Vince McMahon addressed the Chris Benoit tragedy in the new Netflix docuseries titled ‘Mr. McMahon’ that released today.
The six-episode series is all up on Netflix, with episode six featuring discussion about the Benoit double-murder suicide that transpired in 2007.
Addressing claims that steroids could have played a part in what Benoit did, McMahon said:
“Chris Benoit was thought of as an excellent in-ring performer. And as far as we knew, a great guy.
“There is no correlation between taking steroids and what happened to Chris Benoit.
“Human beings are flawed. Chris went nuts. It happens in every form of life and everything, so that’s the only thing I can take away from it.”
In regards to CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) being labeled as a potential reason for Benoit’s actions, and specifically Benoit’s use of the diving headbutt, Vince McMahon said:
“This doctor came up with this ridiculous statement of, ‘Okay here’s why Chris Benoit did this’. Some sort of trauma to his head, and things were shown where Chris would dive off the rope and he hits them with his head.
“That’s a complete work. It looks like there’s damage, and there’s not. We know what we’re doing. We don’t hurt each other.”
‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin also discussed the potential impact of CTE, saying:
“I worked for a long time. I got dropped on my head one time, I got concussed. But other than that, I can’t remember having too many concussions in the business of pro-wrestling.
“And my take on that has always been, if you were just wrestling and you got a bunch of concussions, you’re probably doing something wrong.
“I’m not a CTE guy. Just don’t believe in it.”
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