It's been a week now since the world of wrestling was turned on it's head by the Benoit family tragedy in Atlanta. As the days have passed, more and more details have come out and it has made it increasingly difficult to know how to react to this tragic event.
The 3 hour Raw that was shown this time last week has both added poinancy as well as a darker centre as fans come to terms with the fact that their hero was not what they seemed. As the tabloid press search for more and more lurid stories to fill their pages, the fans are searching for answers beyond the headlines that scream tales of steroid induced rage. Was it concussions? Was it infidelity? Was it Daniel's genetic condition Fragile X? We'll never know.
We all know deep down that our heros are not as pure and innocent as they may seem, they are real people afterll. However we seperate the real world from the world of wrestling and it helps us cope. But that is all well and good when it comes to someone failing a drug test, however how do you deal with a man killing his wife and sun and then himself? At least when Eddie died there was just cause and fans could honor his legacy, however with Benoit his in-ring legacy is now irrelevant as he will forever be known as the man who killed his wife and son (just as Owen Hart is 'the guy who died in the ring'). Looking back on one of the most glittering careers in wrestling, all of a sudden isn't so pleasurable and matches which were once must-sees become morbid curiositys featuring a man who no-one ever really knew what he was capable of until the end.
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