Chris Benoit created quite the legacy for himself inside the squared circle, but as most fans know his in-ring work has been overshadowed by the tragedy that took place in 2007.
Even though it’s been 12 years since it happened, fans still talk about Chris Benoit constantly, and whether or not he should be in the WWE Hall of Fame is a topic that is often debated.
Former SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero recently spoke to Chris Van Vliet about Benoit’s legacy, and she said that she would like to see him get inducted into the Hall of Fame someday.
“It’s a sad situation. I loved Chris Benoit. His family was our family. His wife Nancy, we were close friends and their son Daniel and we were all really close. I wasn’t there when it happened and I don’t understand why it happened but I still love him. Aside from all of that he loved us and he respected us. He was a talented wrestler and he had his own legacy and I think that it shouldn’t be ignored and it’s sad how things turned out but I would like to see him inducted into the Hall of Fame.”
Vickie’s on screen character became one of the most infamous heels in WWE for years, but Guerrero said that the odds were against her when she became an on screen character after her husband passed away.
“I had the odds against me. I was Eddie’s wife and everybody thought I was being handed the job because he passed away. There were just a lot of things against me so I had to earn my way to have the love from the fans and find a character that was going to work with me. When they found this character with Edge, it all just started falling into place and we had a good time with it. I think fans hated me because they were thinking ‘How could Eddie’s wife go and work in the WWE after he passed away?’ But I did have a little bit of history of working with him before.”
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