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Post by hardyz on Sept 19, 2007 8:18:33 GMT -5
No, the WWE will forever try to make everyone forget that Benoit existed. There's also a huge difference in not being stable and killing your family. Unstable= Brian Pillman Crazy=Chris Benoit They both are dead so it does not matter. And no they will not make a Benoit DVD.
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Post by Sexy White Chocolate on Sept 19, 2007 10:05:14 GMT -5
they really shouldnt because they are asmuch to blame for all 3 deaths as benoit. granted he was a private man but the odd behaviors they said he was exhibiting didnt alert anyone? the fact kennnedy and im sure others knew he was on rec. drugs, the hormone therapy the sudden religious zeal? nothing signaled maybe this guy needs our help? i think they werent as good of friends of benoit as theyd liek to believe and i think in addition to the possible backlash of glorifying an accused murderer they feel trememndous guilt over it and wash their hands of him as so to avoid it
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Post by Chip on Sept 19, 2007 11:06:52 GMT -5
we'll never see it. benoit went out in a way that should be condemned. he was great in wrestling...awful in life. owen has been dead for 8 years. no owen DVD. sh*t we cant even get an owen hart Classic Figure!
we all need to let benoit go. say byebye to the "crippler" give him a thank you for the wrestling part and a middle finger for the life part
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Post by PdW2kX on Sept 19, 2007 12:22:19 GMT -5
WWE will never make a DVD like that, and I want them to keep it that way.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Sept 19, 2007 12:26:43 GMT -5
we'll never see it. benoit went out in a way that should be condemned. he was great in wrestling...awful in life. owen has been dead for 8 years. no owen DVD. sh*t we cant even get an owen hart Classic Figure! we all need to let benoit go. say byebye to the "crippler" give him a thank you for the wrestling part and a middle finger for the life part Thank Owen's wife for that. That aint the WWE.
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Post by chumped on Sept 19, 2007 13:11:52 GMT -5
There is nothing you could say or do to defend him. But I would like to see a DVD. Im just not gonna forget what he did for this Sport. I am still saddened a bit to this day that everything he did was tarnished by this shit. Its a shame. It really is.
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Post by UFW.222 on Sept 19, 2007 13:13:47 GMT -5
hopefully no LOLOLOL.
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Post by original on Sept 19, 2007 13:28:19 GMT -5
The theory that he 99.9% certainly killed his family, will over-write anything he ever accomplished in his professional career.
As a start, the WWE is a public and listed company. This means as an organisation, you are in the big time. It brings with it an element of ethics, hence why WWE will never, ever release a DVD celebrating this mans wrestling career - because he is a wife and child murderer. There are shareholders to keep happy, and there are potential sponsors and investors, you need to protect potential opportunity costs.
(PS I realise the idea of WWE and ethics together could be viewed as ludicrous when looking at past actions of the company, but they have to start somewhere, unfortunately)
This is just Pro-Wrestling. Chris Benoit didn't discover electricity, or invent the aeroplane, and he didn't discover a cure for cancer.
This is my opinion - the person who defended him here, seems to have his judgment slightly clouded, as in his own words, wrestling is his entire life.
We do live in a civilised society, and killing anyone is not on. Somebody's chosen career is not an excuse to 'make 1 mistake too far'. Sometimes all we can do is compare - if David Beckham (soccer player for you US'ers) killed his family due to the pressures placed on him to perform, to stay in shape, to always be under the spotlight - would all the football fans forgive him, and dismiss it as part of the job? I think no.
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Post by onionmaster on Sept 19, 2007 13:28:56 GMT -5
Well.. thats where we part ways my friend, because wrestling truly is everything to me. You just lost all credibility in saying that. I do agree with everything else you said though. I mean there is a fine line between the real Benoit, and the WWE Benoit. However I have an awful feeling he's indirectly responsible for WWE's imminent demise. For instance: Banning Drug Use-Vince doesn't understand that unbuilt guys are good too, but this should change that. Banning Chokeholds, Headlocks etc.-These are the oldest moves in wrestling and that further blurs the line between wrestling and "Sports Entertainment" Banning Diving Headbutts-Obviously this move led to Benoit's brain damage so they will ban that. Basically, Benoit killed 2 people, but he'll also inevitably kill an entire company. On the plus side, TNA might get some good new stars.
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Post by uzerx on Sept 19, 2007 13:48:58 GMT -5
Yeah becaus they blur his face on everything......
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2007 14:00:47 GMT -5
No, I hope he doesn't get (another) one either.
The whole thing that bothers me most about this, is when they put up the pictures of the brain, and some people said "WOW! I knew Chris wasn't a bad person!" and then they never thought anything more of it, and everything about Benoit was just sunshine and puppies for them afterwards.
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Post by addam on Sept 19, 2007 14:23:22 GMT -5
Well.. thats where we part ways my friend, because wrestling truly is everything to me. you should really get out more often then. oh, and no they'll never make a benoit dvd.....ever.
