Vince McMahon: There Is No Correlation Between Taking Steroids And What Happened With Chris Benoit
Vince McMahon addresses Chris Benoit’s death.
On June 24, 2007, Chris Benoit murdered his wife Nancy, his son Daniel, and committed suicide. Benoit was heavily studied after the double murder-suicide, with his issues being traced to steroid use and head trauma from years of wrestling.
On “Mr. McMahon,” Vince McMahon addressed Benoit’s death.
“There is no correlation between taking steroids and what happened to Chris Benoit. Human beings are flawed. Chris went nuts. It happens in every form of life in everything. That’s the only thing I can take away from it.
“This doctor came up with this ridiculous statement of, ‘Okay, here’s why Chris Benoit did this. Caused some sort of trauma to his head.’ Things were shown where Chris would dive off the rope and hit someone with his head. That’s complete work. It looks like there’s damage, and there’s not. We know what we’re doing. We don’t hurt each other.”
“There were a couple of in ring moves that we stopped doing. We stopped hitting each other over the head with metal chairs.”
WWE began working with Chris Nowinski in studying concussions and CTE in wrestling following Benoit’s death.
Fans can learn about CTE and concussions by clicking here.
Janel Grant, a former WWE employee, filed a lawsuit in January against Vince McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis. The lawsuit accuses McMahon of sexual assault and sex trafficking. On May 30, Grant agreed to pause the lawsuit for six months while the federal investigation continued against McMahon, who resigned from TKO/WWE following the lawsuit being filed.
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