I will never forget about the Chris Benoit incident and that silent sad Raw episode that ended up being the last time anyone ever mentioned Chris. Such a tragedy
The incident that changed the industry forever. The dawn of the PG era and the point where they were forced to take brain trauma seriously. Before then, dudes were taking dozens of chair shots to the head, taking piledrivers, and punt kicks.
I will never understand the PG label being pointed out as a scapegoat for all of WWE's suffering. Even early PG era WWE was extremely great, summer of Punk, Daniel Bryan, Wade Barrett's incredible charisma. It was the way they were ran that people really hated it. It was never the "PG" label, it was necessary after all of this.
@@misalignedmisanthropist yeah, it’s not so much the rating that causes issues, it’s the creativity and quality that’s lacking that’s struggling to attract and retain audiences. WWE’s programming in the 80’s could be described as being largely in the bounds of PG-rated programming despite some questionable content seen through 2022 eyes and they had no problems getting and keeping an audience. Another problem as well is that a lot of the people criticising the current era of programming grew up in the 80’s Golden Era and late 90’s/early 00’s Attitude Era when wrestling exploded onto the mainstream pop culture scene and tend to have rose-tinted glasses as those eras weren’t perfect either and haven’t particularly aged well for the most part, particularly the Attitude Era which was throwing stuff and seeing what stuck which could range from nonsensical to outright offensive. Of course if you grew up watching wrestling in those eras as a kid you’re going to cherish that more than what the current product is.
@@andrewburgemeister6684 yeah you have the Katie Vick storyline in the midst of that too. I just wish we still get somewhat more creative storylines in the current era but one can hope
@@misalignedmisanthropist wasn’t that one in the transitional period after the Attitude Era? It felt very “Attitude Era” though, no different to the angles involving abortions (WTF), real life alcoholism and other offensive and abhorrent things.
@@andrewburgemeister6684 I think another issue that maybe more people don’t want to admit/acknowledge is that they are just simply getting older. And what might have been seen as hip, cool and edgy at one point is now just looked and thought of as childish.
Mostly feeling bad for his older son ppl give him a bad look they picked on him just bcs of what his father did and I don’t blame him that he still thinks his father as his hero 😢😢😢
him winning the title at wrestlemania 20 is one of my favorite wrestling moments. he was one of the best wrestlers. but the accolades, the titles, the career -- it will never justify for murder.
This day was infamous for changing the world of pro wrestling and made people look a lot closer at the "heroes" we see in the ring and the long term effects of professional wrestling R.I.P. Nancy and Daniel taken from this world before their time they should still be with their family today
Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit were my favorite wrestlers growing up. It was hard watching wrestling after Eddie's death, but Benoit was still around at the time, so I was still able to somewhat enjoy what I had loved. When news broke about their deaths, I was in denial. When the details came out, I was beyond devastated. How could a man like Benoit do what he had done? He was a family man. The type of wrestler people aspired to be one day. Like so many others, I couldn't comprehend anything. Watching WWE the Tuesday after everything was so eerie. I remember watching Umaga in a match and the crowd had zero life. Everybody was in shock and had little to no emotion. While the show had to go on, I couldn't believe they even aired shows on Tuesday/Friday. The fans were there, but they were all lifeless. As much as I tried getting back into wrestling, I just can't enjoy it anymore and I doubt I'll ever truly enjoy it again
Same. I stopped watching wrestling about 5 months after the tragedy, I was in high school at the time. It was too much for me to continue watching it while knowing that the company practically exiled Chris Benoit out of existence as they knew about the injuries.
What always sticks to my mind is the fact Vince had his “murder” storyline (when his limo blew up) like a week or 2 before this and that immediately had to get cut. I was about 11 at the time and I was awaiting like hell to see the aftermath of Vince getting “blown up” and what’s next for that whole storyline. Then Raw comes on, empty arena, Vince in the middle of the ring with mic in hand. I was absolutely baffled like “what the hell is going on? Didn’t he just-“ and then he goes on to say Benoit passed away. Eddie’s death was still heavy on me a year and a half-2 years later at the time and now Benoit? My jaw was planted on the floor and I was praying this was somehow part of a new or current storyline …but nothing in the world could have prepped me for the news that came out just a few days later. what an absolutely dark time to be a wrestling fan
I too had the exact same reaction seeing Vince McMahon pop on the screen. I really, really hoped that Benoit's death was just another storyline. Took me a couple of weeks to come to terms with the fact that he really was gone.
I too had the exact same reaction seeing Vince McMahon pop on the screen. I really, really hoped that Benoit's death was just another storyline. Took me a couple of weeks to come to terms with the fact that he really was gone.
I knew before Raw even started as to what happened to Benoit. When they first found the bodies, everyone including myself thought it was CO2 poisoning or something for them to be all found dead like that. The reason why everyone including myself thought this is because they didn’t release a cause of death yet. It wasn’t until 15 minutes before the tribute show was over with that the news reported that he committed murder-suicide.
I was seventeen years old when the Benoit family tragedy happened, I had just finished my final week of high school, and I can honestly say that it was the most miserable and gut-wrenching time to be a wrestling fan that I've personally ever experienced. There was an incredibly dark cloud that hovered over the industry in the immediate aftermath of that disturbing weekend in June. I'm sure that many other fans who lived through it felt the same way. Definitely go out of your way to watch the entire two-part episode of Dark Side of the Ring that covers this subject. This clip doesn't even come close to doing it justice. It's a heavy watch, to say the least.
I'm wired different to where death /murder is kind oh ok . I was only 12 didn't know about OJ case. Oh ok Chris suicide killed his family... Oh ok... That's was literally my mindset
I remember when I found out about this. I was 21 years old, I had just gotten out of jail, and was at an inpatient rehab program at The Salvation Army. I literally felt like I was on another planet. It was almost as if I didn't feel like I was living my own life. I'd imagine Chris Benoit felt similar, except much, much, worse.
"I love you" the way chavo describes chris saying that, what i got was chris had just came back to whatever right state of mind that he had left at this point & realized what he did to his own family and that there was no coming back from that, and he wanted chavo to understand that no matter what happens after that phone call he will always love chavo like a brother just as he did eddie. For me the ruthless agression era ended when chris benoit murdered his family and himself.
Sixteen years have passed since the tragedies occurred. I'm sorry for what Nancy and Daniel suffered through and for the violent suicide of Chris. Still extremely shocking. My deepest condolences to their families and loved ones for their losses. I still feel as though there's a lot that we don’t know.
Before the incident took place, no one (including myself) ever believed he was capable of murdering his flesh and blood. Chris Benoit wasn't just a wrestler I saw on tv but I saw him in real life when I attended a show in wcw back in 1997. So it was shocking that a heinous act of this magnitude unfolded in 2007. It will always be one of most if not the most heartbreaking stories of professional wrestling.
This happen during my height of my wrestling phase, I remember hearing about what happened and just being shocked. Expacially how the WWE pretty much continue on and completely scrubbed the fact he was even a wrestler, I understood why but still it was weird.
Wrestling was never the same after this. The fact that we admired this guy for his talent in the wrestling ring and he always gave the best performance in wrestling throughout his 20 plus years in wrestling. Unfortunately, in just 3 days, something happened that caused him to take his family and his own life away and regardless of concussions or steroids abuse, his actions will forever overshadow any accomplishments he made in the ring. His legacy speaks for itself: Phenomenal wrestler but a terrible human being based on the last days of his life.
Take a look at concussions with retired football players... you would be surprised how often people go mad from years of undiagnosed concussions. You still need massive therapy to treat that. This isn't just one incident, he just didn't get the proper help
His brain was literally deteriorating. He wasn’t him. The concussions , how hardcore wrestling used to be plus having to take steroids to makeup for the lack of hormones in his body.
Say what you want about Vince McMahon. The fact that he was the one who broke the news to Chavo knowing what Chavo had gone through a year prior with Eddie passing, and then hugging him shows the kind of character Vince McMahon really is
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This wasn't the Chris Benoit we all knew & loved anymore. That part of him died when Eddie Guerrero died. I'm not trying to use Eddie's name as an excuse & I'm not defending Benoit's actions. But the guy was suffering both physically & mentally. Not just head injuries, but other in ring injuries, life on the road, being away from home 300+ days a year, losing a lot close friends like Brian Pillman, Owen Hart, Big Boss Man, & Eddie Guerrero. I just feel like if Eddie was still alive in 2007, I think he could've saved not Chris, but Chris's family too. Deep down, I wish we could've lived in an alternate universe where Eddie Guerrero & Chris Benoit are still alive & are currently working for WWE as backstage producers. But unfortunately, we are living in this one.
