Do you think Martha Hart realizes?
 

That the only person she is "fucking over" holding on to Owen's likeness rights and such is the fans? No DVD, No Video Games, No commemoration shirt. It's fucking stupid, your husband has a legacy and all of the royalties go to you and his kids. Shut the fuck up and sign the paperwork.

WWE would still be making a profit on them.

So? Let's see: Massive corporation makes a profit on my husbands legacy but I get tons of money, more than enough to send my kids to college, and tons of fans get to enjoy all of the hard work my husband put into the business he loved.

OR

I get to look like a bitter shrew and struggle financially in my later years disappointing my kids.

TOUGH CHOICES on the head of Martha Hart.

I'm not saying I disagree with you, but I can certainly see her side. Let's say a family member of yours was killed and you believed it was XYZ company's fault. Would you want that company profiting off your loved one in any way?

It should not be about the fans. It should be about her family. And if she decided to do this, I can totally understand it.

In the situation where my loved one absolutely adored the business they were in and it would benefit my family financially, yes. Blame is blame, fine. As long as the company admitted they were accountable for what was an ACCIDENT then what more gripe could I have? If they're a day late with my checks however, that's a paddlin'.

Did WWE ever admit they were accountable? I've always heard the blame heavily mitigated to the harness company. Which is more along the lines of the absolute truth, but still, I don't think WWE admitted to being "accountable".

Vince has said in interviews that he not only wishes Owen had never been up there, but that he admits being responsible because it happened under his watch. He never stood on a podium and said "I murdered Owen Hart" like Martha wants, no, but he did accept the amount of responsibility and accountability he should have.

I thought she got a multi-million dollar settlement from it all?

As much as I would love an Owen dvd, I can't really blame her at all. I wouldn't want WWE profiting from his image either.

Last time she spoke out was when Bret had the shirt with him and Owen on it.

She seemed to hate the business and wanted him out ASAP...


her poor kids come from one of the biggest wrestling family's of all time and because of their mom they're shielded from knowing how big there dad and uncles were. I'm sure they talk to cousins and know more then martha wants them to know.

But I did read her say she wanted her kids to grow up knowing who Owen Hart the man was, not the Owen "King of Harts" Hart (rocket, black-heart)

like they dont go on youtube and look him up...

Owen shoulda just left with Bret for WCW

and maybe he'd still be alive today

To be fair, I think the fans are the last fucking thing she should or does care about.

I know its fun to play armchair booker, but maybe you shouldnt try to play Arm Chair Widow to a Husband that died in front of 20 thousand people doing something he never should have.

Yeah, Im sure she would love cashing the blood money check.

I don't think that the "fans" are the only one being "fucked" in this area.
What about her kids? Does it suck that their dad is dead? Yea. It's sad. He's loved and missed by millions of people world wide. However, Martha can make some bank on this if she'll allow it. She lets them put out Owen action figures, Owen shirts, Owen video games, Owen dvds, Owen cock rings, etc, and she gets a cut from it, puts her kids and grandkids in college. She already has enough cash so her grandkids can flunk out of law school 3 or 4 times? Fine. She can set up a chairty for something Owen loved funded by the sales of Owen Hart's image.

Listen, if the company I work for kills me that would suck, however I would rather let that compnay use my face for a good cause or to help my family. When life shits on you, use it as fertilizer to grow something wonderful.

I think its more selfish for the fans to expect her to have to look at T Shirts, Games, Videos, DVDs etc reminding her on a daily basis of her dead husband.

She and her kids lost more than the fans did, yet here you are acting like the fans are victims.

Accidents happen, apologies were said, what else does she want?

"I want my husband back".

Vince McMahon is a lot of things, but a Necromancer or a Time Lord he ain't.

I... agree with you... oh god.

:|

I....agree.......with........(Jesus this is like Jim Carry in Liar Liar here trying to write the pen is "red")

St.......Jimmy.....

...That would be inappropiate, I think :shifty:

Good points in here but also:

I'm pretty sure Oje and Athena probably have enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives, even if they're not millionaires. the Owen Hart Foundation exists and does alot of good in Owen's name without profiting off his wrestling career and just off the fact that we was an amazing human being.

..with that said I must say that I would like to see Martha eventually ease up a bit and maybe at least allow a posthumous induction of Owen by Bret into the WWE Hall of Fame so at least the fans and myself (being an Owen fan growing up) could have a little closure as far as his wrestling career goes.

Over the Edge 99 was the last PPV I bought, to this day. RIP Owen.

WWE was clearly as accountable as the harness company who made that contraption. However, Martha being bitter and selfish benefits no one. I can understand her not wanting WWE to profit off his premature demise, but to never allow him to be used in any retrospective is an insult to the career he died to build. And also to all of Owen's fans worldwide who would wanna see him in the HOF, DVD's or video games.

She has every right to be bitter with WWE, but that doesn't mean she is any more right than WWE. To censor his image is to forget he ever wrestled or existed IMO...

