CHRIS BENOIT

  If any of you watch wrestling (WWE) or for those of you that don’t…the “sport” lost a great wrestler, and I mean wrestler, and a great competitor Chris Benoit. He passed today along with his wife and seven year old son.  When I first heard of Chris he was in WCW and a member of the 4 Horseman. It was Rick Flair, Arn Anderson, Steve “Mongo” Mc Michael, and Chris Benoit. I was like who are these two schmucks doing with the Horseman. I mean Rick Flair and Double A are hall of famers and theirs these two guys. Now I never really watched WCW much I have always been a WWF guy. I knew about WCW I watched some so I knew who the $ horse men were. I knew Flair, Double A, Tully Blanchard and Ole Anderson. Then even with Barry Windom in place of Ole. I could see Mongo because he was big and use to play pro football. But Benoit was a little guy I thought was lame. I saw him wrestle some and was like EHH. He could wrestle but a lot of guys could. He could not do a shoot. (interview or vignette) I didn’t think nothing of him. Was I wrong. I watched the 60 minute iron man match with Bret “The Hitman” Hart. The match was dedicated to Owen Hart who had died recently in a freak accident. That match was one of the best matches EVER. I learned what a technical wrestler he was. They went back and forth for an hour. Unless you watched it or watched a lot of wrestling matches you can’t describe what you see. I know a LOT of people cant watch wrestling cause its “fake”. Yes its fake the out comes are pre determined and they pull punches, BUT a lot of what they do is REAL and painful. But I digress. I got to see how Chris Benoit was not only a great wrestle he was such a machine in the way he went after the Excellence of Execution. And from there on I got to learn about his career and watched him ever since. Monday Night Raw was cancelled tonight. They did a tribute show. His best matches and wrestlers talking about his life. They all say what I knew and read before in magazines about what a great wrestler he was and what a nice man and great father he was.  The police released a statement. It appears to have been a double homicide/suicide. They believe he killed his wife and son over the weekend the killed himself Monday. The autopsies will be Tuesday. Now we will never really know what happened in that house but…somebody could have killed all three of them. It’s possible. And I hope it’s proven so.