Jericho asks Ross and Lawler about the night Owen Hart fell to his death. Lawler says he saw Owen fall first and rushed to the ring. He could see the colour draining from Owen’s face and knew it was bad. After paramedics rushed Owen out of the arena his situation was unknown by the live audience and even Ross didn’t know how Owen was doing.
Kevin Dunn spoke to Ross through his headset and told him they were going live to him and he’d have to give the viewers at home an update on Owen’s condition. Ross told Dunn that he hadn’t been given an update, and Dunn said, “Owen’s dead. You’re back in 10,9,8..” Ross still doesn’t know what he said that night. Jericho notes that both men deserve a lot of credit for keeping the show going that night.
Jericho asks Ross and Lawler how they manage to go an entire broadcast without using the washroom. Ross jokes that there’s a reason all announcers wear dark suits. He says he stops drinking water around 3PM in the afternoon, but for real long shows he would wear Depends just in case. Lawler says he can’t remember even one time where he really had to use the washroom live during a show.
Lawler notes that this commentary career really fell into his lap. It wasn’t something he ever really enjoyed doing right from the first night McMahon asked him because he wanted to be a wrestler. For a long time he even wore his ring gear at the commentary table, showing that he was still a wrestler at heart.
That sums up this week’s episode of Talk is Jericho. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!
