In a recent interview with Steve Fall of “The Ten Count” podcast, Earl Hebner recalled Vince McMahon’s immediate reaction to Owen Hart’s tragic fall at Over the Edge 1999. He said,
“He’s sitting right where he was. When it all happened, he saw it and he never moved. He stayed right there. When they brought Owen through the gorilla, he was in that same chair. He might have stood up, I can’t remember, but he never made a way to get closer like everybody else was.”
Hebner added that before his tragic accident, Hart had been making plans for a life after professional wrestling. He said,
“The year Owen passed away, he was building a brand new house. He had told me and probably a lot of other people that at the end of that year, he was going to retire and go home with his family because of the new house he built.”
Hart died after the harness he was set to use for his entrance malfunctioned. WWE would have a ‘RAW is Owen’ tribute show the following night.
