cool arrow Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Of course, but wondering why he would even want to get into the business seems perfectly logical to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsplash Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Because He Always Loved Wrestling. I'm Sure He's Aware Of What He's Up Against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 He could have grown up loving it. Or he wants to own his father's legacy. I think his grandparents blame wrestling more than anybody else. I can't even imagine how he feels. It is hard enough losing a parent before you are even twenty, but to have him die the way his father did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Hey, more power to him. I just hope he knows what he's getting into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valcourt Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Smackdown! in Tampa tonight? Anyone going? I love live shows so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Imagine ECW were still in business today ... Imagine the Benoit tragedies still occurred ... Imagine the "smart mark" chants that would follow David Benoit well into the rest of his pro wrestling career ... Imagine that you can hate markdom more than you think you do now ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 This all reminds me - this weekend at the conference I was at, one of the kids attending was named Chris Benoit. And I remember thinking "Hoo boy - that must suck." But none of my co-workers remembered the name until after I explained the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Imagine ECW were still in business today ... Imagine the Benoit tragedies still occurred ... Imagine the "smart mark" chants that would follow David Benoit well into the rest of his pro wrestling career ... Imagine that you can hate markdom more than you think you do now ... Why do we have to imagine ECW still being in business? There are still plenty of smarks out there. Witness the day after Mania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 This all reminds me - this weekend at the conference I was at, one of the kids attending was named Chris Benoit. And I remember thinking "Hoo boy - that must suck." But none of my co-workers remembered the name until after I explained the details. Sounds like a Seinfeld episode. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Then again, maybe it's good that people don't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 He was probably a super cool well liked dude that had absolutely no murderous past. Then you tell everybody who Chris Beniot the wrestler is, and everybody starts looking at him differently. The following day he's been fired, his wife left him, and now he swears one day that he'll kill you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Wyatt Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I feel like if London and Kendrick were still in WWE they'd have some really great Southern style tag matches against the Real Americans. Either one of those guys is a great face in peril and Claudio can take their flippy stuff and make it look great. Actually, Swagger always had fun matches with smaller guys like Rey so I'm sure he'd do well too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Imagine ECW were still in business today ... Imagine the Benoit tragedies still occurred ... Imagine the "smart mark" chants that would follow David Benoit well into the rest of his pro wrestling career ... Imagine that you can hate markdom more than you think you do now ... Why do we have to imagine ECW still being in business? There are still plenty of smarks out there. Witness the day after Mania. There are admittedly fewer "holy shit" chants. Also, fewer "you fucked up" chants. Not as many "she's a crack whore" chants either. I only mentioned ECW for that context, because I imagine that, if ECW were around, that element of wrestling fandom would be more prevalent than it is now. Wonder how ECW fans then would have treated, say, Darren Young? "This is awesome?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Wonder how ECW fans then would have treated, say, Darren Young? "This is awesome? After hitting a cool move the fans start clapping, but then a "YOU STILL SWALLOW" chant starts up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skelemania Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Where are London & Kendrick nowadays? Are they working on the Indies? All of their past shoot stuff was hilarious. Would watch anything with those two unfiltered. For that matter, what is Jim Cornette up to lately? I would love to hear his opinion/rant on the current state of both WWE & TNA (although he would probably just say he doesn't watch either). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I saw London and Kendrick at ROH's last Toronto show...and London/Elgin and Kendrick/Steen were both pretty great. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Kendrick's doing a New Japan tour this month, and was at Festival Supreme earlier this month. I didn't see him, but another friend did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 London just worked the ROH show this past weekend, beating Roderick Strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I feel bad for David Benoit. I can't comprehend what him and his sister have gone thru. I don't know what his reasons are for wanting to be a wrestler, but whatever makes his life easier. He should not have to apologize for existing. But it's going to do the exact opposite though. That's my issue with it. I feel terrible for the guy too. I don't even want to think about how hard the last few years have been for him. But is getting into the business really going to help him move on from that? Not really. It'll be hanging over him every day, he'll never be able to escape from it. Not to mention the fact that, as noted, he's not going to get anywhere in the US simply due to who his dad was. He's screwed before he's even started. Who would even want to get into a line of work where you have virtually no chance of getting anywhere, anyway? You can't tell me this guy wouldn't have a happier life if he finished college and did something else. I imagine his mom and grandparents would be happier with that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Did you have to say "HANGING over him"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Did you have to say "HANGING over him"?As long as he's an accomplished worker and not some choke artist ...I suck as a human being. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 What is the big deal? If he makes it to the WWE they are only going to change his name anyway. If he is good and deserves to be there then I wish him the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 No way WWE hires him though, they still have not yet gotten to the point where they even acknowledge his dad's existence unless they absolutely have to on WWE classics. I cannot see WWE wanting to even associate themselves with him, most people will focus on what his dad did and his own accomplishments will be glossed over because of this. I feel for the kid but wow, talk about an uphill battle. Maybe NJPW will give him a job but I cannot see WWE ever wanting to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 There's no "if he makes it to WWE". Chris Benoit's son is not ever going to work in the WWE under any name. He could be twice the wrestler his father was and it still wouldn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 There's always Puerto Rico. David's dad was arguably only a marginally worse human being than Jose Gonzalez. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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