R.I.P. Chris Benoit

[Will]

STAMFORD, Conn., June 25, 2007 – World Wrestling Entertainment was informed today by authorities in Fayetteville County, Ga., that WWE Superstar Chris Benoit, his wife, Nancy, and his son were found dead in their home. Authorities are investigating, but no other details are available at this time.

Instead of its announced programming for tonight on USA Network, WWE will air a three-hour tribute to Chris Benoit.

Chris was beloved among his fellow Superstars, and was a favorite among WWE fans for his unbelievable athleticism and wrestling ability. He always took great pride in his performance, and always showed respect for the business he loved, for his peers and towards his fans. This is a terrible tragedy and an unbearable loss.

WWE extends its sincere condolences and prayers to the Benoit family and loved ones in this time of tragedy.
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Talk about a kick to the nuts.....not expected...god I hope it wasnt murder suicide.

[b70x7n]

http://www.thecollectorsgroup.com/showthread.php?t=2164

[Seahawklady]

Oh man, that's awful. I hope it wasn't either.

I'm not really up on wrestling, but even I've heard of him. Very sorry to hear about it.

[KennyBoy5150]

Will beat me to it! I just found this out, sad sad day for wrestling. This makes the whole Vince McMahon accident kinda silly.

[ebsoria]

The rabid wolverine?!?!?!?!

[metallikat87]

Will beat me to it! I just found this out, sad sad day for wrestling. This makes the whole Vince McMahon accident kinda silly.

they gave that up today
vince came out with it and he did the intro for the tribute show

[Rob81]

I couldn't believe it when i heard the horrible news. I watched him wrestle many times and he was such a hardworking entertaining individual. The latest news is that it was a double murder suicide. He will be truly missed.
RIP Chris, Nancy & Daniel Benoit

[oregonweim]

Will beat me to it! I just found this out, sad sad day for wrestling. This makes the whole Vince McMahon accident kinda silly.

what vince thing?

[KennyBoy5150]

Vince faked his death, limo blew up a few weeks ago.

[swany]

what vince thing?

A few weeks ago they showed Vince getting into a limo...then the limo exploding. WWE played out the angle on their web site and other shows pretty hard. Some fans bought it hook, line, and sinker. The episode of Raw last night was supposed to be, I think, the culmination of the whole story line.

[Jerry!Jerry!]

any news on this....like if it was a double murder suicide who was the one doing the murder?

[swany]

any news on this....like if it was a double murder suicide who was the one doing the murder?

From everything I heard so far...he killed his wife and child during the weekend...then took his life on Monday. Nothing has been confirmed yet.

[ebsoria]

From everything I heard so far...he killed his wife and child during the weekend...then took his life on Monday. Nothing has been confirmed yet.


And we'll never know why.

[jaymix79]

News just released:

Strangled his wife, smothered his son and then hung himself in the weight room. :ban:

[metallikat87]

News just released:

Strangled his wife, smothered his son and then hung himself in the weight room. :ban:

where did you see this?
im not doubting i would just like to read it
it sounds like something incredibly and undeniably awful happened there, the first reports i heard were that he killed his wife and sone either saturday and/or sunday in different rooms of the house then waited til monday to kill himself

[b70x7n]

News just released:

Strangled his wife, smothered his son and then hung himself in the weight room. :ban:

:shock:


:cry::cry::cry:

[Seahawklady]

where did you see this?
im not doubting i would just like to read it
it sounds like something incredibly and undeniably awful happened there, the first reports i heard were that he killed his wife and sone either saturday and/or sunday in different rooms of the house then waited til monday to kill himself


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/06/25/wrestler.dead.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

Toxicology results will take about 2 weeks. They are investigating if steroids had anything to do with it.

[metallikat87]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/06/25/wrestler.dead.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

Toxicology results will take about 2 weeks. They are investigating if steroids had anything to do with it.

i dont see how steroids had anything to do with it but i bet they were in his sytem and i bet they try to say ot had something to do with
never miss an opportunity to shoot off some propaganda
now im not condoning steroids but i would consider it to be pretty disgusting to use this to make some anti-steroidal commentary
of course im not a doctor so i dont know for sure why and i bet nobody ever does

[SonicsFan]

Sheriff's news conference is on any time now on CNN

[Cano Collector]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070626/ap_on_re_us/wrestler_dead;_ylt=An.nYbu7j2liC7lrPEsbF3Ss0NUE

Truely sad!

