In the months before his death, Owen Hart was featured onscreen in his Blue Blazer persona — a superhero-inspired character that he used in his earlier WWE days. During that period, Jeff Jarrett ...

However, his Blue Blazer gimmick — which saw Hart portray a family-friendly superhero during the WWE Attitude Era — isn't considered his best character, but it inspired Rob Van Dam nonetheless.

During the WWE’s Over The Edge pay-per-view on May 23, 1999, Hart, performing under the name Blue Blazer at the time, fell 78 feet from the rafters after his harness malfunctioned.

The son of Stu Hart, legendary promoter of Calgary’s renowned Stampede Wrestling, Owen was dressed in the goofy garb of masked parody wrestler the Blue Blazer on the day he died. As per the ...