Also not everyone who has brain damage kills their family then themselves.
He was obviously mentally ill.
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From: Dennis Cooke
Date: 21/05/2010 3:51:24 AM
To: TheOriginalWWFFanClub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [TOWWFFC] "He Who Must NOT Be Named" 's Dad: Don't Vote For
Linda McMahon!
This is like people blaming McDonald's for people being fat. Benoit used his
flying headbutt for years knowing that making contact would do some damage.
Now his father wants to hold the WWE responsible? I call BS on this one.
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From: raging_demons <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
To: TheOriginalWWFFanClub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 5:46:45 PM
Subject: [TOWWFFC] "He Who Must NOT Be Named" 's Dad: Don't Vote For Linda
McMahon!
Michael Benoit, father to "He Who Must Not Be Named" wrote a piece on the
Hartford Courant's website asking people NOT to vote for Linda McMahon for U
S. Senate.
Source: Courant.com
"Watching from afar, I've observed with interest the U.S. Senate campaign in
Connecticut because of my experiences with Linda McMahon and her business,
World Wrestling Entertainment. While she spends millions of dollars earned
through her professional wrestling empire to flood Connecticut's airwaves
and mailboxes promoting her Republican candidacy, state voters should know
there is another side to McMahon and the WWE.
My son, Chris Benoit, 40, was one of WWE's top superstars. In June 2007, our
lives changed dramatically, when he tragically killed his wife, son and
himself. The press jumped on steroids as the cause of his actions. But tests
showed that brain damage in the form of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or
CTE, not steroids, was responsible for our loss. CTE, caused by repetitive
trauma to the brain, can bring on serious disorders such as a loss of
emotional control, addictions to drugs and alcohol, depression, aggressive
and violent behavior.
Most people view wrestling as fake and the McMahon family pushed that theory
to avoid regulation. But in its lust for higher ratings and dollars, WWE
began demanding that performers use more weapons and dangerous stunts in
wrestling matches. Although matches are rigged and scripted, the harsh
physical abuse in the form of blunt force steel chair shots to the head and
power bombs through tables onto cement floors are real. I believe that this
change in the industry is responsible for the majority of deaths it
experienced in the last 20 years.
Another WWE wrestler, Andrew Martin, was 33 when he died. What did Andrew
Martin have in common with my son? He was one of many of McMahon's former
wrestlers who died prematurely, and he was the second wrestler to have his
brain examined for signs of CTE after death. Martin had the same shocking
brain damage as my son. The human skull is not designed to withstand and
protect the brain from the abuse the McMahon's insisted their wrestlers
endure. Yet, since the late '80s, these are the matches into which the
McMahon's have pushed their talent.
USA Today in 2004 published research stating that wrestlers are 20 times
more likely to die before the age of 45 than are pro football players. What
has the McMahon family done to make pro wrestling safer? They will spend up
to $50 million to get Linda elected to a position where she could head off
any effort to regulate their business.
The WWE and Linda McMahon evade any responsibility for the early deaths that
their industry suffers at an astronomical rate. After the Martin tests were
completed, I sought to educate the McMahons about the scientific findings on
brain trauma and how their wrestling stunts could cause this serious and
fatal health issue. They were having none of it. It was clear, the McMahons
were more interested in making hundreds of millions of dollars at the
expense of these wrestlers, whom they regard as little more than circus
animals to be ridden until their value expires.
On CNN in 2007, Vince McMahon, Linda's husband, said they had stopped
wrestlers from smashing each other's heads with chairs. That practice,
however, was not ended until January of this year — scores of "head shots"
later. There are still all sorts of weapons and stunts that the McMahons use
to equally dangerous effect. For a sport that is "fake," there is an all too
disturbing reality.
You might say that these young wrestlers make their own choices, and that is
true. And the McMahons entice them with prospects for fame, wealth and glory
that few achieve. If this were any other business or sport, there would be
congressional hearings and laws passed to reform this dirty and dangerous
enterprise. The McMahons have steadfastly held that wrestlers are just
independent contractors and not entitled to health care benefits, pensions
or unionization to represent their best interests.
This is how Linda McMahon made the money she uses for her Senate race. This
is how she ran her business. This is the true character behind the fancy,
Hollywood advertisements. I pray the people of Connecticut do not allow her
to buy her way into the world's most distinguished legislative body."
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