Martha Hart Fires Back At Vince McMahon After Owen Hart Claims

Martha Hart has disputed Vince McMahon’s comments on the death of Owen Hart.

On September 25th, “Mr. McMahon” finally premiered on Netflix. The highly-anticipated documentary looks at the life and career of disgraced former WWE boss Vince McMahon.

Over the course of six episodes, the series not only looked at McMahon’s successes but also the several scandals that have surrounded him for decades.

One episode looked at several deaths of WWE wrestlers including Owen Hart. The Canadian legend fell to his death in 1999 at Over The Edge after his entrance from the rafters went badly wrong. Despite the horrifying accident, the show continued, a decision McMahon stood by in the documentary.

WWE To Blame For Owen Hart’s Death

While speaking to the Daily Hive, Owen’s widow Martha hit back at the comments from McMahon, and revealed she was never approached to be part of the documentary.

“Netflix’s Mr. McMahon documentary series portrays the death of my husband, Owen Hart, as a mere accident. It also allows the disgraced former owner and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Vince McMahon, to claim that Owen’s death ‘wasn’t our fault.’ Nothing could be further from the truth.

To be clear, no one involved in the making of this documentary attempted to contact me for comment or to obtain an accurate perspective. I continue to hold WWE and its then-management responsible for Owen’s death. I refuse to let Vince McMahon or anyone else rewrite that history.

Instead, I remain focused on honouring Owen’s legacy through the charitable good work of the Owen Hart Foundation and via the AEW Owen Hart Foundation Tournament…

What the documentary fails to mention is that the equipment used was never meant for a rappelling stunt. Instead, a harness meant for dragging stunt people behind cars on movie shoots was used with a sailboat clip meant to release on load with only six pounds of pressure.

Had the WWE hired qualified riggers who followed proper protocol that included redundancy, as is typical practice, and used the correct equipment, Owen would not have died that night.”

Meanwhile, AEW star Mercedes Mone has praised Vince McMahon after watching the documentary, calling him a “crazy genius.” The TBS Champion added that wrestling wouldn’t be what it is today without McMahon.