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In July 2012, the rap group Insane Clown Posse released a music video for the song "Chris Benoit". The song and music video, however, are not about Benoit himself, but a man's breakdown that is similar to Benoit's. [126] The song and music video include stock footage and a recording of Benoit before his death.
The series explores the downfall of World Championship Wrestling (WCW), interviewing various wrestlers, staff members and exploring the Monday Night War and the eventual demise and purchase by WWE. [6] [7] [8] The series features interviews with Dwayne Johnson, Bill Goldberg, Eric Bischoff, Bret Hart, Booker T, Konnan amongst others. [9]
In The Death of WCW, Reynolds and Alvarez expand on this link, stating that the January 4 incident "more than any other, started the ball rolling towards the company's inevitable doom". They believe that the "now-legendary" event made the episode "the single most destructive Nitro in the history of the company" and call it a "disaster of epic ...
Reynolds also co-authored The Death of WCW, with wrestling journalist Bryan Alvarez. [11] The book received a positive review from Jon Waldman of SLAM! Wrestling. [12] His third book, The WrestleCrap Book of Lists!, written with Blade Braxton, was released in November 2007. [6]
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS).
Sid Vicious, one of the stars of WWE’s WrestleMania in the 1990s, has died. He was 63. The wrestler, born Sidney Eudy, also competed under the names Sycho Sid, Sid Justice and Lord Humungous.
Garrison Brown’s official cause of death has been revealed by the coroner. Brown died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to an autopsy report obtained by People on Wednesday, May 15. His ...
When he returned to WCW in October 1995, WCW modified his ring name to "Canadian Crippler Chris Benoit". In The Rise and Fall of ECW book, Heyman commented that he planned on using Benoit as a dominant heel for quite some time, before putting the company's main title, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship , on him to be the long-term champion ...