You never knew Chris Benoit, though. You watched him play a persona. The real Chris Benoit brutally murdered his wife and 7-year-old son. His wife Nancy already considered divorcing him in 2003 citing his cruelty and abusive behaviour, but didn't go through with it, so there were marital problems at least 4 years before the murder-suicide. Numerous wrestlers have praised him and said positive things about him as a person, sure, but there are also stories of people who worked around him who thought he wasn't all there and a creep, and allegations he was a locker room bully.
@BlossomField91 But I was saying the Chris Benoit that I watched & idolized growing up. Yes, I never knew him personally. But most of the guys & girls who had a lot of interactions with him said that he was one of the nicest & kindest human beings ever. Hell, some of them said that their best matches or one of their best matches of their was against Benoit. Like I said, I never knew him on a personal level. But that doesn't mean that he had a huge impact on my life. So that being said, I choose to remember him as that wrestler who had one of the best careers ever & who gave it his all once that bell rung.
@@BlossomField91Yeah to the miz. I haven’t watched wresting since I was 12, but he was bully to the miz. I didn’t know the allegations, but I will say the head trauma and other stuff wouldn’t help either. I don’t know much else so can’t say too much. Just that the thing said about to wife makes it little less shocking
Man. This hast be one most sad and insane wrestler stories I’ve ever heard. I remember it like it was yesterday. You’re sleep is definitely lack luster after you hear the whole story. Kinda hard to see him, or anyone has a vicious cold blooded murderer, when ya brain was basically dead. No doubt 1 less concussion, he wouldn’t ever did what he did. He basically wrestled his brain into submission.
Plus that’s not even fair to say. That’s like saying god forbid someone you love was killed you wouldn’t be saying this. That’s like I’m on the train to work and somebody kill me and then everyone says well he’s sick or his brain isn’t well so yea
This will forever be sad. The Benoit tragedy is wild. I was 13 when it happened. I was always a fan of him. And when I first heard about the double murder suicide, I was heartbroken. One of my favorites, killed his son and wife. I’m still a fan, he was a great in ring performer but the tragedy is still crazy.
It's odd Eddie and Benoit chopped up pudder in the royal rumble basically ruined his career buried it.eddie passes in 2005 and then Benoit and his family dies in 2007.kinda of really creepy when you think about it.
Yep very selfish of him dude shoulda just took himself out but killing your whole family smh that's a monster I know he had alot of issues but damn thats heartbreaking
@@abandonedtownexplorations8736 after listening /reading some stories I conclude that Benoit was probably mentally not all there for years. Stories of him zoning out in the middle of conversations, abusing himself for a missed spot, or hazing rookies and you can tell that this was a man with some mental issues now add on the drug & steroid abuse, CTE, and depression and you get a ticking time bomb.
@@sophiamarquis yeah if you want to be extremely dismissive and ignorant about the matter. But for people who don't, CTE more than likely played a part
CTE is a cop out. Undertaker. Stone Cold. Mick Foley. The Rock. Maven. All the guys from the 90s took chair shots and the rest of them didn't do horrible acts like Benoit was accused of. No one knows the 100 percent truth. But I don't think CTE is a factor. It was a fast way of covering the case up and burying it. Investigation should've been re-opened.
Chris’s autopsy revealed he was in very advanced stages of CTE & his brain resembled an 87y old with advanced Alzheimers. Experts are still trying to understand how repeated head injuries change the brain & result in CTE, & how that impacts personality changes. Evidence suggests that the progression of CTE may be linked to severe mental health & behavioral issues, including depression, aggression, paranoia, impulsiveness, angry outbursts, & suicidal behavior.
In my opinion with all the concussions he received played a part but what sent him over the edge was the death of Eddie Guerrero. However, at the end of the day it was his decision.
It still blows my mind that when he called Chavo Saturday night Nancy & Daniel were already....... I can't even type that word. Rest In Peace Nancy & Daniel 😔
Man. I remember seeing the news reports on every news channel and being completely stunned. I called my friend asap to see if he heard and we just couldn't believe it. Then tuning into raw where Vince stood crushed announcing the news in the middle of the ring in an empty stadium. Benoit was supposed to wrestle the previous day and I was confused why they replaced him. Turns out they had no idea where he was. Just devastating.
I didn’t realize this happened in Fayetteville, GA. I live around the corner from this. This entire story rocked me when I was kid and watching this as an adult is difficult 😢
I will never forget when this happened. I was 11 years old and I was a huge fan of WWE back then. I couldn’t understand why one of my favorite wrestlers at the time would do this. This was a tragedy. 😢
It’s so interesting the way he would move in the ring even walking to the ring was so intense. Makes you wonder how much of it was real and how much was “the crippler”. His intensity to me is what made him one of the greatest but his actions completely unforgivable. Rip Nancy Benoit. Rip Daniel Benoit.
Obviously had a lot of rage inside him but I don't think he fought the urge to kill people. Probably did it out of built up anger and he snapped. Now to snap like that you have to be evil but im just saying I don't think he potrayed himself as a killer.
It's insanely scary how a disease can develop, go unnoticed and untreated, and evolve into this. CTE is such a sad reality of the sports world. RIP to Chris and the Benoit family.
I wish people would understand that you can't do something like this out of the blue. If they knew how serious cte effects can be maybe they'd all still be alive today. It was a tragedy that could now be avoided
I remember the week before this happening, it was the storyline of Vince blowing up in the Limo. Chris Benoit death literally change course for the WWE.
You would have left your job hop on a plane to Atlanta and rented a car and drove 2 hours to your friends house because you received a text telling you where his dogs were?
I love this series. Its so eerie and has you thinking. The one with brodie the bruiser, hands down best one. Its crazy how they covered up his murder, even with witnesses in the locker room.
So, is this a clip from a documentary? I’m not familiar with this story & wondered why the video ended so abruptly. Vice didn’t explain how to watch the entire episode in the description.
Rest In Paradise Beniot Family🕊remember this when I was a freshman and somewhat didn't believe it, and then seeing the documentary of his first born and how much love he had for his little brother and the part where he was telling how his little brother wanted to be a wrestler as well and wanted to be a champion with a smile on his face and then changed quickly and broke down crying because of the tragedy made me shed tears for what happened to his family and the pain he was going through in that interview shows how much he truly loves his family❤️ stay safe and always be protected David Beniot Jr🙏🏽🕊
Looking at his entrances videos, you can tell there was something that was eating him.but because we were kids that time we never thout worse. Till now the story been told. We will never understand why did he took such horrible decision. His child today could have started training in ring to take over the legacy. Rip to them
I remember it like it was yesterday. Me and my family were coming back from Philly to our apartment in Lancaster and we were talking about wrestling and i happened to say that i loved Chris.. Looking back now it was clear they had watched the news that weekend and i didn't. They looked at me and told me but my 11 year old mind refused to believe it until we stopped at a rest area where every single TV was playing CNN and in black and white there it said "Benoit Family Tragedy" and i stood there. Time stopped. My face dropped and my soul was crushed. The rest of that ride is a blur but i do remember coming back and watching the Raw tribute show and wanting to buy his DVD and shirts.... I loved and still love Chris as a performer but it's something we can't discuss without talking about his crimes.
I remember being a kid, hearing that he had died. I cried like a baby. Benoit was my favorite wrestler. It’s still sad what happened to the family and him, but you never know what happens behind closed doors..
Regardless chris would've been dead within a year or 2 max. He had a severely enlarged heart due to steroid abuse. Either way this was absolutely tragic.
@@Brandon_093but still had he died of natural causes despite having unnatural substances in his body or which happened to destroy his body over the years, he would have died without leaving this situation where even today all of us debate whether he deserves the same respect as the family members who died - his wife, Nancy and son, Daniel. At least they both would have stayed alive and the narrative would've been different, had he died due to the enlarged heart issue or anything else. Could've received which he actually deserved for the craft for which he devoted his entire life, a HoF ring mention, a fond remembrance among peers and audience, and a worthy legacy being talked about his dedication towards the wrestling industry.
