Your most heartbraking moment in WWE history.

[Awesome_Miz]

My would be when Edge had to retire because I still remember the first time I saw a Raw was when he was a heel with Rated-Rko and he just made me love wrestling cause of him

 

[joshmosh127]

one of the more heartbreaking moments for me was when i found out that Chris Benoit had went crazy and killed himself and his family...i followed Chris from the beggining of his days in WCW (i loved him as one of the four horsemen) all the way till the end in WWE. one of my favorite matches and one of the greatest technical matches in my opinion was Benoit vs. Angle at Royal Rumble 2003. even though Benoit lost, i remeber that match like it was yesterday. there were so many skillful counters in that match you really didnt know who was gonna win. i miss his fierceness

 

[MMK]

I'm probably going to get some flak for this, but for me it was the Chris Benoit tribute episode.

On that June night, I tuned in a little late and saw the 2004 Royal Rumble match playing and I wondered to myself "What's going on here?" Then it was shown on the screen that Benoit, his wife and his son were dead. I didn't know until after the show what really happened - I originally thought maybe there was a gas leak in the house or something like that.

That's exactly what I thought. I hadn't heard about what happened and tuned in to RAW that night and had no idea why the arena was empty. When Vince started talking about "Chris" my first thought was that Chris Jericho had died. Benoit was scheduled to be at the PPV the night before so it never occured to me that he was the Chris they were referring to. I was stunned when the tribute video played and it was for Benoit.

I also thought there was a gas leak or possibly a break in at their house. A murder-suicide never occured to me. That was the furthest thing from my mind.

 

[Dagger Dias]

Mine was Shawn Michaels retiring. He was one of my first wrestling heroes and one of the guys I had consistently been a fan of for as long as I can remember. I knew when he retired that wrestling would never be the same and I was heartbroken by that because he will never be replaced. Edge having no choice but to retire also ranks up there. Then there's deaths like Owen, Eddie, Benoit.... all heartbreaking events.

 

[Goldenyears80s]

As someone who became a diehard fan of the business in the 80s and basically spent my childhood watching Ric Flair's brilliance in matches and promos,Flair's farewell speech and tribute on Raw the night after his loss to HBK at Mania 24 was tough for me to swallow. Seeing Flair with some of his greatest opponents and closest friends one last time signified not only the end of an era,but also for me it was like looking back on some of my fondest childhood memories. The emotion displayed by Flair and his family was genuine and evoked a few tears from me. Too bad Flair bastardized the moment by going to WCW Jr.,but at the time it signaled the conclusion to one of the greatest careers ever.

 

[d_henderson1810]

As someone who became a diehard fan of the business in the 80s and basically spent my childhood watching Ric Flair's brilliance in matches and promos,Flair's farewell speech and tribute on Raw the night after his loss to HBK at Mania 24 was tough for me to swallow. Seeing Flair with some of his greatest opponents and closest friends one last time signified not only the end of an era,but also for me it was like looking back on some of my fondest childhood memories. The emotion displayed by Flair and his family was genuine and evoked a few tears from me. Too bad Flair bastardized the moment by going to WCW Jr.,but at the time it signaled the conclusion to one of the greatest careers ever.

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You know what I felt about Flair's farewell on Raw? Nothing! I knew that he would never really retire. Firstly, retiring wasn't his idea, it was Vince's. When the person themselves doesn't want to retire, they are sure to come back.

Secondly, if he retired, what would he have done? He had little money left from wrestling (after years of wasting it), he is virtually estranged from his family (and was rarely ever with his children when they grew up), and he craves the spotlight, the cheering of the crowd. No, someone like Flair can't walk away. He had nothing else.

Personally, I believe that he should have retired the night that Nitro ended. I remember on the final-ever episode of "WCW Monday Nitro" that Flair fought Sting. It seemed fitting, two of the WCW's biggest stars fighting each other on the company's final night. After the match, Flair cut an impassioned speech about his love for WCW. I think that he should have walked off into the sunset, him and WCW going out together, which would have been fitting. He had nothing left to prove. But he soiled his legacy the minute he came back to WWE.

 

[Sub-Xero]

Outside of the passing of far too many wrestlers my most heartbreaking moment was the I Quit match between The Rock and Mankind. Watching a wrestler take a beating is one thing, but multiple unprotected chair shots to the head while his hands were cuffed behind his back? With his family watching? Unbearable. To add insult to injury, The Rock and Friends screwed Mick out of the title by playing an earlier recording of him saying he would make The Rock scream "I Quit, I Quit! I QUIT!!". Just makes you lose faith in all of humanity, doesn't it?

 

[That Don Guy]

I have three, depending on what you mean by "heartbreaking":

First, when I heard about Owen's death (I had missed the PPV and heard about it on the news the next day). A not particularly close second in this category is when they announced that Magnum TA's injuries from his car crash was legit career-ending.

Second, when WCW Nitro reruns started having mysterious cuts in them. I understand why - there will always be people who will ban WWE from their houses and prevent their kids from going to house shows or buying merchandise if they ever mention Benoit again - but a number of Horseman promos are now on the cutting room floor because of this.

Third - the ending to WM IX. This was a heartbreak because it sent the message that the WWE was becoming the Hulk Hogan Wrestling Federation again.

