute to Owen, followed by a video tribute to Owen narrated by Vince McMahon. Throughout the show clips of WWF performers giving their thoughts on Owen are played. The first match is Jeff Jarrett versus Test. X-Pac and Kane defend the Tag Team Championship against Edge and Gangrel. The Hardy Boyz face Taka Michinoku and Sho Funaki. Bob Holly takes on Ken Shamrock. Billy Gunn takes on Mankind. D-Lo Brown and Mark Henry face the Acolytes. The Road Dogg and The Godfather are supposed to have a match, but decide to smoke weed and swap Owen stories instead. Triple H faces Al Snow. The Big Show takes on Goldust. Val Venis faces the Rock. The show ends with Steve Austin raising a beer in tribute to Owen.
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Nice Tribute To The Late Owen Hart
jeremycrimsonfox14 February 2024
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Taking place in the Kiel Center is St. Louis, Missouri, the May 24, 1999 edition of of WWF Raw Is War (known nowadays as WWE Raw) is an emotional one, as it is on the day after the infamous WWF Over The Edge PPV of that year, in which during the show, Owen Hart tragically lost his life while doing an entrance as his Blue Blazer gimmick, where the harness he was attached to malfunctioned, causing him to drop 78 feet. It was a sad tragedy, and one that would get the wrestling promotion backlash for how they handled it and even sued by Own Hart's wife, Martha.
Opening with a ten-bell salute for Owen, we can see how this will be a sad night, as even some of the wrestlers are crying. Throughout the two hours, while there is wrestling (as the show must go on, although it is said Vince did ask the wrestlers, or superstars, as they are called, whether they wanted to wrestle a match or not), we would also get spots before and after commercials where wrestlers like Mick Foley (who wrestled in WWF/WWE during the time as the character of Mankind), Bradshaw, and one of the best being Mark Henry writing and telling a poem about Owen.
For the wrestling we do get, start with a match between Jeff Jarrett and Test, the matches ensure that they honor with Owen (with Jeff, who was Owen's former tag team partner, even doing the Sharpshooter submission hold to win his match). While nowadays, this can be seen as "damage control" after Vince and the WWE got sued, but it is nice to see the superstars actually care about their fallen comrade.
Opening with a ten-bell salute for Owen, we can see how this will be a sad night, as even some of the wrestlers are crying. Throughout the two hours, while there is wrestling (as the show must go on, although it is said Vince did ask the wrestlers, or superstars, as they are called, whether they wanted to wrestle a match or not), we would also get spots before and after commercials where wrestlers like Mick Foley (who wrestled in WWF/WWE during the time as the character of Mankind), Bradshaw, and one of the best being Mark Henry writing and telling a poem about Owen.
For the wrestling we do get, start with a match between Jeff Jarrett and Test, the matches ensure that they honor with Owen (with Jeff, who was Owen's former tag team partner, even doing the Sharpshooter submission hold to win his match). While nowadays, this can be seen as "damage control" after Vince and the WWE got sued, but it is nice to see the superstars actually care about their fallen comrade.
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