David Benoit Wants To Induct His Father Into WWE Hall Of Fame 

Someone, probably Jericho, needs to sit down and talk with David about this.

It sounds like he's really trying to regain the narrative of his father's image by carrying on so much of what Chris did. He wants the music, he wants the tights, he wants the name even; he basically wants to redo his career. That's his way of still trying to cope with and make sense of the sins of his father. Obviously this is a bad idea, but I can't say I blame him for it.

Jared from Subway has as good of a chance to be in the WWE HOF as much as Chris Benoit does.

He has 0% chance if he uses the name benoit and 1% if he uses anything else.

David Beniot, I watched that interview, it was really good and I empathise with him regarding his dad. But he cant go into the HOF and this is coming from someone who's a fan of Chris Benoit's work. On that note, I think it's fair to point out there has been unsavory characters inducted into the HOF.

It's very sad that his future will forever be compromised because of what his father did.

If he wants to wrestle that is his choice, but he should wrestle under his own name and forge his own path. He should not rely on the in ring reputation of Christ Benoit. If he wrestled as Chris Benoit Jr, it will be very uncomfortable for the fans, some of the wrestlers and the bookers. He should just wrestle as himself.

Chris Jericho tried setting David up with Lance Storm, Teddy Hart and Harry Smith to get him trained, but David either no-showed or dropped out of Lance’s wrestling school. Its why I can’t take David Benoit serious every time he says that he wants to get into the business (plus Teddy Hart calling him a lazy creep, which sounds ironic tbh)

He should think about becoming a masked wrestler and wrestling under a different name

David Benoit: Someday I want to induct my father into the WWE Hall of Fame. Vince: You got NO CHANCE! NO CHANCE IN HELL!!!

WWE will never let him in.. the amount of bad press Vince would get from media parasites would be ridiculous.

To this day, Chris Benoit's death remains one of the most mysterious events in wrestling, if not the most mysterious. Hearing Chavo Guerrero talk about the last time he spoke to him is just unnerving. I think if David wrestled in similar gear, a similar move set, and under the same name, It would just be weird and uncomfortable.

I'm sorry but it will never happen even after we all pass away he will never be in.

Chris Benoit wanted to become a pro wrestler since he was a child and made his debut in Stampede Wrestling at the age of 18. If David Benoit had the same dedication to becoming a pro wrestler that his dad did, he wouldn't be working in an oil field at the age of 27. He's just talk and no action.

I was 13 years old when that incident happen I was just in my room minded my own business I got a call from my older brother he told me at first I didn't believe it then I turned on the news and they talked about it I was in shock I was a huge Chris Benoit fan

My heart goes out to David. He sounds like a really nice guy with a clear love for the business. He’s a spitting image of his father and I cannot imagine the difficulty of carrying the burden of what his father did in his final days. It’s unfair and unfortunately for David to feel like he has to follow his father and continue or in this case, help wash some of the bad taste out of people’s mouths in regards to the Benoit family name. But if he seriously wants to become a wrestler, then more power to him. The sky’s the limit and if his passion is that strong, he has the right to get into the business. Now, unfortunately, he won’t get a fair chance from a lot of promotions because of who his father was and looking like him and that sucks. But I sympathize with David for wanting to pay some sort of tribute to his dad but at the same time, he should try to carve out his own legacy and do what’s best for himself more importantly. And I think we should give David that opportunity to stand out on his own, as his own man. Of course, he wants to honor his dad’s career and I’m sure it still hurts him that he can’t get over what his father did towards the end. But we should give David a chance to do himself and his family’s name some good and hopefully, we can support him for trying to at least carve his own path in life before judging him for wanting to pay some homage his dad/idol, more than anything.

RE: Him wrestling under a mask - I always thought it would be a good idea for him to wrestle as The Pegasus Kid under a mask. It would be a subtle nod to his father while also not having to wrestle under Benoit. Of course, that was back when I thought he was serious about wrestling. At this point, I think he just doesn't want to pay the dues and get the kind of training he needs to make his dream a reality. If he was serious, he wouldn't have left Lance Storm's academy and he would have at least started a career on the indies. Honestly, I think enough time has passed that if he actually DID build up a big enough name for himself, WWE would consider letting Benoit get inducted, but that would take years of him being a top dog in WWE and I doubt he'll even manage to get in Ring of Honor at this point.

