Owen Hart fell to his loss of life at WWE Over The Edge 1999, as his entrance, during which he rappelled down from the ceiling, went flawed. His loss of life was highlighted in “Mr. McMahon”, the Netflix docuseries in regards to the former WWE Chairman.
The collection options interviews with McMahon, and when requested about Hart’s loss of life, he denied any wrongdoing on his half or that of WWE. He additionally commented on his determination to maintain the occasion going, noting that followers got here to see a present.
Talking with Each day Hive, Owen Hart’s widow Martha Hart mentioned the docuseries and its portrayal of Owen’s loss of life.
“Netflix’s Mr. McMahon documentary collection portrays the loss of life of my husband, Owen Hart, as a mere accident. It additionally permits the disgraced former proprietor and CEO of World Wrestling Leisure (WWE), Vince McMahon, to assert that Owen’s loss of life ‘wasn’t our fault.’ Nothing could possibly be farther from the reality,” she mentioned.
“The actual reality is that on Could twenty third, 1999, out of a want to chop prices and obtain a ‘fast launch’ impact {that a} rigging professional particularly warned towards, WWE employed unqualified riggers to rearrange a stunt during which Owen was to rappel from the rafters throughout a wrestling occasion. In consequence, the riggers used incorrect tools that prompted Owen to fall to his loss of life. It was pure negligence that killed my husband.”
Martha Hart On Owen Hart’s Dying
As seen within the documentary, McMahon claimed that Owen Hart’s harness was faulty. Nevertheless, Martha Hart acknowledged that the documentary didn’t point out how the tools was not meant for use for a rappelling stunt within the first place.
“What the documentary fails to say is that the tools used was by no means meant for a rappelling stunt,” she mentioned. “As an alternative, a harness meant for dragging stunt individuals behind automobiles on film shoots was used with a sailboat clip meant to launch on load with solely six kilos of strain. Had the WWE employed certified riggers who adopted correct protocol that included redundancy, as is typical follow, and used the right tools, Owen wouldn’t have died that evening.”
Martha Hart acknowledged that WWE sued her for breach of contract as “retaliation” for her wrongful loss of life lawsuit after Owen Hart handed away. Moreover, she mentioned that she was not contacted for remark or involvement with the docuseries.
“To be clear, nobody concerned within the making of this documentary tried to contact me for remark or to acquire an correct perspective. I proceed to carry WWE and its then-management answerable for Owen’s loss of life. I refuse to let Vince McMahon or anybody else rewrite that historical past.
“As an alternative, I stay targeted on honoring Owen’s legacy via the charitable good work of the Owen Hart Basis and through the AEW Owen Hart Basis Match.”
In 2000, Martha Hart and WWE settled for $18 million within the wrongful loss of life lawsuit.
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