Why didn't they rig him up properly like Sting and Undertaker, et al, were?

Why didn't they rig him up properly like Sting and Undertaker, et al, were?

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It was payback

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because Vince wanted him dead, idiot

The Hart family was cursed by the McMahons in 1997

There's tonnes of Harts. Who cares if one gets lost.

So he could do some slapstick pratfall. It's a shame that he died, but you can't put a price on comedy.

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because russo insisted on the doofus capeshit angle.

It was a prank

The original spot was that he'd get caught ten feet above the ring and 'accidentally' fall down, requiring the use of a quick release mechanism.

This makes me think his death was intentional

When I was in 7th grade I read a book at the Kingsgate library that said it was the mac's fault

Bro...

he didn't fly so good

He didn't have the time to test it out because he was late to the arena having lunch with a fan because he was too cheap to rent a car and buy his own lunch.

They did, he undid the harness because being Bret's brother drove him to suicide

>, et al,

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Kevin Sullivan was in charge of the rigging

That explains the very faintly heard "Hail Satan! If my bitch of a wife ever left me she'll get the same" in the original footage

WWE hired the team that did Sting's rigging for WCW, but the main guy wasn't available. Russo & Vince pressed ahead with the stunt (against Owen's wishes) with the less experienced members of the team, and their combined negligence led to Owen's death.

did he die

thankfully yes