You people take things way too seriously, you want to know how I reacted to Nitro saying Hawk is dead?
Nitro: We can't do that, Joey...
Joey: why not?
Nitro: Because... His partner is dead. ha ha

Joey:
Animal:
Me: Ooooooh, are you going to take that, Animal? kick their fucking asses! Fuck, they're talking about your dead partner, man.
While most of you guys say "It's disgusting", "they went too far", come the fuck on, people, lighten up, They need Heat, what better way than to say your partner is dead, to make the good guy angry enough to kill them?
"it was done during the promotional videos for the arrival of the nWo, and it aired over and over and over again. Completely tasteless - especially since if it wasn't for his father Vince would probably be shoveling shit out of ditches for a living."
Tasteless, TASTELESS? Hell it's WWE, it's entertainment, it got people to hate Vince, do you really think Vince would spit on his father, or disrespect him? I don't know Vince personally, but I don't think he would, Vince has the whole "What can I do that will make people get more into my product, I know I'll do some crazy shit, that always brings people in." and most of the time it does, except people that take what they see on a TV show VERY seriously
If Animal had a problem with it, don't you think he would have went up to Vince and asked him not to bring Hawk into it, Animal must have been alright with it and he knew Hawk better than any of you people, so why should I be offended if somebody that knew the person in question for much longer than me, not mind if Hawk is bought up in a comment by his opponent.
my point is, don't take Wrestling storylines too seriously or you'll have a heart attack by the age of 30