It's guys like this or some of the guys who had tragic stories in the NFL that make everything safer for the future of the respected sports. RIP to the Benoits and I'd just like to let his remaining family know that what happened did have a positive impact on wrestlers to come
This really hurt my heart. I think about Chris Benoit and his family from time to time. I didn’t know them personally but I believe Chris Benoit was a good man. I’m sorry that this happened to them.
I remember this incident as a kid, and I honestly didn't like him as a kid, and when the news broke I was more concerned about how Vince was still alive when he had just got blown up in a limo than Chris and his family dying. Later on as a I grew up I saw just how incredible he was in the ring the more I understood wrestling but also really digested just how horrific his actions were.
I remember watching the WWE episode where everyone was shocked by his death, but then what came out made it ... Unbearingly embarrassing. Shame on Chris😢
My love goes out to the lives lost, this has the signs of domestic violence - “No visible bruises: what we don’t know about domestic/private violence can kill us” by Rachel Louise Snyder
Chris Benoit's legacy is one to talk about, but hey, to be fair, he didn't have to do things that led to his massive CTE. Triple H, The Rock, and Undertaker didn't have to do 6 flips a match to cement ring psychology. They didn't end up killing anybody (well careers maybe). I guess younger wrestlers should learn this lesson: their bodies could turn against them one day. Benoit's WM 20 win is gonn be forever in my mind, but the heinous crime he did, we can't separate that
I just watched the documentary. Chris Jericho uniting David and Sandra is a real class act. Taking the steps to get them to open up with each other is incredible. Good on him for helping two people who had their worlds taken from them.
My husband, Johnny, Grunge was best friends with them. Nancy and Chris didn’t show up at my husband‘s funeral and I was upset with them even a year and a half later. I saw them at the gym. Nancy didn’t say anything to me she was on the treadmill. I was looking for Chris and he was in the tanning bed and he had just gotten in there and I was gonna wait for him but I didn’t have time to wait for the 30 minutes. The incident happened two weeks later. I wish I would’ve waited for 30 minutes.
I was in Corpus for that show. There were murmurs of what happened, but this was before high powered cellphones, so nobody knew for sure. It was a such a somber thing watching everyone leave.
I've watched this exact clip more times than I can count, and I still can't fathom any of it. It's such a sad situation. Kudos to Chavo for not only going through the Benoit situation but also Eddies passing too. He was personally linked to them and their deaths...
For those who are saying that if Eddie didn’t die Benoit would still be alive not true, Benoit’s brain is so messed up that he could have stilled lived until no later than 2009, Eddie’s death caused him to die earlier
And according to Chris's sister in law after the autopsie on chris they found out his heart was so enlarged he would have died the same way eddie would have they told her within in 10 years his heart would have given out
I just want to play now the amount of head trauma and brain injury he had anybody could have snapped even if they were a good person it wasn't about what he wanted to do it was about how damaged his brain was literally. I think he is just trying to ignore it I don't think he thought that this would happen. Brain injuries aren't them anymore when they're severe enough
There’s so many other tragic stories like this as well where the person who while having struggles was described by their family as being kind and loving, completely lost it one day doing an unthinkable act, like the football player last year who for some reason decided to grab a gun, shoot six people dead and get into a shootout with the cops, there’s no clear reason as to why they did that apart from the possibility of CTE completely altering their personality gradually or suddenly.
I just want to point this out because the realization has become oh so clear to me. The reason so many people want to forgive Chris Benoit and want to believe alternative theories is because of the fact that the WWF did that. And people watched it and got so emotional and felt so strongly toward Chris and everybody is speaking so glowingly of him in the way that you only do about somebody who's now dead, and then they feel like that was all taken away from them after learning the truth
Could you maybe explain the “something going on?” But agree I noticed he completely lost it after Eddie passed. This is just my opinion. But I think he just couldn’t handle the loss of his close friend Eddie and it got to the point that he wanted to take his own life but didn’t want to leave Nancy and his son to suffer so he killed his wife, son and then himself.
Judging from what vickie said, chris Benoit was an aggressive dude even when edsie was alive. When chris left their house, she stated that chris and Nancy got into it and he damage their car windshield. That's sad man
I got no respect for anyone that kills his own family. It shocks me people feel sorry for him. If that was one of your family member would you be saying the same thing about this guy. Yes his mind wasn't in the right place but doesn't give anyone the right to take another persons life. I feel sorry for his wife and child, they didn't deserve this.
It’s a bit of an understatement to say that ‘his mind wasn’t in the right place’. The autopsy showed that he was *severely* brain damaged; that changes a person in ways we can’t imagine, similar to a stroke. It’s easy to overlook these details and claim that the only relevant factor is that he killed two people, but this neglects the human side of what happened. Everything about the Benoit case indicates that there wasn’t two victims and a perpetrator, there were three victims.
I still can't believe this happened. When I saw the headline I teared up. He was one of my favorites. I assumed he was killed in a car crash or something. Recently I read that Daniel had bruising on his neck consistent with the crossface. Then he hung himself with the cable machine.
@@brianpratts I'm not questioning you on the other case(Phillip Adams)as I have never heard of that case and never looked into it or researched it.. But the Benoit case I am questioning for sure.
Sixteen years later, it's still the most horrific event in wrestling history. Benoit is easily in my top 3 for my favorite wrestlers of all time, but I'll be damned if I don't say that even if he wasn't still here now (as he had an enlarged heart, he apparently would've only had about 8 months or so left to live regardless), Nancy and Daniel should still be with us because they didn't choose nor deserve to die especially not in the way they did.
Just imagine the fear of knowing your life was gonna end by the father of your kids and love of your apparently but then again Nancy said herself that things were going bad w chris and during her final days alive she told a friend of hers something along the lines of oh if I die just know chris did it
People forget that there was a lot going on in this time period in the Benoit household. Chris was on his way to retirement and opening a wrestling academy which he was prolonging due to loving wrestling so much. Him and Nancy were trying for another baby. In ‘06 Nancy had a AVO placed on Chris after they had an argument that turned violent. On top of that Chris was suffering from paranoia, depression and anxiety. Both Chris and Nancy were self medicating. I believe so much went wrong after Eddies passing that Chris just had the mentality of “one more thing goes wrong, I give up”. A lot of pressure he had put on himself.
Did anybody else laugh at how on the nose this title is? Like if this was a documentary it’d be “Netflix presents: The Night Chris Benoit killed his family”
I think the Atlanta police department did a terrible effort on this case. - There was a rumour from one of the people at the crime scene, that police contaminated evidence. Having ruined evidence that could have pointed to anyone else, they blamed Benoit to cover their own asses. - They didn't interview any other suspects, chase any leads, or consider other scenarios. - They found Benoit's diary in the trash FOUR days after the initial investigation, and after visiting the house numerous times. If they missed this the first few times, what else did they miss? - They came to the conclusion of it being Chris Benoit too quickly. It isn't an open and shut case. - They didn't ask too many questions of a guy who entered Nancy's death date, 8 hours before the murders was released to the media, meaning only the police knew about it. So either there was a leak in police headquarters or the guy who edited the Wiki page knows something, yet they didn't follow it up. The way the Atlanta police investigated this is a joke, and the case needs to be reopened.
Years of chair shots in the head, domestic violence in Chris and Nancy’s marriage, abuse of alcohol, steroids and drugs, autopsy report of his brain of 80+ year old Alzheimer’s patience and his short temper are evidence that CHRIS was the one who killed his own wife and son. It was not Kevin Sullivan or any other person which you conspiracy theory idiots think did it.
Actually, rumors about Nancy were started by trolls in a chat after hearing Chris wouldn’t make the show because his wife had food poisoning. You can read the chat logs in the police files. So it’s not like the troll had inside info, he just continued to troll by editing the rumor into Wiki lol
I met Chris a couple times at a couple meat and greets he really apreciated his fans all his friends and family had nothing but nice things to say about him even after the incident. It really goes to show how devastating CTE really is and that it should be taken more seriously. The Dr couldnt believe it when they saw his brain they compared it to a 80+ year old with severe Alziemers. Its just an all around tragefy may they all rest in peace
Yep, and because society doesn't deal with nuance and duality very well, it's hard to believe that someone can morph into a completely different person. While most reasonable people believe that Chris Benoit left this world as a complete piece of crap human being, we can't say the same about whether or not he was always that way (given how most people close to him perceived him prior to all of this, it seems to refute the possibility of him always being that way). It's almost as if the only people capable of truly understanding the duality of "two Chris Benoits" are people who have loved ones suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.
