The Real Culprits in the Chris Benoit Case

After a month of speculation and investigation, the world was ready to move on from the Chris Benoit tragedy.

Then Satan sent one of his hellhounds to unleash his wrath on Earth.

Her name was Nancy Grace.

 

What wasn't clear from the report was whether "'roid rage" had anything to do with Benoit's actions. But that didn't stop the national media from having a field day at the expense of professional wrestling.

 

On ESPN's First Take, Skip Bayless asserted that the federal government should only regulate drug testing in "legitimate sports." My question: What exactly is a legitimate sport anymore?

 

You've got steroids in football, boxing, baseball, cage fighting, and professional wrestling. Here's some FYI for you, Skip: Dwayne Johnson, Steve Austin, John Bradshaw Layfield, Jim Duggan, and John Cena are all former football stars. To dismiss wrestling as an "illegitimate" sport is to insult anyone who has ever trained hard and clean to become a professional wrestler.

 

On Grace's show, meanwhile, disgraced WWE superstar Marc Mero took his own shots at Vince McMahon and the WWE. How ironic that Mero decided to lash out against the very company that made his ex-wife Sable a star.

 

Marc, you should have stayed in hiding. You have no right to bash McMahon just because your wife was better at putting butts in the seats than you were. Get over it...or at least go away.

 

Grace, for her part, conveniently forgot that Benoit got his start with the WCW, under the ownership of Ted Turner, in her diatribe against McMahon. Benoit began bulking up long before he ever got to the WWE, which doesn't mean McMahon shouldn't be held accountable for his actions, but certainly suggests that Nancy should scrutinize her own boss at CNN before she goes pointing fingers anywhere else.

 

Remember, everyone has to start somewhere. If Ted Turner really wants to get to the bottom of the Chris Benoit case, he ought to think about looking in the mirror.