5 Wrestlers Who Might Never Be In The WWE Hall Of Fame

#1 Chris Benoit

Chris Benoit holds the WWE World Championship aloft

Prior to June 2007, Chris Benoit was a lock for the WWE Hall of Fame. The man had enjoyed a long career wrestling for ECW, WCW and WWE as well as Japan, and had achieved success everywhere.

He main evented Wrestlemania XX and won the World Championship in a classic triple threat match with Champion Triple H and Shawn Michaels when he forced "The Game" to tap out.

During his 22 year career, he held the WWE World Championship, WCW World Championship, Intercontinental Title (4 times), United States Title (5 times), World TV Title (3 times) and many, many more.

However, all of those career achievements pale into insignificance when placed into context of the circumstances around his death.

On the evening of June 22, Benoit murdered his wife when he choked her to death. In the early hours of June 23, he sedated his youngest son Daniel with Xanax while he slept and suffocated him also.

Finally, on June 24, Benoit committed suicide when he hung himself from a weight machine cord in his home gym.

A post-mortem showed that Benoit's brain was so badly damaged from repeated concussions and blows to the head during his to two-decade career, that the 40-year old's brain resembled that of an 85-year-old Alzheimer's patient.

As a result of the tragedy, WWE removed all mentions of Benoit on its broadcasts and materials and installed a comprehensive Wellness policy to safeguard its performers from concussions and drug-related issues.

Due to the manner of his death, despite his career being more than deserving, Benoit will never, ever be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. How could