Rare Image of Mike Tyson With Wrestler Who Fell to His Death Surfaces

Published 09/24/2022, 9:23 AM EDT

In his lifetime the Canadian professional wrestler Owen Hart worked for various promotions in the field of pro wrestling. He worked both inside and outside America, and the promotions that he worked for included Stampede Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, and the New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Hart came from a family of wrestlers, and his parents Stu and Helen Hart promoted Stampede Wrestling. A legend in the sport, Owen had a glorious career as long as he lived.

Recently, a rare and old image of Hart and Mike Tyson surfaced on the net. In the image, a young and smiling Tyson is seen standing close to a bruised Owen Hart. Tyson, who has himself had a legendary career in boxing, added vibrancy to an already opulent frame holding Owen ‘The Blue Blazer’ Hart.

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On May 23, in Kansas City, Missouri, during the Over the Edge pay-per-view event, Hart tragically fell to his death. What was supposed to be a dramatic entrance turned out to be fatal for him. Hart fell 78 feet and landed chest-first on the top rope.

Mike Tyson and Owen Hart in one frame

While Owen started his wrestling career in 1986, Mike Tyson made his debut in the ring in 1985. Tyson had a career of twenty long years before he retired in 2005. On the other end, Owen Hart had an impressive career in wrestling starting from 1986 to 1999.

Owen Hart posing with Mike Tyson pic.twitter.com/MowuNzDByV
— Gary Michael Cappetta (@GaryCappetta) September 23, 2022

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Hart won several accolades in his life. He was a one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time WWF European Champion, and a four-time WWF World Tag Team Champion in wrestling. In addition, twice he became the WWF Intercontinental Champion.

On the other hand, Mike Tyson became a world heavyweight champion by the time he turned twenty. ‘Kid Dynamite’ had a total of 58 professional fights. Impressively, he won 50 of his matches and lost only 6 fights. A force to reckon with in the ring, for two decades Tyson dominated the boxing ring.

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What is your favorite memory of Owen Hart or Mike Tyson from the days they were active? Let us know in the comments.

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a final year undergraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.

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Ankit Sharma

Rare Image of Mike Tyson With Wrestler Who Fell to His Death Surfaces

Mike Tyson and Owen Hart in one frame

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