Chris Benoit Biopic

[Rob Lobo]

I've met him in person 9 years back and seems like a really cool guy but what he did to his family really got me heartbroken for quite sometimes. I use to respect the man as a person and a wrestler. But now, only as a wrestler. Nothing less, nothing more. But making a movie about him, that would be hard to cast too.

 

[TheFuture]

After reading the findings I find it hard to say Chris Benoit did those things willingly. The amount of brain damage he had baffles. The man had the brain of 85 year old with Alzheimer. He had an advance form of dementia.

These findings always baffled with me, if the guy really had an advanced form of dementia, how on earth did no-one flag it? It's not something you can hide, especially for someone who was in the public sphere.

 

[blueblazer2]

The WWE really dropped by the ball not getting him some help . They should had known that there was something was wrong with him

 

[TheVileOne]

Randazzo's book was a POS and full of inaccuracies.

I don't think I would see this movie. Just not sure I can watch a story onscreen like this.

 

[obin_gam]

After reading the findings I find it hard to say Chris Benoit did those things willingly. The amount of brain damage he had baffles. The man had the brain of 85 year old with Alzheimer. He had an advance form of dementia. The idea that he could even comprehend what was going on just rings false to me. He was so far gone.

Where can I read more about this?

 

[Kane52630]

Not sure how I feel about this and i'm a big Benoit fan.

 

[Kurosawa]

I fell back from watching wrestling after Eddie Guerrero and Benoit passed almost back to back. Like big part of wrestling died with them. I think a lot of fans feel the same way.

That was it for me. And I had been a wrestling fan since Ric Flair was TV Champ in Mid-Atlantic.

I find this very shortsighted.

After reading the findings I find it hard to say Chris Benoit did those things willingly. The amount of brain damage he had baffles. The man had the brain of 85 year old with Alzheimer. He had an advance form of dementia. The idea that he could even comprehend what was going on just rings false to me. He was so far gone.

The real reason why Vince has erased him from WWF/E history is because the tragedy is a fine example of what pro wrestling does to these human beings and their bodies.

It is much easier to paint him as the crazy killer, then to confront how much Vince's industry contributed to the death of three people.

Three in that case and who knows how many more others that Vince is partially responsible for due to the work environment and steroid requirements. And another name to add to the direct list: Owen Hart.

These findings always baffled with me, if the guy really had an advanced form of dementia, how on earth did no-one flag it? It's not something you can hide, especially for someone who was in the public sphere.

They see what they want to see, I guess.

 

[Project862006]

That was it for me. And I had been a wrestling fan since Ric Flair was TV Champ in Mid-Atlantic.



Three in that case and who knows how many more others that Vince is partially responsible for due to the work environment and steroid requirements. And another name to add to the direct list: Owen Hart.



They see what they want to see, I guess.

oh btw here is their current wwe champion

in Real Life and in character lives a straight Edge Life Style and weighs about 218 pounds and is 6ft

this is'nt the 80's anymore

 

[DarthSkywalker]

oh btw here is their current wwe champion

in Real Life and in character lives a straight Edge Life Style and weighs about 218 pounds and is 6ft

this is'nt the 80's anymore

Punk, Amdrag, Del Rio and Ziggler are the reasons why I started watching again. After Eddie's death, I limited my viewing to ROH mostly, and then this happened and I just couldn't watch anymore. I had been a fan since I was really little, but it was Benoit, Malenko, Eddie, Jericho and Shawn Michaels main eventing that got me hooked.

Still, there are more then a few guys obviously still using.

Where can I read more about this?

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3560015&page=1#.TtqPbvLfWVo

Andrew Martain, aka Test, had similar brain damage.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=4724912

 

[Donnie Darko]

I think the combination of the brain damage (due to concussions, steroid use, who knows what else), stress, and the loss of his two best friends (Eddie and Owen) did him in. I remember hearing something about how he was writing letter to Owen Hart for years after he died. I understand it was kind of a therapeutic thing to do maybe, like a release, but that strikes me as an odd thing for a grown man to do.

IF the movie is getting made, my vote for the lead role is Tom Hardy. He is short enough (like 5'9" I think), built like a monster when he wants to be, and a great actor.

 

[bullets]

I find this very shortsighted.

Benoit is known as a killer , if they tried inducting him or showing any remorse it would backfire on the wwe. You can try to explain the dementia theory but that's not going to hold up a media frenzy.

After reading the findings I find it hard to say Chris Benoit did those things willingly. The amount of brain damage he had baffles. The man had the brain of 85 year old with Alzheimer. He had an advance form of dementia. The idea that he could even comprehend what was going on just rings false to me. He was so far gone.

Benoit was around people and even had a dentist appointment on the same day he killed his wife. Also the killings and his eventual suicide span the course of three days. Then he has a history of domestic abuse. I don' t know much about dementia so it's all strange to me. If this guy was so far gone , why did no one notice.

The real reason why Vince has erased him from WWF/E history is because the tragedy is a fine example of what pro wrestling does to these human beings and their bodies.

It is much easier to paint him as the crazy killer, then to confront how much Vince's industry contributed to the death of three people.

Well Vince isn't going to point fingers at himself. Also it's the industry as a whole and not just him. At this point all we can hope is the company was shaken up enough to start preventing these things. The have banned chair shots to the head.

