Mike Benoit slams WWE; claims they owe royalties

[CrazySting]

www.cagesideseats.com/2010/7/3/1550829/linda-mcmahon-hilariously-tries-to

Let me just make my small contribution to the list of things that Linda McMahon was responsible for as the CEO of WWE that would point to her lack of character and integrity.

(1) Appeared on Good Morning America talking about my grandson’s retardation being the cause of June 2007 Tragedy. There is absolutely no documentation of Daniel having any mental disorder.



(2) Having Dr Cyril Wecht call the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in an attempt to influence their investigation of the Benoit case.



(3) Having a private investigator by the name of Clifford Cormany pose as my rep at the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office in an attempt to get information on the Benoit case back in July 2007.



(4) Having their lawyer attempt to get our lawyer to believe that Nancy killed Daniel and then Chris killed Nancy, suggesting it would be in both our best interests.



(5) When # 4 did not work, starting a rumor that Nancy and Chris were selling drugs out of their house.

(6) Failure to pay the balance of Chris’s wages and royalties due from merchandise sales up to June 25/07 to his surviving children.



Can she really call out someone questioning their character and integrity when her own lack of same is in question?

So that answers the question of whether Benoit's kids have gotten any money from WWE: They haven't.

[Dave at the Movies]

You don't know that for sure. He could be just making it up to make her look bad. This is the same guy that is trying to sue WWE for his son going crazy and committing a horrible crime. Benoit was obviously mentally disturbed so you could blame Michael Benoit just as much as WWE for the fact that he was his father. Sound ridiculous? Well so does blaming WWE in the same way.

WWE as a company may not be totally innocent, but they are not responsible for the horrendous acts caused by Chris Benoit.

[Chris the Bambikiller]

Jul 4, 2010 10:04:57 GMT -5 Dave at the Movies said:

Benoit was obviously mentally disturbed so you could blame Michael Benoit just as much as WWE for the fact that he was his father. Sound ridiculous? Well so does blaming WWE in the same way.

I don't think you can blame his father, who most likely didn't see him a lot during his last years, as much as WWE which was his working environment where people could and should have kept an eye on him regarding signs of mental problems or drug abuse.

But it does seem fishy that he claims all those things years after the incident, when Linda wants to go into politics. Well, two lawyers will fight over it for a few months or years, and in the end one pays a lot of money and the other one shuts up.

[AriadosMan]

On one hand, it IS a form of sabotage on Linda's political career.

On the other hand, any business that causes as much collateral damage as WWE is going to get hit by this at some point. Acting like WWE is completely innocent when their work environment turned a blind eye to substance abuse for the longest time isn't an accurate representation.

[Clarence "Showstealer" Mason]

The more I think about it, the more I don't know what to think. I mean the timing of this is suspect at best, but while I don't ever believe that the WWE are responsible for the actions of Chris Benoit, I don't think there's any doubt that his profession did play at least a factor in it.

But then I've always been in the small minority that says wrestling needs to acknowledge Chris Benoit. And before I get flamed the key word there is ACKNOWLEDGE not ACCEPT.

[dh03grad]

Jul 4, 2010 10:04:57 GMT -5 Dave at the Movies said:

You don't know that for sure. He could be just making it up to make her look bad. This is the same guy that is trying to sue WWE for his son going crazy and committing a horrible crime. Benoit was obviously mentally disturbed so you could blame Michael Benoit just as much as WWE for the fact that he was his father. Sound ridiculous? Well so does blaming WWE in the same way.

WWE as a company may not be totally innocent, but they are not responsible for the horrendous acts caused by Chris Benoit.

For the last year plus, Benoit was tested under the Wellness Policy and came up clean everytime while obviously being a user. Hows that?

[Piccolo]

Jul 4, 2010 10:04:57 GMT -5 Dave at the Movies said:

Benoit was obviously mentally disturbed so you could blame Michael Benoit just as much as WWE for the fact that he was his father.

How so? Benoit's brain damage was of the sort that comes from repeated hard knocks to the head. Is there evidence that Michael Benoit was delivering the kinds of hard knocks to Chris Benoit's head that Chris Benoit's job was delivering?

[Haulk]

Since no other wrestler has done this, how do we know it was NOT Michael delivering knocks to the head. Chris cost WWE millions in lost revenue with his stunt, they should consider suing his parents.

