If you care about wrestling (Chris Benoit dead)

[threetwooneZERO]

Originally Posted by Fathoms (unadored)

Shades of the Hartman family right here. I wonder what it was that sent a few screws loose in Benoits head. Or maybe murder/suicide is just a canadian thing.

that was a ruff comment fathoms. but man, this is really sad. i hate seeing these type of things happen. i do find that really weird (as someone said above) if it does come out to be true that he did in fact murder his family that WWE payed tribute to him...a murderer.

[neopryn]

Originally Posted by strange_one

he also murdered his family in such a heinous manner. Does he deserve to be honored? That's a question that many will ask for the next few days/weeks

i don't think there's really much of a debate here

[Fathoms (unadored)]

I remember back when I used to watch wrestling I saw Benoit and Dallas Page in a classic WCW paperview match. Can't remember what or when though, just that it was classic wrestling. There was never any bullshit when it came to Chris. He was a true proffessional. Unfortunately there is an ugly side to life that always catches up with us, whether it's internal or external, eventually shit happens, and we're left with something inexplicable like this.

[Future Boy]

'Roid rage. Keep an eye on Bonds.

[Shapan]

man if i was a kid and someone like bret hart did this, i dont know how id feel. benoit was pretty popular from what i remember.

[Fathoms (unadored)]

Wrestling is a cursed proffession. Ever since papa shongo it's been nothing but death death death.

[ChristHimself!]

i wish the big boss man was still alive

rip big boss man

[stephen_bayne]

I still can't get over this. I went pwtorch.com this morning to expecting to read about the Mr. Mahon memorial show to find a Chris Benoit one instead. Was gutted being a big fan of the guy and even more so when it was reported that he may be responsible. As far as watching wrestling this is the last straw for me. I love wrestling but between this Eddie Guerrero's death and Kurt Angle jobbing to insanity just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[ChristHimself!]

i wish big boss man had left a bad taste in my mouth before he died

[Rarely]

why the fuck is vince mcmahon pretending to be dead in a fucking storyline

that's so ridiculous I'm surprised at how anyone watches this horseshit wrestling

[stephen_bayne]

Ratings. Sad thing is they used the ten bell salute with the entire roster assembled on stage like they do when Eddie Guerrero died. Eddie's wife and Nephew amougnst the mourners onstage. They had to have Vince McMahon explain to fans that while his death was part of a storyline Chris Benoit's death was real before the tribute show. Sadder still is some fans had left flowers outside of Titan Towers thinking Vince had really died in a limo explosion.

[strange_one]

we shouldn't judge the angle too harshly because for all we know it could have turned into something intriguing to watch if they kept with it. Doesn't matter now though.

[KrazeeStacee]

Wow that's pretty insane if it was a murder/suicide. How sad...he seemed like a really great guy, one of the more respectable wrestlers. Weird.

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by strange_one

I don't know how to feel about this. One of the greatest wrestlers of the last 20+ years, someone I've enjoyed watching perform the majority of my life, is dead and that is sad enough, but he also murdered his family in such a heinous manner. Does he deserve to be honored? That's a question that many will ask for the next few days/weeks

The NFL didn't run a "Tribute to OJ", did they?

[PkPhuoko]

Wrestling fans sould embrace this. Gives wrestling some legitimacy

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by PkPhuoko

Wrestling fans sould embrace this. Gives wrestling some legitimacy

what?

[PkPhuoko]

Originally Posted by Eulogy

what?

reminds people even tho wrestling is fake these people can still choke a woman and kid out

I picture benoit choking his wife and then slamming her like the undertaker

http://www.buttonhole.com.au/images/...PS2screen1.jpg



on a real note this is what happens when steroid useage is allowed to run rampant

[Dogfighter28]

found this on another board:

'Here's some info from Wade Keller's audio update from PWTorch:

-He said it is being reported he suffocated his wife and son, perhaps a day apart. And then hung himself. Late Sunday night, he sent a strange text message to a person within the WWE. The police broke into the house at 2:30 pm today and found them in separate rooms.

-Vince called all the wrestlers backstage this afternoon for an emergency meeting. Wrestler were already bawling and crying. A longtime WWE wrestler said it was the most emotional state he's ever seen the wrestlers.

