“Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror that Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport” will soon be available in stores and online.
TORONTO: Four journalists grapple with the life and death of Chris Benoit in the book “Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror that Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport” (October 15, ECW Press), by Steven Johnson, Heath McCoy, Irvin Muchnick, and Greg Oliver.
On June 25th, 2007, the grappler was found dead in his Atlanta home, along with the bodies of his wife, Nancy, and his seven-year-old son, Daniel. The horrific murder-suicide outraged the nation; wrestling’s fake cartoon world suddenly became real. The staggering level of public interest in the days and weeks afterwards shocked both media and wrestling fans – it challenged the perception of wrestling as just tabloid fodder.