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Column Posted by Mr. Saturday Night Johnny Fever on 9:42:06 PM May 23, 2009

It's that time once again! Time to get down and boogy with your host Mr. Saturday Night Johnny Fever! Welcome, and thank you for joining us for this edition of the Squared Circle!

First off, Mr. Saturday Night would like to send out his heartfelt condolences to the Hart family. Today is the decade mark of the tragic death of one of the brightest young talents of the time. The man in reference of course is the King of Harts Owen Hart! Now I know that the "John Cena generation" may not know who I'm talking about, but anybody that has had the privilege of watching wrestling over the years that do know who I'm talking about, know just what a great athlete we're discussing! It was on this day in 1999 that Owen, wrestling as the Blue Blazer, was to rappel down from the rafters to the ring and become Intercotinental Champion once again! The kids were excited, the crowd was abuzz, a great athlete was about to be rewarded with a championship to top off all his hard work. Sadly, this would never happen, as God had other plans for the King of Harts that night. "The Rocket" plummeted from the rafters to the ring, hitting his head on a turnbuckle, and ultimately passed on. The world lost a great man that night. Mr. Saturday Night has never read a bad word about the Rocket. The next night on Raw, with the exception of Eddie Guerrero's edition, was the most heart breaking episodes of Raw! Superstar after superstar shared their memories of traveling the road with a great man. A man that was always smiling, always talking about his wife and children, a man that was wise for his young age and saved his money for the future instead of living like a rock star and blowing it all! Thinking about Owen, one can't help but think of all the great matches he took part in. The one that stands out the most in Fever's eyes is the classic brother vs brother match up at Wrestlemania 10, when the Rocket soared above his brother the Excellence of Execution Bret "Hitman" Hart. If you have not seen this match, you must go out and rent it. This battle is in the top 10 matches of all time! Both competitor's went back and forth in a grueling battle, with Owen ultimately scoring a victory roll and a 3 count! Bret, however, would go on later that same night to win the World Championship! Would Owen have made it to the top if this tragedy hadn't occurred? How many World titles would he have captured? Would he have surpassed his brothers legacy? It is awful that we will never know these answers. A lot of wrestlers die young, and 90% of the time it is because they don't use better judgment when it comes to the way they use their pain pills. Owen wasn't in that category though. Owen was actually in the 10% group that wasn't killed "by their own means." From his beginnings as the Blue Blazer, into his early days as part of the New Hart Foundation, all the way into his Nation days, Owen Hart always stepped into the ring, and he never stunk out an arena. It didn't matter who he was battling, he would make them look like a star when they were in the ring with him. Owen you are still missed, and it's a shame things happened the way they did, but God must've needed you more than the people down here did. Thank you for all the great matches, and wonderful memories, and to the Hart family, may your hearts someday heal!

Thank you for reading, I hope you all take the time to remember this great athlete, and to put his family in your prayers! Please join me in te Squared Circle again next week! Diaper Rash Moron, I hope you took notes and learned from a superb writer works! Until next time, spread the Fever!

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