I think if we get a documentary it will be soon on the Dark side of the ring show on Vice

His father will never be in the wwe hall of fame

David tends to talk in very glowing terms about Chris. I can't imagine what the poor guy has gone through over these 13 years, but as against political correctness as I am, no major company can have 'Chris Benoit Jr.' doing promos placing emphasis on his dad as though he was a fallen hero.

I remember finding out during that episode of Raw when Vince was standing in the middle of the ring. It caught me so off guard. At first I thought it was just him. I didn't hear about his family at first. I thought it was another Eddie Guerrero situation but then when I found out that it was a murder/suicide, I was just like whoa.

He is all talk. look at his arms...dude doesn't work out or train in any way to become a wrestler.

He'd have to wrestle as The Pegasus Kid or if WWE ever takes him they'll change his name to Ben Davidson.

Sorry but only one murderer allowed in the Hall of Fame.

VKM's monologue on ECW the night after that Raw memorial episode. Idk how such a control freak got snookered into doing that memorial episode, but his face on Tuesday night ECW said it all. David ought to watch it and he'll see reality plain and simple.

The last 3 days of his life far outweighs the impact he had on the world as a good wrestler for 2 decades. He is/was a killer/pro wrestler according to the public excluding pro wrestling fans.

I feel for him, but he'd have better luck creating his own Hall of Fame first. Even if by some miracle Vince and Triple H were okay with it, so many people who work for and with them would not be, and the fallout would be tremendous. You think people are leaving WWE for AEW now? To be fair, in this day and age, we get plenty of practice distancing people's crimes from their art. I can still watch the Cosby Show or listen to an R. Kelly song, I grew up on them, but I agree that the men themselves need to be in jail. But as far as I know, they didn't kill anyone. Certainly not their own families. It's just different with Benoit. Well, scratch that: it's worse. So everyone feels more strongly when the topic of looking the other way comes up. It's bad enough WWE did that with Jimmy Snuka. They really can't get in the habit of doing things like that. And the fact is there are more people associated with WWE that would be against it, rather than for it. They are not going to shoot themselves in the foot just to please David. They might quietly cut him a check to go away, but that's about it.

Yeah, and I wanna win the lottery.

He could just wear a mask and go under the ring name mustang boi or something.

I know it’s his dad but that doesn’t change what his dad did and will always be remembered.

He should reach out to Jericho and get his advice

I dont want to hear this kid talk about wanting to wrestle if hes hardly trained

Best thing for him to do If he's serious about wrestling is to put on the mask and go by the name Wild Pegasus Jr. or Kid Pegasus II after his dads Japan name. He will definitely get black listed if he uses the Benoit name.

I never knew CB had another son. WTF

Chris Benoit and Owen Hart will only go in if it's part of the Legacy Class and they don't ever mentioned them by name

I can kinda understand David wanting his dad to go in The Hall, but Im sorry to say Chris can't & won't go in. Yes he was an incredible wrestler but his actions at the last weekend of his life overshadow everything wrestling related. As far as David wrestling, the fact he wants to use his dad"s tights, music & NAME won't work out in his favor I don't think.

He needs to go to the gym wtf

He needs someone to guide him. I’m still confused how he expects to be signed when he doesn’t even train

Really ? ....... we're still on this topic ? Ancient history. ...... let it die already!

Dayum. Imagine thinking a kid killer should be in the Hall of Fame?

The only way David Benoit is gonna possibly makes it in the wrestling business is performance under a mask

I always feel bad for David because you can tell he’s pure hearted in the love he holds for his father but has to live with the choices his father made which are no fault of his own. I get why he wants to see his dad go into the HOF or be honored in various ways because yes if it all came down to his skill he’d be a shoo in but sadly that just isn’t t the way the world works and that really stinks for David. I also feel bad that if he truly does dream to wrestle that he will never get a fair shake simply because he looks like a clone of his father. But it’s also sad and/or concerning how he doesn’t seem able or willing to accept the realities that his dreams to wrestle as Chris Benoit jr or indict his dad just aren’t things that can happen. I’m hoping somebody does or has been willing to sit down with him and be real with him about those things because at some point as difficult as it has to be for him he needs to be able to accept those realities for what they truly are. It isn’t fair for him at all but he does eventually as an adult need to be able to accept what reality is otherwise it’ll continue to hurt him until he does. And as his family I’m not sure I’d want to see him go in because even if he did the focus would never be on truly honoring him and it would largely be unfulfilling as to what you dream it would be.

