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"Death of Mr. McMahon" storyline
On June 11, 2007, WWE aired a segment at the end of RAW that featured McMahon entering a limousine moments before it exploded. The show went off-air shortly after, and WWE.com reported the angle within minutes as though it were a legitimate occurrence, proclaiming that McMahon was "presumed dead."[14] Although this was the fate of the fictional "Mr. McMahon" character, no harm came to the actual person (the "presumed death" of Mr. McMahon was part of a storyline).[15][16] WWE later acknowledged to CNBC that he was not truly dead.[17]
The June 25, 2007 edition of RAW was scheduled to be a three-hour memorial to "Mr. McMahon". However, due to the actual sudden death of Chris Benoit, the show opened with Vince McMahon appearing in an empty arena, acknowledging that his reported death was only of his character as part of a storyline.[18] This was followed by a tribute to Benoit that filled the three-hour timeslot.[19] His last appearance on WWE television until August 6, 2007 was the next night on ECW on Sci Fi in which after acknowledging that a tribute to Benoit had aired the previous night, he announced that there would be no further mention of Benoit due to the circumstances becoming apparent; and that the ECW show would be dedicated to those that had been affected by the Benoit tragedy. On the August 6 show he stated he faked his death to see what people really thought of him, with Stephanie accused for faking sympanthy and checking her father's last will and testament.
2007-08-18 20:22:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Right after Vince McMahon had "died", the whole Chris Benoit murder suicide thing happened. It would have been irresponsible and bad for business for him to not address that situation so he couldn't pretend to be dead anymore. Just bad timing for that storyline...
2007-08-18 20:24:57
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answered by raiderz3000 2
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The reason he is still alive is because he isn't dead and he is still breathing. He never lost that capability even though he was supposedly blown up in his limo. IF you watch movies or any kind of TV people are shot, stabbed or blown up in cars or buildings and planes, trains and automobiles all the time it's called ACTING. HERE'S YOUR SIGN!
2007-08-19 04:15:22
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answered by Sheila B 4
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Wrestling is fake they try creating story lines for interest, VKM thought if he used a storyline that he faked his own death, it would create a buzz but in the middle of his masterplan, the whole Chris Benoit thing happened and they squashed the whole VKM dying!!!!
2007-08-18 22:05:47
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answered by slickkittykattwhopurs 6
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It was basically an irresponsible storyline,those who have watched wwe for some years get used to these "stunts".I say irresponsible bacause some believed it,actually went to wwe headquarters to place flowers there,even my girlfriend was very upset.That car explosion you saw was taped seperately,he wasnt even in the car.
2007-08-18 20:21:19
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answered by mug 2
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Haven't you been paying attention? That was just a storyline and he stopped it after the whole Chris Benoit tragedy.
2007-08-19 02:55:29
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answered by chewydewok 5
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He is still alive because he hasn't died yet.
2007-08-18 20:45:13
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answered by Steve 7
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It was all a have, he basically admitted it on Raw the other week...
2007-08-18 20:23:57
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answered by Anonymous
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