10 Things We Learned From VICE's Chris Benoit: Dark Side Of The Ring
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We learned that jericho is a great human being...
@Domo Jones I mean think about looking at this man as one of the best in your profession. Working with him for years. And then this happens.
You can't be a wrestling fan from this period and not feel torn his work was fantastic, what he did in personal life wasn't and that's where you have to draw the line.
Also Chavo. He rules as well
And Vince is a piece of shit.
@@natdmc85 Anytime it comes to Benoit, I am so torn. In ring he was one of the best but that tragedy overwrites it.
I cried when David said he and Daniel wanted to be tag team champions.
Yeah that part broke me down
I only cried twice. When that happened and when David and Sandra was watching wrestling at the end. Man
Oh, Man. Yes. I can imagine those kids being champion too. Tyson Kidd/DH Smith came to mind for some reason. They could’ve done that.
I can't imagine crying at any of this. Then again, I'm not gay
Same. Oh my gosh that tore me apart
Benoit really didn't seem like the same man after Eddie's death.
Agreed, after rewatching the tribute show for Eddie. You see a man breaking as his best friend dying. I personally think this lead to his breakdown into madness.
Wwe should realize that after eddies passing and bring him to therapy before he goes mad
unfair sanic therapy does not help shit believe me
@@professorfreeman1648 how bout psychiatrist?
His promos didn’t feel the same. He was much more aggressive in the ring, too.
Eddie dying in Chavo's arms was just heartbreaking
Yeah, out of all these years, I never knew Eddie died that way
That was tough bruh I couldn’t imagine.
The sadder fact, that they only discussed on jericho's podcast, was that Eddie had called chavo to talk about something. chavo said he could but after running a quick errand in the lobby , and when he came back to talk, Eddie decided not to after and said he was ok. So it seems that there was a point before they found Eddie that he sensed something might be wrong. Though I read/heard that the issue that took eddie's life would've killed him regardless, maybe at least they could've done something. Idk just a thought.
Eddie's death has and probably always will break my heart into a million pieces. So hearing Chavo on part 1 tell his experiences of the morning Eddie passed away just broke me.
@Domo Jones you mean when he would throw the chair to his opponent and then act like they hit him 😂
You do know Eddie choose to do the drugs & greatly reduce his life span.
Dogo1 yes Eddie made mistakes and he had to live with them once he got fired but he picked himself up got clean and went down a path of a legendary career. Unfortunately the damage was done and it was his demise same with anyone with prior drug and alcohol abuse it takes a toll
Same!
@@kevintrump7086 It was also pretty clear that he was taking a heavy amount of steroids in the last 12-18 months of his life, just compare his size to his WCW days, he was enormous.
nancy should be in the wwe hall of fame and vickie should be the one to induct her into the hall of fame. vickie is a good person and was a good friend.
The WWE turned their backs on Vickie just because she did something with AEW recently.
They instead decided to give it to the bella twins......GGWP WWE.
Why? She never worked with WWF/E and if they did indict her it would be all about Chris Benoit. No chance of it ever happening
@Jim Cornette No, but being one of the most well-known manager's/valets during her time, which spanned over ten years in the industry, and taking parts in plenty of badass storylines with some of the most well known names in wrestling does.
thevoid99 no what would that do to actually be cautious around the ring and more carefully in the ring and backstage
Slight correction. JR went to Nancy and Daniel's funeral not Chris'.
Yeah I don’t believe Chris had a funeral just a cremation that only his father attended.
@@simonhanson795 The second part of the documentary David stated it was a very private funeral for Chris
@@blackrose8418 my bad missed that part rofl
*Chris'
Sorry, there's no extra S after the apostrophe. You can go ahead and call me a grammar nazi now
TheHuskyK9 grammar nazi
God bless Chavo Guerrero and Chris Jericho. Those guys are aces in my book. Thank goodness someone finally pulled back the curtain to reveal the REAL people involved not just what WWE wanted you to see.
I think the only tales left to hear is from Mysterio etc. which could still come out if they get out of the WWE system since it's a blackball of the name.
@@CooroSnowFox he's still under contract by WWE so they wouldn't let him talk about this openly without repercussions.
@@InkWarrior Maybe either already said or still to come when he might be outside of their reaches?
