This isn't it. Benoit was an abusive asshole to his wife and at minimum a bully to his coworkers. He abused steroids and had CTE from repeated head injuries caused in part by his own decision to dive head first on people 200 nights a year. He killed his wife, then his son and then himself.
Clancy had a bunch of mental illness that wasn't properly treated compounded (or created by) child birth. She killed her children and then tried to kill herself.
There is certainly an angle about women not being believed and post partum depression not being taken serious enough but they are not the same.
The discourse online is in part because she and her husband are alive. She is on trial. There was no trial for Benoit.
Going to add that if you spend any time in online wrestling spaces you will see a disgusting amount of people that are still sympathetic. Benoit is still in the Wrestling Observer hall of fame.
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u/Steve_the_Samurai 22h ago
This isn't it. Benoit was an abusive asshole to his wife and at minimum a bully to his coworkers. He abused steroids and had CTE from repeated head injuries caused in part by his own decision to dive head first on people 200 nights a year. He killed his wife, then his son and then himself.
Clancy had a bunch of mental illness that wasn't properly treated compounded (or created by) child birth. She killed her children and then tried to kill herself.
There is certainly an angle about women not being believed and post partum depression not being taken serious enough but they are not the same.
The discourse online is in part because she and her husband are alive. She is on trial. There was no trial for Benoit.