Courtesy of WWE
On the night of Owen Hart’s death, 21 years ago next Saturday, Vince McMahon made the decision that the show must go on. Following Hart’s fatal fall from the rafters in the middle of WWE’s Over The Edge pay-per-view, the show continued, featuring matches on a canvas stained by Hart’s blood.
Dr. Martha Hart, the widow of Owen Hart, made her own decision. Her husband, she vowed, will never be celebrated by WWE in a Hall of Fame ceremony.
“I’d never want him recognized by a company responsible for his death and that has been so disrespectful to his family,” said Hart.