The Benoit Tragedy

I had avoided writing about professional wrestling within these pages mainly because sports grapppling and mma are pretty far removd from th WWE, but I have been a life long pro-wrestling fan and sometimes thought about adding a few pro-wrestling stories. Never got around to it though....

Sadly, the first mention of pro-wrestling entry is about the horrible Chris Benoit-Murder Suicide. It is difficult for me to comment on the specifics of the case as I only know what has been released to the press. I can say, however, that I am shocked and must concur with the conventional wisdom of public sentiment that it is time to get serious about cleaning up the out of control drug problems that are rampant in wrstling today and have been rampant in wrestling for close to 35 years. No, none of the problems with reckless and out of control behavior have been a secret. The fact that behavioral issues have led to a murder-suicide is such an outrage, however, that it has become fodder for tabloid television presentations. If there is anything good that will come out of this, hopefully, it will be that th industry cleans itself up for good. The odds of it actually happening, however, are fairly slim.