10 Most Shameless WWE Promotional Tactics
1. Over The Edge 1999 Continues
The argument was, for years, that the decision Vince McMahon made on May 23rd 1999 was a thankless and impossible one.
Pilloried for continuing the show in some circles, he was defended in others by those that said there was no right way to handle such an awful and unconscionable situation.
Disagreement, debate and discourse ran for years and years with neither side of the divide shifting their stance. WWE Hall Of Fame stans (these are real) argued with Owen's widow’s wishes that he no longer be used in conjunction with the company’s legacy content. All until an excellent John Pollock audio documentary and a Dark Side Of The Ring profile on the situation noted something far more important - this had been a crime scene.
A man fell to his death due to an accident, but the investigation and scrutiny of that accident shouldn’t have been compromised by the continuation of a fluffy entertainment show. Hart’s good friend Jeff Jarrett worked a comedy match just seconds after his lifeless body was wheeled backstage on a stretcher.
There was always was a right and wrong way to manage it. McMahon picked the latter.