WWE Writer Fired After Bret Hart’s Hall Of Fame Speech

You need to make sure you know the dos and dont’s. According to the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, a WWE writer was fired after preparing Bret Hart and Natalya’s speech for the Hart Foundation’s induction into the Hall of Fame, Class of 2019.

Robert “R.D.” Evans wrote a line in which Hart thanked Vince McMahon for giving the two of them their break together. However, writers were either told ahead of time or it was expected that they knew that McMahon’s name was not to be mentioned in any speech.

However, Evans claimed that he was not fired, but he quit. An eye witness said that as he was being berated about the incident and was about to be fired, he quit on his own. It was explained that the unfortunate attack on Hart caused such a frenzy that it created a very tense atmosphere backstage when the speech was over.

Whether McMahon was in a bad mood because of the attack, he was furious when it was over and tore into Evans, even though the thanking of Vince was on the teleprompter. This means that the speech had gotten through a number of channels after Evans wrote it.

Here is a happier moment from the Hart Foundation’s induction:

Another interested tidbit about this story is that after the commotion over that incident, Shawn Michaels asked McMahon if they could mention his name in their speech later in the evening. McMahon apparently laughed about it and said he had no problem with it. They turned the incident into a comedy routine, with everyone talking about how they can’t mention the name Vince McMahon, and in doing so, constantly mentioned the name Vince McMahon.

Editor’s Opinion:

It seems like Vince has good days and bad, however, I could see how the attack on Bret Hart could throw everyone off.

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