I cringe now watching Benoit. His matches are top notch, no doubt. But, his style was so intense that you absolutely know it fucked him up physically and mentally. I remember watching his match with Jericho at the 2001 Royal Rumble where he took an unprotected chairshot to the head on a dive, and it just made me cringe because you know the hit probably gave him a concussion.
He always had a strong relationship with Eddie Guerrero. Once Eddie died due to heart failure (likely due to the same physical and mental stress Eddie put himself through and the drug use), Benoit seemed to lose his sense of reality. If you've never seen the Dark Side of the Ring doc about Benoit, you should.
I mean that's hardly unusual. It's basically what every elite sportsperson or physical artist does (look up throat cancer and hearing damage rates for Opera Singers sometime, it's not great)
I cringe now watching Benoit. His matches are top notch, no doubt. But, his style was so intense that you absolutely know it fucked him up physically and mentally. I remember watching his match with Jericho at the 2001 Royal Rumble where he took an unprotected chairshot to the head on a dive, and it just made me cringe because you know the hit probably gave him a concussion.
He always had a strong relationship with Eddie Guerrero. Once Eddie died due to heart failure (likely due to the same physical and mental stress Eddie put himself through and the drug use), Benoit seemed to lose his sense of reality. If you've never seen the Dark Side of the Ring doc about Benoit, you should.
I mean that's hardly unusual. It's basically what every elite sportsperson or physical artist does (look up throat cancer and hearing damage rates for Opera Singers sometime, it's not great)