Amy & I were clicking around the TV tonight when, on a whim, I stopped on Monday Night Raw. I saw Vince McMahon tearfully talking about all the contributions made by someone named Chris.
You never know when you see one of these if it’s just a bit. But it turned out that one of my favorite rasslers, Chris Benoit, was found dead in his home today, along with his wife and his 7-year-old kid. Right now, there’s no word on what transpired or how they were found, except that they weren’t shot to death.
The first time I saw Benoit perform, he had just come over to the WWF along with Eddie Guerrero (dead of a heart attack in 2005), Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn, who were known as The Radicalz (I found their politics to be quite mainstream). Eddie was the most popular of the four, probably due to of his latino appeal, but Chris could get anyone over.
Condolences to the remainder of his family.
strangled his wife, and smothered his son ….. nice guy!
What’s REALLY REALLY messed up is that he was actually a “good character” guy in the world of wrestling. I mean, they’re all supposed to be badasses, but I don’t recall that he was ever really in trouble or known for being a douche to fans or fellow wrestlers.
Along with all the other messed up aspects of killing your wife, kid, and yourself over the course of 3 days.
It was front-page news even over here in Turkey. I thought you might know more about what had happened. I suspect there will be a bestselling book in a year.
vince