Guys relax one thing need to understand wwe or vince had nothing to do with it ... it’s a sensitive matter am sure they all grieved more than we do... they lost a co worker, a friend Nd soo much more.. regardless the fact this was a horrible did do u guys really thing wwe get of the hook that easily?? Am sure behind the scene there were so many investigations Nd more... btw after seeing the episodes one thing I noticed changed so much just take a look at the chair shots how it changed post 2006-07 to pre ... am sure u will see how Eddie Nd Benoit changed it forever...
I always liked Eddie, but I always disliked Chavo. He played the heel so well that I genuinely didn't like him. But honestly, watching this documentary changed my mind 100%. It made me realize that he is a fantastic actor and the character he played is what made me dislike him. He is a genuine guy who has a great head on his shoulders.
For real though, I'm looking forward to the day when Rey Mysterio parts ways with WWE so we can finally hear his point of view on this situation.
I really enjoyed the Chris Benoit documentary i kinder cried for David Benoit's story on his life after Benoit's death it was great for Chris Jericho and Chavo Guerrero to help him.
I almost cried when Chavo hugged David at the end when David had trouble getting through the last part of the story. David looks just like chris. I feel terrible for that young man
Mike Bunting he’s had it rough and the fact that wwe completely ignored him is messed up heard it was banned from attending shows since he was spotted at an aew event
@@dnzszn6386 that's just selfish he got banned for attending to WWE seriously this is why WWE are assholes so what you cannot mention Benoit i seen many like Randy Orton Cena and even Seth Rollins say benoit outside. This is why i started to watch AEW now i can't take WWE too serious.
@@DashieNegan41 They shouldnt mention his name, thats not what the documentary was about. the guy Killed his wife and kid. the only bad thing is how wwe treated the family after
Ikr me 2
Chris Jericho deserves much adulation for his involvement in pushing this story to the forefront. He has never waivered on Chris Benoit not being forgotten from the industry he was involved in.
What Benoit did was terrible but the WWE's full out purge of everything related to Benoit pisses me off even more. They pretend Chris Benoit never existed in the WCW or WWE at all.
@@justinbryant2361 What else could the WWE have done? I'm not saying they should have purged Benoit out of existence...I'm just curious what others think the WWE could have/should have done given the legal ramifications of all this.
@@justinbryant2361 Chris Jericho has said that Benoit's heinous actions almost brought down the entire wrestling industry in North America. WWE had no choice.
Jericho and Benoit had some great matches against each other, their 2001 Ladder Match at RR being the standout IMO.
I don't mind Benoit not being mentioned on-air or being barred from the HOF.
But it was stupid that they were talking about removing him from DVDs, and I am glad that they still have his matches on the Network.
Big thanks to Chris Nowinski for the research into CTE.
I think he should go into the Hof not necessarily for his wrestling career but the way he helped make the business a healthier place because of his work on CTE
But they will still ignore that of Chris because he is a man
Míchele Cobré what?
@@chasingfelix3609 fool i said they will ignore having it because of what he did to his family despite him having cte
Míchele Cobré the Chris he’s talkin about is the one that found cte in Benoits brain and put light to the disease
Benoit died the same day Eddie died ... we just didnt know it yet
Did he really?!
No Eddie died nov 13 Benoit was June 24
Metaphorically speaking not literally
Yes, metaphorically. The day Eddie died, Chris became a very broken man. Eddie dying was Anakin Chris turning into Darth Benoit.
HardManbow bruh thats not funny but funny 😄😂
I cried when David and Sandra reunited thanks to Chris Jericho
But its sad that some people sees david as chris.
Like the saying goes sins of the father fall onto the son which is sad that David has to go through this
@@royalreviews5270 so true
@@confusedru1nz171 so true
I didn't cry til the last 10 minutes...that was a REAL TOUCHING MOMENT... GOD BLESS CHRIS JERICHO AND CHAVO JR.
I just wanted to give David a big hug throughout the whole thing, and both Jericho and Chavo warmed my heart.
You and me both dude. That 2 part episode was just heavy all through the end.
I watched the both episodes. During the first one I remember thinking "man, all of these people better have someone off camera to get a hug from".
So when I saw Chavo come into the frame in the 2nd episode to hug David that was the most cathartic thing I've seen happen in a documentary.
And hats off to Jericho for helping make that reunion happen. I think I remember hearing David Beniot say in the Chris Van Vleet interview that he was close to Jericho and I was like, relieved...that this young man didn't get abandoned by his father's peers.
We learned y2j is a wrestling angel, and that despite the roids and head trauma(non of which helped period)....chris had an unstable psyche and lacked the ability to let go of things he could not change bad match, minor botch etc, truly an unfortunate event that happened, I used to think there was more to this as a kid cuz Chris was and still is one of my favorite wrestlers and I refused to think it was that simple but this gave me all the answers I needed case closed...
