Vince McMahon claims that he was just trying to make Owen Hart into a star.
After Bret Hart left for WCW in 1998, many fans were worried about how WWE would treat his brother, Owen Hart. Throughout 1998 and 1999, Hart went through some changes, joining the Nation Of Domination for a brief period of time before joining a tag team with Jeff Jarrett. Shortly before his death, Hart became the Blue Blazer.
During episode four of the 'Mr. McMahon' series, Vince McMahon commented on the Bret Hart's idea that he was trying to humiliate Owen Hart after Bret had left for WCW.
Vince McMahon: “After the problems I had with Bret, I met with Owen and I said, ‘Do you want to stay with us or do you want to leave with Bret?’ He said, ‘Well, I’d like to stay’.
Bret Hart: “When I went to WCW and Owen stayed, nothing was the same anymore. He thought I was mad at him. If anything, I had great sympathy for Owen and felt badly that he was in the predicament that he was in. Owen had nothing to do with either me or Vince, but you know, he was gonna pay for it. They kind of humiliated his character as often as they could for quite a while to get at me.”
Vince McMahon: “The hypothesis that we would do something against Owen because Bret left only speaks to Bret’s ego [laughs]. Really, Bret? You know, why would we do that? We don’t care about you, you left. We’re trying to make Owen a star.”
Elsewhere in episode four, McMahon stated that he shares no similarities with the Mr. McMahon character. Learn more about those comments by clicking here.
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Janel Grant, a former WWE employee, filed a lawsuit in January against Vince McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis. The lawsuit accuses McMahon of sexual assault and sex trafficking. On May 30, Grant agreed to pause the lawsuit for six months while the federal investigation continued against McMahon, who resigned from TKO/WWE following the lawsuit.
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