Chris Jericho speaks for 'final time' on Benoit tragedy (3/24)

State of Combat with Brian Campbell

CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA

Society & Culture, Sports News, News, Sports

4.6 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Brian Campbell is joined by AEW star and former WWE champion Chris Jericho on the life and death of Chris Benoit, 13 years after his suicide and double murder rocked the wrestling world. Jericho talks about the VICE TV "Dark Side of the Ring" documentary, the MMA influence behind his new finishing move and comments on his own unscripted altercation with Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam 2016. BC also shares his take on WWE's decision to move forward with WrestleMania despite the coronavirus outbreak. ------------------------------------- 'State of Combat' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, Bullhorn and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @BCampbellCBS, @SugaRashadEvans, @stateofcombat For more MMA coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/mma/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This holiday season, Amazon brings you an unmissable month of festive football.
0:07.6	What a fantastic night of football.
0:10.5	Including Tuesday's UEFA Champions League must watch match.
0:14.5	It doesn't get much better than that.
0:16.6	And 10 Premier League games.
0:19.6	This week, watch Wolves v. Man United,
0:22.9	Liverpool versus Leicester,
0:24.4	and eight other Premier League games.
0:28.0	It's on Prime.
0:33.6	Five, four, three, two, one, zero, ignition with a bang.
1:00.9	It's a state of combat podcast on CBS Sports with your boy, the Brian Campbell, back in your life, back in your earhole, ready for injection with another dose of that unmistakable performance enhancing audio.
1:17.4	BC, the voice that you hear back with a little pro wrestling this week, yes, can it be?
1:23.8	I know what you're saying.
1:26.1	BC, you left our life.
1:28.4	You jacked from pro wrestling.
1:30.6	What is going on here?
1:32.0	A lot of those statements are true.
1:34.4	Although, you know, in retrospect, it never really got the chance in an audio format to really tell that tale, which I can touch on in a minute.
1:42.9	But, no, the wrestling pod is not coming back to state of combat.
1:46.7	We are focusing exclusively for the most part on boxing and MMA, but had a great
1:52.4	opportunity this week for an interview that I think really crosses over.
1:56.5	And if you haven't seen the incredible series going on Vice TV called Dark Side of the Ring,
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