I mean in the end the only thing that can't be answered is how much of Chris was still Chris when he took those lives?
Honestly this action alone cements his status as Goat. He’s the only one of his peers from before that still wrestles actively at a high level, he works so damn hard to invent and reinvent himself and he’s a professional inside and outside the ring. I don’t know if anyone tops him in this whole aspect of the business.
@Kyle Reese Post-Crisis Chris Benoit is a coward and a horrible person. Pre-Crisis Chris Benoit needed help before and during the Crisis (Eddie passing) to avoid said coward and horrible person, but that help never happened.
@@killerb255 hind sight is 20/20 it's crazy to see how much this profession has changed over the last twenty years(in regards to wrestlers well being) totally agree not enough was done but sadly not enough was known, he was a damaged human.
@Kyle Reese in what sense?
That documentary was well made and heartbreaking. I watched it right before bed and end up having a nightmare, no lie.
Yeah I seen it pop up and i'm glad I watched it today instead.b
me too...Tough to watch...cried a bit too
I cried and cried afterward. I couldn't get it out of my brain. I had a horrible time even falling asleep, ;/
me too trust me
Yes it is quite haunting.
After watching that I will never look at Jericho like a real badass because I know his truly a softy. All Hail Chris Jericho
Nah man, makes Jericho even more badass for being a hero in real life.
I am not surprised that the son of an NHLer would be one of the few wrestlers that has moral fiber
@@IndigoEnigma I'm not taking that away from him I swear. I'm just saying now everytime I hear or see him do something badass I'm going to think of all the good softy type things he has done
@@chadkendrickjones9885 I agree entirely! Just had to protect the GOAT. 🤣🤣
@@IndigoEnigma hey I get it I'd also stand up to someone questioning the badassery of one my Favourites
we found out that wwe is even a scumier company than we first thought
Buffy it’s ran by a scumbag of a human being named Vince McMahon
I completely gave up on its success after Vince honoured bush Sr. So many wrestlers that gave their life to the company didn't get that treatment.
@@robinthehood9720 the whole "1%" fall in that category.
How?
do you guys think its fucked up wwe didnt reach out to them more, or does jr being unwelcomed to the service have a role in that? do yall think they could have still tried to reach out in other ways?
Jim Ross went to Nancy and Daniel's funeral, not Chris Benoit's funeral.
Rakka Khan Chris Did Go. He Said David Left A Big Pool Of Tears On His Suit At The Funeral.
@@Faithbeenthat it was chris who left a big pool of tears on jericho's suit in eddie's funeral
@@Faithbeenthat I think i worded it poorly. I meant to say That J.R. was the WWE representative at Nancy and Daniel's funeral. He didn't attend the Chris Benoit funeral.
@@bacelyamak8571 think i worded it poorly. I meant to say That J.R. was the WWE representative at Nancy and Daniel's funeral. He didn't attend the Chris Benoit funeral.
@@Faithbeenthat that was Benoit at Eddies funeral that cried a puddle on Jerichos shoulder. Not much was even talked about Benoits funeral other than it was private for family
hearing about how dedicated Benoit is to the point he’d punish himself is something
I feel in a way, Eddie knew something was gonna happen and tried to turn Benoit over to God before that bad thing happened.
i never heard much about Eddie’s passing except “Died Of Heart Attack”. But him dying in Chavo’s arms?..damn...
I kept saying Eddie’s passing was the straw that broke the camel’s back leading to the tragedy
Had heard that Nancy’s threat of divorce was also a force that helped the bitter end
CTE is one of the biggest PHYSICAL factor that helped.
I mentioned once or twice that WWE never really helped. Not even their medical staff
its very heavenly to hear that Jericho helped reconnect members of the Benoit survivors.
at the end, i strongly believe things like this needs to be told COMPLETELY. Not just a fragment or rumors. the ENTIRE story needs to be told
it is indeed a major tragedy but to ignore ANY of it..punish David for the sins of Chris is just completely disrespectful. May all three Rest In Peace
Even if Benoit was in Hell, you'd still think Guerrero would be looking over him still.
Thank You Man You said it truthfully well
@@CooroSnowFox you really have no idea what has happened after-life... You Have no reason to judge But Only Our Creator God Can....
@@chibuzoomegafindoro-obasi7041 It's just muddy down here with infinite telling of what the plans are.
