The Chris Benoit Story: The Murder Case That Changed Pro Wrestling!

The Story of Chris Benoit is tragic in every sense of the word. Before Chris Benoit’s death, he seemed to have it all. The professional wrestler known as the “Canadian Crippler” was world-famous and beloved by his fans however on June 24, 2007, the wrestler killed his family, then himself.

The wrestler, born in Quebec, had steadily climbed the ranks of pro wrestling over 22 years. After starting his career in Canada, he wrestled in Japan before joining Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2000.

The murder-suicide shocked the wrestling world and beyond. It prompted questions about WWE’s drug testing policy, Benoit’s steroid use, and how his long wrestling career might have impacted his brain and though some answers emerged after Chris Benoit’s death, the world will never know what motivated the bloody end of the wrestler who killed his family and then himself.

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