Eddy's Story
Danny's POV
I walked into OVW Monday and people were looking at me. I mean more then usual. "We saw Unsolved Mysteries." Venicia Gonzales said. Venicia was a tall Hispanic woman who had been training here a year and a half.
Well that explains it. "I didn't really see it. caught like the last minute or so." I said which was the truth.
"It's no big deal Ven. They show it every couple of months. It's always the same thing. They haven't had anything new since well Hardy." Joseph Adams said. "Catch it in a couple months and you'll see it. it's just a story about the curse of the WWE."
"Yeah so I saw. Eddy here?" I asked changing the subject.
"His office I think." Venicia said. I thanked her and walked to Eddy's office.
I knocked on the door.
"Come in." I walked in. "Have a seat. I sat down. "What can I do for you?"
I've seen enough videos of wrestling to see that Uncle Eddy has really changed and from the rumors that are going around OVW, he went heavily back into drugs and alcohol when my dad died. He looks a lot older then someone that in their early 50s.
"I saw the end of Unsolved Mysteries last night."
"They showed that again? Wish they would stop. Pay it no attention. They are just saying shit again."
"But I want to know what happened on May 23 2004."
He sighed. "I suppose your mother doesn't know you are asking me does she?" I shook my head. "Kid you should let things be. What happened...well no one was the same after that."
"It was the fifth anniversary of Owen Hart's death wasn't it?" I remember people saying that before but I never really thought about it until now.
He looked at me as if he was surprised that I knew that. "Yes it was. Vince decided to do a PPV on a Saturday instead of a Sunday to see if the buy rates would go back up. WWE was losing a lot of money. I think that's why he decided to try to get WCW back up and running the next year. Chris wasn't crazy about wrestling Goldberg. Bill had improved but one doesn't forget the damage he did to wrestlers. I was watching the match from the back with Chavo and a couple other wrestlers. When Goldberg lifted him to do a power bomb, Chavo commented that something looked off. But we didn't know how off until we heard the sickening thud when Chris hit the mat. His neck looked to be at a strange angle. I ran to ringside to check on him. Didn't care I was breaking kayfabe. I remember them trying to revive Chris. Nancy had jumped over the guardrail with Tatem. Security tried to hold them back but she told that that she was Chris' wife. The medics took Nancy aside and I heard her start screaming and that was when I knew Chris was dead. So many wrestlers left the WWE. A lot went to Japan. Some went to WWA and some went to NWA TNA. None returned to WWE. Some work in some way with WCW like Stevie Richards does as a commentator along with Jeff Katz who was rehired when WCW started up. But no one wanted anything to do with WWE. Not even Shane."
"What happened to Steve Austin?"
"Terrible accident in the ring. Maybe I'll tell you some other time."
"Why did Shane leave?"
"Kid that's not for me to tell you. It has nothing really to do with your father. If you can find Shane ask him." And he left it at that.
I sighed that conversation with Uncle Eddy was informative. The key to all of this was finding Shane McMahon who had left wrestling only two years after getting WCW off the ground. He was finally running a company. Something must have happened for him to leave the sport without warning. Did it have to do with WCW? I would have to do some research to find out. Wrestler turned investigator.
Maybe I should talk to Tatem some more. There must have been more to cause so many wrestlers to leave. Though I guess seeing your fellow wrestler break his neck and die in the ring will do it. It had been the fifth anniversary of Owen's death. That must have had something to do with it.
Danny's POV
I walked into OVW Monday and people were looking at me. I mean more then usual. "We saw Unsolved Mysteries." Venicia Gonzales said. Venicia was a tall Hispanic woman who had been training here a year and a half.
Well that explains it. "I didn't really see it. caught like the last minute or so." I said which was the truth.
"It's no big deal Ven. They show it every couple of months. It's always the same thing. They haven't had anything new since well Hardy." Joseph Adams said. "Catch it in a couple months and you'll see it. it's just a story about the curse of the WWE."
"Yeah so I saw. Eddy here?" I asked changing the subject.
"His office I think." Venicia said. I thanked her and walked to Eddy's office.
I knocked on the door.
"Come in." I walked in. "Have a seat. I sat down. "What can I do for you?"
I've seen enough videos of wrestling to see that Uncle Eddy has really changed and from the rumors that are going around OVW, he went heavily back into drugs and alcohol when my dad died. He looks a lot older then someone that in their early 50s.
"I saw the end of Unsolved Mysteries last night."
"They showed that again? Wish they would stop. Pay it no attention. They are just saying shit again."
"But I want to know what happened on May 23 2004."
He sighed. "I suppose your mother doesn't know you are asking me does she?" I shook my head. "Kid you should let things be. What happened...well no one was the same after that."
"It was the fifth anniversary of Owen Hart's death wasn't it?" I remember people saying that before but I never really thought about it until now.
He looked at me as if he was surprised that I knew that. "Yes it was. Vince decided to do a PPV on a Saturday instead of a Sunday to see if the buy rates would go back up. WWE was losing a lot of money. I think that's why he decided to try to get WCW back up and running the next year. Chris wasn't crazy about wrestling Goldberg. Bill had improved but one doesn't forget the damage he did to wrestlers. I was watching the match from the back with Chavo and a couple other wrestlers. When Goldberg lifted him to do a power bomb, Chavo commented that something looked off. But we didn't know how off until we heard the sickening thud when Chris hit the mat. His neck looked to be at a strange angle. I ran to ringside to check on him. Didn't care I was breaking kayfabe. I remember them trying to revive Chris. Nancy had jumped over the guardrail with Tatem. Security tried to hold them back but she told that that she was Chris' wife. The medics took Nancy aside and I heard her start screaming and that was when I knew Chris was dead. So many wrestlers left the WWE. A lot went to Japan. Some went to WWA and some went to NWA TNA. None returned to WWE. Some work in some way with WCW like Stevie Richards does as a commentator along with Jeff Katz who was rehired when WCW started up. But no one wanted anything to do with WWE. Not even Shane."
"What happened to Steve Austin?"
"Terrible accident in the ring. Maybe I'll tell you some other time."
"Why did Shane leave?"
"Kid that's not for me to tell you. It has nothing really to do with your father. If you can find Shane ask him." And he left it at that.
I sighed that conversation with Uncle Eddy was informative. The key to all of this was finding Shane McMahon who had left wrestling only two years after getting WCW off the ground. He was finally running a company. Something must have happened for him to leave the sport without warning. Did it have to do with WCW? I would have to do some research to find out. Wrestler turned investigator.
Maybe I should talk to Tatem some more. There must have been more to cause so many wrestlers to leave. Though I guess seeing your fellow wrestler break his neck and die in the ring will do it. It had been the fifth anniversary of Owen's death. That must have had something to do with it.