Matt Hardy discusses the Chris Benoit tragedy

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Published 2022-12-03
On this week's episode of "The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy," Matt addressed the Chris Benoit tragedy for the first and only time on the show, and discusses how plans changed, what the feeling in the building was like, and why he didn't feel comfortable leaving a testimonial on the tribute episode.

You can find entire episodes of the podcast here on Matt's channel, or at www.ExtremeHardy.com.

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All Comments (21)
  • @yamizero7306
    Dang. Matt just knew it once he saw Undertaker and Michelle walked in for the meeting. That is some intuition
  • @Spooky_515
    This and the promo Warrior cut a day before he died are bizarre. A lot of strange things happened around McMahon
  • @falamensia-3454
    Matt did the right thing, can’t really know what/who to trust or believe in, while in the house shows universe. Somehow this topic keeps popping back up, thanks to the Heimermann reporters, fishing for info at the lifestyle gyms, looking for bait and ash in the locker rooms.
  • @ryanh4775
    I've spent some time around pro wrestlers and some of the most random insight I've ever heard about the Benoit thing really gives a lot of perspective on it all..... It was awful what he did.
  • @daviddawkins2829
    The biggest clue something was awry was the lack of a 10 bell salute.
  • @RT-wp7oz
    I remember being in the car and we just arrived in corpus christi and the radio interrupted and said wwe raw has been postponed due to Chris death, I really didn't understand what was really going on but I also didn't know I missed out on seeing vince funeral darn
  • @MavAuto-Pete
    Must of been awful hearing it, i bet it was really eery around the arena. RIP Nancy and Daniel
  • @martymcfly4654
    A lot of dark fucked up shit is gonna come out when Vince McMahon dies it's weird how he's surrounded by all this death and tragedy
  • @Navx21
    See how he pulled his partner back in to the interview Matt’s great 👍🏽
  • @N4divers
    I wonder why the WWE continued with the tribute knowing there was a possibility that he did this. Maybe Vince didn't want to believe that was the case
  • @TTR61
    Although WWE has tried to distance itself from Chris Benoit over the years, he was once a huge part of the sport. Plus, his passing helped educate the world about the effects that contact sports can have on someone’s health. Chris had an impressive wrestling career for 22 years and took home several titles in that time. Even on the night of his passing, Chris was expected to win his third world championship at a WWE event. That moment never came as Chris was found to have taken his own life in June 2007. This came after he took the life of his son and wife. Further research has shown several concussions and damage led Chris to suffer from behavioral issues and dementia.
  • Question is why was Undertaker there? Wasn’t he injured at that time cuz he had to lose the WHC to Edge when he cashed in? Plus what would the gimmick Deadman do at Vince’s fake funeral?
  • 2 moments of tragedy that hit me and still to this day many years later stick with me is this Benoit end story, and the Dimebag Darrell murder. It’s a strange feeling knowing now in my adult life that literal genocide happens around the world often, but moments like this stick with me. Not to take anything away from the obvious horrors that happen everywhere. But I guess it goes to show how much the individual can mean to a young person in their life. Not easy to put that thought into words.
  • I wish undertaker, Triple H, Rey Mysterio, and Shawn Michaels would talk about there take on that day because they where injured I have neverheard Shawn talk about Chris Benoit after all these years
  • @TuPapiSuave69
    Chris was so socially weird and distant over the years that it was normal for others to not see any signs. I get it.