Chris Benoit known as the Canadian Crippler or the Rabid Wolverine was a WWE star in the 22nd year of a storied career. He was known to be a wrestler’s wrestler- one of the most technically proficient athletes among the corps of actors and performers. Chris Jericho once said Chris Benoit was the “most intense and believable performer I’ve ever been in the ring with. He could see things that were going to happen before they happened.” Chris won many heavyweight and tag team championships, and he’d made a lot of money doing it. He was doing exactly what he’d wanted to do for his entire life- since he was 3-years-old. His friends and colleagues all knew him to be a respectful, reserved and polite family man. So, it came as quite a shock to everybody when he and his family were found dead under suspicious circumstances, in their sprawling Fayetteville, Georgia home. This is the story of a woman, her child, and to some extent, a man, who were failed by the very institution that should have protected them.The question on everyone’s mind…could the tragedy have been prevented?

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Sources:

• https://concussioninc.net/?p=497 Benoit 911 calls
• Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror that Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport - collected essays by Steven Johnson, Heath McCoy, Irvin Muchnick and Creg Oliver
• Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America, by Abraham Josephine Riesman
• Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide & Pro Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death, by Irvin Muchnick
• https://www.autopsyfiles.org/reports/Celebs/benoit,%20chris_report.pdf Chris’ autopsy report
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• https://www.biography.com/athletes/andre-the-giant
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