But fuck it, somebody has to say it...
That's a picture of Chris Benoit and his wife. This weekend, Chris strangled that lady and their kid. Then he hung himself. Chris is a professional wrestler, which is a profession long associated with steroids, which, I am to understand, have a tendancy to make people rage and freak out.
Now I'm not saying steroids are the cause of this tragedy (and I certainly don't mean to make light of it). But the "shock" coming from "insiders" on this story baffles me. Now, aside from the fact that Chris is an adult who has chosen to earn his keep by bashing other adults over the head with trash cans and folding chairs or pinching their nuts with pliars (I know because i saw one do it once in college)....FUCKING LOOK AT THE GUY!!! Seriously look at the pic! I don't watch pro wrestling, but his gimmick name may as well have been 'Steroid Steve'. I love how of all the pics they prolly have of this guy, the one of him and his wife also happens to be the one that looks like he changed a tire with his face. Who looked at this couple together and said "naw man, that guy couldn't possibly do anything wierd".
Yep...I'm goin to hell
Comments (1)
I'm a long time pro wrestling fan. while I cannot say that he was my favorite, he was a good wrestler. and prior to this almost nobody, sans his wife's 2003 filing for a restraining order/ divorce, had ever said a negative thing about him.
that being said, there was obviously something he didn't let anyone in on. I think 'roid rage' is quite possibly related to his cowardly act, but I also think people that abuse steroids and who have roid rages are usually predisposed to have violent outbursts. or have anger issues anyway, and the roids just commpound it and bring it to the surface faster. I sure as hell can say that they didn't help things, I dont' think anyone would argue that.
However, he clearly had major mental issues that are not just steroid related. why else would he murder his wife on friday, wait a day then kill his kid... then hang around yet another day and hang himself on sunday? perhaps a roid rage helped him kill his wife, but his kid too? only a effing lunatic would do that. Plus he moped around the house for nearly two days with dead bodies in the house. I'm betting the farm that the 'rage' had worn off and he either a)was so far gone he couldn't tell up from down, or b) knew exactly what he did and decided to end it, in what he may have seen as the path of least resistance.
Bottom line = he was a great wrestler, but you can't sugar coat what he did no matter how you look at it. I have no respect for what he did, regardless of if his actions were chemically induced or not.
btw - you're not going to hell ;)
Posted by mike f. | June 27, 2007 11:20 AM
Posted on June 27, 2007 11:20