Over the Edge (1999)
Over the Edge was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It was held on May 23, 1999, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Owen Hart was scheduled to face The Godfather for the WWF Intercontinental Championship during the event. Hart was set to make a superhero-like ring entrance, which would have seen him descend from the arena rafters into the ring. He was, however, released prematurely when the harness line malfunctioned, and fell more than 78 feet. In court, his widow Martha, children, and parents sued the organization, contending that poor planning of the dangerous stunt caused Owen’s death. WWF settled the case out of court, paying US$
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Over the Edge was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It was held on May 23, 1999, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Owen Hart was scheduled to face The Godfather for the WWF Intercontinental Championship during the event. Hart was set to make a superhero-like ring entrance, which would have seen him descend from the arena rafters into the ring. He was, however, released prematurely when the harness line malfunctioned, and fell more than 78 feet. In court, his widow Martha, children, and parents sued the organization, contending that poor planning of the dangerous stunt caused Owen’s death. WWF settled the case out of court, paying US$18 million to his widow, children and parents. Due to the accident and controversy surrounding the event, the Over the Edge name was retired. The event was also not released for home video viewing until the launch of the WWE Network in 2014 where an edited version of the show removing any mention of Hart’s death was released. In the main event, The Undertaker defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin in a singles match to win the WWF Championship. The main narrative for over the Edge continued the events that unfolded at Backlash, WWF’s previous pay- per- view event, held on April 25, 1999. The match featured the rivalry among two stables, the Corporate Ministry and the Union. The Corporate Ministry was formed when the Corporation merged with the Ministry of Darkness; the Union consisted of Viscera, the Big Boss Man, and the Acolytes.
Other feuds included Billy Gunn against his former partner Road Dogg, the Blue Blazer against WWFcontinental Champion The XPac, Mark Henry and D’Lo Brown against WWF Tag Team Champions Kane and Kane and Hardcore Holly against Al Snow. Before the event aired on Sunday Heat, an episode of Sunday Night Heat aired live on the USA Network. After the match, Meat defeated Brian Christopher, while the Blue Meanie and The Blue Goldz defeated The Broodz and The Boyz. Vince McMahon and Mideon attacked Vince and broke his ankle in order to prevent him from refereeing the match. The final contest was between The Rock and Triple H, who would meet each other in a match at the event in which Triple H had interfered in one of The Rock’s matches, and later threw him off the stage. The other was an eight-man elimination tag team match involving The Union’s victory over the corporate ministry. In retaliation, the four wrestlers formed the Union stable. The WWF continued to enhance the feud over several weeks, which included a brawl among all eight wrestlers on May 10, 1999,. The feud led to a match between The Union stable and the Big Show, Ken Shamrock, and Test, and a match for the Hardcore Title. Vince and his son Shane, acting as co-owner of WWF, would serve as the guest referee of the match between Triple H and The Rock.
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