VINCE MCMAHON COMMENTS ON CHRIS BENOIT BEING ACKNOWLEDGED BY WWE IN NEW PUBLICATION
By Leon Peters on 2009-09-10 19:23:40
Thanks to
Leon Peters for the following. ... I just picked up the new special edition magazine called "The Untold
History Of The WWE" that WWE put out (the actual release date for it is
September 15th). It's a timeline style magazine with
all of the important events in WWE history. However it only begins with 1982
when Vince bought Capitol Wrestling. Nothing prior to that is mentioned. The
magazine is broken up into 6 chapters, "The 80's
Boom(1982-1985)", "The Dawn Of WrestleMania(1985-1990)",
"The New Generation(1990-1996)", "The Attitude
Era(1996-2001)", "The Postwar Era(2001-2005)" and "The
Modern Era(2005-present)".
There's an interview with Vince at the beginning of each section and he makes
some interesting comments. One of the last questions he is asked is "What
about the Chris Benoit tragedy? We're two years removed - will there ever be a
time when we can acknowledge him as part of WWE history?" Vince's
response: "It's not right to pretend he didn't exist. It's one thing
to include him as part of a historical perspective, which I believe is OK, and
it's another thing to promote him, which is not OK. The situation is very
similar to that of O.J. Simpson - despite his controversy, O.J. was still a
part of the NFL scene. You can't deny that he existed."
It's a very cool magazine with Vince commenting on each "Era"
of the company. There's way too much to recap, but the Benoit question I found
interesting.
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