If I'm honest, I can see alot of myself in all of these incidents Benoit went through - outside of the actual in-ring wrestling - and I'm not "crazy", nor could I imagine killing my wife and child. That's why I think it's just not really fair to "black-and-white" stuff like this after the fact. I've "punished" myself by doing ungodly reps for messing up a performance on many occasions. Part of that is probably due to the fact that the slightest faliure as a child was over-punished, and also as a self-motivator to get back up and try again next time. Also, perspective when it comes to 'hazing' is very important. There are generation gaps involved between Benoit and people that complain about non-intoxicated Benoit 'bullying' them. It's literally unavoidable nowadays that Old School Respect is just always seen as bullying. The other side of that Old School attitude is what made Benoit so respectful and dignified in all other areas of his life Having lived through Benoit's career and his death, I'm of the (unprofessional) opinion that Chris basically suffered a sort of prolonged schitzophrenic breakdown - concussion-related or not, it doesn''t matter. A similar thing happened to a high school friend of mine, and slowly over the course of four years, he went from a talented blue chipper into a convicted rapist because he lost stability in his home life, and his strong guiding influences went away. As was obviously getting into deeper and deeper psichosis, he could still have very lucid conversations with people, so long as he had known them when his life was normal. Any time someone or something entered at any moment that he wasn't so connected with, it would make him derail super quickly. Personally that's why I can absolutely separate Chris Benoit the wrestler from Chris Benoit the killer. Maybe I'd have a harder time doing so if Chris actually succeeded in getting on that flight to Vengeance and continued wrestling until he got caught. For all I know, he could have just been a seething brute his whole life, but I think he just went crazy - not in a moment, but slowly over 18 or so months.

Did Benoit come back from down under to pay tribute to Eddie? The chronology or the way the video is presented is perhaps off a bit ?😢

He actually looked like someone who wasn't all there in the head. And he had a sort of physique of a midget (because of the long torso and short legs. Even his facial features. His son had the same look), yet with a normal sized body. It was weird. I always called him an overgrown midget. 😂

WWE is equally responsible for what happened, the law won't touch them for their political inclination and the deep pockets, but the steroid abuse, long working hours, no holiday time and lenient wellness policy is what resulted in this tragedy. Vince is to blame as well, he never took wellness of his employees seriously.

No dept and good conclusion please go and do more investigatve work and vonclude well. Thank you all the same.

When you see his appearance on Tough Enough, you see how much he wanted to pass on his knowledge

Bro roman had it for 4 years

There's No Holdin' Benoit Back. He's Not Driven By Fear... He's Driven By Anger.

It’s easy enough to suggest that his colleagues should’ve realised they were working with a sociopath, but the thing about people like Benoit is they appear totally normal, totally benign, to everyone, even those they are closest to

The rubber headed sledgehammer way better it made it look real it dumb to see his hand cover it

Stu Hart and his trainers. Messed with his head during his training. He never made it out of the dungeon.

To this day I still question if when Chris killed his family if he didn’t see them as intruders. He had paranoia. Hallucinations and losing touch with reality aren’t uncommon with those who have brain damage and/or dementia. Then you add in prolonged steroid use and possible roid rage into the mix. I’m not saying this justifies him killing his wife and son but it would definitely make sense, it would possibly explain the weird text messages he sent out. When Chris came back to reality and realized what he had done to his family he then committed suicide, unable to live with his actions.

With the lack of concussion protocols, shots to the head, and Eddie's passing back then, he was a ticking time bomb. If those protocols were in place back then, maybe he would be alive

It’s sad and crazy to think that Benoits death was the light bulb that made WWE higher ups realize that things such as unprotected chair shots to the head were dangerous and could lead to permanent damage

One of the worst things is that his heart could’ve given out at any time. If it had gone before his brain, Nancy and Daniel might still be with us.

He was one of the best technical wrestlers ever

I know what he went through but I’m stronger than him so far

How can you not mention "Captain Quad" Kevin Nash.

You overdid the mood music. Altogether pretty cheap video.

And WWE never cared about him, they yes wanted him like many wrestlers to be money makers no matter what!!

Vince didn't care as long as he made money off of people he didn't give a crap plus all that money he used to keep his dirty habits going

If a guy with CTE who wrestled for over 20 years killed your sister and nephew would you feel sorry for him?

Gravity caused all the head trauma

There were also some domestic issues that wwe kept swept under the rug in the years leading to this. And they never went into any detail about the sabbatical he took in 2006

This video was well educational

The plane ride from hell?? Man that sounded like something you woulda seen in a wwe smackdown game advert back in the early 2000s 😂 like maybe even the first and 2nd game hahaha mental

Ill always believe chris and his family were murdered dc what anyone says. That case was mistreated, not taking seriously and have assed.

I truly believe Kurt angle or Brock lesnar was next to do something like this

Y si si lo perseguian aquellos que el sentia en esa sensación de paranoia?? Por eso el artículo de Wikipedia?? No hubo al parecer muestras de violencia fisica para con sus hijos y esposa... Seguira siendo una sospecha eso.

Mike chioda was one of my favorite refs..I watched him in the 90s..

Why are these not in chronological order, It would have made more of an impact. Also you forgot about the Plane Ride from Hell.

Chris Benoit was gonna tell all he knew about Vince McMahon n i think him n his whole family was killed

That Diving Headbutt

Chris was hurting walkin past Eddie lowrider

Great vid btw

10:12 Holy Canoli undertaker has a forehead like a drive in movie theater screen

Steroi wat elsee

The only problem with CTE being an "obvious sign," as insinuated by this video is that CTE can only be definitively diagnosed by examining the brain during autopsy. That is, after the affected person's demise. Benoit was often warned against using the Flying Headbutt move, however, as it is cited as being a key factor in weakening the cervical spines of those who used the move. As Ric Flair said, "the human body is not supposed to land that way."

Good video

11:25 good job wwe staff,,,checking,double checking,triple checking the release mechanism

10:18 i litterally LMFAO when i saw the pic of vince mcmahon with dyed hair and a cheesey stache,🤣🤣🤣🤣

He kept waking up and feeling like people watching him cause the hell hounds were coming for him I loved Benoit great wrestler but what he did is unforgivable and I hope and I know he’s rotting in hell for his sins

You forgot the wwe plane ride from hell

Benoit and his family were killed and covered up. Remember someone wrote the Wikipedia talking about the murders a day before it actually happened. This was one of the major slip ups

Checking his security cameras and such!? Interesting 🤔

The Toothless Federation will always be my inspiration. Deal with me.

I remember as a kid watching Benoit, it was year 2005-2007, that's after Edie Guerero passing, and Benoit just never looked right. His eyes were so tired all the time, emotionless like he's fighting some demons. But again, there's a lot of acting in WWE, so I can talk now like I know it all...

Wait…It was Benoit that did that to Miz? 😱

Eddie was really the last straw for him

Good video, quite long times been...