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I'm in total shock here, Benoit was the person i looked up to most in the Pro Wrestling industry, as a worker and as a person. He has wonderful siblings and parents too and I can't imagine their loss right now.
But I just feel numb. I can't believe it.
As you guys know I am going up to Calgary next year to be trained by Lance Storm, I had hoped somehow to arrange a meeting with Chris through that connection, maybe even travel up to Edmonton and see where Benoit got his start, where he first worked and trained.
Now...I don't know what to think. I just pray that the reason why him and his family died (may they all RIP) can be released soon and we (wrestling fans) can start to grieve.
Right now though, maybe it was the unbelievable shock of Eddie last year, I don't know...bur right now as I said, I just feel numb.
I'm going to miss you Chris Benoit.
It hasn't sank in for me either, yet. I instantly felt sick to my stomach when I heard it. It was that same feeling I got when Eddie passed. I would say that this is a sad day for all of wrestling, but that would be an understatement. R.I.P Chris.
Yeah I have no idea what to say about any of it. I've been watching Benoit wrestle for 12 years since he was in ECW and I can't believe this has happened. Like you, I loved and respected him so much and it's just so hard to talk about this like it was with Owen, Pillman, Eddie... I can't imagine how hard it is for the people who knew him personally and worked with him week in and week out. Anyway, I wish you the best and know exactly where you're coming from.
I feel bad I didn't mention Nancy, she was always so great as Woman and I loved everything she did in wrestling too. I can't believe that they're both gone. And their son as well, who never got the chance to grow up, yeah I can't believe this has happened.
I haven't followed Benoit as long as you guys, but I remember him in WCW, and early on, I liked his style. He was so proud and valiant - his matches never seemed like mere matches, but like actual fights, fights that were gritty but professional. He wasn't my favorite, but I admired him a great deal.
Like SOADdude, it hasn't really sunk in for me yet, either. I first saw it on this site earlier today, and it didn't seem real. When I saw it on WWE.com, I just kind of stared at the screen.
Now, I'm watching RAW with an empty stadium. Vince broke the suspension of disbelief to announce Benoit's death, and I think that really says something. Seeing his old matches puts in perspective how much we've lost...but it also makes me thankful for having seen those matches at all. All wrestlers will fade eventually, so it's great to get to see them at all. I'm still sad, but thinking like that makes it more manageable.
Best of luck to you, man.
Peace
I'm admittedly in denial. I can't bring myself to believe this. The idea of him and his family being dead hasn't even sank in yet and now these latest developments...I can't even think of anything further to say.
I have to admit when I first read the news of the deaths yesterday on wwe.com, my first thought of the cause was exactly what it turned out to be, even though I hoped it was not. I don't know what to say either, it's hard to know how to think of Benoit in general now or what to say. I guess you have to try and "separate the art from the artist" and remember Benoit as the wrestler. It's such a horrible tragedy.
I'm also at a loss.
& I'm going to reserve judgment until EVERY detail (if possible) is known; there could also have been other things going on like post-concussion syndrome, severe depression on the part of Benoit...I just don't know and yet if it does turn out that Chris was a very different man then the one I thought he was all these years...well then I will do just as you say and try (that is, if I want to, when everything is known) to separate the 'art from the artist' as you perfectly say.
But man its just another thing you know?
Yeah I'm sure something must have been terribly wrong because I'm pretty confident that the rest of his family, friends, and colleagues are in total shock as well and obviously never expected this. I hope for them, as well as us (his fans), that some kind of explanation surfaces so we can all find some peace or at least a way to understand what has happened. I can't imagine what his parents and family are going through right now as well as the other wrestlers and his friends. I still can't believe this has happened and I don't know when it will finally sink in either.
The likely explanation is that these feelings take a while to settle in. Even when you lose a close family member (from what I hear anyway), you can realise and comprehend what happened, but the shock might not overcome you until later.
I didn't know this guy, but from what he allegeldy did I hope they crank the fires up in hell to the max and toture him for eternity. If he was still alive I would volunteer to blow his head off. Who kills their own wife and son.
This is why we need to the death penalty still.
That would have stopped him from killing himself ?? !!
Not a very logical argument.