 

[Kurosawa]

oh btw here is their current wwe champion

in Real Life and in character lives a straight Edge Life Style and weighs about 218 pounds and is 6ft

this is'nt the 80's anymore

I know, but it still led to several people losing their lives. Plus a lot of those guys get addicted to painkillers, etc. I guess ECW can be blamed for some of that too, I know I've see Cornette rant about the harm of extreme wrestling to workers.

 

[venom892]

I don't think I'd be able to watch this.Benoit was a favorite of mine and I was ecstatic when he and Eddie were champs together.I just feel it's a quick cash in and it'll demonize the industry.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Seems like a creepy thing to do but only because it's so recent. I wouldn't rule out seeing the movie if it has a good script, director and cast.

 

[TheVileOne]

Randazzo's book is entitled THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PRO-WRESTLING INDUSTRY.

The industry didn't really fall. I mean, even after Benoit's death, WWE had some pretty successful and banner years in terms of income and revenue. Sure the WWE and wrestling overall is not as popular as it was say in the late 90's, but WWE still has some of the best ratings year round for any cable network.

As far as the concussion thing, I don't think that's the only cause. Now definitely yes there seems to be an equating of head trauma and concussions to depression and manic depressive feelings that I can see. But I also don't buy the whole, "Benoit had the mind of an 80 year old man before his death." Benoit clearly hadn't lost any steps at all in the ring. He was still performing at peak really. And he sounded normal in interviews and pretty coherent. So he functioned a lot better than these "tests" seem to imply. I think it means there is just more to this than head trauma. I'd agree it was probably a combination of things that sent him over the edge. Be it the HGH/steroids abuse, he did have a DUI we never really heard about in 2003, and apparently he did have anger issues at home. I'm not saying any of this to absolve Benoit, I just can't completely buy that he had the head trauma of an 80 year old man because if he did I doubt he'd be able to function like he did.

However, I do think the business does need to change more beyond the wellness policies, drug testing, and such. I'm glad they are being more careful about chair shots and the like. But sometimes I think they are still overworking these guys way too much. Especially John Cena. Cena is getting older and now he's starting to deal with all these head and neck injuries despite the safety issues. These guys do need some more time off to rest. I know there's no off season or anything but WWE is too reliant on these guys some times.

 

[ALP]

Imagine if at the end of the Wrestler, The Ram murdered his girlfriend and daughter. That's basically your Benoit movie. Yeah...

 

[Project862006]

not really benoit had tons of money since he worked for WWE and did'nt live in a trailer or work at a meat shop lol

 

[dude stannis]

IF the movie is getting made, my vote for the lead role is Tom Hardy. He is short enough (like 5'9" I think), built like a monster when he wants to be, and a great actor.

His role in Warrior was very much like Chris Benoit.

These findings always baffled with me, if the guy really had an advanced form of dementia, how on earth did no-one flag it? It's not something you can hide, especially for someone who was in the public sphere.

They didn't really give a crap about their wrestlers health. They wont let them unionize and only after wrestlers dying early hit pandemic levels did they introduce all this health testing.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

I am a long time WWE/ WWF fan but I don't know if they should do this. What Chris Benoit did to his family was horrific and disturbing. He used his finisher the cross face to kill his own son. But then again, maybe someone should bring to light some of the pressures of wrestling. People just brush wrestling off as being fake (which it is for the most part) but the wrestlers themselves take all the bumps, bruises and the hectic travel schedules etc. It can take a physical and mental toll on someone. So I don't know, I am 50/50 on the subject.

This is untrue. Daniel was suffocated.

 

[Project862006]

tom hardy is far too good looking to play benoit lol

 

[Spideyfan93]

I don't know how to feel about this.

That time was right around when I was growing out of wrestling and I was a ridiculously huge fan from the mid 90s till late 2007.

Still remember the text I got from my friend but I didn't find out about the murders till a day or two after. **** was disturbing to hear on the news for a young teenager.

 

[TheVileOne]

I don't how the **** they started this rumor that Benoit killed Daniel with the crippler crossface. How the **** would anyone know anyway?

dude love, keep in mind after Eddie's death in 2005, WWE did start a wellness policy as well as offering rehab to guys who are suspended as well as paid rehab for former WWE superstars. Now I agree they don't really care about the health of their workers enough, but they did institute stuff before the Benoit family tragedy.

Also it was reported that Benoit apparently passed his drug tests. Also from the way his former friends talked about him, it sounds like if Benoit had problems he had a way of keeping it to himself and being "functional" in the work place. Also he's working in a cutthroat political business where guys are always just trying to watch out for their own ass and look out for themselves. Guys themselves had drug issues or mental issues of their own.

Some people are also just really good at keeping their issues under wraps. Keeping the skeletons in their closets. There was also a rumor about Benoit having an affair with a Diva, but not sure if that was ever actually confirmed. However, it wouldn't surprise me considering Benoit was cheating on his first wife with Nancy Sullivan.

 

[Project862006]

^i remember jericho saying benoit was always kind of off to him

quotes from his book

• On Benoit's sense of humor: "Not a giggle, not a chuckle, not a tee-hee…never went ‘Ha.' But when somebody threw up or fell down the stairs, he would laugh out loud for hours on end."
• On being Benoit's friend: "I considered Chris to be one of my closest companions, but it wasn't always easy to be his friend. You had to take the good with the bad when it came to his friendship."
• On hearing that Benoit's family was dead: "My gut feeling was Chris had killed them."

 

[SuperSoldier985]

It'll probably be something low budget and independent..

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Wow, this is a terrible idea.