[SonicsFan]

Sheriff's news conference is on any time now on CNN

Starting now

[SonicsFan]

Starting now

Wow absolutely terrible:(

What a terrible tragedy


The sheriff said that he killed his son and wife last Friday and than committed suicide on sunday


Such a sad event:(

[ebsoria]

:shock:

Crap. Makes you wonder why... *sigh*

[Seahawklady]

Investigators found anabolic steroids in the house and want to know whether the muscle man nicknamed "The Canadian Crippler" was unhinged by the bodybuilding drugs, which can cause paranoia, depression and explosive outbursts known as "roid rage."

I'm still betting that steriods had some part in it. Also, evidentally, his wife filed for divorce in 2003, but they reconciled.

Sadly, no one will ever know why.

This whole thing is just horrible.

[rexvos]

I'm betting that steriods had something to do with it. Also, evidentally, his wife filed for divorce in 2003, but they reconciled.

This whole thing is just horrible.

steroids may have something to do with it, but they do not make you do stuff, it is not a mind control drug. He is a low life murderer no matter what may of "caused" it when you kill your wife and child you are the lowest form of trash their is.

[Zo]

steroids may have something to do with it, but they do not make you do stuff, it is not a mind control drug. He is a low life murderer no matter what may of "caused" it when you kill your wife and child you are the lowest form of trash their is.


word


he's a total ass for doing that.:ban:

[CommodoreCountry]

I'm totally floored by WWE's decision to air some kind of Tribute to a child killer. I don't know what their haste was all about, but I hope some people there feel like assholes.

[swany]

I'm totally floored by WWE's decision to air some kind of Tribute to a child killer. I don't know what their haste was all about, but I hope some people there feel like assholes.
They didn't know what happened when they made that decision. They were devastated when they heard the news...and probably made the best decision they could under the circumstances. They obviously would have done it differently if the show was tonight.

[ebsoria]

What little wrestling I watched I liked the guy. Seemed to be a "good guy" most of the time and was fun to watch. But, after finding out about him killing his boy I have lost ALL repsect for him. I have a son as well and I cannot even fathom hurting him in the least amount let alone killing him. *sigh* I dunno.. Im done with this...

[Seahawklady]

steroids may have something to do with it, but they do not make you do stuff, it is not a mind control drug. He is a low life murderer no matter what may of "caused" it when you kill your wife and child you are the lowest form of trash their is.

Very, very true.

[Will]

I'm totally floored by WWE's decision to air some kind of Tribute to a child killer. I don't know what their haste was all about, but I hope some people there feel like assholes.


This reply has SO much ignorance in it, I just might drown from it.

Seriously...if you had ANY thought of your own vs going with whats been said already, anyone with smarts would realize that the time that WWE aired the tribute was done before there were any details released relating to a murder/suicide.:ban:


As for other replies in regards to him being lowlife scum, murderer etc. I wont knock that at all.

My opinion is that Ill never understand what his state of mind was that made him crack and do all of that and I certainly wont be one to judge a man's life on one bad incident.

Keep in mind that what details were given out were done so less than 24hrs of this situation blowing up.

[Greenlantern]

Another tragic news involving a wrestler? Wow - what is going on?

Sad, sad news indeed. :(

[swany]

Where's Dave? I wonder what his thoughts are on all of this.

[Jerry!Jerry!]

You have to be one ate up, crazy SOB to be able to will yourself into killing anyone.....let alone your little boy and wife, by means of suffocation. They say that guns and knives have allowed us to kill one another because it makes the gut feeling that everyone encounters on some psychological level go away. To be able to do something like that with your own two hands and continue to do it when you know a loved one is struggling for their life is beyond any level of ordinary comprehension for me and I'm sure most other people. What a crazy asshole.

[rexvos]

This reply has SO much ignorance in it, I just might drown from it.

Seriously...if you had ANY thought of your own vs going with whats been said already, anyone with smarts would realize that the time that WWE aired the tribute was done before there were any details released relating to a murder/suicide.:ban:


As for other replies in regards to him being lowlife scum, murderer etc. I wont knock that at all.

My opinion is that Ill never understand what his state of mind was that made him crack and do all of that and I certainly wont be one to judge a man's life on one bad incident.

Keep in mind that what details were given out were done so less than 24hrs of this situation blowing up.

this is a little more than a bad incidient. People put this guy on a pedestal because he is famous, he probably had a lot of issues that were compounded by the use of steroids, painkillers and god know's what else, but at the end of the day he strangled his wife and child, which is deliberate cold blooded murder. I mean it was pretty easy to see from the details that were leaked that this was not going to be pretty. I mean as soon as I saw the post I knew it was some kind of murder/suicide thing, (as you can go back and see from Jaymix's post) and once they said that no guns were used (which was before the WWE Special) it was an almost forgone conclusion that Benoit was the guilty culprit. Now I do not think the WWE acted wrongly in what they did, but at the same time you could have seen this was a definite possibility. This makes Benoit 100X worse than OJ Simpson in my book.

