— Chris Van Vliet recently conducted a sit-down interview with David Benoit, the son of the late Chris Benoit. This is pretty much the first interview that David has given, where he talks about his father and his death, AEW, WWE and more.
— When asked about the time he wore an AEW shirt backstage to a WWE event, David said that they “they all thought that Chris (Jericho) bought it for me” and that it was just a huge rib. When Van Vliet asks him about those reports that he was banned from being backstage at WWE, David said it was due to “going to AEW” and that it “blows my mind.” He elaborated that he was trying to talk to WWE but they never got back to him “for a good four, five months” when normally they usually would. “Everything is fine now after I talked to their lawyer and Mark Carrano. Problem solved.”
— He was asked how he and his family were treated in the months following the Benoit double murder-suicide back in 2007 and David said “The news, f*cking non-stop. Steroids, steroids, steroids, steroids. It was just terrible, I couldn’t even walk around. I didn’t finish school. I was 14, 15. I finished high school, just not that year.”
— When the host asks him about all the terrible things people were saying about his father, David states “It wasn’t him, man. It definitely wasn’t him. He would never do that, bro. I know he wouldn’t. I think something terribly went wrong. I mean, the doctors said he had CTE, so that’s what at the beginning, it gave me somewhat closure. You know, because it just made my life a little easier. Didn’t have to think about it, he had CTE.”
— Chris Van Vliet asked him if he saw any signs that would have given him hints at this sort of behavior, David said “No. I didn’t see him that much. I would see him in the summertime for like four weeks and then Christmas time for two weeks and obviously for WrestleMania. I didn’t get to see him that much.”
— David then stated that he was ready to go down to Georgia to meet his father before the deaths. “I was getting ready to go down right after. I talked to my Dad on Father’s Day, that was the last time. We talked for like two hours. We were just laughing and getting ready to make plans for the summer. I got to say ‘I love you’ one last time. That was the last time. This feels good to get it off my chest, it feels good.”
— He is asked if WWE would recognize Chris Benoit for his accomplishments. “I would like the WWE to remember him, at least for the good times. I want him in the Hall of Fame. I’m working on it.”
— On finding out about his father’s passing: “I cried, man. I thought it was a joke when I found out. I was in Edmonton, doing a fundraising for my sister’s skating. And my Mom got a phone call from the RCMP telling her to come down. My grandfather went down. He was in control over it, my Mom couldn’t do it, she had to take care of me and my sister. He was in control of the estate and the lawyers. “
— On his first reaction: “I punched a cop. I punched him, right in the chest. I thought it was a joke. I really did. I really thought it was a joke. I didn’t believe it for days. The day it really hit me was his funeral. That was a hard day, that was a super hard day.”
— He also talks about trying to get established as a wrestler, with his goal being to join AEW or New Japan.
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