The British Bulldog and Owen Hart Owen Hart and the British Bulldog were a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation and are members of the Hart wrestling family . Owen died after an unscripted 78 foot fall from the ceiling of Kemper Arena in Kansas City , Missouri at Over the Edge 1999 as the Blue Blazer . History . Winning the World Tag Team Championship . The team of Hart and Bulldog debuted on March 31 , 1996 at the twelfth WrestleMania event as members of James E . Cornette ' s Camp stable along with Vader and went on to defeat Yokozuna , Ahmed Johnson and Jake Roberts . On , Hart and Bulldog defeated Johnson and Roberts . They teamed up with Vader again on to defeat Ahmed Johnson , Sycho Sid and Shawn Michaels . On , Hart and Bulldog defeated The Smokin ' Gunns to win the WWF Tag Team Championship . Title defenses . After winning the World Tag Team Champions , Hart and Bulldog started a feud with The Smokin ' Gunns whom they went on to defeat at in a title match . On , they defended their title for a second time against ( Fake ) Razor Ramon and ( Fake ) Diesel . Following In Your House 12 , Clarence Mason became their manager . They started a feud with Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon over the World Tag Team Championship after losing to them at Survivor Series after losing to them in a 4 - on - 4 survivor series match . This led to a title defense at against Furnas and LaFon which Hart and Bulldog lost by disqualification and thus retained the titles . Following In Your House 13 , Bulldog fired Mason because he lost a match to Crush under Mason ' s management . Hart tried to convince Bulldog that it was wrong to fire Mason but the decision stood . Hart and Bulldog started a feud with the legendary Legion of Doom ( Hawk and Animal ) against whom they made two title defenses but lost to them by disqualification . At WrestleMania 13 , Hart and Bulldog defended the titles against Mankind and Vader in a match which ended in a double count - out . Tensions between Hart and Bulldog . At the 1997 Royal Rumble , Hart accidentally eliminated Bulldog from the Royal Rumble match . On February 26 , 1997 , Bulldog defeated his partner Hart in a tournament to be crowned the first - ever WWF European Champion . After this defeat , the tension between Bulldog and Hart began to build . After a title match against Headbangers , Hart and Bulldog got into a fight and Hart demanded that he wanted a title shot at Bulldog ' s European Championship . Reformation of the Hart Foundation . On March 31 edition of RAW is WAR , the WWF Tag Team Champions Owen and Bulldog fought to no contest because of Bret Hart who appeared and pleaded with the two not to fight any more . He talked about their family turning heel and then they formed The Hart Foundation ' s new version and they were joined by Jim Neidhart and Brian Pillman . On April 28 , Owen defeated Rocky Maivia to win the Intercontinental Championship , making both he and Smith double champions , as Smith still held the European Title . On May 26 edition of RAW is WAR , they lost the tag team titles to Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels . Hart , Bulldog and Neidhart defeated Sycho Sid and Legion of Doom at 1997 King of the Ring . The entire Hart Foundation defeated Ken Shamrock , Goldust , Steve Austin and The Legion of Doom at Canadian Stampede in a 5 - on - 5 tag team match . World Tag Team Championship was vacated afterwards . When the tag titles were vacated as a result of a neck injury to Steve Austin , who was at the time one - half of the world tag team champions , Owen ( who inflicted the injury on Austin ) and Bulldog got a chance to win the titles for a second time in a Fatal Four Way Elimination Tag Team match where they were defeated by The Headbangers . The match also involved Legion of Doom and The Godwinns . The team became the tenth longest reigning World Tag Team Champions , for 245 days .