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Dead McMahon in Bad Taste?

Posted Jun 20th 2007 4:46PM by TMZ Staff

Death struck twice for the WWE this week, and the real fatality is making the WWE wonder whether the staged one should stay in the script.

WWE fem-fighter "Sensational Sherri" Martel was found dead at her mother's home June 15, and just three days before, chief butt-head Vince McMahon was "killed" in a limo explosion on the "Monday Night RAW" broadcast. Foul play wasn't suspected in Martel's death, but cops have said in reports that the cause wasn't natural.

In light of Martel's real death, we're told there were discussions inside the WWE about abandoning their current "McMahon is Presumed Dead" storyline, with many WWE folks feeling that it was in poor taste.

But c'mon, folks, this is the WWE we're talking about! Not only is McMahon staying dead, the WWE, according to reports, plans to push the storyline even further with the discovery of DNA evidence linking McMahon, his limo driver and a "mysterious third party" to the fictional attack ... all for consumption this Friday on "WWE Smackdown."

That sound you hear is Owen Hart, spinning in his grave.

The WWE had no comment on the situation.

Tags: Sherri Martel, SherriMartel, Vince McMahon, VinceMcmahon, Wrestling, WWE

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76. The has to be the stupidest story line they have ever come up with, but they must be doing something right becuase the McMahon's have more money than probably any of us on here reading this stuff. For all the people that bitch about different postings on TMZ, maybe people like Paris Hilton, Lindsey Lohan, and Britney Spears would not have careers and the bucks they do if we stopped commenting on stuff like this.

Posted at 9:59AM on Jun 21st 2007 by You don't need to know

77. I guess old Joe #77 is one of the homo's that sit at home and whack off to Vince M. Nothing would please Joe more than to be able to suck and swallow for the Undertaker. GEEKS GEEKS GEEKS GEEKS!

Posted at 9:54AM on Jun 21st 2007 by peanutbutta

78. I have been a wrestling fan for many years. I get sick at the way wrestling has went down hill in the last 5 years or so. I remember when there actually was GOOD storylines not fake deaths or matches to determine custody of a child. I remember when wrestling was interesting and entertaining not so damn perdictable. I think the best thing for WWE could be if Vince actually died or retired.

Posted at 11:30AM on Jun 25th 2007 by Heather

79. Wanna peer into the mind of Vincent Kennedy McMahon? A few years ago he wanted to do an angle where Stephanie (his daughter) was pregnant and it would turn out HE WAS THE FATHER! Look it up. If you cut that man, poor taste will flow from his wounds. They say animals don't have souls...HA!

Posted at 10:32AM on Jun 21st 2007 by WooHa23

80. someone said that their son couldn't tell between true and false, well this show is all FALSE, so why was that statement made.? vince's show is fake, if they were really fighting. it would be outlawed, people crack me up. its all staged. boy what people won't say. VINCE YOU ARE LOW AS THEY COME,

Posted at 10:20AM on Jun 21st 2007 by pattie

81. this in so bad taste. we got service men and women dying over sea's by car bombs. and this ahole thinks this entertainment.

Posted at 11:14AM on Jun 21st 2007 by russ

82. want some real entertainment, turn it to spike and check out the UFC....WWE sucks ass...

Posted at 11:15AM on Jun 21st 2007 by ice man #1 fan

83. Just because someone watches wrestling, it doesn't make them a loser or a dumbass, as some of you have stated. It's entertainment, like most everything else on TV. If you don't like it, no one is forcing you to watch it. Go watch "Survivor" & things like that. Yeah, THOSE shows are real!
These men & women work year-round, with no off-season. They also work even when injured, unlike other athletes who go on the disabled list for a hangnail or blister. It's also the only programming with NO repeats! How many other shows can say that?!

Posted at 11:26AM on Jun 21st 2007 by JEWISH PRINCESS

84. as an AVID WWE fan for nearly 15 years I thouroughly enjoy the "vince is dead" storyline; I am not even going to get into the argument regarding wrestling being fake or real because there are too many close minded morans out there who won't allow themselves to see that the athleticism is real however; I digress... sensational sherri was one of my all time favourite female superstars and to hear of her untimly death was a complete shock... I don't agree that vinces storyline is distasteful however I do agree that they should pay proper homage to the woman who sherri was and how she paved the way for all of the current females who participate in WWE events (I can't classify them as wrestlers since they have become so far removed from the "sport") Vince Mcmahon is a BRILLIANT man... love him or hate him he is a savy buisness man who has run this great orginazation for many years... aside from completly SCREWING over the Hart family on several occcasions I agree with 99% of what Vince portrays to us as entertainment!... I beleive that they will have dignity in sherri's passing and do things the right way.

