Scott’s Blog of Doom

I figure we should at least try to remember the good before we start hearing about the bad, so here’s a repost of the Chris Benoit DVD rant. Enjoy.

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I haven’t watched RAW yet, as I just got home from work and I’m trying to keep up with everything happening thus far.

If nothing else, Chris Benoit went from “debatable legend” to “immortality” tonight as far as wrestling fandom for the ages goes, although probably in the worst way possible.  I’d like to pretend that his name won’t get dragged through the muck and that it was just a horrible accident, but I think by now we all know there’s a very seedy underside to wrestling that no one talks about, and this is more evidence of that.

Ideally, I’d like to remember Chris for what he did on-screen:  The humble guy from Canada who was deemed “too small” by promoters and who had to fight for every push he got, who won pretty much every title there was to win and had nothing left to prove in the ring, who could be counted on for at least one good match on every PPV, and sometimes two of them.  I’ve followed his career for 20 years, from his start in Calgary to now, and although it saddens me that he died, it saddens me more than we had to learn what kind of a person he really was on his way out of his life.  If he did what they say he did, then I’m glad he killed himself rather than having to watch him (and wrestling) get dragged through the media circus of a trial and conviction.

It’s just all kinds of bad on every level.  I’ll be appearing as a guest on Sideshow Radio at www.wrestlingrn.com on Wednesday night, and hopefully we’ll have more facts by then.  Obviously Benoit discussion will dominate my interview.

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