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I was completely shocked to hear of WWE wrestler Chris Benoit’s death this weekend.
I was even more shocked and utterly disappointed to hear that he murdered his wife and son as well.Benoit was the only performer on WWE that drew my attention due to his technical wrestling prowess.
I was really at a loss to understand the evil that Benoit perpetuated in the prolonged murder/suicide.While the media seems to want to make steroids the scapegoat,
it may not be the only driver behind his sickening behavior. There was an interesting article in the New York Times that suggested that head trauma may have a role The article is here.In it, former WWE wrestler and Harvard graduate Christopher Nowinski makes the suggestion that concussions may be the reason and I completely agree. The deliberate nature of the murder/suicide (e.g., the prolonged acts, the placements of bibles next to the bodies, the sending of text messages to colleagues, etc.) do not lend themselves to “Roid Rage”. Unfortunately, Chris was ultimately responsible for these atrocious acts, not anabolic steroids (this isn’t to say unprescribed anabolic steroids aren’t bad, because they are).