10 Topics "Crossface" Movie Needs To Address
1. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
More than nine years after Chris Benoit murdered his family and killed himself, the story of the former World Heavyweight Champion is still incredibly controversial.
The greatest uproar today revolves around what role concussions played in the tragedy. Benoit had suffered many documented (and likely many undocumented) concussions in his wrestling career, and tests conducted after his death showed that his brain had a level of deterioration consistent with that of an 85-year-old with Alzheimer's disease.
The controversy is borne out of the fact that the news about Benoit's brain seems to have created two schools of thought. On the one hand, there are fans who believe that Benoit's injuries put him in an alternate state of mind, completely excusing his behaviour leading up to and surrounding the murders. Then there are those who feel that the first camp is made up of apologists, and that Benoit was an evil man.
It's not up to "Crossface" to pick a side - in fact, nobody will ever be able to know what led to the killings. The movie simply has to present the facts that are known - Benoit committed these crimes, and he suffered from these injuries - and let the story speak for itself.