New Issue w/Vince McMahon's "television" Death

Tweet

I've been harping for two days on the issue of this entire Vince McMahon "Death angle" and how it's been received by people. I have this question for everyone. There are some who say that this is sick or that it is inappropriate. How is this so? The WWE has marketed itself for years as "sports entertainment." That means that it's nothing more than a glorified soap opera with wrestling matches in-between. That being said, how is this any different than your favorite show killing off one of their characters? It's real people, sure, I understand that argument. But, well... Not really. They all play characters. Do you think the guy who is the Boogeyman is like that in real life? What about Umaga, who was born and raised in the US? This is an act; sometimes they represent themselves, but in the context of the "fantasy show." Vince McMahon the owner was far different than "Vince McMahon the Chairman of the WWE" that was on television every week. they killed off that character. The WWE.com website is purely storyline driven now, so those reports are falsified for the story purposes. Anyone who takes those reports seriously needs to understand that fact. There have also been irresponsible journalists reporting that McMahon died, either on the radio, on "blogs", or elsewhere. I mean, the local station in Wilkes-Barre, PA (where it was filmed) ran something on their local news explaining that it was fake. There were numerous fans there who saw the charred limo as THEY WERE GOING INTO THE ARENA. McMahon was spotted by some leaving the arena. People try to compare this to Owen Hart or Eddie Gurrerro. Gurrerro was found dead, it wasn't on television. Owen Hart died of an accident, and that was immediately recognized as soon as the WWF/WWE knew. RAW the night after was a tribute show for Hart. Those were not storyline, and the WWE NEVER TREATED THEM AS SUCH! To me, this is no different than a Sopranos character getting killed, or the famous "Who Shot J.R.?" on Dallas. It's an act, a show, with a story. The point I am trying to make is that the WWE has been a venture of "sports entertainment" for the past few years. It's a soap opera. How is this different from any other television shows?