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Over the Edge (1999)
The 1999 Over the Edge was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now WWE). It was the second annual and final Over the Edge and took place on May 23, 1999, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The first Over the Edge event was held under the In Your House series in May 1998, but following the discontinuation of the In Your House shows, a second Over the Edge event was scheduled as its own PPV, thus being the first former In Your House event to do so.
In the main event, The Undertaker faced Stone Cold Steve Austin in a singles match (with Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon as the guest referees) for the WWF Championship. Of the six scheduled bouts on the undercard, two received more promotion than the other matches. The first was a singles match in which The Rock defeated Triple H by disqualification. The other was an eight-man elimination tag team match in which The Union (Mankind, Ken Shamrock, Test and Big Show) defeated the Corporate Ministry (Viscera, Big Boss Man and the Acolytes (Bradshaw and Faarooq)).
The event is infamous for the fatal stunt accident involving wrestler Owen Hart, who was scheduled to face The Godfather for the WWF Intercontinental Championship during the event. Wrestling under his Blue Blazer gimmick, Hart was to make a superhero-like ring entrance, which would have seen him descend from the arena rafters into the ring. He was, however, released prematurely when the harness line malfunctioned, and fell more than 90 feet (27 m) into the ring and died.
Criticism later arose over Vince McMahon's decision to continue the show after Hart's accident. In court, his widow Martha, children and parents sued the WWF, contending that poor planning of the dangerous stunt caused Hart's death. The WWF settled the case out of court, with the McMahon family paying US$18 million (equivalent to $34 million in 2025) to Hart's surviving family. Due to the accident and controversy surrounding the event, the Over the Edge name was retired and its PPV slot was replaced by Judgment Day in 2000. The event was also not released for home video viewing until the launch of the WWE Network in 2014, where an edited version of the show that displays a tribute to Hart at the beginning but otherwise removes any mention of his involvement.
Over the Edge was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event series produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The first Over the Edge event took place in May 1998 as part of the WWF's In Your House series, a lineup of monthly PPVs launched in 1995 to supplement the company's major events. Following the St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House event in February 1999, the WWF retired the In Your House branding and transitioned to giving each monthly PPV a permanent identity.
As part of this transition, the WWF scheduled a second Over the Edge for May 23, 1999, promoting it as a standalone event held at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. It became the first In Your House sub-branded event to continue as its own distinct PPV series.
The matches at Over the Edge were based on scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or more ambiguous characters in events that built tension and culminated in matches. Storylines were developed on weekly WWF television and advanced through a series of confrontations, alliances, and betrayals.
The main rivalry centered on WWF Champion "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Undertaker. At Backlash 1999, The Undertaker abducted Stephanie McMahon, daughter of WWF chairman Vince McMahon, and demanded control of the WWF as ransom. Austin intervened to rescue Stephanie, intensifying his conflict with The Undertaker. As a result, the two were scheduled to face each other for the WWF Championship at Over the Edge, with Shane McMahon, who had allied with The Undertaker, initially appointing himself as the special guest referee. WWF Commissioner Shawn Michaels later ruled that Vince McMahon would serve as co-referee to ensure impartial officiating.
Over the Edge (1999)
The 1999 Over the Edge was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now WWE). It was the second annual and final Over the Edge and took place on May 23, 1999, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The first Over the Edge event was held under the In Your House series in May 1998, but following the discontinuation of the In Your House shows, a second Over the Edge event was scheduled as its own PPV, thus being the first former In Your House event to do so.
In the main event, The Undertaker faced Stone Cold Steve Austin in a singles match (with Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon as the guest referees) for the WWF Championship. Of the six scheduled bouts on the undercard, two received more promotion than the other matches. The first was a singles match in which The Rock defeated Triple H by disqualification. The other was an eight-man elimination tag team match in which The Union (Mankind, Ken Shamrock, Test and Big Show) defeated the Corporate Ministry (Viscera, Big Boss Man and the Acolytes (Bradshaw and Faarooq)).
The event is infamous for the fatal stunt accident involving wrestler Owen Hart, who was scheduled to face The Godfather for the WWF Intercontinental Championship during the event. Wrestling under his Blue Blazer gimmick, Hart was to make a superhero-like ring entrance, which would have seen him descend from the arena rafters into the ring. He was, however, released prematurely when the harness line malfunctioned, and fell more than 90 feet (27 m) into the ring and died.
Criticism later arose over Vince McMahon's decision to continue the show after Hart's accident. In court, his widow Martha, children and parents sued the WWF, contending that poor planning of the dangerous stunt caused Hart's death. The WWF settled the case out of court, with the McMahon family paying US$18 million (equivalent to $34 million in 2025) to Hart's surviving family. Due to the accident and controversy surrounding the event, the Over the Edge name was retired and its PPV slot was replaced by Judgment Day in 2000. The event was also not released for home video viewing until the launch of the WWE Network in 2014, where an edited version of the show that displays a tribute to Hart at the beginning but otherwise removes any mention of his involvement.
Over the Edge was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event series produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The first Over the Edge event took place in May 1998 as part of the WWF's In Your House series, a lineup of monthly PPVs launched in 1995 to supplement the company's major events. Following the St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House event in February 1999, the WWF retired the In Your House branding and transitioned to giving each monthly PPV a permanent identity.
As part of this transition, the WWF scheduled a second Over the Edge for May 23, 1999, promoting it as a standalone event held at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. It became the first In Your House sub-branded event to continue as its own distinct PPV series.
The matches at Over the Edge were based on scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or more ambiguous characters in events that built tension and culminated in matches. Storylines were developed on weekly WWF television and advanced through a series of confrontations, alliances, and betrayals.
The main rivalry centered on WWF Champion "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Undertaker. At Backlash 1999, The Undertaker abducted Stephanie McMahon, daughter of WWF chairman Vince McMahon, and demanded control of the WWF as ransom. Austin intervened to rescue Stephanie, intensifying his conflict with The Undertaker. As a result, the two were scheduled to face each other for the WWF Championship at Over the Edge, with Shane McMahon, who had allied with The Undertaker, initially appointing himself as the special guest referee. WWF Commissioner Shawn Michaels later ruled that Vince McMahon would serve as co-referee to ensure impartial officiating.