Just one more thing on Benoit?

This is from the Myspace page of one of my favorite bands, Our Lady Peace, who did Benoit's theme. A bunch of people, including myself, asked them to put up his theme which they did. Here are comments from OLP's lead singer Raine:

In 2000 Our Lady Peace was asked to write a song for a WWE wrestler. I admit to being heavily influenced by martial arts but entertainment wrestling was never my thing. I knew very little about the sport. Our drummer Jeremy was more the wrestling aficionado in the band. Nevertheless one night in Toronto we met with a professional wrestler for dinner at a local restaurant chain. His name was Chris Benoit. Immediately I was struck by his appearance. Not overly tall but freakishly muscular and wearing a very large neck brace. He had suffered a few herniated discs in his neck days before and was on hiatus until he had surgery and was able to rehab. Throughout the evening we learned about Chris and about the sport. Chris was a purest and came from a true wrestling background. His technical abilities were revered by all who followed him. Above that he seemed like a decent, nice man if not a little tortured. Nothing surprising coming from someone so dedicated to this absurd lifestyle of injuries, painkillers, steroids and constant travel. We ended up recording a theme song for him in Seattle during the next few months. We would see him a couple more times at various shows on tour in the US and he seemed pleased with the song we wrote for him.

Today I learned through numerous emails and Myspace comments that Chris Benoit had killed himself along with his 7 year old son and wife. I think back to that dinner we had years ago and struggle to come to grips with the fact that this was Chris' destiny. Assuming the authorities are correct in their assessment, I can't help but think Chris must have been in immeasurable pain both psychologically and physically. We may never know the answers to why this successful man ultimately was unable to handle this world and in no way do I personally absolve him of any guilt concerning the death of his son and wife. I guess I simply feel sad and somewhat shocked that someone I knew briefly had such a terrible and tragic ending to their life.

Just one more thing on Benoit?

Wow! What more can you say but WOW. That was very beautifully put and it's nice to see a story about who this man really was. Not about the circumstance that lead to his and his family's demise. I think that OLP did a wonderful job with this and I agree, it is sad and shocking to think that this was the way his life was meant to end as well as sad and shocking that his wife and son had to be a part of it.

Just one more thing on Benoit?

pretty touching actually.....

Just one more thing on Benoit?

i completely agree with you man,benoit desrved better,and so did his kids. THANK YOU BENOIT%26gt;for all the memorys,i will not judge you on ur personal life, but what a tremendous athlete and wrestler you were. please god,have mercy on his soul

Just one more thing on Benoit?

DONT MAKE EXCUSES OF ANY SORT FOR WHAT HE DID, THERE ARE NONE.