Thread: MVP (Montel Vontavious Porter) pays tribute to Benoit
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Old 01-22-2011, 02:11 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by HeartBreakMan2k View Post
I say fuck it, let him pay tribute to whoever he sees as important to him. He didn't do it in a way that was harmful to anyone else and he probably has his own ideas of who Chris was to him, in his life - separate of the terrible things he did. Would I ever do it, fuck no but to me he's simply a guy I used to enjoy watching who turned out to be a complete lunatic.
I agree with this. Working with Chris Benoit was apparently a dream for MVP. He emulated him on the independent circuit, and when he came up to the WWE worked quite closely with Benoit. Their match at WrestleMania 23 was the moment when a lot of people turned around on MVP, and thought he justified the push he was getting.

I'm sure MVP reflects tragically on the whole situation, but I noticed he didn't do a Diving Headbutt, or get hit in the head with a steel chair off a suicide dive in that match. If MVP has taken something from the mistakes Benoit made that led to the self-destruction and consequent destruction Chris Benoit inflicted upon himself and others, I see no reason he should feel ashamed that he honours certain qualities about a man he dreamed of working with, got the chance to, and learned from. And it's got to be painful seeing a man he considered a friend (at one point) get eradicated from the history of a industry he worked so hard to get to the top of. I'm sure it's a weight lifted off MVP.

Also, MVP went to prison. I'm not saying that this is the case with all criminals -- but MVP probably knows the world is not black-and-white. He, himself, as received a second chance, and is probably quite rich from it. I don't think it's any of our places to judge the man.
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