Very well put
I felt so much for David and Sandra. I was bawling at the end when they were reunited. The one bright spot of the whole story
I felt Eddie passing in chavos arms was the most memorable thing I learned. The 2nd thing you didnt include which was that benoit spent the weekend in his home with the decreased bodies of his wife and child.
Don't forget his internet searches that the authorities found on his computer and the fact that Benoit was actually contemplating on still going to wrestle after Nancy and Daniel died.
@@jesseduszka5353 what was his internet searches?
@@NPClownumber81googolplex Something like how to resurrect somebody from the dead and the quickest, most pain-free way to end one's own life.
Steadydropn Em same 😭
@@jesseduszka5353 yup that's what alzheimers and cte does. I've seen it close and personal. You go in and out of reality. Feel bad for chris.. and obviously for nancy and daniel
Who else broke some tears during Eddie's death?
i was born in pakistan, and me and all my cousins used to watch Eddy's show every week. he was our fav and i remembered we cried so much when he died. i was 17 years old that time and boy it was sad
I played the WWE game that year on a modded PS2 because it wasn't out yet, and I was playing the Undertaker/Eddie Storyline, and was in the coffin match portion or buried alive match i forget which when i heard over the radio of Eddie dying
Nahhh. Thats getting old...
Me
If you didn’t cry watching this, then I kinda don’t respect you as a wrestling fan, lol.
One thing it did forget to mention was that on that Raw everyone was dressed for the “real” funeral of Mr. McMahon. You’d think someone would’ve mentioned the irony.
I remember being so pissed off at that angle because it cheapened the ten bell salute and the tribute shows Owen and Eddie got.
Thinking about that Vince "tribute" show still makes my skin crawl.
I kept saying "someone on the roster is going to die while this story-line is happening and it's going to blow up in their faces".
I really, really hate that I was right.
Zeraki It blew up alright. Just like the limo.
I gained A TON of respect for both Chris Jericho and Chavo Jr. after watching this. Had no idea Eddie died in his arms.. and even less of a clue that the WWE washed their hands of the entire Benoit extended family. Only Jericho and Cavo helped them.
Growing up in Edmonton when Benoit started to get big, he used to always try and find time to be a father to David, being a father was so important to him. The guy at the end was no longer Benoit, he was a broken and deformed shell in Benoit's body. In hind sight you can see the depression, the effects of the CTE, the way the years of drug abuse had impacted him. I really feel he did not know how to ask for help and he kept most far enough away they did not understand how much he needed it.
Everyone says, "He didn't know how to ask for help." Wrong - He knew how, there was just no 'place' to go that he thought could fix it.
He pretty much went from Anakin Chris to Darth Benoit.
@@killerb255 Pretty close. Benoit didn’t do as much but unlike Anakin, he didn’t redeem himself. They are still very similar though. Both used to be great guys and were respected, very close to many, one of the best at what they did, but had a lot of mental and emotional problems that lead to their downfalls as humans or just lost themselves.
I'm tired of the "the devil made him do it" nonsense. He murdered his child. There are thousands of people with CTE who don't brutally murder their families.
Fantastic documentary. Really hard going in places but brilliantly put together
Benoit mentioned in the past , in his interviews about self discipline. I remember I heard him in an interview with wrestlecast back in 2006 talking about self discipline....
Yea Chris mentioned that on his podcast a few years back too..same with some things Vicki and Chavo said
I heard the botch story a few years ago on chris jerichos pod cast when he talked to Nancy's sister
I feel like that echos a lot of the japanese wrestling culture. Chris went and trained for 6 months in japan
The thing that stung me was the gruesome details of what Benoit googled that weekend. The bible story about the prophet Elijah and resurrecting a dead boy and the quickest and most painless way to break one’s own neck. Damn, that got me real bad because it seems he finally snapped out of the dark place he was in when he committed the hideous crimes and wanted to turn back the hands of time and resurrect his son and also realised that it was impossible to resurrect, and therefore fell back into that dark space again and thus decided to google how to commit suicide instead 💔🥺
Honestly Eddie’s death ruined Benoit completely and almost foreshadowed his own demise, Nancy saw how he spiraled out of control and wanted to stop it but it wasn’t enough, it certainly didn’t help that WWE’s wellness policy was dogshit back then allowing Benoit who was filled with more testosterone than most others and still being able to pass and continue punishing himself, he wasn’t right mentally and nobody really knew but Nancy I feel. Truly tragic all around, and I get this feeling that he did this to get closer to Eddie, then seeing how he wouldn’t be able to regretted it to the point that he rather take his own life
@@Icecube647 yes and no. my heart says he did not kill anyone.
