Thousands of wrestling fans were left in shock as Canadian American wrestler Owen Hart tragically fell to his death at the Kemper Arena.

The sportsman plunged from a height of 78 feet in Kansas City, Missouri, after being suspended from the rafters during the Over the Edge pay-per-view event. The horrifying incident occurred while the arena was shrouded in darkness and was not broadcast on television.

On May 23, 1999, Owen was portraying his superhero parody character, the Blue Blazer, when the tragedy struck. The well-liked wrestler had been suspended as part of his introduction to an intercontinental title match against The Godfather.

Owen was set to make a dramatic entrance, being lowered to just above ring level, where he would pretend to be "entangled", then release himself from th

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