He looks like he never sleeps. That can't be good.

David : I wanna induct my father in the HALL OF FAME. Vince : HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

If I ran a publicly traded company like wwe, i would never let chris beniot inducted to the hall of fame. there is so much to lose. i think david benoit is just trolling.

Solomonster vs siri book it!!

Idk why would someone want to celebrate the life of someone that killed his own family

I agree with Chris Benoit never going into the Hall of Fame. Now, I'm not one of those pretentious, judgemental pricks who condemn him for his crimes when the situation's not that black and white. And if these naysayers don't want to watch footage of him and pretend there was nothing good about Chris simply because of the nature of how he died which didn't actually affect them in any way, that's their own loss. I don't defend him for what he did (I would've had him put away for life), but that doesn't mean I'm going to pretend the man never existed and that nothing good came from him. It's important to be respectful in regards to what happened, but ignoring what led Chris to do what he did as well as the positives he had to give in life and being judgemental accomplishes nothing. That being said, how can you possibly build up Chris' Hall of Fame induction with a video package, an induction speech and an acceptance speech as this big feel-good moment in front of thousands of people who would all be aware of what happened in his final days? It would just feel awkward and uncomfortable. It sucks for David, but he needs to understand this. And yeah, I agree - if he does too much to resemble his father (like he doesn't do that enough already without his father's attire and old theme music), he's going to lessen his chances of progression. Why can't he just be more of himself? Speaking of awkwardness, I don't think it's fair that Jimmy Snuka hasn't been treated the same way after he murdered his partner. I don't care that it came to light _after_ his Hall of Fame induction - he shouldn't be in there now or given any public mention any more than Chris should. Look at how the people reacted when the former's death was announced on Raw. Some applauded, some booed, and the rest didn't know how to react at all. It would be the exact same with Chris going into the Hall of Fame. For the sake of consistency and fairness, they either need to remove Jimmy Snuka and not publicly speak of him again, or they need to publicise Chris Benoit even if it goes as far as putting him in, because they can't just treat one murderer differently to another. Not that it matters to me that much when the legitimacy of the WWE Hall of Fame is questionable considering the process of people going in and there being no set criteria, but I do care about consistency and equality.

I remember seeing the graphic on TV. I was so confused because I just saw him on ECW the week before and he seemed fine.

I agree with you about the idea of a movie being made. But if Vice wants to make a "Dark Side of the Ring" documentary, I'd be for it.

I feel bad for David, He's really passionate about following his father's footsteps, but he doesn't realize that he's doing it the wrong way, he needs someone to help him, give him a pep talk, guide him so he doesn't suffer the same fate as his father, I know he wants to wrestle and live his dream, but seriously he needs to let go this obsession of being like his father and curve his own path instead.

As a child you don’t know who your parents are as people. Learning who they truly are takes time and maturity that a child’s mind can’t comprehend.

I wonder if David had made it down there to see his father, would that have changed the outcome

Feel bad for everything the kid has gone through. To see the man he saw as his biggest hero go down the road he went is tragic. It's clear that while David wants so badly for his father to be seen by everyone the same way he sees him, at the end of the cannot separate the good from the bad. It pains me because Benoit was such a big part of my childhood. He was my favorite wrestler, and WrestleMania 20 is one of the defining moments I got to ever witness. After he and Eddie both passed away, it's like my passion for WWE passed along with them. I'm still a casual fan, but I don't think I'll ever be as big a fan as I was during that time. That being said, while Benoit is one of the most gifted wrestlers of all time, you cannot think of him and not think of the terrible shit he did. Whether he was in the right state of mind or not, the fact is he took the lives of two innocent people, one being a 7 year old child. Daniel and Nancy's lives are much more important than Benoit's career, so no way should he ever be recognized for that.

Not happening sorry Dave

Hes seems like a good kid, but with all due respect, there is something off about him. I wish him all the best he has a lot of resources

I just saw on his Instagram that he won his first Championship in a Company called Totally Arctic Wrestling.

In his interview he said they had 300 pages on the situations where’s the rest of the pages but it’s not up to us to sit an say rather he should or not if we could bring Benoit back what would he say about it

Lexi Alexander is the same director behind the late-2008 failure 'Punisher: War Zone'. Thank goodness that the Chris Benoit bio-pic got shelved.; I would much rather have somebody else direct a biographical film--or, any other film, for that matter...