ALI HD I know it’s tough to believe but unfortunately that’s the reality of it, as sad as it is
You're trying too hard.
Dude what? Maybe I missed it in the doc. I just feel bad for anyone involved.
I remember during the Eddie tribute episode on Raw, Benoit said, among other things, that Eddie was the guy who would talk him out of things when he needed it. That's always stuck with me, in hindsight at least.
I cried my heart out throughout this. David looks so much like his dad. Respect to Jericho, Vicki and Chavo for doing this documentary x
I normally don’t like Vice but this was actually amazing.
HELLO THERE!!!
Tech guy's gaming GENERAL KENOBI
@Sky Blaze21 nub
The entire Dark Side of The Ring series is so well made, it's definitely Vice's best work
I like the part where David says that he still regards his father as his idol. That right there tells how good of a person Chris was until that tragedy.
Well, yeah. His dad had serious brain damage, along with roid rage. It’s not like he was in his right mind when he did these things
@@paisleyprincess7996 I don't care. Lots of people have brain damage and don't murder their families. I don't care if Chris Benoit brought muffins to old ladies in nursing homes, all of that means nothing once he murdered his own son.
#1. Jericho is THE MAN, truly the GOAT.
Really well made doc. I will say big respect to Y2J and Chavo. Very sad watch but a good watch
Vice nailed this ,amazingly done,vice is one of the dopest networks ever
@Alex Arsenault I agree they did have a run of bs shows
I agree, they may come off as liberals but from the things I've seen they're really good at giving adequate coverage to important things, like their series "hate the neighbor" it shines light on why people believe what they believe and isn't combative in a way that would shut that kind if conversation down
Tragic story, such a tragic watch, and I cried my eyes out at the end when it came to David Benoit and Nancy's sister
Chris Jericho and Chavo Guerrero are amazing human beings also
I balled when David broke down and his aunt and Chavo came from behind the camera to comfort him. So happy they were they for them and the remaining family could re connect and hopefully let go of some of the pain they had.
Big props to Chavo and espacially to Jericho. What a great person he is. I'm happy to see David Benoit in this state of life now, he has gone through so much. Now he can enjoy wrestling again and can look forward to his future.
I looked up to Chris so much I will always remember him for the positives. I wish David & the family nothing but the best.
The other eerie quote from Jericho
"Benoit almost killed pro wrestling!"
Damn near cried after hearing what Eddie's death did to Benoit. Shows how close they really were. Damn shame.
I think watching this episode of the Dark Side of the Ring really helped all of us wrestling fans on what happened. Of course, it doesn't change the fact about what happened in that house, but it does bring some closure to the fans and it definitely helped the Beniot family and his friends to speak out about what went down.
Its disappointing how VINCE decided to deal with the situation concerning the ones who suffered the most. The families and friends of Eddie, Chris, Nancy, and Daniel. Have you forgotten Vince's idea of the storyline "EDDIE'S IN HELL" with Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton? VINCE exploited his death for one? A STORYLINE? Some shit angle?
I understand wiping Chris Benoit's involvement in WWE history. But Sandra, David.... They deserved BETTER. They lost their sister, their mother, their father, their brother. And Vince, basically pretended they didn't exist. Nancy was an amazing valet, like the polar opposite of Ms Elizabeth. She should remembered along with Daniel.
THANK YOU to Chris Jericho, Chavo, they took up the responsibility to help one another. Sandra was at least an adult. David, was just a child who lost his entire family.
Its because Vince is a looney toon.
Vince isn't obligated to do anything honestly
@@JM-fr5ge
Thank You for typing that. People feel Vince should have done more but in honesty, he didn't have to.
What do you mean at the end of the day Chris took the life of 2 people and Himself Vince did the right thing
Vince likes to mock the dead also you forgot Dusty Rhodes and Jim Anvil Neidhart remember that storyline they use for Ruby Roitt vs Natalya bring her dad and mocking him that's Vince McMahon for you the guy who screwed Bret Hart.
I lost it when Chavo described Eddies death and Chris’s reaction to the news smh
I really hope Sandra and David can have a friendship and a bond moving forward as Aunt and Nephew. They really need each other and can help each other.
