Below are some top WWE news stories of the day, involving Owen Hart and Jinder Mahal.
• During an episode of the Something To Wrestle podcast, JBL talked about Owen Hart’s death at the WWF Over The Edge 1999 PPV and Vince McMahon’s reaction backstage.
Here’s what Bradshaw said:
“I was there. I had the option of wrestling and had the option of not. They were wonderful about that. They didn’t make anybody do anything; they gave us the option.
I saw Vince with tears in his eyes. He was heartbroken over it, and so was Gerald Brisco. So everybody, we didn’t know what to do, and we thought the right thing was to go on and do the show. I have no idea the right thing to do to this day, and that’s what we chose.
People that are arguing this weren’t backstage and saw what happened. You know, backstage. I saw Vince with tears in his eyes. He was heartbroken. He couldn’t even talk; he loved Owen; he was absolutely heartbroken.
Gerald Brisco was one of the ones that kind of took over and did a lot of the stuff backstage. Now, Vince made the ultimate decision, but he gave the power to Jerry to do it, and Jerry was the one that dealt with all of it. Vince had no idea what to do.
Same with the whole (Chris) Benoit thing, which is a separate tragedy, but Vince didn’t know what to do. There’s no template for this stuff. There’s no… here’s what you do in case something tragic happens. Now there may be, but there wasn’t then.”
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• Jinder Mahal shared insights on how WWE wrestlers hide under the ring during an appearance on Maven Huffman’s YouTube channel.
Performers slip under the ring during dark moments, such as commercial breaks or video packages, coinciding with routine ring maintenance to avoid detection.
The space beneath the ring, called “the bed,” is equipped with a mat for comfort and stocked with refreshments like water, Diet Coke, and Red Bull.
WWE technician Nick Daw remains under the ring with broadcasting equipment, monitoring the show on a screen and staying connected to producers via headset to ensure perfect timing for under-ring appearances.
Here’s what the former WWE Champion said:
“When we’re in a commercial break or maybe when there is a video package playing, all the lights in the arena go dark. Throughout the night the ring crew is coming out to change something; generally you can sneak under there without anybody noticing. I’ve done that a bunch of times.
Underneath the ring it’s called a bed. There’s a little mat there, and there is a gentleman by the name of Nick Daw who is under there with a monitor.
They have got water bottles down there, they’ve got Diet Cokes, Red Bulls. So you have your bed, you’ve got your monitor, and Nick actually has a headset to the producers.”