[Will]

this is a little more than a bad incidient. People put this guy on a pedestal because he is famous, he probably had a lot of issues that were compounded by the use of steroids, painkillers and god know's what else, but at the end of the day he strangled his wife and child, which is deliberate cold blooded murder. I mean it was pretty easy to see from the details that were leaked that this was not going to be pretty. I mean as soon as I saw the post I knew it was some kind of murder/suicide thing, (as you can go back and see from Jaymix's post) and once they said that no guns were used (which was before the WWE Special) it was an almost forgone conclusion that Benoit was the guilty culprit. Now I do not think the WWE acted wrongly in what they did, but at the same time you could have seen this was a definite possibility. This makes Benoit 100X worse than OJ Simpson in my book.

Theres no way in hell Benoit is gonna be at the level of OJ.

[rexvos]

Theres no way in hell Benoit is gonna be at the level of OJ.

Last I checked OJ did not kill his own7 year old kid.

[ebsoria]

Theres no way in hell Benoit is gonna be at the level of OJ.


He is worse.. not only did he strangle his son he was too much of coward to face the music so he took himself out... oh, after strangling his wife and did we mention she was tied up?

Oh.. and placed bibles next to their bodies like that would redeem him.

[oregonweim]

Like I said, I think he was really messed up in the head...

[CommodoreCountry]

My opinion is that Ill never understand what his state of mind was that made him crack and do all of that and I certainly wont be one to judge a man's life on one bad incident.


I will certainly judge him for one incident especially if it's killing his wife and child! As for my ignorance, the minute I heard about it I thought murder/suicide. It wasn't hard to figure it would have been that. What person is going to murder a pro-wrestler?

[seahawks4ever]

Pro wrestler Chris Benoit apparently was pumping human-growth hormone into his 7-year-old son in the weeks before he killed his wife, the boy and himself at their suburban Atlanta home while consumed by “roid rage,” a prosecutor said yesterday.

Fayette County, Ga., District Attorney Scott Ballard said Daniel Benoit had needle marks on his arm. Ballard said he believed the boy had been given growth hormone because his parents considered the boy undersized.

“The boy was very small, even dwarfed,” Ballard said.


WTF?????

Gets more and more effed up

:kenny:

I hope Benoit has a nice spot in hell where he is the dwarf and some bigger demon force-feeds him human feces.

[ebsoria]

:kenny:

I hope Benoit has a nice spot in hell where he is the dwarf and some bigger demon force-feeds him human feces.


And arse rapes him!

mods- sorry if that is too colorful.......

[bamasa37sb34]

And arse rapes him!

mods- sorry if that is too colorful.......

And tie him to a chair and suffocate him as he struggles to get away.

[seahawks4ever]

And tie him to a chair and suffocate him as he struggles to get away.

and....shove a pineapple up his arse daily!




Yeah, I'm totally out of punishments. Had to go Little Nicky-style.

[metallikat87]

I will certainly judge him for one incident especially if it's killing his wife and child! As for my ignorance, the minute I heard about it I thought murder/suicide. It wasn't hard to figure it would have been that. What person is going to murder a pro-wrestler?

maybe a tribute before the facts came out was a bad idea but thats just ignorant
just because they were dead did not immediately incriminate him, you act as if nobody that was strong ever got murdered before

[rexvos]

maybe a tribute before the facts came out was a bad idea but thats just ignorant
just because they were dead did not immediately incriminate him, you act as if nobody that was strong ever got murdered before


it was also leaked that no gun was used, murder/suicide is what I thought too, even though I hoped it was not the case.

[bamasa37sb34]

Just saw this article, thought it was pretty interesting:

http://cbs.sportsline.com/general/story/10240015

[northcutt_fan]

R.I.P. Benoit. Someone up here, in Ely, used a growth hormone on their child, since he was abnormally small, back in the early '90's. Doesn't change my opinion of him, nor will it of Benoit.

Everyone is sooooo quick to say, "**** you, Benoit, you suck dick." Well, that's bull****. Sad group of people on here. ****ing sad.:ban:

[rexvos]

R.I.P. Benoit. Someone up here, in Ely, used a growth hormone on their child, since he was abnormally small, back in the early '90's. Doesn't change my opinion of him, nor will it of Benoit.