I did love how they didn’t just talk about Chris’s death as Eddies death had a huge impact on his life
David looks so much like his dad, especially in the smile
Chris Jericho was always one of my favorite wrestlers, but this made him one of my favorite humans.
I blame CTE personally. Not an excuse but an explanation.
I blame steriods and unprotected chair shots to the head
@@SadNYGuy which caused CTE.. I believe Eddie's passing is when the CTE started to make his brain rot, think about it: he never took time to rest his brain, he needed it after such a heartbreaking loss. Overall, all of us are correct because they're all factors of the tragedy that occurred
Agreed. Not an excuse but they'd all be alive if he had a healthy brain
CTE, dementia, Alzheimer's, all of these brain deteriorating conditions are real, the effects are real, the behavior changes are real. I took care of a loved one with the last two conditions for almost ten years, and I'm thankful that those conditions mostly affect people way past their primes. Having an able bodied person with dementia can lead to more tragedies like this.
@@aramishernandez9612 Yeah! Old people suck!
When Chavo pondered “do i CTE” ?i broke down 😭 he seems okay and normal but God a few years from now it could be a totally different story
I saw Chris Benoit on a Monday morning, the first person I saw when I got off a plane in ATL, we made eye contact, I nodded at him hoping he knew that I knew who he was, but I wasn't going to bombard him as a "fan." He nodded right back, and as I had about a 90 minute layover I walked around a bit, seeing him a few more times. He looked a bit confused and lost, maybe he was struggling with uncertainties and demons in his own head. This was 5-6 days before what happened, happened. It had felt like his deamener at the airport made more sense. I always loved Eddie and Chris, way before I even knew they were friends in real life. Just kind of makes you wonder.
Will G Just sharing a quick story about seeing him. Go elsewhere for your conspiracy theories.
A lot of things stuck out to me watching this but one of the moments that first broke my heart was Chavo’s description of Chris Benoit wailing in grief on the phone when he told him Eddie passed. That image in my mind was so heartbreaking.
Man, I highly recommend every wrestling fan watch this documentary. Extremely well made and and well researched. Also, the ending of the documentary was very well done.
An outstanding piece of work by VICE. Truly amazing. I saw Chris Jericho on "Talking Dead" as a guest and was totally blown away by his insight and intelligence. I am not surprised yet still greatly gratified to see what an incredible human being he is across the board. The same goes for Chavo Guerrero as well. Watching David Benoit was heart breaking. You're so right too in that Nancy and Daniel needed to get much more positive press time. This was an amazingly positive story about an incalculably sad and horrific event.
After watching the episodes, Chris Jericho has moved to one of my favorite wrestlers to one of my favorite human beings. He really knew the right way to help us understand the tragedy better but to show Benoit’s impact on wrestling at the same time.
I remember everything from this day, I remember how everything unfolded days even months after this happened, it was just as hard hearing and watching all this almost 20 years later. My heart goes out to EVERYONE involved, here with us or taken from us.
you know, the weird thing for me is I don't remember exactly when it happened, but i remember very vividly the Raw episode before, where Vince blows up in the limo. I stopped watching wrestling after Benoit did what he did, so it's always felt so odd that I remember that specifically so well after all these years.
@@NotaDrDoom Yeah buddy after that stupid limo thing the next week is when vince came out with no croud and yeah all I remember was didnt he blow up? But then he started talking about Chris and the limo thing just left my thoughts. So crazy man. So sad
13 years dude. 20 is a stretch
@@christopherboydandmartinsc9322 "ALMOST 20 years later"
18 years is almost 20 years. 13 years is a little over a decade.
This documentary alone deserves an Emmy.
If you haven’t watched both parts of the documentary yet, stop watching this immediately and do that first.
@@Testingthisname why
@@Testingthisname fair enough. But the documentary was uploaded on other channels on youtube.
@@Testingthisname bet
@@Testingthisname VICE BAD REEEEE
Dark Side Of The Ring is amazing!
Its addictive 💉💞
I cried threw times during it. I cried when David found out about the death of his family, Chavo explaining Eddie's death, and the video Benoit made for Eddie after his death on raw.
Run the Jewels, dope shirt! The doc was remarkably made and Y2J immortalized his stamp amongst the all time Greats
The Chris Jericho podcast and the Kayfabulous Lucha Bros podcast about it are good companion pieces
When I read your comment, I was all like "wait, the Lucha Bros have a podcast?! And it's in english?!" - Then I googled it and was disappointed. Might still check them out anyway though - I'm assuming they predate the AEW tag team?
