Father Of Chris Benoit To Appear On ABC’s Nightline Tonight [With Recap]

The father of the late Chris Benoit, Michael Benoit, will be appearing on ABC’s Nightline tonight at 10pm to discuss the Benoit family tragedy.

Benoit, his wife Nancy and his son Daniel were all found dead in their home in Fayetteville, GA on June 25, 2007.

What's to gain from this other than a few bucks from the appearance?

I'm sure it's still painful to deal with, but why has he decided to do an interview now?

Didn't he and his wife appear on tv in 2007 too?

In fact I just turned it on there, the segment is on now.

I hope he can clear up details around the case better so people can better understand it.

Thanks to Terri Bey for the following:
Here is a recap of Michael Benoit’s interview:

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The subject of the show is about how brains in murderers may work.

Mike Benoit said Chris always wanted to be a wrestler. The show gives an overview of Chris Benoit’s career. Michael Benoit said the Benoit we saw in the ring was not the Benoit he knew. He said he knew Chris as a devoted dad. The show goes over the June 2007 murder/suicide. The show reveals that Chris Benoit looked up the prophet Elijah on the internet.. One story from Elijah was about how a prophet could rise a child from the dead and lay him on his own bed. They reveal that Daniel was laying in his bed.

Michael Benoit then said he watched tv 24 hours a day waiting to hear someone say something nice about his son, and he said it wasn’t happening. He said the event was a nightmare.

Dr. Julian Bailes wanted to examine Chris’ brain, and he said that Chris Benoit’s brain had a neurobehavioral change much like the athletes’ brains Dr. Bailes studied. They went over Benoit’s being hit with chairs, ladders, etc. Michael said his son told him that he had so many concussions, he stopped counting.

The show talks about the media coverage of the case focusing on “roid rage.” Toxology reports revealed that Chris Benoit had steroids in his system. Dr. Bailes said since the murders happened over the course of three days, he didn’t think that roid rage which is a snap judgement/emotions. He didn’t think roid rage explained his behavior. Michael questioned the roid rage explanation, and wanted answers so he allowed his son’s brain for research.

Michael Benoit then talked about his son’s accomplishments and he said his son destroyed that image in three days.

When brain was examined, the examination revealed Benoit’s brain was extensively damaged. They talked about how Pittsburgh Steeler center Mike Webster was a shell of himself when he retired. Webster died homeless. Webster’s brain was examined. They talk about a condition called CTE, which the doctor wants to call “Mike Webster’s Disease.” Dr. Bailes said Webster’s and Benoit’s brains were similarly damaged.

Michael Benoit said the research gave him a good understanding of what happened to his son. He still gets emotional hearing that his son’s brain was heavily damaged. He said he thought that is why Chris suffered from insomnia, mood swings, and drank heavily right before the tragedy happened. He said Chris was going downhill. He said Chris had become an extremely religious person who could quote Bible Scriptures and that is not how Chris was. Dr. Bailes said in some cases a person with this sort of brain damage can develop a religiosity and he thinks it is very likely the case with Chris Benoit.

Michael Benoit feels that if his son had not become a professional wrestler, Chris would still be alive.

The show revealed that WWE has questioned these medical findings and said that Michael Benoit’s claim that head trauma cause his son’s behaviour is impossible and said if Benoit had brain damage, he would not have been able to perform as a wrestler.

Michael Benoit , in response to those who say his son’s brain damage is an excuse said, “What’s their excuse?” and reiterated that his son’s choice of profession was the reason his son committed the tragedy.

it's all so sad to me, even nowadays.

The 'roids plus the thousands of Diving Headbutts made his brain bad and that's what did it.

The spiritual side of me still thinks Kevin Sullivan had something to do with it. He was a devil worshipper and Woman was his former girlfriend but the media doesn't know that.

Yeah. It was probably just the headbutts.

SMH @ speculation.

Folks, brain damage caused from years of unprotected chair shots and Diving Headbutts combined with illegal steroids provided to him by some crooked doctor led to the dementia that did him and his family in. That's the facts, enough with the speculation.

Plus if you have nothing good to say about Benoit, I would strongly suggest not saying anything at all....(you know who you are).