Watching the YouTube video of this maneuver, I could actually hear Belzer’s neck CRACK as Hogan wrenched upward, lifting Belzer’s feet slightly off the ground, then dropping the lanky sunglasses-wearing Belzer to the stage floor, where he lay motionless for about thirty seconds to the studio audience’s audible dismay before Hogan roused Belz with slaps to the face and one quick pull on Belzer’s arm to get him to his feet. In front of the live studio audience, Hogan put Belzer in a front chin lock and proceeded to apply pressure. That should have been a warning to Belz not to ask Hogan to demonstrate a wrestling move on him, but he did it anyway.
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and Hogan were full of the same bombastic energy they usually displayed on TV shows and wrestling promos. There to promote the first-ever WRESTLEMANIA, T. And on one of those shows, Belz had Hulk Hogan and Mr. The Belz, as he was known then, had his own show in 1985. While I tossed and turned on the futon, the thought of Owen’s death led me to the thought of comedian Richard Belzer. I believe Owen Hart’s widow, Martha, said she was appalled by the fact that the pay-per-view event went on in the face of her husband’s death. Let it give you pause as Jim Ross gave us pause on the night of Owen Hart’s death. I can certainly suspend disbelief for the run of a show but I cannot deny reality when reality rears its ugly head. Damn it, someone has to admit what has happened. Well, what about entertainment? If I’m watching a Broadway show and the actress dies on stage during the performance, I know I don’t want to sit through the rest of it. Okay, you’re not a sport, you’re sports entertainment. Why not stop the event in its entirety and own up to reality? Why not break from the wrestling storyline to acknowledge the passing of a fellow wrestler, a fellow human being? Why not say no to the invincible powers that be, and stand in the ring united for a fallen comrade? What a moment of solidarity that would have been, huh?
This was a missed opportunity for the WWE and its owners to show some much-needed compassion to Owen’s family, friends, and fans.
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