Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace responded to several wrestlers in regards to the late Chris Benoit, talking about how she couldn’t bring herself to separate the person who murdered his family, then committed suicide in 2007 from the guy who at one time was one of the most well-respected wrestlers in the business.
Jordynne wrote,
“This is gonna be the coldest take I ever tweet on this app. I already know y’all gonna be mad. I don’t think Benoit could 100% hang with most of the present-day best wrestlers. He would not be able to remember matches. Also, may he burn in hell, amen. Maybe I’m biased because he murdered his family, idk. Probably just me. I think we should all hate him and disregard his entire body of work. But again. That’s just my take. I always found it revolting to see people praise his wrestling after what he did. Proving a point: I said something very lightly critical about him. People jump to defend him. He should NEVER be defended. Dude lost that right when he gave his 7-year-old Xanax and strangled him while he was already unconscious.”
Impact Wrestling Hall of Famer Gail Kim chimed in and offered her take on Benoit, stating:
“Controversial for sure. I disagree though with the take of hanging with the best of the best of today. He most certainly could and I saw someone comment Kurt Angle couldn’t either. He would mop the floor with everyone. Wrestling is subjective. Benoit to me was an intense wrestler’s wrestler. I loved his aggression as well. I enjoyed most of his matches. Depends on the opponent I suppose.”
You can check out the full exchange below:
It's always wild listening to wrestlers discuss Chris Benoit in a professional context cause they always be sure to note they aren't excusing what happened before praising his in-ring stuff for 10 minutes.
Except New Jack.
— Robert O'Neill (@RobertONeill31) July 6, 2022
This is gonna be the coldest take I ever tweet on this app. I already know y’all gonna be mad.
I don’t think Benoit could 100% hang with most of the present day best wrestlers. He would not be able to remember matches.
Also may he burn in hell, amen 🙏🏼 https://t.co/h8Ke27DcDl
— Jordynne Grace (@JordynneGrace) July 7, 2022
Maybe I’m biased because he murdered his family, idk. Probably just me. I think we should all hate him and disregard his entire body of work. But again. That’s just my take.
I always found it revolting to see people praise his wrestling after what he did. https://t.co/SjJxDTvChm
— Jordynne Grace (@JordynneGrace) July 7, 2022
Proving a point: I said something very lightly critical about him. People jump to defend him. He should NEVER be defended. Dude lost that right when he gave his 7 year old Xanax and strangled him while he was already unconscious.
— Jordynne Grace (@JordynneGrace) July 7, 2022
Controversial for sure. I disagree though with the take of hanging with the best of the best of today. He most certainly could and I saw someone comment Kurt Angle couldn’t either. He would mop the floor with everyone. https://t.co/0pP7gdeFnB
— Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) July 7, 2022
I understand that. https://t.co/dmGshMyytO
— Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) July 7, 2022
Wrestling is subjective. Benoit to me was an intense wrestler’s wrestler. I loved his aggression as well. I enjoyed most of his matches. Depends on opponent I suppose https://t.co/gKOLkNyTkT
— Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) July 7, 2022
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