Notably the episode with Chavo. He's mentioned Benoit's squat punishment before
The Pity Party It is hosted by Geekdom 101 and Brandon Draven.Very good shows though some aren’t for everyone
Chris did an interview with Sandra on his podcast around the ten year anniversary of the murders, it's hard to listen to she goes into detail about the abuse Nancy suffered and how much Chris changed after Eddie died
WWE can't talk about this tragedy. If they did they would be accused of profiteering off it. They are best to step away and not mention him. Vice did a great job. WWE should have quietly helped the families out, that I find hard to justify.
Its not because of that, they dont want to have anything to do with a murderer, and am positive that WWE knew that chair shots and concussions ended Benoits life, Vince knowa that they are in a way guilty too.
after watching this episode, it really was really hard to watch *Chris Benoit* do the flying head butt to Raven with the steel chair on Raven's head at WCW Sold Out 98......
The whole program was beautiful. I've seen all the episodes and this one was the most emotional and hardest to watch. Even with everything that happened, I still am a fan of his work in the ring.
I watched the documentary. To me it seems like eddies death was a major factor in benoit losing his mind. The way they spoke of the 2s relationship is almost like telling a love story..a bromance or something
I'm sure they became real close in Japan. Probably sharing the same rats....they spent more time together than they did with their families.
Benoit was murdered along with his wife and son.
@@JonnyAugz after watching the documentary..i don't think so. It all points to a drunken Benoit with brain damage murdering his family.
Jody Strickland he also had painkillers and xanax in his system. Add heavy alcohol consumption and major brain damage to the equation and you have a cocktail for disaster.
@@hokiebuddy It's doesn't make sense for a person groggy on all those meds to do all that. They also found no alcohol in his system.
That moment where Sandra and David were reconnected was beautiful and took a tragedy and turned into an opportunity for growth and healing.
Chavo Guerrero likened Benoit's reaction to Eddie's passing to that of a spouse. I'm not saying Chris had romantic feelings for Eddie, but that Chris may have felt Eddie, not Nancy, was his soulmate. I mean he still had his two kids, his wife, more than enough reasons to live life, and instead he chose darkness. Tragic.
@Will G Yeah dude, the wrestling industry definitely is just a series of hitmen killing the workers. It's not just an inherently unsafe profession with a decades-old culture (that, thankfully, is shifting slowly) that aggravates the inherent problems it creates.
I thought back in 05 when Eddie died it hurt me when I Saw it on raw but then Chavo told the story of how he saw his uncle... it absolutely broken my heart to pieces smhhh
I feel for the two, it seems someone in the family (maybe his mom, Benoit's first wife) wanted to break ties, telling his aunt that David didn't want to speak to her, and telling David's aunt that she didn't want to speak to him, very heartwarming through all of this to see them reconnected.
That was my biggest take away from this; Chris Benoit is ALWAYS the focus when it should be the people directly affected by the tragedy: Nancy, Daniel, David and Sandra.
My heart goes out to David. It was an absolutely immeasurable tragedy and he came out on the other side a man of great character. That say’s a whole hell of a lot about him.
My takeaway was....
Nancy was Benoits wife his partner, the mother of his children the woman he loved.....but
Eddie Guerrero was his soulmate
I cried in so many parts watching the 2 parts. It’s still one heartbreaking tragedy that haunts fans after all these years.
Yeah, Sandra said NOBODY, I MEAN NOBODY reached out to her not just WWE, NOBODY, she said the family didn't want her around David, until Jericho recently made an olive branch during filming this report.
As if we needed further proof that Jericho is one of the 🐐 Not only as a worker, but as one of the best human beings in the business!!
On to the documentary, I knew pretty much all the details surrounding Benoit's behavior. Jericho wrote on one of his books about Benoit's self punishment when he missed that spin kick. He also mentioned his crazy intensity and how closed off he was around the other wrestlers. Always there to give advice, but very private otherwise. I
In the end I have to agree that Eddie's death was the last stroke that broke Benoit mentally and after that it was just a matter of time before his story ended in tragedy.
I know this may sound rude, but it's really unnerving how much David looks like Chris.
I mean of course it IS his son after all...
@@blaxsupersaiyan1163 some people just have strong genes that pass on.
majortom331 REAL strong lol
He's way taller than his dad though, he just doesn't have the decades plus of roids. Chris always looked weird to me, he had a muscular torso, tiny short arms. If you watch wcw days he was on the gas then but in WWE he really went heavy into it. How people couldn't tell he was on it was hilarious. Then John Cena acted like he never did it when questioned....he was at the beginning of his huge Babyface run when this went down.
