Benoit Murder spells Raw Deal for WWE
The world of "Sports Entertainment" has been thrown into a bit of a tizzy to say the least, what with another wrestler biting the dust - though this time it was no accident. Ironically, the wrestling entertainment giants were running a two-week feature called 'Death Angle', involving the 'fake' death of Board Chairman Vince McMahon.
The death of Chris Benoit (and his family) came as a shock to wrestling fans and colleagues alike, causing the producers at WWE to replace their Monday Night Raw edition of the Death Angle series with a three hour tribute to the 'Rabid Wolverine'. While more viewers than usual might have tuned in to pay their respects to the deceased ex-intercontinental champion, grief turned to anger over the next 24 hours as news unfolded of the case being dubbed a double-murder suicide. As police reports confirmed Chris Benoit's hand in taking the lives of his wife and child, before taking his own, critics lashed out at the organization for its part to play in celebrating a murderer on monday night.
It is indeed quite the spot of bother that the WWE is having to deal with, for if claims are true that they had no idea about the murder prior to the investigations, they had little choice but to air a tribute rather than an insensitive 3 hour episode faking their chairman's death. As more theories behind the tragedy come forward, including accusations of steroid abuse going unchecked in the profession, this has surely one Backlash that the WWE can't be too thrilled about having to deal with.
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