 

[RicoLen]

Aside from Owen's Death, which really was just plain terrible and an accident, I'd say the #1 most heartbreaking moment was watching Heenan cry while trying to say goodbye to Gorilla Monsoon. To be honest, I didn't even feel as bad for Bret Hart over Owen's death as I did for Heenan over Gorilla's death. When Heenan left the WWF, he and Monsoon went back to their hotel and cried together for a long time and that was just because they weren't going to work together anymore. When Heenan tried to say goodbye to Monsoon on WCW Monday Nitro, it really did break my heart to see him in that kind of pain.

The next on my list would be when I found out Curt Hennig died, and that would be tied with just a couple months ago when I found out that Randy Savage died in a car accident that came as a result of a heart attack.

The first time I ever really felt sad over something that happened in the WWF was when I found out that Randy Savage & Miss Elizabeth had filed for divorce.

 

[TheSammichEater]

Mine was when I went to WWE.com in the middle of the summer and found nothing but Chris Benoit. Normally, I would've loved this but it was sadly for his suicide/homicide news. I remember punching my computer desk and screaming. Then, the following Raw just made it all the worse. An empty stadium. All clips of old Benoit matches (which were amazing). It was great that they could honor such a great performer before his career was tainted from his actions. I don't want to start a conversation about that case since it's so old now. But I am glad they are starting to put him in DVD's now. Not as himself, but as a part of big matches. I'm glad they aren't totally ignoring such a magical performer

 

[bro_kick1995_KOTR]

Hey Guys,

To me, the most heartbreaking event in WWE history has to be at wrestle mania 8 when Macho King and the first (and only!) lady of wrestling Miss Elizabeth had their wedding reception broken up by a newly turned heel Jake the snake and Undertaker. I remember watching it and my heart SANK when miss elizabeth opened the box and out came a viper. To me it ruined such a good moment in Macho Man history. I was just happy to see Sid come and save the day with a chair and help them afterwards.

 

[gbswim972]

Man this is tough for my most Heart breaking moment....Hands down the top 4 are the Owen and Eddie Deaths, and the Edge and Shawn Micheals retirement speaches.... I've been a Shawn Micheals fan from the beginning, after he broke his back we thought he was done... But he came back!!! and we just didn't want to see the greatest in-ring performer give it up... And Edge, another amazing in-ring talent and his career cut short by injury.... Those are my top

 

[Vendetta123]

Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit's passing. It was so horibble what Benoit did, but you still cant deny that the man was damn good in the ring. Eddie was just phenomenal and I can honestly say I cried during Eddie's memorial show.

 

[Bill.]

Like many of you said, without a doubt Owen Hart's death. He didn't do drugs, he didn't binge drink, he didn't do anything wrong. Personally, I think the way to describe Owen's death is that he was killed. No, he didn't just "die", he was killed. That stunt killed him. It's also a damn shame that WWE never talks about him anymore. And no, they can't use Martha as an excuse. If WWE wants to do something, then they can do it with ea$e(I mean that they can use their money). Of course, as much as I understand why Martha is bitter towards Vince, she needs to get over it. It's been over 10 yrs. Don't deprive the fans of Owen's legacy. I heard that Owen Hart couldn't be in WWE '12 because of a lawsuit. Sure, that's always the case, but why did it come up now if most of us knew that? To me, it sounds like THQ was going to put him in the game but couldn't. Anyway, Owen's death in my mind scarred this business forever & essentially broke the Hart family apart.

 

[Paralyzer Z]

I wasnt watching wrestling at the time of owen's death so i cant pick that.

mine would be a more recent moment when i still thought wrestling was real.
when edge defeated john cena and rob van dam for the wwe championship on the raw after vengeance 2006 (i think it was) . I was pissed off since edge was a great heel at the time and got me and my bro to hate him. i remember my bro saying "edge is the biggest stupid idiot ever" (doesnt think that anymore). i didnt feel anything when eddie died considering i had only been watching for a couple of months, nor benoit's death since i have never been really emotional.

never seen to many heartbreaking wrestling moments so thats my pick

 

[ElMikeO]

For me, four stand out.

- Watching Over the Edge on TV with my brother when Owen Hart was about to make his entrance, then it cutting to JR and you just knew something was wrong. First it was shock, but then later on at the end of the show when JR cried, that was so upsetting.

- Eddie dying. I really bought in to the way Eddie was being, always up to stuff, but constantly having that huge smile on his face. He seemed like a really fun loving guy and then finding out he'd died, after he'd been on the straight and narrow for so long, it was hard to take.

- The Chris Benoit tribute show. Before I had any clue of the actual situation, watching the tribute show really set me off. When it comes to tributes, the WWE always get it perfect.

While the deaths were sad, the main one for me has to be:

- Shawn Michaels pulling himself up the Undertaker, slapping him in the face and then taking quite possibly the best tombstone I've ever seen. HBK was the reason I started watching wrestling, so knowing the curtain was coming down on such a fantastic career was so upsetting to me.

 

[RavensEdge]

there have been a great many unfortunate deaths and retirements that have saddened me but I'd have to say the hardest one for me was Brian Pillman's death.

I had been watching him for years in WCW and then he disappeared(I didn't get ECW in my town) and finally re-emerged in WWF. He had always been one of my favorite guys in the ring and on the mic. It also hit hard because as far as I can remember this was one of the first times a wrestler had died that young during the time that I'd been watching wrestling.
Just as a secondary note, I was also really into the Goldust/Pillman feud they were in the middle of and was excited to see where they were taking it.