Natalya believes Owen Hart would have been a world champion had he not tragically passed away so young.
Owen Hart is one of the biggest what ifs in professional wrestling. Unfortunately passing away far too young, fans did not get the chance to see Owen being booked to the level of ability he had inside the squared circle.
In a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Natalya, Hart’s niece, was asked to give her opinion on if Hart would have went on to win a world title. Natalya would say that yes, her uncle would have ended up world champion.
“Yes, I do. I think Owen on par, you know I think it’s funny because I always felt like Bret was more serious and Owen wanted to have fun, but Owen had this character where I look at Dominik’s character in WWE and I see little shades of Owen, that little mischievous side in Dom. But I think Owen would have definitely won a World Heavyweight Championship. Owen, he just won in so many other different ways and in so many different things that people just never go to see. When he would have two days at home, he would go home and like go to a children’s hospital and visit sick kids on his days off with no cameras around, no Twitter, no media attention. [It was] something he did privately. He helped so many people in our family, he was very unsung. He was an unbelievable person.”
Natalya
In the modern era, fans have nothing but praise and respect for the late member of the Hart family. He is honored in his family as well as by fans and wrestling companies alike with AEW holding the Owen Hart Foundation tournament last year, with it expected to be repeated this year.
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