Currently, the docuseries about Mr. McMahon is streaming on Netflix, where one of the subjects being examined is the Chris Benoit murder-suicide.
The belief that Chris Benoit was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), was shared by ex-WWE talent Chris Nowinski. However, Steve Austin, a member of WWE Hall of Fame, refutes this assumption stating that he’s not a believer in CTE. He expressed this when he said,
“I worked for a long time. I got dropped on my head on time. I got concussed. Other than that, I can’t remember having too many concussions in the business of pro wrestling. My take on that has always been, if you were just wrestling, and you got a bunch of concussions, you’re probably doing something wrong. I’m not a CTE guy. Just don’t believe in it.”
In response to the disastrous incident involving Chris Benoit, WWE introduced the ImPACT Concussion Management Program as a standard test for all in-ring performers.
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