The Way It Was
"HART AND SOUL.” That was the less-than-inspired tagline for SummerSlam ’97. Though this was in reference to Bret “Hitman” Hart defending the WWF World championship against The Undertaker, it was a different Hart who wound up making headlines that night—and not of the good variety. On that fateful evening, Bret’s younger brother, Owen Hart, accidentally broke the neck of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, altering the course of not only Austin’s career, but also wrestling history.
August 3, 2022 marks 25 years since that night. And I was there among the 20,213 fans inside New