Everyone is sooooo quick to say, "**** you, Benoit, you suck dick." Well, that's bull****. Sad group of people on here. ****ing sad.:ban:

I hate to disagree with you, but this is one reason to not put someone (especially a professional wrestler) on a pedestal, they are just a step above side show carnies... it is a rough life on the road filled for many with drug abuse and rough living. I cannot believe anyone would try to be an apologist for a guy that murdered his wife and child. If Drew Brees or Tim Rattay did this, I would not defend them, I would be utterly disgusted by them.

[ebsoria]

I hate to disagree with you, but this is one reason to not put someone (especially a professional wrestler) on a pedestal, they are just a step above side show carnies... it is a rough life on the road filled for many with drug abuse and rough living. I cannot believe anyone would try to be an apologist for a guy that murdered his wife and child. If Drew Brees or Tim Rattay did this, I would not defend them, I would be utterly disgusted by them.


Could not agree more.

[andy]

Chris Benoit did something truly hideous.

I think I read that his kid had some sort of disease that made him undersized. I took (by request and under supervision of doctor) testosterone and HGH and am very glad I did so. I had some big issues. So it is not necessarily that it was an awful thing that he was taking those drugs.

[vetsgt02]

Now it looks like he updated his wifes bio before killing himself. Man this is some weird stuff. He used to be one of my favorite wrestlers, I never thought him capable of something like this. I feel sorry for all those kids outther who looked up to him and the parents who have to try and explain what happened to thier kids. Just Sad

[ebsoria]

Now it looks like he updated his wifes bio before killing himself. Man this is some weird stuff. He used to be one of my favorite wrestlers, I never thought him capable of something like this. I feel sorry for all those kids outther who looked up to him and the parents who have to try and explain what happened to thier kids. Just Sad

I never even thought of that part..

[metallikat87]

Now it looks like he updated his wifes bio before killing himself. Man this is some weird stuff. He used to be one of my favorite wrestlers, I never thought him capable of something like this. I feel sorry for all those kids outther who looked up to him and the parents who have to try and explain what happened to thier kids. Just Sad
the wikipedia bio was changed but its not possible it was him, the post originated from an ip addy in stamford connecticut
no telling who or how they knew though

[SonicsFan]

To those defending him, Im not gonna hold it against you,:salut:

but what he did is an undefendable act that can never ever be even close to considered noraml and okay

[swany]

R.I.P. Benoit. Someone up here, in Ely, used a growth hormone on their child, since he was abnormally small, back in the early '90's. Doesn't change my opinion of him, nor will it of Benoit.

Everyone is sooooo quick to say, "**** you, Benoit, you suck dick." Well, that's bull****. Sad group of people on here. ****ing sad.:ban:
Not really...just a group of people who are not big fans of people that kill their wife and child.

[rexvos]

Not really...just a group of people who are not big fans of people that kill their wife and child.
:salut:

[A7X]

Not really...just a group of people who are not big fans of people that kill their wife and child.

:salut::salut::salut::salut: I hope the stupid bastard burns in hell.F*** that RIP BS.

[ebsoria]

http://home.comcast.net/~revitman/padlock.gif


:cheers:

[Will]

For those that think he should burn in hell etc etc blah blah...could you say the same if it were a loved one or a good friend or someone you thought you knew really well?

[bamasa37sb34]

For those that think he should burn in hell etc etc blah blah...could you say the same if it were a loved one or a good friend or someone you thought you knew really well?

Hypothetically speaking, of course, if a best friend or another family member killed your wife and kids, would you say they should burn in hell? Or would you say "Oh well, he was on steroids, so he gets a pass."

[Will]

Hypothetically speaking, of course, if a best friend or another family member killed your wife and kids, would you say they should burn in hell? Or would you say "Oh well, he was on steroids, so he gets a pass."


Did I say he deserved a pass? Im in no position to pass judgement so I wont. Even with all details not out yet, theres no specific info that points this had ANYTHING to do with steroids.

[lumm0x]

If my best friend or even my brother murdered his wife and kids....yep..please burn in hell. I would despise every decent memory I had of them as unfortunate as it is.

[NMuyeb]

As to those who asked about his son having a disease that made him small....

"In the days before the killings, Benoit and his wife argued over whether he should stay home more to take care of their mentally retarded 7-year-old son, according to an attorney for the WWE wrestling league.

The child had a rare medical condition called Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited form of mental retardation often accompanied by autism."

[timonahan]

If my best friend or even my brother murdered his wife and kids....yep..please burn in hell. I would despise every decent memory I had of them as unfortunate as it is.

:clap::clap::clap:

[andy]

No religion I am aware of has people "burn in hell" for one act. I'm not saying he won't, but it is odd to me that so many people have mentioned it.