10 Most Controversial Wrestling Shows Of All Time
1. Over The Edge '99
It would have been unreasonable to expect WWE to call off Badd Blood at such short notice following the news of Brian Pillman's death, but the company had absolutely no excuses whatsoever in strictly adhering to the adage "the show must go on" when tragedy struck at Over the Edge '99.
Whilst rappelling to the ring from the rafters of the Kemper Arena as part of an elaborate entrance under his alter-ego 'The Blue Blazer', Owen Hart's safety harness malfunctioned. He was sent hurtling over 70 feet chest-first into the ring post.
An hour later, a clearly distressed Jim Ross informed viewers that Owen Hart had died. Despite his colleagues having just watched their friend plummet to his death, Vince McMahon made the galling call to continue the show. Fan appetite was in short supply - some even departed the Kemper Arena in disgust. The gross misjudgement was compounded when the PPV ended with The Undertaker, of all people, standing tall, which The Calgary Sun described a day later as "sick, disrespectful, and wrong."