[Piccolo]

Jul 4, 2010 12:19:56 GMT -5 Haulk said:

Since no other wrestler has done this, how do we know it was NOT Michael delivering knocks to the head.

Because we have no evidence of it, unless someone can come up with something that I haven't seen yet. We DO have documented video evidence that he received many hard knocks to the head in the course of his job duties.

[who throws a shoe?!]

Jul 4, 2010 12:19:56 GMT -5 Haulk said:

Since no other wrestler has done this, how do we know it was NOT Michael delivering knocks to the head. Chris cost WWE millions in lost revenue with his stunt, they should consider suing his parents.

You're kidding, right?

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

Chris cost WWE millions in lost revenue with his stunt, they should consider suing his parents.

[nerdinitupagain]

Jul 4, 2010 9:51:26 GMT -5 CrazySting said:

www.cagesideseats.com/2010/7/3/1550829/linda-mcmahon-hilariously-tries-to

Let me just make my small contribution to the list of things that Linda McMahon was responsible for as the CEO of WWE that would point to her lack of character and integrity.

(1) Appeared on Good Morning America talking about my grandson’s retardation being the cause of June 2007 Tragedy. There is absolutely no documentation of Daniel having any mental disorder.



(2) Having Dr Cyril Wecht call the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in an attempt to influence their investigation of the Benoit case.



(3) Having a private investigator by the name of Clifford Cormany pose as my rep at the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office in an attempt to get information on the Benoit case back in July 2007.



(4) Having their lawyer attempt to get our lawyer to believe that Nancy killed Daniel and then Chris killed Nancy, suggesting it would be in both our best interests.



(5) When # 4 did not work, starting a rumor that Nancy and Chris were selling drugs out of their house.

(6) Failure to pay the balance of Chris’s wages and royalties due from merchandise sales up to June 25/07 to his surviving children.



Can she really call out someone questioning their character and integrity when her own lack of same is in question?

So that answers the question of whether Benoit's kids have gotten any money from WWE: They haven't.

#6... he's absolutely correct on. And anytime Chris is used on a DVD or shown on TV from prior footage... that also should be a paid royalty to the estate of Benoit.

If WWE's argument is they aren't giving money to the murderer and feel it should go to Nancy's estate, that's irrelevant for WWE to decide. The money should be paid to the estate of who it is owed to, and the courts to sort out after that.

[AriadosMan]

It would be funny if the REAL reason they didn't want Benoit footage was just because they didn't want to pay the family royalties.

[Big L]

Oh gosh not again

[AriadosMan]

Jul 4, 2010 13:32:04 GMT -5 Big L said:

Oh gosh not again

Seriously, this is nothing compared to the Mickie/Danielson firings in terms of neagtive reaction. Hell, Roxxi getting canned from TNA and Owen's wife got bigger negative reactions.

This is easily the least trollish Benoit thread I've seen in ages.

[wcw]

If its a royalty thing I think that Mike Beniot has a case but suing the WWE for his sons horrific actions makes no sense to me at all. As an employer WWE really isn't responsible for what Beniot did to the point of having to pay restitutions to his family.

I could imagine that Mike Beniot is just trying to sturr something up just to get some sort of hush money from the WWE.

[Garee]

This is a messy situation, I'm not even going to get into it

[boomhauer20055]

Instead of blaming the WWE maybe he should look at himself. What kind of father raises a kid who would do such a horrible act. He is the one who did a bad job raising his kid. Vince and Lindas children seems to have turned out fine.

[dh03grad]

Jul 4, 2010 12:09:10 GMT -5 Piccolo said:

Jul 4, 2010 10:04:57 GMT -5 Dave at the Movies said:

Benoit was obviously mentally disturbed so you could blame Michael Benoit just as much as WWE for the fact that he was his father.

How so? Benoit's brain damage was of the sort that comes from repeated hard knocks to the head. Is there evidence that Michael Benoit was delivering the kinds of hard knocks to Chris Benoit's head that Chris Benoit's job was delivering?

It surely could not have been giving flying headbutts in every single match for 20 years. Oh no. Its hilarious how Vince McMahon preaches personal responsibility for everyone but himself.

[Aceorton]

Jul 4, 2010 15:51:54 GMT -5 boomhauer20055 said:

Instead of blaming the WWE maybe he should look at himself. What kind of father raises a kid who would do such a horrible act. He is the one who did a bad job raising his kid. Vince and Lindas children seems to have turned out fine.