Current Thoughts On The Wrestling World

Last night I was watching Raw, one week to the day after I found out that my idol and favourite wrestler, Chris Benoit, was found dead along with his wife and child. Now, 1 week ago it seemed like a big mistake, how could someone kill a wrestler, his wife and his child?

In the week that followed, it became more apparent what really happened in the Benoit household. Apparent steroid use, wife beating, injecting his son with Steroids, the list goes on and on. Of course, the media was quick to jump on this and smear the name of the wrestling and in particular, the WWE.

I know the WWE has had problems in the past , the whole steroid trials in the 90s, RVD's pot bust, etc., but they look to have cracked down on drug usage.

Now comes the tricky part. What if Benoit was on steroids at the time of the supposed "drug testings?" Has the WWE dropped themselves in the "cacky" by allowing Benoit to fake his test? Or maybe there is no testing at all? Who knows?

Anyway, back onto Raw. The Kennedy segments were great with Cena and Super Crazy, Booker's presence was good and hell, Umaga even looked decent out there. Can I see a face turn in the future for the Samoan Bulldozer? I heard a few cheers last night when he won that belt.

Lashley's heel-like attack was just was the doctor ordered. I can see Cena retaining however as Lashley still doesn't have the mic skills to be the top dog on Raw. But he has improved immensely these past few weeks, so kudos to him.

The Orton Legend Killer gimmick is going from strength to strength. Next week, Dusty Rhodes is to face Randy. I just hope he has settled down backstage as a top level feud with Cena, then the returning Triple H and possibly the returning HBK looks on the horizon.