@@HoffyRS Really, Chris needed intervention and needed to be forced to retire. He had severe brain damage and brain deterioration. He was still taking anabolics, as well as drinking. Fatal combination. I do not blame Chris at all. His actions were monstrous, and evil. But I do not believe for a second, that it was the coherent, and healthy Chris that did those actions. It was a very ill and delusional man, whose brain was not functioning properly for multiple reason. For example, I was a drug user who has been clean for 16 years. I cannot believe the things I did while I was off the wagon. Things I would NEVER think to do with a sober and straight mind. All morals and rationalization is out the window. All self-control and willpower gone. I think Chris went into an uncontrollable rage for whatever reason. Does any of this excuse his actions? No, but, context is incredibly important here. This was not a healthy, sane man who was just always an evil, bad person behind the scenes. Quite the opposite. For 95% of Chris' life, really no one had a bad thing to say about him. Not even after the fact. Which shows, even in private, he was a good guy. And then, his personality and brain declined and caused him to change. The story is a tragedy. And I hope going forward, athletes and performers can be saved from this fate and be stopped from destroying their brains for entertainment.
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I will never forget about the Chris Benoit incident and that silent sad Raw episode that ended up being the last time anyone ever mentioned Chris. Such a tragedy
What show? Curious to look for it now
@@therockbottom5256 it’s on the channel Vice it’s Called Dark side of the ring it’s the first episode of season 2
@@jordanwheeler6678 legend 🙌
Not true Benoit has been mentioned at least 10 times since.. Once by Kurt Angle!!
Tragedy ?? It's pure evil. Get a grip
RIP Daniel and Nancy. I can’t even imagine what that family went through.
You also dont know what he went threw everyone is so quick to hate him he was just as messed up otherwise he would've never done it
Rip Chris aswell
@@freshstart747 No.
@@SquilVA Yessss
@@freshstart747 fkc a ped drug addicted maniac hopefully he is getting rammed in hell
This was definitely the most terrifying and vicious moment of all WWE history.
No debate
Top ten most terrifying and viscous moments in wwe
This is real life
@@anonymoususer480
Yup, this is reality which makes it even more unbelievable
@@anonymoususer480 Wait for real? I thought this incident was scripted by Vince...
"You didn't wanna believe it. Can't believe it, can't be true... But it was."
- Jim Ross
Framed.
@@absurdrhinothen who did it?
@@UnKnown-hp9gz his wife's ex husband
@@absurdrhino why would they frame chris
@@UnKnown-hp9gz do an ounce of research
The incident that changed the industry forever. The dawn of the PG era and the point where they were forced to take brain trauma seriously. Before then, dudes were taking dozens of chair shots to the head, taking piledrivers, and punt kicks.
I will never understand the PG label being pointed out as a scapegoat for all of WWE's suffering. Even early PG era WWE was extremely great, summer of Punk, Daniel Bryan, Wade Barrett's incredible charisma. It was the way they were ran that people really hated it. It was never the "PG" label, it was necessary after all of this.
@@misalignedmisanthropist yeah, it’s not so much the rating that causes issues, it’s the creativity and quality that’s lacking that’s struggling to attract and retain audiences.
WWE’s programming in the 80’s could be described as being largely in the bounds of PG-rated programming despite some questionable content seen through 2022 eyes and they had no problems getting and keeping an audience.
Another problem as well is that a lot of the people criticising the current era of programming grew up in the 80’s Golden Era and late 90’s/early 00’s Attitude Era when wrestling exploded onto the mainstream pop culture scene and tend to have rose-tinted glasses as those eras weren’t perfect either and haven’t particularly aged well for the most part, particularly the Attitude Era which was throwing stuff and seeing what stuck which could range from nonsensical to outright offensive. Of course if you grew up watching wrestling in those eras as a kid you’re going to cherish that more than what the current product is.
@@andrewburgemeister6684 yeah you have the Katie Vick storyline in the midst of that too. I just wish we still get somewhat more creative storylines in the current era but one can hope
@@misalignedmisanthropist wasn’t that one in the transitional period after the Attitude Era? It felt very “Attitude Era” though, no different to the angles involving abortions (WTF), real life alcoholism and other offensive and abhorrent things.
@@andrewburgemeister6684 I think another issue that maybe more people don’t want to admit/acknowledge is that they are just simply getting older. And what might have been seen as hip, cool and edgy at one point is now just looked and thought of as childish.
I feel aslo sorry for Chavo! Less than two years he lost his friend and his uncle
Mostly feeling bad for his older son ppl give him a bad look they picked on him just bcs of what his father did and I don’t blame him that he still thinks his father as his hero 😢😢😢
@@brianpratts that's sad for him , I really hope he did get some therapy
Chavo should never take phone calls or text messages at 5am!
@@gloria7237 Wrestling still his dream
Chavo didn’t even look at Eddie as his uncle he looked at him as his freind, as his brother 😢 and he lost both of them
him winning the title at wrestlemania 20 is one of my favorite wrestling moments. he was one of the best wrestlers. but the accolades, the titles, the career -- it will never justify for murder.
probably not lol
love how people state the obvious on youtube as if nobody knew
@@ozyes9996 🤣
He had the brain of an 80 yr old dementia patient. He lost his mind. CTE is real
He didn't kill his family goofballs, he was framed!
This day was infamous for changing the world of pro wrestling and made people look a lot closer at the "heroes" we see in the ring and the long term effects of professional wrestling R.I.P. Nancy and Daniel taken from this world before their time they should still be with their family today
SO much trauma to the head and alter the brain and the psyche, such a shame that we still send people to die for entertainment
Very well said
@@BotvsBots what doesn't?
@@BotvsBots Yeah, your brain.
Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit were my favorite wrestlers growing up.
It was hard watching wrestling after Eddie's death, but Benoit was still around at the time, so I was still able to somewhat enjoy what I had loved.
When news broke about their deaths, I was in denial. When the details came out, I was beyond devastated. How could a man like Benoit do what he had done? He was a family man. The type of wrestler people aspired to be one day. Like so many others, I couldn't comprehend anything.
Watching WWE the Tuesday after everything was so eerie. I remember watching Umaga in a match and the crowd had zero life. Everybody was in shock and had little to no emotion. While the show had to go on, I couldn't believe they even aired shows on Tuesday/Friday. The fans were there, but they were all lifeless.
As much as I tried getting back into wrestling, I just can't enjoy it anymore and I doubt I'll ever truly enjoy it again
Dude same. All time favorite
I stopped watching it after Eddie had passed away. The passion for me wasn't there anymore
Same. I stopped watching wrestling about 5 months after the tragedy, I was in high school at the time. It was too much for me to continue watching it while knowing that the company practically exiled Chris Benoit out of existence as they knew about the injuries.
They were mid carders.
@@mindeadass to be fair to WWE, they had to.
What always sticks to my mind is the fact Vince had his “murder” storyline (when his limo blew up) like a week or 2 before this and that immediately had to get cut. I was about 11 at the time and I was awaiting like hell to see the aftermath of Vince getting “blown up” and what’s next for that whole storyline. Then Raw comes on, empty arena, Vince in the middle of the ring with mic in hand. I was absolutely baffled like “what the hell is going on? Didn’t he just-“ and then he goes on to say Benoit passed away. Eddie’s death was still heavy on me a year and a half-2 years later at the time and now Benoit? My jaw was planted on the floor and I was praying this was somehow part of a new or current storyline …but nothing in the world could have prepped me for the news that came out just a few days later. what an absolutely dark time to be a wrestling fan
I too had the exact same reaction seeing Vince McMahon pop on the screen. I really, really hoped that Benoit's death was just another storyline. Took me a couple of weeks to come to terms with the fact that he really was gone.
I too had the exact same reaction seeing Vince McMahon pop on the screen. I really, really hoped that Benoit's death was just another storyline. Took me a couple of weeks to come to terms with the fact that he really was gone.
