Owen Hart's widow says Netflix's Mr. McMahon is inaccurate

Dr. Martha Hart has launched an announcement responding to Netflix’s “Mr. McMahon” docuseries, condemning the inaccuracies in how Owen Hart’s demise was portrayed.

Owen Hart died when he fell greater than eight tales whereas being lowered into the ring throughout a wrestling match. The demise is mentioned in episode 4 of the docuseries, which paperwork the controversial profession of former WWE CEO and proprietor, Vince McMahon, who’s presently dealing with allegations of intercourse assault and trafficking.

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“Netflix’s Mr. McMahon documentary sequence portrays the demise 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 demise ‘wasn’t our fault.’ Nothing could possibly be farther from the reality,” she mentioned.

“The true fact is that on Could twenty third, 1999, out of a need to chop prices and obtain a ‘fast launch’ impact {that a} rigging knowledgeable particularly warned in opposition to, WWE employed unqualified riggers to rearrange a stunt through which Owen was to rappel from the rafters throughout a wrestling occasion.”

In her assertion, Martha mentioned the tools Owen used that finally ended his life was by no means meant for a rappelling stunt, however as an alternative meant for a dragging individuals behind automobiles on film shoots and was used with a selected clip meant to launch on load with solely six kilos of stress.

She mentioned the WWE’s unqualified riggers and disrespect of protocol resulted in utilizing the fallacious tools, sending her husband rappelling to his demise.

“It was pure negligence that killed my husband.”

McMahon claimed the equipment Owen used was faulty, inserting blame on the producer and finally settling a lawsuit.

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What the documentary failed to incorporate, she mentioned, is that the WWE sued Martha for “breach of contract in retaliation for my wrongful demise lawsuit” including that the skilled wrestling group continued to promote Owen Hart merchandise for a few years with out paying Owen’s property.

She mentioned there was no effort to contact her throughout the making of the documentary, or to acquire an correct perspective.

“I proceed to carry WWE and its then-management chargeable for Owen’s demise. I refuse to let Vince McMahon or anybody else rewrite that historical past.”

Martha continues to honour Owen’s legacy by means of the Owen Hart Basis.

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