I just found out about the murder-suicide details today and I lost all my respect for Benoit as a person. Regardless, I still respect him as only THE athlete he was on-stage during his wrestling years with the WWE,WCW,etc. It is very sad to see that if he was suffering mentally and/or physically that he had gone down to the level of murdering his wife and his son...my prayers are out to them.
Nevertheless...Chris Benoit...even on TV, has always seemed to be a very quiet,internal person...a man of few words that would explode with intensity in the ring.As a wrestling fan (though I don't keep up with it as I used to) I will never forget him and will remember him a fantastic,entertaining,and intense athlete...but that will NEVER forgive him for the murders of his wife and son.
It seems to me that Benoit had a lot of internal struggles...and his relationship with his wife and son must've been strained after the 2003 divorce filings. Compound it with the travel stress of the WWE schedule (They're on the road something like 250+ days out of the year) and the possible steroid abuse as well as any other drug abuse... he probably had a lot boiling inside of him and let it out on his poor family and they had to suffer wrongly for it.
R.I.P. Nancy and Daniel Benoit
Chris Benoit,I'm sorry you went down on this path.
Nevertheless...Chris Benoit...even on TV, has always seemed to be a very quiet,internal person...a man of few words that would explode with intensity in the ring.As a wrestling fan (though I don't keep up with it as I used to) I will never forget him and will remember him a fantastic,entertaining,and intense athlete...but that will NEVER forgive him for the murders of his wife and son.
It seems to me that Benoit had a lot of internal struggles...and his relationship with his wife and son must've been strained after the 2003 divorce filings. Compound it with the travel stress of the WWE schedule (They're on the road something like 250+ days out of the year) and the possible steroid abuse as well as any other drug abuse... he probably had a lot boiling inside of him and let it out on his poor family and they had to suffer wrongly for it.
R.I.P. Nancy and Daniel Benoit
Chris Benoit,I'm sorry you went down on this path.