The following comes from reviving my inner child and wrestling fan from months of recapturing the "Glory" days of WWE, AWA, and WCW(NWA), from watching dvd releases of the all time greats and greatest moments that will live in on for eternal time in infinity. Growing up on the Superstars and Wrestlers of the 1980's and 1990'
s I have come to enjoy two particular athletes for the same reasons, they were "Best in the Business" at what they do. The two men in which I am speaking of are Chris Benoit and Curt "Mr Perfect" Henning. These two Superstars caught my eye for the mere fact that were high energy, technically sound in their craft, and well far beyond their years.
Their lives were abruptly ended at the young age of 45 and 40 years old, Curt Henning was found dead in a hotel room down in Tampa, Florida and Chris Benoit had committed a double murder and then later suicide via noose from a rope off a piece of gym equipment. Now right off the bat this sounds like two different tragedies, but I am writing this blog because I want to tell you that they are no different, they are equally Tragic. Curt Henning was nearing the end of career and only wrestling on smaller circuits around the country and was using Cocaine and unfortunately overdosed and ended his life too early. Chris Benoit on the other hand murdered his wife and child and then himself, and yet they are mourned in two separate ways. One was entered into the Hall of Fame of the Wrestling Business and the other is not spoken of since.
I am not condoning, murder over drug use but I am simply arguing that Benoit should be inducted into the Hall of Fame for the same reasons that Henning was inducted, Benoit was a good wrestler and Sports Entertainer and regardless of what the end result was if the WWE can over look a wrestler down on the ditches using Cocaine to be revered than why can they not over look Benoit's low point in his life struggling with years of steroid use complications and numerous concussions endured during his matches through out his career that have made WWE and at one time WCW millions of dollars.
