According to medical reports taken of Chris Benoit's brain after his death, Benoit had a brain so severely damaged from years of concussions and injuries that the brain resembled an 80 year old alzheimer's patient. Chris Benoit was suffering from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. This is a degenerative cerebral condition endured after years of mulitple concussions and other injuries. It is as a result of this kind of condition that the NFL is now beginning to probe the long term effects of concussions as a former NFL player comitted suicide after suffering from this same condition and reportedly went insane as well. Not to say that what happened was right, but it is unfair to Benoit to pin him and him alone with the blame. Is it not the responsibility of the WWE to ensure that its wrestlers are in proper health? Is it not the responsibility of the WWE to make sure that their wrestlers undergo mandatory Head CT scan evaluations to ensure that they are fit for action? Is it not the responsibilty of the WWE to make sure that all of its wrestlers who have a history of head injuries undergo psychiatric evaluations? While Benoit was found to have a prescription for steroids, doesn't the WWE also have mandatory drug testing? If so, then how did Benoit slip through the cracks? It is easy to blame Benoit when we blind ourselves to the fact that the WWE has a responsibilty to its wrestlers by ensuring they are in proper health for ring action. Doctors revealed that Benoit was in no shape to be in the ring after evaluating the shape of his brain and the fact that he was allowed to do so shows the negligence and wrecklessness of the actions of Vince McMahon for valuing the money and ratings his wrestlers bring to him as opposed to valuing their health. For those who answered that Benoit embarassed the WWE during the tragedy, the WWE embarassed itself by not checking up on its wrestlers. The fact that Vince McMahon refuses to own his share of responsibility for not having his wrestlers undergo brain evaluations after sustaining concussions is disgusting. If wrestlers subject themselves to brutal stunts that could cause long term injuries to their health for the sake of the WWE, then why shouldn't the WWE be responsible and look after its wrestlers?
@rated R superstar: You obviously didn't read the reports that Benoit suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encepholepathy. Read the background to my question.
William Labostrie
Cause Waterpillar mastubates to John Cena and his dog.
JRRMZ
R.I.P Chris Benoit and Family.
Beautiful Bobby
R.I.P Chris....We love and miss you and stand by you, your a part of the family, you were very ill and we will all always understand that.
R@ted "R" Super ★
It wasnt the WWE, benoit took drugs... he had a medical history of doing it. Steroids is the correct term, but the point is, WWE didnt see death around the corner for Benoit and neither did you. Death is unpredictable so stop bashing the WWE about something that happened 4 years ago. Itsover, the legacy of Benoit will continue, but why keep arguing about something that happened 4 years ago? Its over dude.... move on...
The Waterpillar - GONE In 16 Days
Benoit CHOSE to do headbutts.
Benoit CHOSE to take steroids.
HE made the wrongs decisions.
No one told Benoit he had to do his headbutts with full force.
No one told him steroids and painkillers were the solution.
R.I.P. Nancy and Daniel Benoit.
terry v
So someone was foreing Beniot to take all the drugs that he did?
Is it the WWEs responsiblity to check the health of all wrestlers?They are independent contractors!All that money Chris had and going to a doctor just to have drugs perscribed to him.
Chris choose to continue wrestling after many concussions.Doesn't he and he alone choose that carrer?I mean is he so stupid he could do nothing else.
Chris choose to kill his family and himself !If your looking to blame someone start with him!He had brain damage yes but I guess that alot of killers would if they checked.
I don't care what people think Chris and Chris alone is responsible for this.He loved the big money comeing in and didn't get himself checked out!He is responsible to himself first and foremost.
TJanssen411
the medical policies as they are today are Because of Benoit
as to the head trauma... Chris was performing the flying head butt and enduring similar trauma in WCW and Japan for teh better part of 10 years before he ever signed with WWE
also straight up blaming WWE for his brain damage alos ignores that weapons and head trauma were a stock feature, although on a sm,aller scalle for 20 plus years before 'Attitude' turned the dial up... Look at guys like Andre, Abdulla the Butcher, Bruiser Brody (Andre died from a medical condition, Buthcer is still kicking, and Brody was stabbed to death most likely by a crooked promoter) and the countless other guys who made their name with Hardcore before it was called Hardcore and are fully functional retirees no more senile then the guy 2 rooms away at the nursing home.
so exactly what statistical or even anecdotal evidence would WWE have used that states Benoit would go bat guano loco and kill 2 people and them himself... even the NFL didn't start measuring this stuff until the 2000's
N. W.
Benoit choose to take drugs
Orignal From: Q&A: Okay, why won't you blame WWE for the Benoit tragedy?
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