I agree, this is really sad. When i first heard that Benoit had died, I like many others immediately thought about steroids or a drug overdose of some sort.
When I heard that his whole immediate family was dead, I thought that they were in a car accident. Then when I heard that they died in the house i was thinking Burglary/murder. At the back of my mind i knew it sounded odd that they died in the house and that investigators were not looking for outside suspects.
When I heard that the bodies were all in separate rooms, I knew that Benoit had murdered his family and himself. I'm still shocked about this and very depressed. Chris Benoit demanded respect and through hard work and dedication earned it from everyone whom he wrestled and from all wrestling fans aorund the world. It took him years to earn that respect and in one weekend he lost it all.
I really don't know what to think still, this was one of my favorite wrestlers as a kid and still now. He was not a superstar, he was never as popular or as marketable as The Rock, Stone Cold or his even his counterpart Bret Hart for that matter but he was technically superior to everyone besides Bret and prob. Kurt Angle.
Hearing that he was murdered or died of a drug overdose would have been better than this. It's strange how i say this as i would still be feeling the same way but less betrayed. Chris Benoit was the epitome of hard work and the poster boy of the never giving up attitude, but in the end he sort of gave up didn't he? |