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Jeff Jarrett: Bryan Danielson winning Owen Hart Cup was very emotional for me

Posted: Jul 17th 2024 By: Ian Carey

Jeff Jarrett has opened up about his time in Calgary for the finals of the Owen Hart Foundation tournament.

Jarrett, along with Dr. Martha Hart, presented tournament winner Bryan Danielson with the Owen Hart Cup on last week’s Dynamite after Danielson defeated Hangman Page in the finals. Jarrett says Owen would have loved the image of the three of them standing in the ring together.

“Martha in the ring who had just announced Bryan Danielson the winner, Bryan has the belt over his shoulder, me and him are jointly lifting the cup. The old adage a picture says a thousand words, to me it really does,” Jarrett said recently on his My World podcast. “It epitomizes to me, Owen’s in-ring skills. Because he was baby brother, and I’m not saying held to (Bret’s) standard, but Bret got to the WWF first, he was the Hart Foundation and had that tag team run and the spotlight naturally and rightfully so, had been on Bret. But I think Bret would even tell you about Owen’s in-ring skills and how really, really good they were.”

He continued:

“For Martha, myself, and Bryan, a good bud, I’ve respected him for so many years but I believe currently he’s the very best in-ring, I hate to use the word performer, I’ll just say in-ring professional wrestler because from bell to bell he tells stories, the passion, heart… So, for him to win the tournament, me be a part of it, Conrad, that was really, really, inside for me, very emotional.”

“Owen, I don’t like to say looking down, but Owen being aware of that – which I believe he is fully aware – I hope it put a smile on his face. The Owen that I know and loved he absolutely would have loved it, probably would have loved to pull a rib here or there but…” Jarrett continued.

Jarrett mentioned that he got to spend time with Martha and Oje Hart after the show. In a clip AEW would share on social media and later on Collision, Oje said that he’s never felt closer to his father than when he takes part in the Owen Hart Foundation events with AEW.

“A lot of time has gone by since he’s gone but I’ve actually never felt closer to him since doing these things so it’s good for me too,” Oje says to Jarrett in the video. “It’s really hitting hard. It’s probably hitting me the same way it’s hitting you, so thanks, man.”

Jarrett responded to Oje’s comments on his podcast, saying, “That warmed my heart in so many ways. I can’t put that into words.”