In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Vickie Guerrero speaks about the former ECW wrestler, who sadly committed a murder-suicide by killing his wife and son before hanging himself. WWE received negative press over the Benoit situation and while you can find Benoit’s matches on the WWE network, the company makes sure to never mention the former WWE and ECW star.
While many can understand why Benoit would never be put into the company’s hall of fame, the former WWE personality doesn’t believe that Benoit’s time in the squared circle should be ignored:
"It's a sad situation," Guerrero began.
"I loved Chris Benoit. His family was our family. His wife Nancy, we were close friends and their son Daniel and we were all really close. I wasn't there when it happened and I don't understand why it happened, but I still love him.
"Aside from all of that he loved us and he respected us. He was a talented wrestler and he had his own legacy, I think that it shouldn't be ignored and it's sad how things turned out, but I would like to see him inducted into the Hall of Fame."
Guerrero also speaks about earning the respect of fans who believed she was handed a role inside the company after her late husband and WWE Hall of famer, Eddie Guerrero, sadly passed away.
"I had the odds against me," Guerrero said.
"I was Eddie's wife and everybody thought I was being handed the job because he passed away. There were just a lot of things against me so I had to earn my way to have the love from the fans and find a character that was going to work with me.
"When they found this character with Edge, it all just started falling into place and we had a good time with it. I think fans hated me because they were thinking 'How could Eddie's wife go and work in the WWE after he passed away?' But I did have a little bit of history of working with him before."
Check out the full interview below of Vickie Guerrero: