WWE Fans Injured -- Call in the Undertaker!

Look out below! At least 40 wrestling fans were injured Sunday night when fireworks and cables landed on the crowd at WWE's huge Wrestlemania event in Orlando.


A pyrotechnics display went haywire, sending hot cables flying in to the crowd. One victim told a local TV station, "It felt like a whip. I have a welt on my neck. Like a baseball bat hit me. It was horrible. Horrible."

For their part, the WWE feels bad. In a statement to TMZ, they say "While we apologize to anyone who was injured and/or alarmed by this occurrence, we take solace in the fact that the reported injuries were minor. "

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16. what do you expect to happen at a live event?......things happens......its not like they planned on the fire works to mess up.....as for only red necks watch wrestling...just for your info i happen to be hispanic....you can call it wrestling crap but if u have time to bitch and complain about how crappy it is then dont watch and keep your comments to yourself.....its sports entertainment

Posted at 11:41AM on Mar 31st 2008 by nessa

17. Oh boy - I smell a lawsuit. It's the American way, after all...

Posted at 11:06AM on Mar 31st 2008 by Enough

18. #1 you are my hero!

Posted at 11:28AM on Mar 31st 2008 by tracey

19. Here come the law suits. Everybody looking for the get rich quick scheme. Go to work. You losers aren't owed a thing.

McMahon won't pay a dime. He is a snake too. He weasels out of everything.

Posted at 11:08AM on Mar 31st 2008 by Mike B.

20. Ok Children

Lets say it together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



LAWSUITt

Posted at 11:10AM on Mar 31st 2008 by nena416

21. Geez FlBiker, that's a little harsh to all rednecks.

Posted at 11:09AM on Mar 31st 2008 by Kelli

22. Hey I will watch wrestling sometimes just to keep up with the current storyline on Mondays. I will not PAY to go to one of these events or pay for it on Pay Per View though. Its nothing more than a B soap opera in tights but can be funny at times and like to check the women out on it. I like some of the music they use more than anything. The pyro, music and WOMEN make up a good part of the show.

Posted at 11:23AM on Mar 31st 2008 by Chuck

23. Hey #10. I was at last years Wrestlemania and it was at Ford Field, not Madison Square Garden.

Posted at 11:43AM on Mar 31st 2008 by kim

24. pyrotechnics have hurt and killed people before . .

Posted at 11:24AM on Mar 31st 2008 by wtf !!/heart attack

25. this is for everyone that think that only rednecks watch wrestling or nascar well you are a redneck to if you read everything and have to reply without sympathy for people that are hurt

Posted at 11:28AM on Mar 31st 2008 by dolor

26. How do they know anyone got hurt? The fans are already brain dead when they go inside.

Posted at 10:43AM on Apr 1st 2008 by Roger C.

27. I will watch it and enjoy it for what it is sometimes but will also watch just to see the fans that get into it so much thinking it is real. I will watch for mistake and accidents. It may be chorographed and fake but they still put there bodies through one hell of a beating.

Posted at 11:27AM on Mar 31st 2008 by Chuck

28. It's sad that this happen to WWE fans. FYI- Vince McMahon cares a lot about the WWE fans and I'm pretty sure he will deal with this like he's delt with many things in the past. Another little FYI- People from all over the WORLD watches the WWE product and has one of the biggest followings in the world. Get with the picture! Don't hate on Vinnie Mac

Posted at 4:37PM on Mar 31st 2008 by WWEinKC

29. Performers should be more careful when using pyrotechnic displays, it has been 5 years since the Station fire that took 100 lives in the night club in Rhode Island. And of course the people responsible for the displays in a sense got a slap on the hand compared to what the families are going through.

Posted at 11:32AM on Mar 31st 2008 by Amanda

30. YEA KELLI!

Glad you informed NYC that NYC watches NASCAR too! ABSOLUTELY they do as do people in every other state!

I watch it and love my driver and I am NOT a redneck, NYC!


Gee golly wow, NYC... I even live in one of the Virginias and I have running water, an indoor bathroom, wear shoes (well, SOME of the time anyway, I prefer NOT to), and everything! I can even type, spell and construct a sentence so hmmm, guess I'm not a redneck but I DO love my NASCAR! Can't stand wrestling though but hey, whatever floats your boat folks

Posted at 11:31AM on Mar 31st 2008 by Kathy

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