I honestly thought Van Vliet was interviewing Russo with all the "Bro" in the interview at 1st lol

Sorry if it was mentioned, still listening while typing this but JR made a good point on his latest podcast that I don't think I've heard people say before. Aside from the fact that he shouldn't be for the negative press it could send WWE's way or the fact that you shouldn't celebrate somebody that did those things no matter how good they were at their profession but like Jim pointed out it would just be a major distraction for the whole Hall of Fame night and that wouldnt be fair to other inductees.

He’s not getting signed using his father’s name. He should come up with a clever alias like Ben Davidson or Dave Benson or something.

Conspiracy or not, that day ocurred something strange. Do you remember that wikipedia article where some unknown user post that Nancy had died prior to the knowing of the media?

I don’t know how to feel about this. I mean if he focuses only on the good that his father did, and convince everybody that he can continue the Benoit legacy and make everyone forget the tragedy that might be the way

Sure thing kid! This sounds like a WONDERFUL idea!

I wasn’t even watching wrestling at the time because it was driving me away but I remember where I was when the Benoit news broke. Shit was wild

ye no... credit to WWE for holding firm on this. Chris was an exceptional in ring performer, one of the best, and i truly sympathise for Dave having to live with the damage caused by his father's actions.. but a HOF'er needs to be looked at more for more than what they did within the industry and murdering your family easily negates any professional legacy you may have built.

You gotta feel bad for David because it's his Dad. Lots of kids idolize their parents. Unfortunately, one horrific action is all it takes. His dad was a fantastic wrestler, but that one horrible weekend in June of 2007 will always prevent him from getting into the HOF. I don't have a problem with him pursuing a wrestling career. But, to wrestle in gear similar to his Dad's? Let alone use his Dad's ring entrance? Not a good idea.

I think it's awesome that he wants to wrestle, and follow his father in that line of work. But he 100% will not be successful if he uses "Chris Benoit". Especially in Wwe. Even if he doesn't use Chris' theme or his gear, he still LOOKS like him. And just picture this, he's wrestling a match on Smackdown, and you can clearly hear "Chris Benoit" chants. Or during his promo's. Wwe is not letting that shit happen. Just imagine the reaction... You can't have David Benoit wrestling without his father's name being mentioned, or talked about.

This guy should not have to wrestle in a mask when Tamina Snuka is still around in the business and her father committed murder lol, THAT is ridiculous and I refuse to hear any different on that topic.

I believe you can separate the two but if your talking about him going into a hall of fame I agree you can't but in any other situation I Believe it's possible just my opinion.

Benoit has about as much chance of getting in the HOF than Seth “Freakin” Rollins does at getting any charisma or personality and that is no chance.

He's still that confident and very patient to see if Chris would be inducted into the HOF. I really want him to be in the HOF, but after all on that day, 100% not going to happen unfortunately.

I think Jericho should take him under his wing and encourage David to become an agent or something like that. I don’t think David is going to make it in the wrestling business. He is too small and more shy on camera. He also has huge boots to fill, especially if planning on wrestling with the Chris Benoit name. I don’t want to even think about how he would feel if he tried and failed. It won’t do any good for his wellbeing.

Nobody on earth will EVER hire Chris Benoit Jr except perhaps some mudhut wrestling company. Especially a guy in his late 20`s who has never had a match. I feel for the kid, but he's living in a dream world. Someone needs to talk some sense to the boy: maybe Nattie?

I'd love to see him wrestle, man go for it if he wants to. The thing is, it's hard enough being the son or daughter of a great wrestler, but wanting to be Chris Benoit Jr is going to be rough. Just be David Benoit

First thing first... He needs to put on about 40 pounds of muscle. If he did that then I could see AEW giving him a shot.

Great interview with david but Chris benoit will never be in the hall of fame you can go back and watch his matches and enjoy them but the hall of fame that's never going happen

Oh no, I get that’s his dad and all, but no I don’t think he should or is going to ever going to be in the HOF.

No major company is going to hire "Chris Benoit jr." Or even if he uses his own name. Maybe an outlaw mudshow as Jim Cornette would say.

Imagine the promos if he gets into the ring. Someone will cross the line. We don't need that.

