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Chris & Nancy

The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling's Cocktail of Death

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Exploring the steroid-fueled world of professional wrestling, this riveting chronicle lays bare the devastating events that led to the 2007 murder-suicide of Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their seven-year-old son, Daniel. Benoit's performance-enhancing drug addiction - massive amounts of doctor-prescribed human growth hormone were found in Benoit’s home - and subsequent suicide proved to be the tipping point for the professional wrestling world, resulting in unprecedented scrutiny of the sport’s subpar health and safety standards. Using public records, dozen of interviews with those inside and outside of wrestling, and investigative results, this authoritative analysis provides an uncompromising look at the price athletes pay in this rough-and-tumble world.

©2009 Irvin Muchnick (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Murder True Crime Crime Sports Combat Sports Wrestling Exciting English Wrestling
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the narrator's cadence sometimes made run on sentences difficult to follow, but overall it was brilliant.

very good

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its really good full off alot of info but if im true i did want more details about what happens over that weekend and less about what happend to other people.

full

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If you could sum up Chris & Nancy in three words, what would they be?

Interesting, repetitive unsatisfying

Would you be willing to try another book from Irvin Muchnick? Why or why not?

Perhaps

Which character – as performed by Richard Tatum – was your favourite?

n/a

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not Really

Any additional comments?

A chance for a dig at the WWE (which to be fair is merited) and well researched, but very repetitive.

Too little for one book?

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It was a hard listen, both in following the story and the sad content. If you have the time then give it a go!!

Eye opener!!

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Before listening to this audiobook I had been researching the case of the Benoit murders & suicide. I have been a wrestling fan since I was a young man and Chris Benoit was one of my favourite wrestlers of all time.

From all the research I have done I have to say this book does give a slightly different perspective on the case in regards to the facts of the case however I will say to take some things in the book with a pinch of salt as some I feel are unsubstantiated claims put forward as facts. However 90% of the book I feel is right on the money.

I can’t help but feel the author holds a grudge against WWE and wrestling as a whole for example in regards to the health and treatment of wrestlers and rightly so but comes across as angry at points rather than just stating facts to which he does.

I feel when you write books like this it should be more about the facts rather than injecting your own anger and thoughts into it.

I think this book does provide a lot of information to which I have not been able to come across in my own research however without actually viewing the sources or is difficult to say if the very small facts about this case are 100% correct.

Overall I do feel the book most definitely shines a light of the dark side of wrestling and how mental health, loss, injuries to the brain, and other outside factors can make Benoit actions more clear as horrific as they are.

The book I feel is a gut punch in just giving the tragedy to you as it happened which as a fan for many years and through my own research I feel is very correct with a few minor things I feel are unsubstantiated however that does not take away from the book overall.

I encourage every wrestling fan to research Chris Benoits case but also listen to this book and overall come up with your own conclusions as I feel there are still many mysteries to this horrific case but overall shines a light on this real light horror story I just wish the author wasn’t so bias against wrestling especially WWE however I can understand his reasons for his bias( in my opinion)

Absolutely brilliant!

EVERY Wrestling fan NEEDS to read this!

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