Irv's Blog
IT WAS PRO WRESTLING'S MOST HORRIFIC WEEKEND EVER in June 2007, when beloved WWE superstar Chris Benoit did the unthinkable -- murdering his wife, Nancy, and their seven-year-old son, Daniel, before taking his own life. Irvin Muchnick's meticulous unpacking of this event and its aftermath belongs
to history. It shows the stylistic and actual links between Vince McMahon's pop culture franchise and Donald Trump's improbable populist, demagogic disruption of American politics.
CHRIS & NANCY: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death