- [Narrator] There are tons
of WWE matches and moments that are available for
you and me to watch. However, locked away in the archives; there are some dark videos
that are strictly off limits. Even if you were allowed to see them, you probably wouldn't want to. May 23rd, 1999 will
forever be an infamous date for wrestling fans. It was a Sunday and WWE
was hosting a show called, "Over the Edge." The event was being
broadcast on pay-per-view with over 400,000 people watching, in over 16,000 fans
in
attendance at the arena. The third match of the
event involved Owen Hart, who was playing a masked
superhero called the Blue Blazer. Fitting with the character, Hart was gonna use a harness to descend from the top of
the arena, into the ring. Owen Hart had done a similar
stunt a few months ago, so it seemed fine. However, at "Over the Edge", as Heart began his descent,
the harness disengaged. The wrestler fell 70 feet
and landed chest first on the ring rope. While the cameras did film the fal
l, viewers watching on TV did not see it because a pre-record interview was playing when the accident happened. Once the interview ended, the cameras had been
moved away from the ring to not show the horrifying scene. Video of Owen Hart's death
has never been shown, but it does exist. In the WWE's film archives, the footage of the incident is locked away with special instructions that say, "Never to destroy, view, or duplicate." The same year as Owen Hart's death, another tragic incident happene
d in WWE. On October 5th, 1999, WWE
was hosting SmackDown. One of the matches was
between D'Lo Brown and Droz. Brown went to perform his
signature running power bomb on his opponent, due to
Droz wearing a loose shirt; D'Lo couldn't get a firm grip on Droz. This caused Droz's head
to land hard on the mat and ended up fracturing two
vertebrates in his neck. He thankfully survived, but the entry left Droz
paralyzed and ended his career. The match was filmed, but the show is not being broadcast live
. WWE removed the entire match from the show and not a single clip of
it has ever been released. However, footage of Droz being
stretchered out the arena did appear in a "Do not
try this at home" video that WWE produced. Before her passing in 2016, a documentary is being filmed about Chyna. The film was never finished, but footage from it ended up
being used on a show called, "Dark Side of the Ring." Those also documenting Chyna's life. There is one video
though that was not used, and you'll be
glad it wasn't. Back in 2016 while the original
documentary was being made, the crew as well as everyone
else, lost contact with Chyna. After not hearing from her for a while, they decided to go to her home. The documentary crew was
recording as they went inside and unfortunately, they found
Chyna dead inside her home. It's unknown if the footage still exists, but it's unlikely it will ever be shown. In 2005, WWE released
a documentary titled, "The Self Destruction of
the Ultimate Warrior." Warr
ior and WWE did not
have a good relationship, and through this documentary, WWE hit Warrior in a bad light, damaging Warrior's legacy and career. WWE had plans in motion
to produce another DVD on Bret Hart, who they also didn't like. The DVD would put Hart
in a negative light. And WWE had conducted
interviews with people who helped tell a certain story. Before the documentary was released, Bret Hart and WWE made up, and a more positive
documentary has produced about Bret's career. However, the f
ootage and the interviews from the original Bret Hart
documentary still exist. They sit in WWE's video archives, and it's probably for the
best that we don't hear what WWE was originally gonna say about the legendary Bret Hart. One moment that you will wanna see is when a fan got into
the ring at WrestleMania. Watch this video to see what happened.
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