He doesn’t hold back and now Jim Ross shares a stunning opinion on Vince McMahon’s handling of Owen Hart’s death.
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Owen Hart’s death remains one of the most shocking and tragic events in WWE history. Really, in most all of professional wrestling history. There are plenty of dark and sordid tales, hence why something like A&E’s Dark Side of the Ring exists. But so many of today’s wrestling fans remember watching that night as Owen Hart, live on what was then Pay-Per-View, fell to his death.
It was a poorly planned stunt. The tragic events have led to a long-fractured relationship between Owen’s widow Martha and WWE. What sometimes gets glossed over? After Hart fell and after fans witnessed that horror, the show went on. Sure, the saying is “the show must go on”, but after watching a major Superstar fall to his death? It’s hard to imagine being a fan or one of his peers. But Vince McMahon decided to keep the show going, and so it did.
Jim Ross speaks!
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross shared some a stunning opinion about how Vince McMahon handled things. Specifically, Ross said he believes that Vince McMahon does not regret how he handled the aftermath of Owen Hart’s death. Specifically, the decision to keep the show going.
Ross dove into that a bit more. He pointed out that to that point, the incident had no precedent. Never before had such a tragic accident unfolded on live PPV for WWE. And with no track record, McMahon opted to keep things going in spite of the deadly fall.
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My take? It’s easy to say hindsight is 20/20, and that McMahon should have ended the show following Hart’s death in the ring. Someone like Vince McMahon isn’t likely going to admit he made the wrong call. Him saying he doesn’t regret it, or Ross thinking it? Not a shock either. When Vince was right, he could be really right. But as we know, when he’s wrong he can be really wrong. This was a call he got wrong, but we all had the benefit of time to decide that.