Ya know why the Owen Hart Foundation exists and does a lot of good? His wrestling career. If he sold propane and propane accessories during his lifetime his chairty wouldn't get off the ground. Hell, Martha used the money she got from the lawsuit to start the Owen Hart Foundation.

Did Owen Hart really adore the business? I believe he wanted to be a firefighter instead of a wrestler. If I remember right, he failed some fireman's test in the early 90s and that was the reason he came back to WWE. It seems that he was only wrestling for the money and because of his family's legacy, rather than him actually having any real passion for it.

DEAD On, hence the mother wanting them to know the man she knew and not the public figuer we thought we knew.

but with the internet and her family theres no way she can shield the kids forever.

Absolutely correct. Owen was a reluctant wrestler. According to Martha's book there were a few times that he was going to leave the business very early on.

Unfortunately for Owen, he was born into the business and it came naturally to him..he was also very, very good at it. It's hard to turn down guaranteed money and go home to find another job, no matter how much you may or may not like your current job.

The OHF exists because of his untimely passing. To say it's directly responsible because of his wrestling career is ridiculous. There's no Curt Hennig foundation, no Brian Clark foundation, no British Bulldog foundation. It exists to keep his name and memory alive in the name of goodwill and charity just like with most other organizations that have sprung out of others untimely passings of others that are in no-way related to the pro-wrestling business.

..was it funded with his wrestling money or the lawsuit money? That's completely irrelevant because on the day you die, you cease to be a wrestler, a fireman or anything else. You become a memory and a name and that memory and name is more important than a 1000 wrestling matches, in my opinion. No matter where the money comes from, the good the Foundation does now in his name is more important than where it was generated from 10+ years ago.

I believe you're talking about Brian Adams...Bryan Clark is still alive.

Anyways, no matter what, Owen always brought a smile to our faces and everything. It's true that it's hard to walk away from the guaranteed money, but I believe if he left alongside Bret, Jim, and Davey Boy, he would be much more happier, as he will be with his family.

Yes again! SHE IS BEING SELFISH

SHE the one who lsot the love of her life, the father of her children. SHE is the selfish one. She is the victim here, NOT YOU, You goddamn monger. OH NO, You dont have DVDs....She sleeps alone at night. Her children didnt grow up with a father. BUT SHE IS PETTY.

You and your desire for a DVD set that chronicles what you already know, and can access on the internet so you wish, are on the complete UP AND UP. Nothing but class from you.

Go Fuck yourself.

I love you how you all pull this "Career he died to build" card and none of you (at least very few) have ever been in the ring, let alone felt the loss this family has. You have no perspective and are nothing but IWC marks.

lol @ people calling HER selfish. You can't be serious

Martha Hart is SUCH A BITCH.

I mean, her husband dies VERY young in a stunt gone wrong at a WWE PPV, leaving her to raise their kids on her own, and she won't let Vince and the company make money off him...

...What the FUCK is wrong with her, right?

HEY MAN

THESE FUCKING FANS WANT TO SEE HIGH QUALITY DVDS of his WORK. The WORK HE DIED FOR!!! BLAH

You know, these Internet fans that most of which were too young to remember him dying, let alone his greatness

THAT CUNT NEEDS TO QUIT IT WITH THE SELFISHNESS

WE NEED MORE DVDS TO PIRATE

How very entertaining listening to someone lecture "IWC marks" about perspective whose posts are primarily comprised of swearing at people he disagrees with.

@DLVH84 - yes, that is what I meant, thanks for the correction and well said.

@CSL - correct as well. he couldn't leave. he'd asked but was denied.

Everyone's got an opinion. Sadly, most people's opinion of Owen Hart is one of ignorance and not understanding the man, simply because most people are wrestling fans and not Owen Hart fans. His legacy shouldn't be simply about what he did for a living - he was a very versatile man, by all accounts.

Martha isn't selfish. She's a was and still is a loving wife and she wants the memory of her Husband untarnished and for herself - and if there's one thing she deserves in life and should be allowed to have - it's that - and for anyone to say otherwise is a sad, pathetic statement.

..at the end of the day, We should all strive to be half the man he was and as fans we should respect his Wife's wishes. She knew him better than any of us ever did or will.

I TOTALLY get why she wouldn't want WWE to be able to earn money off Owen, but why would Martha get mad at Bret for wearing a shirt that shows he and Owen?

I'm pretty sure it just has to do with "wrestling and Owen" and not "WWE and Owen." I think it makes her look a bit strange but as someone stated above, she really disliked the business in general. Most of the Hart Family has passed or generally don't speak at all - so her getting mad at Bret is nothing new either - especially when he's still working with the company that her husband died working for.

She just wants the memory of Owen as her husband, not the wrestler. There's nothing wrong with that, either - because the chronicles of all of his work are available on You Tube and the Internet for public record.

..as much as everyone would like to see her ease up a bit and let somethings happen (namely a HoF induction), if it never happens in her or my life time, I'm fully prepared to deal with that as his memory and legacy is more hers than any of ours and I respect that.

...It's Bret's brother...she shouldn't mind.

As a matter of fact, Bret SELLS that t-shirt on his website, so he's making money off it.