It was the next day I think
Same reaction may he RIP
I knew before Raw even started as to what happened to Benoit. When they first found the bodies, everyone including myself thought it was CO2 poisoning or something for them to be all found dead like that. The reason why everyone including myself thought this is because they didn’t release a cause of death yet. It wasn’t until 15 minutes before the tribute show was over with that the news reported that he committed murder-suicide.
I was seventeen years old when the Benoit family tragedy happened, I had just finished my final week of high school, and I can honestly say that it was the most miserable and gut-wrenching time to be a wrestling fan that I've personally ever experienced. There was an incredibly dark cloud that hovered over the industry in the immediate aftermath of that disturbing weekend in June. I'm sure that many other fans who lived through it felt the same way. Definitely go out of your way to watch the entire two-part episode of Dark Side of the Ring that covers this subject. This clip doesn't even come close to doing it justice. It's a heavy watch, to say the least.
Me to
I'm wired different to where death
/murder is kind oh ok . I was only 12 didn't know about OJ case. Oh ok Chris suicide killed his family... Oh ok... That's was literally my mindset
@@justinkongglang7080 Ok
I was 17 too
@@strnglhld ok thanks for seeing my opinion...
Fans act like they knew who Chris WAS, they only knew his persona on tv.
Someone with common sense
At the end of the day we will never know him as a person or what was going through his mind that weekend.
Glad to see Chavo still doing well he lost Eddie and Chris great wrestlers from the golden era of WWE
I remember when I found out about this. I was 21 years old, I had just gotten out of jail, and was at an inpatient rehab program at The Salvation Army. I literally felt like I was on another planet. It was almost as if I didn't feel like I was living my own life. I'd imagine Chris Benoit felt similar, except much, much, worse.
really bro jail
@@adamxx3Really.......bro.
Bro tried to be better man. What's wrong with that? @@adamxx3
Wtf 😂 . Not near the same
@@Soleprofit559 Stong grammar skills.....bro. 👍👍
"I love you" the way chavo describes chris saying that, what i got was chris had just came back to whatever right state of mind that he had left at this point & realized what he did to his own family and that there was no coming back from that, and he wanted chavo to understand that no matter what happens after that phone call he will always love chavo like a brother just as he did eddie. For me the ruthless agression era ended when chris benoit murdered his family and himself.
I remember hearing this news when I was 10 years old. it was one of the first times in my life that I felt something truly horrible.
bonjour
This was some of the greatest times of wrestling.... this being one year after Eddie passed....it never has been the same since we lost him.
Almost 2yrs
Sixteen years have passed since the tragedies occurred. I'm sorry for what Nancy and Daniel suffered through and for the violent suicide of Chris. Still extremely shocking. My deepest condolences to their families and loved ones for their losses. I still feel as though there's a lot that we don’t know.
screw him I feel sorry for everyone involved but him
Same feels like a lot of answers are still needed
@@marinothegreatsanWow you’re very ignorant towards what happened, more importantly the events that we don’t know about it.
HE WAS FRAMED !!!!
@@JOK3RC4RDxI hope so. It would make it easier to process
Before the incident took place, no one (including myself) ever believed he was capable of murdering his flesh and blood. Chris Benoit wasn't just a wrestler I saw on tv but I saw him in real life when I attended a show in wcw back in 1997. So it was shocking that a heinous act of this magnitude unfolded in 2007. It will always be one of most if not the most heartbreaking stories of professional wrestling.
Yeah there’s no way you could look so Chris Benoit and tell that man was not right
I wasn't shocked at all.
I'm thinking someone killed them. Someone powerful???? M
He did not do it that someone murdered them and made it look like he did it . That was more like a assassination I bet
Everybody’s capable of something
This happen during my height of my wrestling phase, I remember hearing about what happened and just being shocked. Expacially how the WWE pretty much continue on and completely scrubbed the fact he was even a wrestler, I understood why but still it was weird.
WWE never fails to shock us
tbh what they pose to do?
I was the same dude, I was 11 years old. Shocked me to the very bone.
Lol *especially
actually. they banned ped's for wwe wrestlers, most of them, and started drug testing. Many guys were let go due to both.
It was the darkest time when benoit killed his family. It's scary a man like benoit can be that kind of a person.
Wrestling was never the same after this. The fact that we admired this guy for his talent in the wrestling ring and he always gave the best performance in wrestling throughout his 20 plus years in wrestling. Unfortunately, in just 3 days, something happened that caused him to take his family and his own life away and regardless of concussions or steroids abuse, his actions will forever overshadow any accomplishments he made in the ring. His legacy speaks for itself: Phenomenal wrestler but a terrible human being based on the last days of his life.
Take a look at concussions with retired football players... you would be surprised how often people go mad from years of undiagnosed concussions. You still need massive therapy to treat that. This isn't just one incident, he just didn't get the proper help
@@VB-zx1ykI thought it was more a roids issue
Sports as a whole was never the same
darkside/demonic
His brain was literally deteriorating. He wasn’t him. The concussions , how hardcore wrestling used to be plus having to take steroids to makeup for the lack of hormones in his body.
Say what you want about Vince McMahon. The fact that he was the one who broke the news to Chavo knowing what Chavo had gone through a year prior with Eddie passing, and then hugging him shows the kind of character Vince McMahon really is
Vince is not the man everyone thinks he is
...selectively...
@@michelle-loraejones5169 Vince is nice wen he wants to be he Is still an evil man!
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Why do you think so many states are visiting AZ for the audit right now, including states that supposedly already went Trump and didn't have contested election issues? They know what is coming.
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>>>of the entire election. Being a matter of national security now puts it under the purview of
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I AM COMEING THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!!!That means they're playing along with Trump and im in control they've already given Trump back his power they've already reinstated him they reinstated them recently
He is a ruthless businessman and has been for several decades, but you don't get a company to where it is now without breaking a lot of eggs.
This wasn't the Chris Benoit we all knew & loved anymore. That part of him died when Eddie Guerrero died. I'm not trying to use Eddie's name as an excuse & I'm not defending Benoit's actions. But the guy was suffering both physically & mentally. Not just head injuries, but other in ring injuries, life on the road, being away from home 300+ days a year, losing a lot close friends like Brian Pillman, Owen Hart, Big Boss Man, & Eddie Guerrero. I just feel like if Eddie was still alive in 2007, I think he could've saved not Chris, but Chris's family too. Deep down, I wish we could've lived in an alternate universe where Eddie Guerrero & Chris Benoit are still alive & are currently working for WWE as backstage producers. But unfortunately, we are living in this one.
He abused Nancy years before Eddie died, so apparently he was like that before then.
True words my bro i can understand 💔🙂
You never knew Chris Benoit, though. You watched him play a persona.
The real Chris Benoit brutally murdered his wife and 7-year-old son.
His wife Nancy already considered divorcing him in 2003 citing his cruelty and abusive behaviour, but didn't go through with it, so there were marital problems at least 4 years before the murder-suicide.
Numerous wrestlers have praised him and said positive things about him as a person, sure, but there are also stories of people who worked around him who thought he wasn't all there and a creep, and allegations he was a locker room bully.
@BlossomField91 But I was saying the Chris Benoit that I watched & idolized growing up. Yes, I never knew him personally. But most of the guys & girls who had a lot of interactions with him said that he was one of the nicest & kindest human beings ever. Hell, some of them said that their best matches or one of their best matches of their was against Benoit. Like I said, I never knew him on a personal level. But that doesn't mean that he had a huge impact on my life. So that being said, I choose to remember him as that wrestler who had one of the best careers ever & who gave it his all once that bell rung.
@@BlossomField91Yeah to the miz. I haven’t watched wresting since I was 12, but he was bully to the miz. I didn’t know the allegations, but I will say the head trauma and other stuff wouldn’t help either. I don’t know much else so can’t say too much. Just that the thing said about to wife makes it little less shocking
It’s crazy how close knit the wrestling community is🥲 thoughts and prayers out to Chris’ family
Man. This hast be one most sad and insane wrestler stories I’ve ever heard. I remember it like it was yesterday. You’re sleep is definitely lack luster after you hear the whole story. Kinda hard to see him, or anyone has a vicious cold blooded murderer, when ya brain was basically dead. No doubt 1 less concussion, he wouldn’t ever did what he did. He basically wrestled his brain into submission.
