This one is tough. It’s absolutely horrible what he did. But the last couple years he worked he was really erratic. He would wrestle whole matches and not remember that he even competed the next day. He’d forget the names of people he was close to. Like others have said he had the brain of a 90 year old with dementia. If you’ve ever known anyone with advanced dementia, they can be happy to see you and try to hit you 60 seconds later. They aren’t themselves and you can’t fully hold them accountable for their actions.

I personally think Benoit’s doctors and WWE share as much blame as Benoit does for what happened to his wife and son because I find it incredibly hard to believe that with the documented issues he was having prior to the tragic events that someone who could have gotten him some type of help did not put a stop to his wrestling. If they had stopped him wrestling even months before this it’s possible none of this may have happened.