I've lost track of how many wrestlers have died since I started watching wrestling about a dozen years ago. I do know that a colleague and I were able to take turns rattling them off one after the other as we walked to lunch today, and none of them died of natural causes, unless heart failure due to steroid abuse is natural.
I stopped watching wrestling regularly at least three years ago, but I've gone to a few live events over the last few years and I've casually checked in on the storylines every now and then.
That's the end of that though. As if the events of the last few days that saw a wrestler take the life of his wife and son before ending his own life weren't disgusting enough, I just can't stomach anything produced by a company that can actually release the following statement (emphasis mine):
"In keeping with company policy, and with limited knowledge regarding facts of the case, WWE choose to air a memorial dedicated to the career of Chris Benoit."
It says something about a company when they have a set procedure for what kind of show to air after an employee dies. How many times do they have to invoke the policy before they actually take a serious look at what's causing the deaths of their employees?
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