Yea but he still murdered his son and wife and is going to hell and it’s not their fault he wrestled his brain into submission
Steroids probably didn't help either along with concussions.
if wrestling has a darkside than its demonic..
Plus that’s not even fair to say. That’s like saying god forbid someone you love was killed you wouldn’t be saying this. That’s like I’m on the train to work and somebody kill me and then everyone says well he’s sick or his brain isn’t well so yea
@@octoberwoods steroids are known to make you rage.
Your close friend telling you they love you out of nowhere? I'd be going straight over there... that's not normal.
I forgot about this dude, how he went from being a star to doing this is unbelievable
This will forever be sad. The Benoit tragedy is wild. I was 13 when it happened. I was always a fan of him. And when I first heard about the double murder suicide, I was heartbroken. One of my favorites, killed his son and wife. I’m still a fan, he was a great in ring performer but the tragedy is still crazy.
Yes the same for me. I still wonder what was going through Chris’s wife’s head
@@Buugzy What was going on in his head when he did it it’s still questionable
@@brianpratts same, some sad sh*t
@@Buugzy Wonder what would’ve happened if he just killed himself only
@@brianpratts his family would of still safely been around
I'm surprised someone like Netflix hasn't done a massive documentary on this yet
It’s to dark
@@Frog_leethey’ve done documentaries on Jeffrey freakin Dahmer
@@ahmedhaveliwala8279 1.it's called biopic 2. Nobody wants to touch this madness
It's odd Eddie and Benoit chopped up pudder in the royal rumble basically ruined his career buried it.eddie passes in 2005 and then Benoit and his family dies in 2007.kinda of really creepy when you think about it.
@@timothy-yo4nm it is weird but they both were very addicted to drugs whether you like it or not
As a father of a 2 year old boy seeing the thumbnail and knowing what he did to them both is devastating
Roids and Cte its a bomb on the brain
@@dzivarking8297 Pretty much all pro wrestlers from that era have the same things and didn't murder their family.
Yep very selfish of him dude shoulda just took himself out but killing your whole family smh that's a monster I know he had alot of issues but damn thats heartbreaking
@@abandonedtownexplorations8736 after listening /reading some stories I conclude that Benoit was probably mentally not all there for years. Stories of him zoning out in the middle of conversations, abusing himself for a missed spot, or hazing rookies and you can tell that this was a man with some mental issues now add on the drug & steroid abuse, CTE, and depression and you get a ticking time bomb.
I believe it was the head trauma, it probably developed into antisocial personality traits. Horrible tragedy.
@@sophiamarquis yeah if you want to be extremely dismissive and ignorant about the matter. But for people who don't, CTE more than likely played a part
CTE is a cop out. Undertaker. Stone Cold. Mick Foley. The Rock. Maven. All the guys from the 90s took chair shots and the rest of them didn't do horrible acts like Benoit was accused of. No one knows the 100 percent truth. But I don't think CTE is a factor. It was a fast way of covering the case up and burying it. Investigation should've been re-opened.
@@sammitchell3657 It's not a justification, it's an explanation, and it is very possible the CTE he had was far more developed and damaging.
It was more likely the steroids he used.
Chris’s autopsy revealed he was in very advanced stages of CTE & his brain resembled an 87y old with advanced Alzheimers. Experts are still trying to understand how repeated head injuries change the brain & result in CTE, & how that impacts personality changes. Evidence suggests that the progression of CTE may be linked to severe mental health & behavioral issues, including depression, aggression, paranoia, impulsiveness, angry outbursts, & suicidal behavior.
In my opinion with all the concussions he received played a part but what sent him over the edge was the death of Eddie Guerrero. However, at the end of the day it was his decision.
It still blows my mind that when he called Chavo Saturday night Nancy & Daniel were already....... I can't even type that word. Rest In Peace Nancy & Daniel 😔
Damn.. his son looked just like him😢
Those were darkest times. I wish this never happened
Everyone does
Man. I remember seeing the news reports on every news channel and being completely stunned. I called my friend asap to see if he heard and we just couldn't believe it. Then tuning into raw where Vince stood crushed announcing the news in the middle of the ring in an empty stadium. Benoit was supposed to wrestle the previous day and I was confused why they replaced him. Turns out they had no idea where he was. Just devastating.
I was living an hour away from where Benoit had killed his wife, child, and then himself so it was all over the local news for a while.
I didn’t realize this happened in Fayetteville, GA. I live around the corner from this. This entire story rocked me when I was kid and watching this as an adult is difficult 😢
Yeah I lived an hour away so I remember the constant news coverage.
I will never forget when this happened. I was 11 years old and I was a huge fan of WWE back then. I couldn’t understand why one of my favorite wrestlers at the time would do this. This was a tragedy. 😢
The fact that he put a towel on his neck to prevent scars shows he was more aware then people wanna believe
True
I agree
He had the brain of an 80 year old Alzheimer's patient. Fact
@@AJ-xv7oh Please stop with the excuses. He knew exactly what he was doing.
I just want to know how much of him was there at the end?
It’s so interesting the way he would move in the ring even walking to the ring was so intense. Makes you wonder how much of it was real and how much was “the crippler”. His intensity to me is what made him one of the greatest but his actions completely unforgivable. Rip Nancy Benoit. Rip Daniel Benoit.
Obviously had a lot of rage inside him but I don't think he fought the urge to kill people. Probably did it out of built up anger and he snapped. Now to snap like that you have to be evil but im just saying I don't think he potrayed himself as a killer.
Rip Chris Benoit 🙏
@@wresling300he had cte and brain trauma, it wasn't him
@@gavinpoad6127 It was him. He murdered those people. Brain trauma is no excuse. Millions of people have brain trauma and don't murder their family.
@@redrick8900millions of people are not hit in the head with steel constantly
I remember Chris and Eddie Guerrero being some of my fav wrestlers. I was in middle school then and never forgot about him and Eddie. So sad 🙏❤️
It's insanely scary how a disease can develop, go unnoticed and untreated, and evolve into this. CTE is such a sad reality of the sports world. RIP to Chris and the Benoit family.
I wish people would understand that you can't do something like this out of the blue. If they knew how serious cte effects can be maybe they'd all still be alive today.
It was a tragedy that could now be avoided
One of the most haunting crimes ever
Nowhere near close.
Steroids, head trauma. The different between being suicidal and being a family annihilator. Smh
I remember the week before this happening, it was the storyline of Vince blowing up in the Limo. Chris Benoit death literally change course for the WWE.
I remember the limo blowing up storyline too.
I think I would have gone over there after the other friend got the same text, that's awful.
Same here.
No you wouldn't stop kidding, you wouldn't even bother. Until the situation happens
You would have left your job hop on a plane to Atlanta and rented a car and drove 2 hours to your friends house because you received a text telling you where his dogs were?
Benoit fanboys are people I dislike now
It’s very sad how similar Chris Benoit and Dynamite Kid’s life stories were.
I remember this like it was yesterday seeing it on the news that was sad day for wrestling fans I grew up watching Chris Benoit
I love this series. Its so eerie and has you thinking. The one with brodie the bruiser, hands down best one. Its crazy how they covered up his murder, even with witnesses in the locker room.
yeah sure POLICE-MEDIA SAYS TRUTH , PIGS FLY 🤣🤣
So, is this a clip from a documentary? I’m not familiar with this story & wondered why the video ended so abruptly. Vice didn’t explain how to watch the entire episode in the description.
@@strnglhld Thank you! I really appreciate it! 😊
Oh yeah Bruiser Brody was a tragedy as well
I remember this day in Calgary, Alberta 15 years ago, brings me to tears.
