6 Controversies WWE wants you to forget

There are many controversies Vince McMahon has tried to keep undercover
There are many controversies Vince McMahon has tried to keep undercover

#1 Chris Benoit - Double Murder and Suicide

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Chris Benoit has been wiped out from WWE
Chris Benoit has been wiped out from WWE

One of WWE's most tragic moments came when Chris Benoit and his family were discovered dead in their home in June 2007. What became the bigger controversy was that when Benoit was accused of double murder, the WWE quickly washed their hands of his existence, especially when a lot of facts were surfacing that held the WWE somewhat responsible for the in-ring injuries causing damage to his brain.

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Autopsy reports had shown that Benoit had the brain of an 85-year-old with severe dementia. While WWE was quick to dismiss the facts that resurfaced from the brain autopsy, many pointing to the nature of the action in the WWE causing extreme damage to the brain.

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Tests conducted on Benoit's brain tissue revealed severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy, damage to all four lobes of the brain and brainstem.

The doctor who conducted the autopsy alongside his colleagues concluded that repeated concussions can lead to dementia, which can contribute to severe behavioral problems.

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Benoit's father said that brain damage may have been the leading cause of the double murder-suicide which the WWE dismissed as "speculative".

After his death, the WWE banned chair shots to the head. Christopher Nowinski was quoted as saying that Benoit "was one of the only guys who would take a chair shot to the back of the head ... which is stupid".

The WWE website removed all past mentions of Benoit, including all news articles relating to the specific details of the incident, as well as his biography and the video tribute comments from Benoit's peers. WWE pulled the RAW tribute episode off as well after finding about the nature of his death.

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