When i first heard the news of Chris Benoit in 2007 i was in my second year in college and i was at my college campus. i was at the computer center doing some paper for my English classes and decide to surf the net. there i saw on the WWE.com front page a big picture with Benoit's birthdate and his end date and i was shocked. later that day i found out how it all came together and the rest was history....

Speaking as someone who was dealt a bad hand and can’t ever wrestle no matter what I do I’d say he should go for it I mean the idolizing his father part is a bit strange to say the least but besides that if he wants to do it that badly I’d say he should go for it

I knew this fucking line was gonna make it to a headline... I heard the interview, there’s gonna be backlash of course but hey he’s able to get this stuff off his chest and if living through his dads legacy of wrestling is the ONLY way of Benoit getting mentioned then let the guy live his life.

Chris Benoit dedicated his life to wrestling. All the bumps he took and damage to the body over the years was for our pure enjoyment. Unfortunately, it lead to CTE. Instead of saying how bad of a person he was, why not shed light on CTE?

Braden Walker will make it into the HOF loooooong before Benoit.

It's not fair for David to pay the evil acts of his father. He did absolutely nothing wrong. But that's not how society works. No major wrestling promotion will never touch this kid, considering the circumstances of those horrific events in 2007. If he maintains his goal of keeping his father's last name, wrestling style, ring attire, and theme music of Chris, it will never work. It's very difficult because he wants to find a way to tribute his father because he loves him very much. If he wants to make his mark in wrestling, he'll have to change his character and show his wrestling ability. We don't know how good of a wrestler he is and which promotion will give him a chance. I understand his mindset of of having his father in the hall of fame, however, WWE will never put him in. The company has spent more than a decade to distance itself from Benoit. Putting him into the hall of fame would be a PR nightmare for WWE. It sad for David, because he's a nice kid and is still hurting from his loss. But reality will remind him of who his father was and the final act of his life.

Sadly, I don't think he'll ever get into the WWE HoF.

What was david benoit supposed to say??? He loved his dad and supported him. To this day no one knows what led to what his dad was accused of, no matter how tragic everything that happened in 2007 everyones quick to judge but nobody knows the truth of what happened even chavo talked about him giving johnny ace a text message a day late who knows what couldve been done i do hold benoit responsible for his actions but i believe its more to this than we all know, as for the hof for his dad he will never be in wwes version of the hall of fame ever

Here’s the thing, David could still get into the wrestling business and be mildly successful regardless of his age. I mean DDP made it huge in the business regardless of how old he was when he started. David will never it make it as big as DDP did, but he could make a career out of it. The thing that will destroy David’s career before it even starts is his wanting to follow Benoit’s career to a tee. He already will have his career hampered due to him being Benoit’s son, but for him to want to have a similar wrestling style, same music, similar tights etc is completely ludicrous. Somebody needs to sit him down and talk to him so that he fully understands what Benoit did and y he needs to separate himself from the lineage as much as possible and y Chris being in the HOF absolutely will not happen

I hate to say this but his father's actions will always cast their negative shadow over any efforts at David attempting a wrestling career of his own. Unfortunately Chris Benoit will never be in the WWE hall of fame because of what he did, it's a shame its unfortunate but it's also understandable. Now the Pro Wrestling Hall of fame is a different story and I believe Chris Benoit should one day be there but that's another discussion for another time.

Get him a manager, a mask, a new name (pegasus kid 2), and it could work. Forget about wrestling for wwe and the hall of fame. That will never happen. Go to Japan, Mexico, AEW and the indies. It can work. But David HAS to stop trying to be like his dad. He can continue Benoit's legacy as a new pegasus kid (with new gear) and a reworked version of the our lady peace theme.

It's better to forgiven than hold hate in your heart forever.

This is nothing people all he wants is for people to remember him for the good, it’s not like he’s working on a campaign to get Chris in.

I do feel sorry for the guy David B. has done nothing wrong but what his dad did will effect what he can and can't do for the rest of his life, it is unfortunate but that is reality

The Vince limo explosion was the week before the murder-suicide?

I found out watching RAW that night.

one thing that really bothers me to think about is that Daniel would have been 21 today if his monster of a father didn't kill him. Such a fucking shame

It sounds like Daniel Benoit wants to redeem his father’s legacy. The problem is that the legacy is too ugly to be redeemed.

Funny thing is that I thought beniot kid was dead, does he forgive his father? Does he blame his mental health? Why use his dad name and theme ??