Rest In Paradise Beniot Family🕊remember this when I was a freshman and somewhat didn't believe it, and then seeing the documentary of his first born and how much love he had for his little brother and the part where he was telling how his little brother wanted to be a wrestler as well and wanted to be a champion with a smile on his face and then changed quickly and broke down crying because of the tragedy made me shed tears for what happened to his family and the pain he was going through in that interview shows how much he truly loves his family❤️ stay safe and always be protected David Beniot Jr🙏🏽🕊
What do u meaaaan rest in paradise! Are u kidding me ? That dude killed 2 innocent ppl an 6 yo boy. May he rest in hell
you haven't seen the documentary you should have watched from Purplesky11, thank you
Had*
I did, but still that man loved his family but with all that head trauma doesn't face what he did
he didn't, you need to waych again maybe examine your brain, then you come back later, much thank you
Looking at his entrances videos, you can tell there was something that was eating him.but because we were kids that time we never thout worse. Till now the story been told. We will never understand why did he took such horrible decision. His child today could have started training in ring to take over the legacy. Rip to them
What a dumb comment…how the hell can u tell something was eating him just by watching his entrance videos?…u sound very juvenile and ill-informed
Do we even know if benoit actually killed them l ol
@@Tcm_edits.01 Yes.
@@strnglhld naw it’s something just don’t add up🤷🏾🤷🏾
@@friendstofoe5559 like what?
I remember it like it was yesterday. Me and my family were coming back from Philly to our apartment in Lancaster and we were talking about wrestling and i happened to say that i loved Chris.. Looking back now it was clear they had watched the news that weekend and i didn't. They looked at me and told me but my 11 year old mind refused to believe it until we stopped at a rest area where every single TV was playing CNN and in black and white there it said "Benoit Family Tragedy" and i stood there. Time stopped. My face dropped and my soul was crushed. The rest of that ride is a blur but i do remember coming back and watching the Raw tribute show and wanting to buy his DVD and shirts.... I loved and still love Chris as a performer but it's something we can't discuss without talking about his crimes.
I remember being a kid, hearing that he had died. I cried like a baby. Benoit was my favorite wrestler. It’s still sad what happened to the family and him, but you never know what happens behind closed doors..
Regardless chris would've been dead within a year or 2 max. He had a severely enlarged heart due to steroid abuse. Either way this was absolutely tragic.
@@Brandon_093but still had he died of natural causes despite having unnatural substances in his body or which happened to destroy his body over the years, he would have died without leaving this situation where even today all of us debate whether he deserves the same respect as the family members who died - his wife, Nancy and son, Daniel.
At least they both would have stayed alive and the narrative would've been different, had he died due to the enlarged heart issue or anything else.
Could've received which he actually deserved for the craft for which he devoted his entire life, a HoF ring mention, a fond remembrance among peers and audience, and a worthy legacy being talked about his dedication towards the wrestling industry.
"you never know what happens behind closed doors.."
Because that would tooootally excuse Chris killing his own son, yeah
You know when there is extensive forensics and you aren't an idiot.
It's guys like this or some of the guys who had tragic stories in the NFL that make everything safer for the future of the respected sports. RIP to the Benoits and I'd just like to let his remaining family know that what happened did have a positive impact on wrestlers to come
As much as he's "cancelled" per say I'll never forget his matches growing up.
"Cancelled" stfu. Dude killed his child and wife.
I can’t stand when people say “that’s not who he is” or “that wasn’t him”….well who tf was it then?
This really hurt my heart. I think about Chris Benoit and his family from time to time. I didn’t know them personally but I believe Chris Benoit was a good man. I’m sorry that this happened to them.
I remember this incident as a kid, and I honestly didn't like him as a kid, and when the news broke I was more concerned about how Vince was still alive when he had just got blown up in a limo than Chris and his family dying. Later on as a I grew up I saw just how incredible he was in the ring the more I understood wrestling but also really digested just how horrific his actions were.
It was ant his fault he had concussions and sterieods and he had anger inside him and eventually he snapped there was no holding him back
I remember watching the WWE episode where everyone was shocked by his death, but then what came out made it ... Unbearingly embarrassing. Shame on Chris😢
Still got chills from listening this
1:04 that call chavo had with beniot was exactly the moment he killed nancy. Very chilling
Salvador Guerrero Jr (As Real Name person) got sad about Chris Benoit died because unknown reasons.
Chavo breaking down while talking about Benoit on the pre-taped Raw episode is heartbreaking.
How could such a gentle man reach a state of rage where he becomes capable of this?
From what I'm guessing, could be those head concussions football players are experiencing. If it is not this, perhaps something triggered him.
@@asoftstring5533 I think it’s a mixture of both. Regardless it doesn’t excuse his behavior.
Forgot to put "gentle" in quotations oops
Chris was a bully and had been hitting his wife for years also injected his son with steroids to make him grow Chris was a nasty piece of work
@@donjohn2695 I suppose you're right.
My love goes out to the lives lost, this has the signs of domestic violence - “No visible bruises: what we don’t know about domestic/private violence can kill us” by Rachel Louise Snyder
How could he harm that child
It’s still questionable why his brain was so messed up
power of drugs
@@therighttune And brain damage
@@brianpratts precisely
@@therighttune A former football player named Phillip Adams had the same issue he had CTE and he killed six people before killing himself
Chris Benoit's legacy is one to talk about, but hey, to be fair, he didn't have to do things that led to his massive CTE. Triple H, The Rock, and Undertaker didn't have to do 6 flips a match to cement ring psychology. They didn't end up killing anybody (well careers maybe).
I guess younger wrestlers should learn this lesson: their bodies could turn against them one day. Benoit's WM 20 win is gonn be forever in my mind, but the heinous crime he did, we can't separate that
I was 27 when this occurred. Sad 😔 that was a truly sad day in wrestling.
I just watched the documentary. Chris Jericho uniting David and Sandra is a real class act. Taking the steps to get them to open up with each other is incredible. Good on him for helping two people who had their worlds taken from them.
My husband, Johnny, Grunge was best friends with them.
Nancy and Chris didn’t show up at my husband‘s funeral and I was upset with them even a year and a half later. I saw them at the gym. Nancy didn’t say anything to me she was on the treadmill. I was looking for Chris and he was in the tanning bed and he had just gotten in there and I was gonna wait for him but I didn’t have time to wait for the 30 minutes. The incident happened two weeks later. I wish I would’ve waited for 30 minutes.
I don’t think it would’ve made a difference. You wouldn’t have known he was going to do it.
I was in Corpus for that show. There were murmurs of what happened, but this was before high powered cellphones, so nobody knew for sure. It was a such a somber thing watching everyone leave.
I've watched this exact clip more times than I can count, and I still can't fathom any of it. It's such a sad situation. Kudos to Chavo for not only going through the Benoit situation but also Eddies passing too. He was personally linked to them and their deaths...
This Was Professional Wrestling Darkest Hour At That Time What Chris Benoit Did Was Unforgivable
Yea but he wasn't right in the head otherwise he would have never done it
@@Adubz101 he still did it, no excuse
I can’t forgive him for that he was a coward for that
@@oscargee1173 His son thinks differently
@@brianpratts yeah well don’t matter anybody that murders his baby and wife and kills himself is a coward and a monster
For those who are saying that if Eddie didn’t die Benoit would still be alive not true, Benoit’s brain is so messed up that he could have stilled lived until no later than 2009, Eddie’s death caused him to die earlier
And according to Chris's sister in law after the autopsie on chris they found out his heart was so enlarged he would have died the same way eddie would have they told her within in 10 years his heart would have given out
I just want to play now the amount of head trauma and brain injury he had anybody could have snapped even if they were a good person it wasn't about what he wanted to do it was about how damaged his brain was literally. I think he is just trying to ignore it I don't think he thought that this would happen. Brain injuries aren't them anymore when they're severe enough
There’s so many other tragic stories like this as well where the person who while having struggles was described by their family as being kind and loving, completely lost it one day doing an unthinkable act, like the football player last year who for some reason decided to grab a gun, shoot six people dead and get into a shootout with the cops, there’s no clear reason as to why they did that apart from the possibility of CTE completely altering their personality gradually or suddenly.
@@sophiamarquis You can’t detect CTE until you die though
Dark side of the ring is such a good show. I hope more episodes come out soon
I remember that day I woke up and my brother told me Benoit died and killed his family I just couldn’t believe what happened 😥💔
His older son saying "He was my hero" 😭
I just want to point this out because the realization has become oh so clear to me. The reason so many people want to forgive Chris Benoit and want to believe alternative theories is because of the fact that the WWF did that. And people watched it and got so emotional and felt so strongly toward Chris and everybody is speaking so glowingly of him in the way that you only do about somebody who's now dead, and then they feel like that was all taken away from them after learning the truth
People wanna forgive him because he was a great guy. He was great both on screen and off screen.
