Comments on: All over the place — UPDATE http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/06/26/all-over-the-place/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:32:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Jonathan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/06/26/all-over-the-place/#comment-220687 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:20:42 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/06/26/all-over-the-place/#comment-220687 RIP Benoits. Of course I wish there were easy answers and naturally I hope that there's some explanation or reasoning for why this occurred. This story hits me very hard because it's not only news of someone I watched on TV, not only news of someone I've met personally several times, but it's news from my hometown. I grew up in Fayette County and the Benoits were not just stars but part of my community. All of my friends were proud to have pro wrestlers living in our town (Atlanta being a huge wrestling town in general), and I can say nothing but complimentary things about Chris Benoit in particular. He was very quiet and seemed reserved but was immediately approachable and kind. He signed autographs without complaint and always seemed genuinely happy when someone told him, "I'm a fan." He would smile, shake their hands, and then kind of step back into his metaphorical corner of the room. His family always appeared to me as if the typical young family in town, and now....this. I'm afraid this post will come off as more about me than the ones that have passed, but this is my attempt at a small tribute to some people that I knew at least in passing that I won't ever wait on again at Ruby Tuesday, that I won't ever see in the Eckerd drug store, that I won't smile and shake hands with. For a town with such deep wrestling ties and tragedies in the families of Lex Luger, the Iron Sheik, and others that still live around town, this is the worst news to come and I only hope that wherever they are now that the Benoits are in a better place. RIP Benoits.

Of course I wish there were easy answers and naturally I hope that there’s some explanation or reasoning for why this occurred. This story hits me very hard because it’s not only news of someone I watched on TV, not only news of someone I’ve met personally several times, but it’s news from my hometown. I grew up in Fayette County and the Benoits were not just stars but part of my community. All of my friends were proud to have pro wrestlers living in our town (Atlanta being a huge wrestling town in general), and I can say nothing but complimentary things about Chris Benoit in particular.

He was very quiet and seemed reserved but was immediately approachable and kind. He signed autographs without complaint and always seemed genuinely happy when someone told him, “I’m a fan.” He would smile, shake their hands, and then kind of step back into his metaphorical corner of the room. His family always appeared to me as if the typical young family in town, and now….this.

I’m afraid this post will come off as more about me than the ones that have passed, but this is my attempt at a small tribute to some people that I knew at least in passing that I won’t ever wait on again at Ruby Tuesday, that I won’t ever see in the Eckerd drug store, that I won’t smile and shake hands with.

For a town with such deep wrestling ties and tragedies in the families of Lex Luger, the Iron Sheik, and others that still live around town, this is the worst news to come and I only hope that wherever they are now that the Benoits are in a better place.

]]> by: charles foster kane http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/06/26/all-over-the-place/#comment-219366 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:31:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/06/26/all-over-the-place/#comment-219366 When the "outcome" people are most hoping for involve brain damage of a kind (instead of just cold blooded murder), it's a horrible story. The MSM has already rushed to judgment that this is all about "roid rage." My own opinion is that it's probably some combination of mental illness, steroids, concussions, painkillers and the part of the brain that makes workers different than the rest of us that just watch it. When the “outcome” people are most hoping for involve brain damage of a kind (instead of just cold blooded murder), it’s a horrible story.

The MSM has already rushed to judgment that this is all about “roid rage.”

My own opinion is that it’s probably some combination of mental illness, steroids, concussions, painkillers and the part of the brain that makes workers different than the rest of us that just watch it.

]]> by: Paul O'Brien http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/06/26/all-over-the-place/#comment-219079 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:46:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/06/26/all-over-the-place/#comment-219079 I think that given the way the story is emerging, the best that can be said for Benoit is that a man who kills his wife and child over a two day period and (reportedly) leaves Bibles by the bodies is probably seriously mentally ill. I think that given the way the story is emerging, the best that can be said for Benoit is that a man who kills his wife and child over a two day period and (reportedly) leaves Bibles by the bodies is probably seriously mentally ill.

]]> by: Ken http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/06/26/all-over-the-place/#comment-219021 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:09:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/06/26/all-over-the-place/#comment-219021 The Chris Benoit story is sickening. I feel most saddened by the little boy though. The more the details come out the less I feel for Benoit himself. The press conference today pretty much draws the picture how it all went down. The Chris Benoit story is sickening. I feel most saddened by the little boy though. The more the details come out the less I feel for Benoit himself. The press conference today pretty much draws the picture how it all went down.

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