Finished with TigerKing already? Here's another true crime doc you can obsess over!
'Dark Side of the Ring': Why the Heartbreaking Chris Benoit Documentary Should Be Your Next True-Crime Binge pro wrestling series returned earlier this month with a two-part season 2 premiere that's a worthy, though heartbreaking, add to any true-crime binge list.
These days, Chris Benoit is best known as the WWE star who killed his wife and 7-year old son before taking his own life over one tragic weekend in June 2007.
The Benoit murder-suicide initially garnered media speculation about"'roid rage" -- and while the doc doesn't shy away from claims about the wrestler's use of steroids and other substances, it also sheds new light on another potential factor in his erratic and horrifying behavior, one that has become more well-known in recent years.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE, is a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head injuries. While the disease has recently become a major concern in the NFL, "BENOIT" explores how the past few decades of professional wrestling have also been a fertile breeding ground for CTE cases, and the examination of Benoit's own brain yields shocking results.
While Benoit has been all-but-erased from the WWE's history books, the family and friends interviewed for the special do their best to remind fans of Nancy's impact on the sport, and make their case for her place in the history books as more than just a footnote in the story of her tragic murder. season 2 narrator and family friend Chris Jericho."She was a pioneer, and one of the best at a role that doesn't exist anymore.
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