Born into the legendary Hart family that spawned Bret “The Hitman” Hart and other wrestling stars, Owen Hart started his in-ring career in 1983, working for father Stu’s Stampede Wrestling. Before long, Hart was making a splash on the international wrestling scene, performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling and World of Sport before signing with WWE in 1988.

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Owen Hart’s life was cut tragically short due to an in-ring accident at a pay-per-view in 1999, but Hart was still an accomplished performer, racking up title reigns in WWE with four Tag Team Championships, two Intercontinental Championships, and a run with the European Championship. He also went through numerous phases during his career, so let’s take a look at every version of the late, great Owen Hart.

10 Blue Blazer

Mr. Perfect vs. Owen Hart (as The Blue Blazer) at WrestleMania V

When Owen Hart first debuted in WWE in the late 1980s, he wasn’t billed as Owen Hart. Rather, he wrestled in a mask as “The Blue Blazer.” In this role, Hart was strictly a midcarder, capable of beating jobbers like Barry Horowitz but largely unsuccessful in bigger matches.

Owen did, however, make his WrestleMania debut with this gimmick, losing to Mr. Perfect in an underrated midcard bout at WrestleMania V. This run with the company would be brief, as Hart would step away from WWE in 1989.

9 New Foundation

The New Foundation: Jim Neidhart and Owen Hart

When Owen Hart returned to WWE in 1991, he was paired with Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, forming The New Foundation, a revival of The Hart Foundation without Bret. This union would be short-lived, as Neidhart would leave the company the following year.

While the duo was successful in terms of wins and losses, ultimately this run felt like Bret Hart’s leftovers rather than anything that did Owen Hart any favors.

8 High Energy

High Energy: Koko B. Ware and Owen Hart

Following Jim Neidhart’s departure, Owen Hart found himself in another tag team, paired with midcard bird enthusiast Koko B. Ware as the duo High Energy. While their extremely neon 1990s aesthetic is legendary, the duo often failed to “win the big one,” and tended to lose to any tag team of note -- especially when there was a title on the line.

For many fans, High Energy was a lowlight of Owen Hart’s career, but at least it was his own tag team, rather than a rehash of the Hart Foundation.

7 Black Hart

In the wake of the infamous Montreal Screwjob, WWE lost both Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart, leaving Owen as the only Hart family member left in the company. As a result, he had a singles babyface run as “The Black Heart,” an edgy Stone Cold-esque figure.

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This run would be short-lived and be best remembered for the period when Owen Hart was feuding with Triple H for the European Championship.

6 Nation of Domination

Owen Hart as part of The Nation

In 1998, Owen Hart turned heel, betraying Ken Shamrock in a match and joining The Nation of Domination. Many fans considered Hart a strange fit for The Nation considering he is a white Canadian and The Nation was generally conceived as a stable of militant Black men.

It’s during this era that Shawn Michaels coined a catchphrase that would follow Owen Hart during his heel run, referring to him as a “nugget,” which fans would chant to draw Hart’s ire.

5 Teaming With Jeff Jarrett

Owen Hart, Debra, and Jeff Jarrett

During the course of his career, Owen Hart had several tag teams with non-Hart-associated wrestlers, including Jeff Jarrett in 1998. The two would have a Tag Team Title reign that would last more than two months, but this era is best remembered for Hart bringing back his Blue Blazer gimmick as a comedy bit.

This union with Jarrett would prove to be Hart’s final tag team, as his tragic death would happen a few months into it.

4 Teaming with Yokozuna

Yokozuna and Owen Hart

Easily Owen Hart’s best “randomly thrown together tag team” configuration had the smaller, technically-minded Hart teaming up with the huge, dominant Yokozuna as part of Jim Cornette’s Camp Cornette faction.

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More than just a winning dynamic, the duo actually had two runs with the World Tag Team Championship. Their first reign lasted a whopping 175 days, only to be ended by Shawn Michaels and Diesel at In Your House 3.

3 The Junior Rookie

Black Tiger and Owen Hart

Owen Hart’s early days as an international wrestler are massively underrated. In between WWE runs, Hart wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling in the Junior Heavyweight division, taking part in the first two Best of the Super Juniors tournaments.

In addition to putting on forgotten classics with stars like Jushin Thunder Liger and Pegasus Kid, Hart would also defeat Hiroshi Hase for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, becoming the first gaijin to hold that belt.

2 Tagging and Feuding with Bret

Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart

In late 1993, Bret Hart and Owen Hart formed a tag team amid growing resentment from Owen due to Bret’s success. When they failed to capture the Tag Team Championship from The Quebecers at Royal Rumble 1994, Owen Hart finally turned heel on Bret, necessitating a brother vs. brother grudge match at WrestleMania.

The Hart brothers would have two classics that year: a beloved opener at WrestleMania X followed by an even better cage match for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam.

1 Teaming with British Bulldog

British Bulldog and Owen Hart

Owen Hart’s most successful tag team would come in 1996 as he began tagging with his brother-in-law British Bulldog, who was also trained by Owen’s dad, as part of the Camp Cornette stable.

Both were gifted singles and tag team wrestlers and managed to score a Tag Team Championship reign that would last 246 days and end with an awesome match against Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin on Monday Night Raw.

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