Having thought about it for the past couple of hours I think it's in the best interest right now the board celebrates the career of Chris Benoit.
Growing up I discovered Professional Wrestling at age nine thanks to WCW/NWO Revenge. I watched my first ever wrestling event in 1999, the show wasn't too memorable but I remembered two wrestlers from that show, Eddie Gurrero (who made his return) and Chris Benoit (who had a good match against Disco Inferno). I remember watching Benoit and his character on TV came accross as inspiration. He wasn't unstoppable like Goldberg was (my favorite wrestler at the time) but didn't he bust his ass in every single match. The man just demanded respect and the fans were more than happy to give it to him.
He left wCw havng finally won World Heavyweight Title gold (unofficially). I wasn't a fan of the WWE back in 2000, largely due to the fact that my cable provider only showed delayed coverage, and by delayed coverage I'm talking about a month behind.
However after falling off the wrestling bandwagon in 2003 (one of the worst years of wrestling IMO), Chris Benoit really brought me back into it. Watching him and Eddie Guerrero celebrate Benoits victory will always be remembered as one of the best moments IMO of Professional Wrestling.
Benoit was a class wrestler who's name will reign alongside the Bret Harts and the Kurt Angles, he should be remembered for his wrestling career. In that hope I hope as a board we can unite and remember Benoit for all he offered to Pro Wrestling.