I know wrestling is fake and stupid, but I genuinely enjoyed watching Chris Benoit, aka The Rabid Wolverine, aka The Crippler in action. He was a scary, intimidating presence on TV, and by most accounts, a private and quiet man off.
I saw of the amazingly tasteful tribute to him last night for had originally been scheduled a night of sure to be silly, fake tributes to "dead" Vince McMahon. Seeing professional wrestlers, not playing characters and genuinely emotional is a surreal experience.
The state of shock and disbelief these old friends of Benoit's suggested bad news was coming--like they knew something we didn't. And whether they did or not, they had their worries.
Clearly, something was very wrong. We don't know much details yet, but the things coming out thus far sound awful--Benoit killed his wife and child, and then killed himself. Newspapers are reporting that Benoit's closest friends at WWE received what were being called 'cryptic' text messages.
I'm with the folks here--this is a very sad, and I'm not sure how much more I want to know about further details.
2 comments:
I have so far received4 emails/voicemails telling me about this. Never fuck with the cross face crippler
I din't know you were a wrestling fan. I love you more.
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