Chris Jericho Comments on Chris Benoit in His New Book

Posted by Marc Middleton on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

- Among the topics discussed in Chris Jericho’s upcoming autobiography, Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Steps, is that of Chris Benoit. He offers insight into the man he previously considered a friend.

Regarding Benoit’s peculiar sense of humor, the rough draft states: “Not a giggle, not a chuckle, not a tee-hee…never went ‘Ha.’ But when somebody threw up or fell down the stairs, he would laugh out loud for hours on end.”

On being his friend, Jericho said while they were close, it wasn’t easy.

The rough draft states: “I considered Chris to be one of my closest companions, but it wasn’t always easy to be his friend. You had to take the good with the bad when it came to his friendship.”

Upon learning of the Benoit family death, Jericho notes: “My gut feeling was Chris had killed them.”

The book also features discussion of his arrival to WWE, the highs and lows, his relationship with Vince McMahon, the creation of Fozzy, and more. The book is set for release on February 16, 2011.

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8 Responses to Chris Jericho Comments on Chris Benoit in His New Book:

  1. i dont care

    Date: Aug 12, 2010 at 6:33 AM

    how long before WWE orders a release of an edited version with that page removed

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  2. Gimmick Guy

    Date: Aug 12, 2010 at 6:44 AM

    sounds like a good read

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  3. misfit

    Date: Aug 12, 2010 at 8:09 AM

    Cants wait for this book, love “a lions tale”, my fav wrestling biography ever, chris is funny, witty, and gets to the point highly recommend this book,

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  4. Devil_Rising

    Date: Aug 12, 2010 at 9:02 AM

    What Chris Benoit did was inexcusable. He had obviously become mentally deranged, for whatever reason.

    But he was still one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Sadly, because of how he chose to end his life, that part won’t be remembered.

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  5. Matt

    Date: Aug 12, 2010 at 9:20 AM

    @i dont care: iirc its not being published by wwe so i dont think there is a thing they could do

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  6. rko

    Date: Aug 12, 2010 at 1:41 PM

    Best damn wrestler ever.

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  7. Zach

    Date: Aug 12, 2010 at 4:44 PM

    I got to get back into reading WWE literature. Have to pick up a few oldies and finish The Hardcore Diaries which I put down a few years ago. Guess I got caught up in other things, but I am definitely getting this.

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  8. Dramon

    Date: Aug 12, 2010 at 5:11 PM

    I’ll read his books when he no longer works for Vince, every man who has ever worked for Vince and wrote has had to tone it down, change facts and out right lie, knowing if they told the truth or what was really on their mind, they would have lost their jobs.

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