The concussions may have been a contributing factor but they were one of many at play. And you can blame WWE or the broader industry all you want - but Benoit was doing reckless, borderline stupid, things in the ring from when he was a teenager. At the end of the day human beings, including Benoit, have agency. Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit were the co main events for WrestleMania XX in matches that were supposed to signify the passing of the torch to the next generation, and then in the span of 2 and a half years both of those guys would be dead prematurely with one of them being deleted from company history as much as possible. After discovering the bodies, the police notified WWE around 4:15 p.m, informing them that they had discovered three bodies at the Benoit home and the house was now ruled as a "major crime scene". It wasn't immediately known exactly what happened, and WWE were quick to make that night's episode of RAW a tribute to Chris Benoit.
After discovering the bodies, the police notified WWE around 4:15 p.m, informing them that they had discovered three bodies at the Benoit home and the house was now ruled as a "major crime scene". It wasn't immediately known exactly what happened, and WWE were quick to make that night's episode of RAW a tribute to Chris Benoit. Benoit was on ECW at the time. This was during the time WWE actually gave a shit about the Raw, Smackdown, and ECW brand differentiation thus being weird Benoit being on Raw. I do know that Benoit was supposed to win the ECW title at the ppv before that Monday but he had called in sick, when in reality he'd just killed his family. So fucking sad. At the start of the show whilst Nancy & Daniel are aknowledged the 'spotlight' is on Chris, even down to the graphics on the screen saying 'Remembering Chris Benoit'. Later in the show the commentators, who were doing it live, noticeably step away from 'glamourising' Chris and the graphics are changed to feature all three. EDIT: Spelling. The show and ongoing stories were canceled that night and the entire evening was dedicated to Chris Benoit. We were given his career highlights. As this show is airing, the news breaks and the reality of the tragedy came out. Chris Benoit had killed his. Jericho always likes to say that, that it was the CTE because the Chris Benoit he knew loved his family and would never do such a thing. It was the CTE caused his friend to do something horrible. Of course he tried to pull that rationalization with Sandra Toffoloni, Nancy's sister, on his podcast and she shut him down immediately, saying ...
At the start of the show whilst Nancy & Daniel are aknowledged the 'spotlight' is on Chris, even down to the graphics on the screen saying 'Remembering Chris Benoit'. Later in the show the commentators, who were doing it live, noticeably step away from 'glamourising' Chris and the graphics are changed to feature all three. EDIT: Spelling. The show and ongoing stories were canceled that night and the entire evening was dedicated to Chris Benoit. We were given his career highlights. As this show is airing, the news breaks and the reality of the tragedy came out. Chris Benoit had killed his. Jericho always likes to say that, that it was the CTE because the Chris Benoit he knew loved his family and would never do such a thing. It was the CTE caused his friend to do something horrible. Of course he tried to pull that rationalization with Sandra Toffoloni, Nancy's sister, on his podcast and she shut him down immediately, saying ... If you look at all the factors in Chris Benoit’s life you realize that there is absolutely no way he was gonna live past 45. Whether it be from suicide or heart failure. Unfortunately, the absolute worst case scenario happened. From the book Chris and Nancy and the podcast Nancy’s sister Sandra did with Jericho you can attribute a lot of ...