#10 Owen turns on Bret
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In terms of in-ring action, 1993 was a fairly poor year for the WWF. In one of the worst Survivor Series of all time, the Hart family, consisting of Bret, Owen, Bruce and Keith took on the team of Shawn Michaels and three Knights. And while the match wasn’t anything to remember as a whole, one moment did trigger something that would later become one of WWE’s greatest ever rivalries.
The Hart Family won the match after eliminating Shawn and all of his Knights, but in the process of doing so, Owen became the only Hart to be eliminated. Bret inadvertently knocked into Owen, causing a distraction. Shawn would capitalise on this and roll Owen up for the 123. After the match when the Hart family were all celebrating together, Owen came to the ring visibly angry with his big brother. The two got into a shoving match, and the King of Hearts ended up going backstage without his family.
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This would all be a small sign of things to come. Owen challenged Bret for a match on the very next night on Raw, which Bret refused. The two seemingly had mended bridges by the start of 1994, only for Owen to physically assault Bret at the end of their Royal Rumble tag match. This, of course, led to a match between the two at Wrestlemania 10, in one of the best opening bouts to a Mania card. The feud would continue through Summerslam and Survivor Series 1994, all the while showing just how talented a performer Owen was.
1993 is very much seen as the birth of the Owen Hart character. He began the year as part of High Energy, a lower-mid card tag team, with Koko. B. Ware. His future was far from certain soon after, as it seemed Vince had little to no idea what to do with Owen as a performer. Thankfully, he was eventually given an opportunity as a singles star, and by the end of 1993, Owen found himself in the upper brackets of WWF television, a trend that would continue for many years to come.
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