#1 The wrestler that he was
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This is hands down the most valid and relevant point whenever a Chris Benoit debate comes up. If we take away the last three days of Benoit’s life, and try to remember what he stood for; such a debate makes a lot more sense.
As mentioned earlier, Benoit was a wrestler that inspired many to take up wrestling and the hard-hitting style, where he mixed attributes of Japanese and European wrestling, is second to none. But the problem here is: we remember Benoit as the murderer and not the wrestler.
WWE need not induct Chris Benoit, the person. They need only induct Chris Benoit, the wrestler.
This fine line between Kayfabe and real life is what the entire professional wrestling business was built on from the start, and it’s the ignorance of this that probably stops us from accepting the contributions of Benoit.
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