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What Chris Benoit told his final WWE opponent

Chris Benoit

Chris Benoit was on his way to gain legendary status in WWE when it all came to a screeching - and gruesome - halt in 2007. The controversial nature of his death death has resulted in a majority of fans forgetting how good he was in the ring.

Chris Benoit's final match in WWE was against Elijah Burke – just 5 days before he died. Burke has never spoken about what Benoit talked to him in the ring but has broken his silence now.

In a recent interview with Wrestling Epicenter, Elijah Burke said that the former WWE Superstar asked him to keep communicating during the match. He said:

"One thing Chris was big on, and hindsight is 20/20 on this if I could say, ‘oh, that kind of makes sense’, is just the fact that he said, ‘talk to me out there. I might forget.’ So, after everything that happened, when it came back that he had like the brain of an 80 year old with Alzheimer’s. That was like, ‘hmm, that is interesting’. In this business, I was always taught that we should communicate in rings. So, I didn’t think anything of it. That could have been a sign. Chris Benoit asking me to talk to him? (H/T talkSPORT)

However, Burke made it clear that there was no indication of anything that was to happen, during the match or after it.