The weekend of June 22, 2007, stands as the definitive dividing line in the modern history of professional wrestling. Before that weekend, the industry operated under a veil of “boys will be boys” secrecy, where concussions were treated as badges of honor and drug testing was often a formality. After that weekend, the industry was forced to confront a horrific reality that could no longer be ignored. Over a period of three days in a secluded home in Fayetteville, Georgia, Chris Benoit—a man revered as one of the greatest technical wrestlers of all time—murdered his wife, Nancy, and his seven-year-old son, Daniel, before taking his own life.

The tragedy of the Benoit family is not just a true crime story; it is a systemic failure of an industry that pushed human bodies beyond their breakin

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