Posted at 12:16PM on Jun 21st 2007 by Candice

85. WWE doing the Mcmahon storyline was over the top and dumb to begin with. I saw the explosion coming as soon as I saw that limo sitting all alone and the look on Vince's face like he was deciding wether or not to follow through on faking his death. Vince Killed Vince in my best guess to get sympathy from those who hate him. Yes I know it's a work.

But to only give Sherri a quick slide honoring her and continuing on mourning Vince, without showing any kind of respect like a video retrospective, or even commentary about the fact she died, was totally rude. Sherri gave a lot to WWE and several other promotions all of which are now owned by WWE through buy outs. She deserves more respect as a human being and talent than some stupid Kayfabe storyline.

Posted at 3:31PM on Jun 21st 2007 by D.W. King

86. I am so sick of people complaining that this angle is in bad taste. My grandmother died of congestive heart failure last week, cancel all episodes of ER where old people die!

Posted at 12:33PM on Jun 21st 2007 by Matt

87. It's a story line people, the death of Sherri came around the same time....who cares, she hasn't been around in years....one has nothing to do with the other....so all you bored housewives should do something more productive, like, help your kids study, or get your husbands food ready. ..and everyone who thinks this is in bad taste, your a bunch of MARKS!

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 21st 2007 by Tony C

88. What a filthy world professional wrestling is. Imagine dishing out ANY amount of $$$ to watch that crap. Kinda scary that there are that many morons living in the country. I would guess that the average IQ of a wrestling fan is about 12. And I might be being generous.

Posted at 12:56PM on Jun 21st 2007 by get some

89. I'll be the people who call wrestling fans losers are the same unemployeed people who sit at home all day eating ice cream, getting fat, and watching soaps.

Why is it, a soap can kill any character they want, in any fashion they want, bring them (using a completely different actor/actress) expect everyoen who follows the show to accept it (which they ALWAYS do) but if it happens on a wrestling show (which by the way, lets be real Vince Mcmahon has openly admitted that wrestling is for entertainment and is NOT real) its unacceptable? You people piss and moan about it being fake and yet you piss and moan about a STORYLINE! Pick one. If you cry fould becuase its fake then you have no right to cry foul on any storyline they run, After all its fake right?

I'd love to see anyone who feels wrestling is fake to say that to anyone of the guys/girls who do it as a profession. Talk to the likes of Cris Benoit, or Steve Austin, or Gregory Helms and after they finish telling you about the surgery to heal their broken necks that happened in the ring, then tell them its fake. Sit down and actually watch a match or two and see what they do. The go in your backyard and try to pull off a few moves. If you aren't dead then go tell them they aren't athletes.

I am a wrestling fan. Have been for over 20 years. Sure there are times when you shake your head and wonder, But lets be real. If you just shelled out the money to buy a limo, pay a stunt team to come in and blow it up, pay for the permits to do, pay the city to shut down the area around it while you do it, and the time invested, you run the spot and then a week later someone dies, do you drop the angle and move on? You just write that time and money off as a loss and conitnue about your business? This is why Vince Mcmahon and Donald Trump can build multi-million dollar business and the rest of you spend you time working from week to week bitching about a TV show you probably don't even watch.

But you keep on keeping on with the things you do and say. You generate press and ratings which keeps the business going and allows me to continue to watch and be entertained by some of the things these guys and girls can do.

The rest of you can sit on your fat assesm, eating ice cream watching daytime soaps. I love living in a country where I have the right to watch what I want and you have the right the CHANGE THE DAMN CHANNEL!

Posted at 1:25PM on Jun 21st 2007 by Taker

90. Mcmahon didnt die people, it was all staged, hes gonna be back within the next month or so.
And no, wrestling isnt fake, its STAGED.

Posted at 9:13PM on Jun 21st 2007 by JD

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