Pro wrestling has been embarrassed by a report providing results of the Congressional Oversight Committee’s investigation into steroid use within the wrestling industry.

A man that changed wrestling forever. A man that murdered his wife and son. A man that created a legacy and destroyed it. Ladies and Gentleman, I have two words for you. Chris Benoit.
At a recent TNA show in the UK, Kurt Angle mentioned Benoit’s name when he talked about some of his memories wrestling in the UK. As expected, it got a mixed reaction - a reaction that got absolutely slated on the internet the next day. Many were disgusted. Simply, how the hell could a minority cheer for …

- Its a crazy busy weekend for us ahead of Summerslam tomorrow night, largely due to the start of the Premier League season, which is why we didn’t get a news update posted on Friday. If you’re not a football (soccer) fan, you likely couldn’t care less. If you are, head over to OddsPreview.com for all the latest news, results and tons more as it happens.
We’ll have a PPV preview up on the site on Sunday afternoon at some point, as well as a pre-PPV news update later in the …

Welcome to the third of WWEPreview.com’s weekly Roundtable features, where the WWEP regulars get together to discuss a WWE related topic once a week.
This week’s Roundtable discussion is based on the question: Should Chris Benoit be removed from the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame?
Mark Bright: With this year’s Hall Of Fame issue of the Wrestling Observer coming out soon the topic of whether or not Benoit should be removed has been a subject that has come up on various internet message boards lately, which is the reason I wanted to …

Its a year since the Chris Benoit tragedy.
I’ve gone back and forth on whether or not to write anything about it, but felt it right to at least acknowledge it. After all, two innocent people in the Benoit household were murdered as a result of the Benoit’s actions.
We still don’t know what happened inside the Benoit’s home on that day, and likely never will. Do you even want to know? I know I don’t.
Its hard to believe it was only a year ago to be honest. It feels like a …

With the latest WWE draft occurring this Monday, I have been retrospectively looking at each of the previous talent exchanges in order to look at the impact they have had on the talent involved.
As an aside, I should note that while there was not an official draft in 2006, Paul Heyman was allowed to choose two wrestlers from RAW or Smackdown to participate in the launch of the new ECW brand. These two picks were Rob Van Dam and Kurt Angle.
(i) Van Dam’s career mishaps have been documented in all …

With the 2008 WWE draft looming, I’ve decided to look at the past talent swaps, next up is 2005’s edition.
You would have thought that WWE’s creative brain trust would have learnt some lessons after some of the negative aspects that resulted from the original draft; this column will look at what did happen, and the resulting effect on both RAW and Smackdown.
(i) RAW started the process this year, and the first draftee, WWE Champion John Cena, certainly looked poised to make more of an impact than the previous year’s Shelton …

Dr. Phil Astin, Chris Benoit’s personal physician at the time he killed his family and hanged himself nearly one year ago, was charged on Thursday in a new 175-count federal indictment with conspiracy and improperly dispensing drugs.
The new indictment against Dr. Astin replaces a seven-count indictment last July and involves 17 additional patients.
As you will likely recall from events at the time of the shocking double murder-suicide, Astin was understood to have prescribed a 10-month supply of anabolic steroids to Benoit every three to four weeks for a year leading …

Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror that Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport
Scary but True
Cost: £9.99 UK/ $14.95 US/ $16.95 CANADA
Pages: 160
Publishers: ECW Press
Web link: ecwpress.com
The Chris Benoit murder-suicide shocked everyone associated with wrestling. The ramifications of what happened in the Atlanta home are still being felt to this day. The ‘Benoit’ book is the latest to examine the horrific case in depth nearly one year on.
Taking the unusual form of a collection of essays, it examines different aspects of the man fans and wrestlers alike all seemed to know …