19 Things We Learned From Nancy Benoit's Sister On Talk Is Jericho

5. The Symbolic Method Of Suicide

Chris Benoit Wrestlemania Press Conference In New York
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Toffoloni reiterates that she can't begin to speculate what was going through Chris's head during these days. She then mentions that the search engine on his computer revealed that he had been researching the quickest way to break a neck, another revelation that took Jericho by surprise.

Chris then added that Benoit had rigged up his weight bench to efficiently hang himself. Jericho says that was an exhibit of near-superhuman strength, and Sandra points out that it also shows that his actions were clearly thought out.

Sandra theorized that Chris thought the wrestling business itself was choking him. Between the pressure of being at the top of the industry, the grief he had been dealing with and the physical punishment he had withstood through the years, it was "grotesquely poetic" that he ended up going out that way.

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