Devastation
- It's a sad fact of pro-wrestling in the 90's. Presidents and vice-presidents of sports-entertainment companies writing themselves into the storylines not just as casual observers but as actual participants. It begs the question Who are the real stars anyways?
- On May 24, 1999, his untimely death had become the joke of the mainstream media. At least, as far as Craig Kilborn and his writers were concerned.
- Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler reappeared on camera, visibly shaken. The cameras showed us a puzzled live audience, a worried announce crew, and not much else. Meanwhile, the fans in attendance at Kemper Arena in Kansas City sat wondering what they'd seen, and whether it was real.
- Even Jim Ross couldn't make it through the entire broadcast without choking up, expressing that he hoped he could be a fraction of the quality human being Owen Hart was, so that he could see him again someday.
- The salute from Stone Cold Steve Austin, it was done. That was our closure. Owen Hart had died, and as fitting a goodbye as the show might have been, we now had to move on.
- You couldn't turn the channel on that night without running into discussion of the Owen Hart tragedy.
