This was the first WWF pay-per-view event after the Brand Extension , and the first to be held at the Kemper Arena since Over the Edge 1999 , in which Owen Hart , competing as the Blue Blazer , lost his life after falling 78 feet from a harness to the ring .
This was the first time a WWF pay-per-view was held at Kemper Arena since WWF Over The Edge 1999 where Owen Hart , competing as the Blue Blazer at the time , lost his life after he fell 78 feet from a harness to the ring during a entrance stunt and landed chest-first on the top rope , approximately a foot from the nearest turnbuckle .