After watching this doc a few years ago I still think him & Eddie had something going on and he lost it after he passed
Something going on how ? Lovers ??
Could you maybe explain the “something going on?” But agree I noticed he completely lost it after Eddie passed.
This is just my opinion. But I think he just couldn’t handle the loss of his close friend Eddie and it got to the point that he wanted to take his own life but didn’t want to leave Nancy and his son to suffer so he killed his wife, son and then himself.
Judging from what vickie said, chris Benoit was an aggressive dude even when edsie was alive. When chris left their house, she stated that chris and Nancy got into it and he damage their car windshield. That's sad man
@@solidsnake8331 Yup and Nancy filed a restraining order on Chris 2 years before Eddie passed
Chris wasn't gentle or a giant.
I got no respect for anyone that kills his own family. It shocks me people feel sorry for him. If that was one of your family member would you be saying the same thing about this guy. Yes his mind wasn't in the right place but doesn't give anyone the right to take another persons life. I feel sorry for his wife and child, they didn't deserve this.
I agree all the way. But this man does have a or some reason. He had brain damage and other mental issues from wrestling almost phsd
No Nancy and Daniel definitely didn’t deserve it at all and I’ll forever be depressed about the fact they’re no longer with us😢😔
Well Said
It’s a bit of an understatement to say that ‘his mind wasn’t in the right place’. The autopsy showed that he was *severely* brain damaged; that changes a person in ways we can’t imagine, similar to a stroke. It’s easy to overlook these details and claim that the only relevant factor is that he killed two people, but this neglects the human side of what happened. Everything about the Benoit case indicates that there wasn’t two victims and a perpetrator, there were three victims.
@@thefuturist8864 so true, whatever happened is beyond our comprehension truthfully
Rest In Peace to those that passed away.
I still can't believe this happened. When I saw the headline I teared up. He was one of my favorites. I assumed he was killed in a car crash or something. Recently I read that Daniel had bruising on his neck consistent with the crossface. Then he hung himself with the cable machine.
I was 16 when this happened and I remember that day like it was yesterday...it was so sad watching wwe
This was one the most tragic accidents " it Shook the core of wwe Staff and its Fan Base so unfortunate 😭2024 we rember chris benoit & fam
As sad as this is and even though he had brain damage, it doesn’t change the fact that he killed his wife and his son.
Allegedly.
This was a very serious thing a former football player did the same thing bcs of CTE, Phillip Adams killed six people before killing himself
Did he really? I'm not so sure
@@ponyboycurtis3795 That's what I read
@@brianpratts I'm not questioning you on the other case(Phillip Adams)as I have never heard of that case and never looked into it or researched it.. But the Benoit case I am questioning for sure.
Sixteen years later, it's still the most horrific event in wrestling history. Benoit is easily in my top 3 for my favorite wrestlers of all time, but I'll be damned if I don't say that even if he wasn't still here now (as he had an enlarged heart, he apparently would've only had about 8 months or so left to live regardless), Nancy and Daniel should still be with us because they didn't choose nor deserve to die especially not in the way they did.
Whole thing breaks my heart.
I can't imagine what Nancy and Daniel went through
Just imagine the fear of knowing your life was gonna end by the father of your kids and love of your apparently but then again Nancy said herself that things were going bad w chris and during her final days alive she told a friend of hers something along the lines of oh if I die just know chris did it
Really heartbreaking 💔
I will say this, thank God for Chris Nowinski. His studies did a whole fucking lot, not just for wrestling, but sports in general.
People forget that there was a lot going on in this time period in the Benoit household. Chris was on his way to retirement and opening a wrestling academy which he was prolonging due to loving wrestling so much. Him and Nancy were trying for another baby. In ‘06 Nancy had a AVO placed on Chris after they had an argument that turned violent. On top of that Chris was suffering from paranoia, depression and anxiety. Both Chris and Nancy were self medicating. I believe so much went wrong after Eddies passing that Chris just had the mentality of “one more thing goes wrong, I give up”. A lot of pressure he had put on himself.
Did anybody else laugh at how on the nose this title is? Like if this was a documentary it’d be “Netflix presents: The Night Chris Benoit killed his family”
who cares thts what happened
I feel sorry for his son David, he looks like a good man. He feels devastating after what his father did.
He still thinks of him as his hero I can't imagine what he went through
I really hope he gets some help but this whole case is so devastating
I think the Atlanta police department did a terrible effort on this case.
- There was a rumour from one of the people at the crime scene, that police contaminated evidence. Having ruined evidence that could have pointed to anyone else, they blamed Benoit to cover their own asses.
- They didn't interview any other suspects, chase any leads, or consider other scenarios.
- They found Benoit's diary in the trash FOUR days after the initial investigation, and after visiting the house numerous times.
If they missed this the first few times, what else did they miss?
- They came to the conclusion of it being Chris Benoit too quickly. It isn't an open and shut case.
- They didn't ask too many questions of a guy who entered Nancy's death date, 8 hours before the murders was released to the media, meaning only the police knew about it. So either there was a leak in police headquarters or the guy who edited the Wiki page knows something, yet they didn't follow it up.
The way the Atlanta police investigated this is a joke, and the case needs to be reopened.
You mean Fayetteville Police Department?
Years of chair shots in the head, domestic violence in Chris and Nancy’s marriage, abuse of alcohol, steroids and drugs, autopsy report of his brain of 80+ year old Alzheimer’s patience and his short temper are evidence that CHRIS was the one who killed his own wife and son. It was not Kevin Sullivan or any other person which you conspiracy theory idiots think did it.
Jesus get a grip he murdered them
@@Cawksuckah If it's botched then if he would be acquitted with a great lawyer. That's if he didn't kill himself.
Actually, rumors about Nancy were started by trolls in a chat after hearing Chris wouldn’t make the show because his wife had food poisoning. You can read the chat logs in the police files. So it’s not like the troll had inside info, he just continued to troll by editing the rumor into Wiki lol
Chris Benoit will always go down as one of my favourite wrestlers of all time. Chris Benoit outside the ring… no. RIP Nancy & Daniel
I’ll always remember benoit as a wrestler and his talent in the ring. Not the guy outside the ring.
Heyman said perfectly , there was 2 people that night who didn't ask to be killed , he's a murderer
We can never predict what goes through a person's mind. Sometimes people for one reason or another simply snap.
I met Chris a couple times at a couple meat and greets he really apreciated his fans all his friends and family had nothing but nice things to say about him even after the incident. It really goes to show how devastating CTE really is and that it should be taken more seriously. The Dr couldnt believe it when they saw his brain they compared it to a 80+ year old with severe Alziemers. Its just an all around tragefy may they all rest in peace
Yep, and because society doesn't deal with nuance and duality very well, it's hard to believe that someone can morph into a completely different person.
While most reasonable people believe that Chris Benoit left this world as a complete piece of crap human being, we can't say the same about whether or not he was always that way (given how most people close to him perceived him prior to all of this, it seems to refute the possibility of him always being that way).
It's almost as if the only people capable of truly understanding the duality of "two Chris Benoits" are people who have loved ones suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.
Its really a shame that they couldnt just live in peace
@@HoffyRS Really, Chris needed intervention and needed to be forced to retire. He had severe brain damage and brain deterioration. He was still taking anabolics, as well as drinking. Fatal combination. I do not blame Chris at all. His actions were monstrous, and evil. But I do not believe for a second, that it was the coherent, and healthy Chris that did those actions. It was a very ill and delusional man, whose brain was not functioning properly for multiple reason. For example, I was a drug user who has been clean for 16 years. I cannot believe the things I did while I was off the wagon. Things I would NEVER think to do with a sober and straight mind. All morals and rationalization is out the window. All self-control and willpower gone. I think Chris went into an uncontrollable rage for whatever reason. Does any of this excuse his actions? No, but, context is incredibly important here. This was not a healthy, sane man who was just always an evil, bad person behind the scenes. Quite the opposite. For 95% of Chris' life, really no one had a bad thing to say about him. Not even after the fact. Which shows, even in private, he was a good guy. And then, his personality and brain declined and caused him to change. The story is a tragedy. And I hope going forward, athletes and performers can be saved from this fate and be stopped from destroying their brains for entertainment.