During the latest Keepin' It 100 podcast, Konnan gave his thoughts on Jordynne Grace's comments about Chris Benoit. Grace's tweet said, among other things, that Benoit couldn't hang with today's wrestlers. You can see her now-deleted tweets by clicking here.
Konnan said the following: "I can't believe that she would publicly come out and make an ass of herself like that. But that ain't the first time she's had stupid takes. And, you know, with age comes wisdom. You'll get here soon enough."
He continued, "Obviously, you don't know what the f**k you're talking about. Benoit without a doubt out of all the years and all the dressing rooms and all the people that I've worked with is one of the greatest performers I've ever seen. His passion was second to none. His intensity was second to none. His preparation was second to none. What do you mean he couldn't hang with nobody today? Bro, 90% of the guys today could not hang with him. That's the bottom line because I worked with them. And what do you mean that he would have forgotten everything? Listen, if he was at a point where he was forgetting, nobody would let him put together matches."
Konnan talked about Benoit being a ring general even with wrestlers that worked a faster and high-flying style.
He said, "(Benoit) had the ability to control the match and say, 'Hey, we don't need this, take this out' because he was wrestling with Rey Mysterio, who was a wild f**king guy that he had to edit down and say, 'Hey, do this, Juventud do this, Psychosis do this.' So I mean, I don't know what the f**k you're talking about. That's f**king ignorant."
On Grace's comments about Benoit being a murderer, Konnan said, "And bro, okay, yeah, he killed his family. Yeah, the guy had CTE. It ain't like he was a serial killer. The guy had all these problems accumulated from years like we're seeing now in wrestling, like we're seeing now in football, like we just saw with this one guy, the 33-year-old wide receiver (Demaryius Thomas) that just passed away...it's a serious thing for you to make light of it and make a stupid idiotic remark like that just shows what an idiot you are."
Later on Konnan said, "If you're gonna bury somebody, you better have a better career than them."
Chavo Guerrero was also not happy with Grace's comments about Benoit. You can read what he said at this link.
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article please credit Keepin' It 100 with Konnan with a h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
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