Editing WWE (section)

===Owen Hart's death===
On May 23, 1999, [[Owen Hart]] fell to his death in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] during the [[Over the Edge (1999)|Over the Edge]] pay-per-view event in a stunt that went wrong. WWF broke [[kayfabe]] by having television commentator [[Jim Ross]] repeatedly tell those watching live on pay-per-view that what had just transpired was not a wrestling angle or storyline and that Hart was hurt badly, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation.<ref name="Tragedy">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlinggonewrong.com/video/owen_hart_tragedy.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005052506/http://www.wrestlinggonewrong.com/video/owen_hart_tragedy.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 5, 2007 |access-date=January 5, 2008 |title=Owen Hart Tragedy |publisher=Wrestling Gone Wrong }}</ref> While several attempts to revive him were made, he died from his injuries. The cause of death was later revealed to be [[internal bleeding]] from [[blunt force trauma]]. The WWF management controversially chose to continue the event.<ref name="SLAM">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/OwenHart/may24_overtheedge.html|access-date=January 5, 2008|title=Hart tragedy overshadows Taker's win|last=Powell|first=John|publisher=SLAM! Sports|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530091422/http://slam.canoe.ca/OwenHart/may24_overtheedge.html|archive-date=May 30, 2012}}</ref> Later, Jim Ross revealed Hart's death to the home viewers during the pay-per-view, but not to the crowd in the arena.<ref name="OWoWr">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/overtheedge99.html|access-date=January 5, 2008|title=Over the Edge 1999 results|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120002030/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/overtheedge99.html|archive-date=January 20, 2008}}</ref> While the show did go on, it has never been released commercially by [[WWE Home Video|WWF Home Video]]. In 2014, fifteen years after his death, the [[WWE Network]] aired the event for the first time. A small photo tribute is shown before the start informing fans that Hart died during the original broadcast. All footage of Hart was edited out of the event. The statement reads: "In Memory of Owen Hart May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999 who accidentally passed away during this broadcast."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fan |first=Ryan |date=March 10, 2021 |title=The Wrestler Who Died From a Stunt Gone Wrong |url=https://medium.com/crimebeat/the-wrestler-who-died-from-a-stunt-gone-wrong-90f3b92efc3b |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=CrimeBeat |language=en}}</ref> Four weeks after the event, the Hart family sued the WWF over how dangerous and poorly planned the stunt was, and that the harness system was defective.<ref name="court">{{cite web|url=http://www.robbrobb.com/NewsPressDetail.aspx?Id=70|access-date=January 20, 2008|title=Deal approved in WWF case|last=Margolies|first=Dan|work=The Kansas City star|publisher=Robb & Robb|date=November 11, 2000|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207012816/http://www.robbrobb.com/NewsPressDetail.aspx?Id=70|archive-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> After over a year and a half into the case, a settlement was reached on November 2, 2000, which saw the WWF give the Hart family US$18 million.<ref name="court2">{{cite web|url= http://www.robbrobb.com/articles_Record-Settlement-Wrestlers-Family.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822145239/http://www.robbrobb.com/articles_Record-Settlement-Wrestlers-Family.htm|archive-date=August 22, 2007|access-date=January 20, 2008|title=Record $18M settlement for Wrestler's family|last=Skinner|first=Stephanie|publisher=Robb & Robb|date=November 27, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025827430770_21236630/|access-date=January 20, 2008|title=Owen Hart Family awarded $18 million US|publisher=CTV|date=November 8, 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207053150/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025827430770_21236630/|archive-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2000/2000_11_02.jsp|access-date=January 20, 2008|title=WWE Entertainment, Inc. Announces Settlement in Owen Hart Case|publisher=WWE Corporate|date=November 2, 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904132236/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2000/2000_11_02.jsp|archive-date=September 4, 2012}}</ref>