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Post by Mr. Orange on Sept 19, 2007 14:33:35 GMT -5
Not a chance. Could they even put it in a store if they made it? I don't think so.
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Post by TeamExtreme718x on Sept 19, 2007 14:37:46 GMT -5
No CHance in hell..Not at the rate there going...There trying to get us to forget about him..
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Post by class316 on Sept 19, 2007 15:27:16 GMT -5
For now best we can hope for is Benoit footage in PPV releases, eg Best of Royal Rumble and Best of Summer Slam. This is the only way we’ll possibly see Benoit footage in future releases. Though he won't be advertised in the packaging or match listing.
They didn’t make a big effort in abolishing Benoit for past DVDs either.
But for example, in the upcoming Rey Mysterio DVD, no sign of Benoit.
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Post by kamardo on Sept 19, 2007 16:21:16 GMT -5
we'll never see it. benoit went out in a way that should be condemned. he was great in wrestling...awful in life. owen has been dead for 8 years. no owen DVD. sh*t we cant even get an owen hart Classic Figure! we all need to let benoit go. say byebye to the "crippler" give him a thank you for the wrestling part and a middle finger for the life part You joking? WWE has been trying so ing hard to probably even put some owen hart merchandise on the shop. WWE have been dying for things like a figure, a dvd, etc. The only time you'll ever see Owen Hart on a dvd, is if its a match, since WWE owns the matches. If anything, a benoit dvd will be before an owen dvd. Unless Martha (owen's wife) dies, then its pretty much in bret's hands tbh.
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Post by kamardo on Sept 19, 2007 16:23:58 GMT -5
I honestly have always wanted to ask one question without looking like a intellectually- disabled person.
How did the whole thing about benoit killing his family come about?
and unyunmodsta, the WWE didnt ban chokeholds or headlocks, or otherwise orton would be out of a job.
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Post by CBT on Sept 19, 2007 16:45:13 GMT -5
Really, thats asking a lot out of WWE. There are some things I want WWE to do with Chris Benoit instead of just burying him out of history, but a DVD isn't that high on the list. My same line of thinking. No Benoit t-shirts, figures, or anything that would remotely make a profit. For family of Benoit or other-wise. However, if something in the past highlighted him, I'd say let it be seen for the time frame it was in. I mean should we really have to pick and choose so much? But yeah, back on subject, I say they shouldn't. It's beyond disrespectful, I didn't like fans speaking on something they just took into mind 5 minutes ago, so I'd like it less if "former friends" of Chris all of a sudden took beef with him. We only live once, every chapter in the book of Benoit has been book ended. I say let's back off, and hope that at one point we can look at both sides of the spectrum.
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Post by gordon on Sept 19, 2007 16:50:23 GMT -5
Never happen. Imagine WWE acknowledging 22 years of neck breaking, solid, hard wrestling. a machine of wrestling that gave everything he had for the sport he loved. A machine of a man that set a major example to every other up and coming wrestler in the world. A wrestlers that everyone else in the world that wrestled looked up to and wanted to be like. A man whose death will make the future of professional wrestling a drug-free future and will open the doors for wrestlers of all sizes to compete on the grand stage. Chris Benoit provided us with entertainment and memories. He gave us someone to respect. He demonstrated that hard work and patience pays off. He changed the face of professional wrestling, and he will shape its future for the better. Chris Benoit is the prime example of what every other wrestler would love to be. I lost all respect for WWE as a company, when they attempted to remove a man from their records. Trying to erase him as though he never existed. However, Eddie Guerrero, Whose death was an absolute shame to the wrestling world, is still being talked about by the stomach turning company we call WWE. Eddie Guerrero died of an enlarged heart, a problem that was directly caused by his addiction to drugs. OK, WWE installed a "Wellness Policy", but was it enforced? not really, no. Chris Benoit's death will have WWE enforce their wellness policy. Recently we've seen over ten wrestlers get suspended at various times. Would that number be so high had Benoit not passed away? Of course not. Mr. Kennedy-McMahon would be main eventing and Umaga would be squashing people. Benoit is the sole reason that wrestling will become a safer sport in the future. Everyone will realise that a rock-hard 6 pack isn't what makes you championship material, and having good ability and talent inside the ring is what will determine how far you get in the wrestling world. People like Bobby Lashley, Khali, Batista and Henry are exactly what is wrong with wrestling. Useless people with muscles getting pushed into the main events. Against the fans wishes. Chris Benoit Should have a tribute page on WWE.com, but instead, WWE try to erase him from history. They can erase his name and image from TV. From their website. From their books and DVDs. But they can never erase him from my mind. But to get back on topic, no, don't expect that DVD anytime soon. Aswell as being a good wrestler, chris benoit lacked charisma, he also was very well built and porbably took 'enhancers' to look like a 'champ'. You also fail to mention as a human being he was demented, and to pay tribute to a killer would be a ridiculously stupid thing to do, aknowledge him yes, but to pay homage to a cold blooded killer no way my friend.
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Post by pg14 on Sept 19, 2007 16:50:28 GMT -5
should they? yes
would they? no
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