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Holyfield started to worry me a little bit in the 5th and 6th... He was starting to look gassed. But then he came back and was bouncin' everywhere.
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**** CHris Benoit, why are you talking about a fake ass ***** wrestler. This thread for a ****in warrior. Evander Holyfield is the ****in man,that left hook in the ninth was destructive.Comment
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Heres an article that sums it up the way the rest of us non-socipaths feel.
AWTREY: Benoit's actions tarnish career
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By Jeff Awtrey
The Lufkin Daily News
Saturday, June 30, 2007
While the mainstream audience is shocked at the suicide death of Chris Benoit and the murder of his wife, Nancy and his son, Daniel, the wrestling world is taking it especially hard.
There's no doubt the business has its share of unsavory individuals. Randy Orton was sent home from a European tour after trashing a hotel room earlier this year. Rob Van Dam and Sabu were arrested for possession of marijuana last year.
There have been dozens of cases over the last several years of wrestlers getting in trouble for drug issues, assaults and other types of misbehavior.
There are a handful in the wrestling community known for being class individuals by wrestling fans and fellow wrestlers. Men like Sting, Bret Hart and Rey Mysterio have pretty much kept their reputations clean outside the ring. Others, like Shawn Michaels, Booker T and Ric Flair have earned the respect of the locker rooms. Before Monday, Benoit had earned the respect of wrestling fans and the "boys" in the back.
Benoit was no taller than six feet but was tough as nails. He took pride in his work. He wasn't as well known as a Hulk Hogan, Rock or Steve Austin but deserved to be. He could wrestle circles around those guys. But Benoit didn't care about recognition. He only cared about working his butt off in the ring and making himself and his opponent look good. And he delivered every night.
Benoit wasn't a great talker, which is usually a requirement to make it in the business. But the fans didn't care. They loved the way he didn't need words, he just let his actions in the ring speak for him. "Intensity" is the word to describe how Benoit looked in the ring and fans ate it up.
When I first heard about the deaths of Benoit, his wife and his son I thought, "Someone killed all three of them. There is no way someone like Benoit would do something like this." Then late Monday night it was revealed that police suspected a double-murder suicide. I was at a loss.
This to me is the basketball fan's equivalent of Tim Duncan or David Robinson doing the same thing. Or for football fans, it would be like finding out that Barry Sanders or Emmitt Smith killed their families. And for baseball fans, think about hearing how Cal Ripken, Jr. had smothered his son to death. Because Chris Benoit was held in the same high regard to wrestling fans as much as the aforementioned were held to other sports fans.
I can't fathom Benoit, a man who had suffered through the tragic deaths of two of his best friends, Owen Hart and Eddie Guerrero (two other deaths that reached the mainstream's attention), would reach a point where he would not only take his own life but take two others with him.
I can't understand how someone who had always flown under the radar when it came to personal issues would do this. I can't understand how a wrestler who I had never heard another wrestler utter one bad word about, who had only drawn praise from other wrestlers, would become a major part of the worst crime in wrestling history.
Today I only hear from co-workers, friends and family what a de****able person he is and it makes me bristle with anger. I remember how great he was, how he worked in the ring, how he commanded respect through his work and how loved he was by wrestling fans.
I want to lash out when someone speaks negatively of him. But then I immediately realize how right they are. How he tied his wife's hands and feet together and choked her to death. How he took such a sweet child and smothered him to death. And how he couldn't accept responsibility for his actions and hung himself like a coward.
Chris Benoit is a coward. The man who earned the nicknames of "Canadian Crippler" and the "Rabid Wolverine" will instead known as a murderer. A coward.
It makes me mad that a man who was so respected among wrestling fans for his work in the ring will never be known for that. Instead he'll forever be known in the mainstream as the wrestler who killed his family.
When I think of Benoit, I'll fondly recall his great matches and moments over the last 15-plus years. And they are numerous. But then I'll remember what he did. And i hate that such a senseless, ****** act has ruined my memories of him.
Of course I hate that two innocent lives were taken. But the selfish side of me, the wrestling fan in me to a much lesser degree hates how he ruined some of my fondest memories of him.Comment
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SOme serious Beniot talking up in here.Comment
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