Update On Sensational Sherri
Earlier this week, we reported that the legendary Sensational Sherri had passed away.
After a lengthy investigation, detectives have announced that it is "not a natural death". Foul play is not suspected at the time. Toxicology tests are currently being run to determine the cause of death.
We've also learned that prior to her death, Sherri was working on an autobiography.
Upon hearing about Sherri's death, the WWE front office had discussions about ending the Vince McMahon Death storyline early, but the final decision was to keep it going. Management also made the decision to cover Sherri's death on the website and keep it off TV. The reason for keeping it off TV was because Kevin Dunn did not want it to interfere with the McMahon storyline.
Several of the agents are friends with Sherri, so they lobbied hard to get Dunn to change his mind. Michael Hayes, who currently is one of the bigger voices in the back, was able to convince Dunn to change his mind, which is why you saw the quick tribute to Sherri on TV.
On a side note, head Raw writer Brian Gewirtz fought pretty hard to prevent this from happening. He was more concerned with a storyline than he was with doing a tribute to someone who had given so much to the business. That's pretty disgusting.
We'll have more on the story as it develops. |
