-- A segment in the Edge vs. Randy Orton Last Man Standing match at WrestleMania raised some eyebrows backstage. The spot in question was the moment where Orton tied a weight cable around Edge’s neck and choked him with it as it reminded people of the Chris Benoit murder-suicide incident. On a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that there were people in WWE that were “affected” by the spot as almost everyone knew of the Benoit situation and made that connection.
— Some wondered how such a sequence was even approved and Meltzer reported that while some people felt it was in bad taste, there were higher-ranking officials who overruled them and gave the green light for the spot to remain in the match. With WrestleMania all taped in advance, if it wasn’t approved by upper management, it would never have made it to the show.