Both of Chris’s sons look just like him, just in two different ways
Documentary was well done and I am glad they had a credible Doctor give information on CTE. The whole thing is sad.
I find it quite telling about how Vince does business while watching these Dark Side Of The Ring episodes. How ANYONE can defend this man is beyond me. That the WWE did not offer ANY support to those this tragedy impacted is beyond disgusting.
I knew how Benoit died, the events leading up to his death, the way Eddie’s death affected him but I never knew how much it. It also has gone into more detail than every other documentary I’ve seen about Benoit this was an extremely enlightening documentary on Chris Benoit, his personal life, his wrestling career, his friendship with Eddie, and the eventual downfall of Chris Benoit.
Finally vice comes out with a documentary worth talking
I miss Chris Benoit, he was such an amazing wrestler
C&M Punk It’s sad that two innocent people and a wonderful man up to that point lost their lives in the same house and weekend.
@@Imsorrymanhow disrespecful calling Chris Benoit a "wonderful" man considering that he had beat her before and Nancy had filed for a divorce before this. Benoit was a piece of shit and always will be
@@fazememes6665 he will always be one of the best wrestlers whatsoever
FaZe MeMes who pissed in ur cereal he’s not saying outside the ring he’s talking inside it damn
I miss Pre-Crisis Chris Benoit. I don't miss Post-Crisis Chris Benoit.
As a wrestling fan since 1980 that documentary was amazing and heartbreaking.
Chris was abusive and Nancy kept going back to him, it's awful Daniel was caught in the middle he had nothing to do with it and had his whole life ahead of him
P Michaud they say that in there? I always hear how he was loving and all that
@@mosesk3069 Nancy had filed for a divorce also.
The reunion of Sandra and David made me so happy, especially after such a dark documentary.
I started watching it at 3AM just to check out a few mins. Ended up watching the whole thing.
idk how i’m supposed to see jericho as a heel ever again
"I think his fate was sealed the day Eddie died."
-Chris Jericho
Andy you really hit that video out of the Park bro. One of the best videos you've ever done
By far one of the best documentaries I have seen about the subject, I wish they would of interviewed Kevin Sullivan on the subject but I'm also not surprised he wasn't invited to be on it. He had no part in the subject other than being interviewed by the police
I'm guessing basically Chris didn't know how to continue life without his amigo
Steroids
strict self discipline
CTE
death of his soulmate(being Eddie)
cocktail of tragedy
They put those most emphasis on him losing Eddie but Eddie wasn’t the only person that died that Chris was close with. Johnny Grunge was the guy helping with Chris and Nancy’s problems and helped Chris cope with Eddie’s death but he passed a few months after Eddie’s death. Here’s some people that passed away that Chris knew, Owen Hart, Brian Pillman, Black Cat Mar, Bad News Allen, Stu Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow, Big Boss Man, and many more. So many wrestlers were dying at a young age at the time.
That was amazing documentary. I got emotional few times but it was nice to hear the real story from the people who loved him.
Excellent watch, and emotionally raw at times. My heart was breaking for David Benoit. He obviously idolised his dad and seems to still. And when he says Daniel and him were going to be tag team champions... Unreal.
Nothing on the internet has ever really made me cry but I was sobbing during this documentary. My childhood was WWF/WWE and I looked up to Eddie & Chris Benoit like the fathers I didn’t have. They showed me you could be tough and powerful even if you’re not a tall huge guy
Chavo Guerrero and Chris Jericho are angels. Amazing people.
I haven't seen it yet, but honestly I am scared. I watched the Hard Knocks DVD after everything happened and THAT made me cry like a baby...
David & Daniel were supposed too be Tag Team Champions...
Just like theyre Father and Uncle Eddie were Tag Partners
it was a great 2 parter. man I was glued to the TV
One of the most powerfull things I coul'd take from this documentary is: Eddie was a hero.
Kind of a high note to take from such sad and dark stuff.
Yeah the only positive to Eddy's passing was that he didn't see what happened afterwards, because I think that might have broke him
@@LastTorgoInParis You can say I'm way too optimistic, but I think that if Eddy didn't die, we would not be here discussing that tragedy. I mean, Chris loved Eddie.
I once saw an interview with Chavo in with Chavo says that Chris called him before the crime. Is heartbreaking. Chris sounds like a broken man. I think Eddie could be a factor to stop what occured.