[1994-03-05-WWF-Superstars] Funeral Parlor: Owen Hart

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Oooohhhhhh yyeeessss, it's Ooooooowwwweeennn Haaaaaarrtttt.

 

Owen showing up looking like a pretty typical early 90s pro wrestler standing next to Paul Bearer just looks so wrong.

 

But whhyyyyyyy woooooouullllldd yyooooouuuu sttaaaaaannnnd iiiinnn yyyyyoooooouuuuurrrr brrrooooottthheerr'ssss waaaaaaay?

[flyonthewall2983]

I thought they got rid of this segment after Jake locked the coffin on Taker's hand for some reason.

[Loss]

I don't think it was a regular feature at this point. I'm sure they dragged it out of mothballs just to give Paul Bearer something to do while waiting on Undertaker to return.

[flyonthewall2983]

Makes sense. I don't remember watching a lot of Superstars or Challenge in '94 since USA had two other shows on the weekend (and in my particular case, on more reasonable hours).

[Kevin Ridge]

Love Owen's entrance music. This was okay but just felt with this storyline that Paul Bearer was not the right choice to be interviewing Owen.

[flyonthewall2983]

WWE suffered in a lot of ways in '94, but none more than in the spots left behind by Heenan and Okerlund.

[Exposer]

This was awkward as hell and Owen's promo was pretty pedestrian. Bearer shouldn't of been the one interviewing him.

[soup23]

Bearer and the setting was awkward for owen but I thought he did another good job again adding just enough new stuff to not make it seem recycled.

[PeteF3]

Bearer's delivery has suffered greatly in comparison to when this was a regular segment. His guest is The Rocket...Owen...Haaaart??? Bearer as the defender of family honor in this setting doesn't work at all--and this is before we knew he'd knocked up the Undertaker's mom and raised his half-brother! Decent promo from Owen in a bad setting.

[...TG]

Such a strange incongruity between the serious, realistic angle Bret & Owen had and the kitschy, monster-movie host vibe the set and Paul Bearer gives off. Pro wrestling!