The "Rabid Wolverine" found dead
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crazy_monkey1956
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wwe.com has removed all tributes to Benoit in light of mounting evidence in the case. Mr. McMahon's introduction to Tuesday Night ECW on the Sci-Fi channel (you can listen to it or read it on www.wwe.com) states this and that WWE will continue onward.
Agamon
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I kinda had a feeling that the self-important, arrogant air Benoit carried around with him wasn't an act. The guy was a one of the most technically sound wrestlers in the biz. But, and I hate to speak poorly of the dead, I always figured him to be a bit of an ass.
Isn't it weird that Hogan, Piper, Savage, Flair, Sting, Rock, all of the big names that drew the most attention and had to be 'on' all the time are doiing fine and it's a lot of the lesser lights that end up dying in their 30s/40s.
Isn't it weird that Hogan, Piper, Savage, Flair, Sting, Rock, all of the big names that drew the most attention and had to be 'on' all the time are doiing fine and it's a lot of the lesser lights that end up dying in their 30s/40s.
mcrow
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Agamon said:
I had the complete opposite idea about him untill I heard about the threats as stuff he was making twords his wife a while back. I had met him in person before and know a couple others who did as well. He used to come into the dinner my gradmother worked at when the WWE came to town and she was telling me how nice he was ( and Goldberg to).
horacethegrey
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Oh yes. I'll always consider him one of the best technical wrestlers I've had the pleasure of watching. But as a human being (especially now, in light of all these revelations), I'll always look at him in shame and disgust.Arnwyn said:
Count me as one of those who had the opposite impression of him. If anything, it was the likes of Randy Orton (who's a well known as an ass in real life) who turned me off. Benoit on the other hand, seemed like a nice hardworking guy. Never in a million years did I think him a wifebeater and a murderer.Agamon said:
Probably because they never had to work as hard for their success. Guys like them had the charisma and presence to draw in the crowds, so the management had to back them up, which alleviated the pressure. Lesser guys like Benoit had to work harder to be "The Man", and that effort is sure to put a strain on anyone.Agamon said:
GlassJaw
Hero
mcrow said:
Jake the Snake is still alive actually, but he's had a pretty rough life since wrestling.
The culture of professional wrestling is one of death, plain and simple. The number of wrestlers that have died before the age of 45 is staggering. The WWE should be forced to shut down until a complete investigation of its practices is conducted. Vince is killing these guys. I don't know how he lives with himself.
I also can't believe the audacity of the WWE to issue a statement questioning the role that steroids and their emotional effects might have played in this case"
Even if steroids wasn't a direct cause, just the fact that they try to distance themselves of any wrong-doing is heartless and evil. Way to go WWE for being so caring about the health and well-being of your employees.
werk
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GlassJaw said:
There are a lot of
stupid
The problem is the statement completely ignores the psychological affects of prolonged steroid ABUSE, which could be directly related to the incident. They are saying that steroids weren't involved because he wasn't in a rage and his heart didn't explode, which would be the mind-numbingly obvious ways that steroids could have caused this...but not the most likely.
They are just shaking their head and saying 'look over there!' It's kinda like blood doping your way through the tour de france, everyone knows the truth, but everyone is too embarrassed to tell the truth.
crazy_monkey1956
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werk said:
WWE is evidently attempting to refute this story.
http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/benoitpressures
Nuclear Platypus
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Relique du Madde said:
Jim Fullington aka The Sandman was originally supposed to be a sort of surfer dude but he wanted to put more of himself into the character thus the cigarette smoking, beer drinking antisocial brawler around 1994 I guess (his feud with Tommy Dreamer). Stone Cold wasn't "born" til around 1997, when he coined the "Austin 3:16" catchphrase mocking Jake the Snake's then gimmick.
As for Vince McMahon:
From Wikipedia:
The McMahons' feud with Michaels took a religious turn after WrestleMania 22 (where Michaels defeated Vince McMahon) when Vince McMahon claimed that Michaels' victory was a result of "divine intervention", booked himself and his son in a match at Backlash against Shawn Michaels and his tag team partner "God". Around this time, Vince McMahon began to act strangely and at one point considered himself a God. Shane, who at this time was referred by Vince McMahon as "the product of his semen", teamed with Vince McMahon and defeat Shawn Michaels and God at Backlash, due to help from the Spirit Squad.
This is all in 2006, well past the Attitude Era, which ended about the same time as the Monday Night Wars (ECW went bankrupt and WCW was sold).
Now who's the heel is obvious since Mr. McMahon has been a heel since at least Stone Cold's "birth". Ditto for Shane McMahon, who often interfered on his dad's behalf or at least against the fan favorite. Shawn Michaels has pretty much -always- been a face, from the Rockers to the Heartbreak Kid to D-Generation X. The only time is if his opponent is more of a face like against Rey Mysterio during the Eddie Guerrero Memorial.
They once tried another religious angle involving the Undertaker (the marriage of Stephanie McMahon that ended with Stone Cold being "crucified") while later newcomer Mordecai (aka Kevin Thorn) was a religious zealot who saw sin everywhere. On a related note, Raven got a lot of flak over a crucifixion (involving the Sandman) back in ECW.
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