-There was a really uneasy feeling Sunday. Everybody felt something was wrong.

-One wrestler said "It was bound to happen". There was a strong suspicion backstage that Benoit did this right away. There was also a suspicion that Nancy had done it. They had a volatile relationship and everyone knew it.

-Hardly anybody backstage really knew Benoit. He had a very small inner circle that one time *******d Eddy Guerrero and recently *******d Chavo Guerrero. But even they had a certain psychological distance from Benoit. Everyone could tell that something wasn't right lately with Benoit.

-He said that he was a very nice and pleasant person to be around, but a person close to Benoit said that Chris had "snap potential".

-A lot of steroids were found in the Benoit household, and Benoit has had bouts with "roid rages". WWE may suffer publicly because of their unenforced "Wellness Policy".

Also, it seems the WWE is already taking off Benoit's merchandise from the WWE store, as well as changing the description off the Wrestlemania XX dvd, among other things.'

also from pwtorch.com:

"PWTorch.com has learned that one major media entity has received an email purporting to be from a friend of the Chris Benoit extended family saying that Benoit accidentally killed his wife in a domestic argument, then panicked and killed his son later so his son could be with his mother rather than grow up without a mom and knowing his father as a murderer."

[Boots Electric]

http://jaydale.com/deadoit.jpg

[KrazeeStacee]

Originally Posted by Dogfighter28

found this on another board:

'Here's some info from Wade Keller's audio update from PWTorch:

-He said it is being reported he suffocated his wife and son, perhaps a day apart. And then hung himself. Late Sunday night, he sent a strange text message to a person within the WWE. The police broke into the house at 2:30 pm today and found them in separate rooms.

-Vince called all the wrestlers backstage this afternoon for an emergency meeting. Wrestler were already bawling and crying. A longtime WWE wrestler said it was the most emotional state he's ever seen the wrestlers.

-There was a really uneasy feeling Sunday. Everybody felt something was wrong.

-One wrestler said "It was bound to happen". There was a strong suspicion backstage that Benoit did this right away. There was also a suspicion that Nancy had done it. They had a volatile relationship and everyone knew it.

-Hardly anybody backstage really knew Benoit. He had a very small inner circle that one time *******d Eddy Guerrero and recently *******d Chavo Guerrero. But even they had a certain psychological distance from Benoit. Everyone could tell that something wasn't right lately with Benoit.

-He said that he was a very nice and pleasant person to be around, but a person close to Benoit said that Chris had "snap potential".

-A lot of steroids were found in the Benoit household, and Benoit has had bouts with "roid rages". WWE may suffer publicly because of their unenforced "Wellness Policy".

Also, it seems the WWE is already taking off Benoit's merchandise from the WWE store, as well as changing the description off the Wrestlemania XX dvd, among other things.'

also from pwtorch.com:

"PWTorch.com has learned that one major media entity has received an email purporting to be from a friend of the Chris Benoit extended family saying that Benoit accidentally killed his wife in a domestic argument, then panicked and killed his son later so his son could be with his mother rather than grow up without a mom and knowing his father as a murderer."

Oh wow, that's crazy. How sad. =\

[laradelocke]

awesome.

[strange_one]

WWE News
WWE News: Press Conference on Benoit - Nancy tied up, Bibles placed next to bodies
By Wade Keller, Torch editor
Jun 26, 2007, 14:24


-Shepherd Smith on Fox News referred to Chris Benoit as "this Chris Benoit character," ran down the ways each died, and said now steroids are suspected as having triggered his actions.

-Lt. Pope said after a call for a "welfare check" prompted by WWE, they found all three bodies in the home mid-afternoon. He said autopsies have been performed and it is being considered a homicide-homicide-suicide. They said he murdered his wife by affixiation as far back as Friday, then his son Daniel the next day, then hanged himself likely on Sunday. He said toxicology reports can take up to several weeks to obtain. During questioning, he said there was no suicide note. He stuck with the term "asphyxiation" for the way both Nancy and Daniels died. He said Benoit was arrested for DUI in the past. He said there were no calls to his current residence for domestic abuse. A reporter asked if steroids or illegal substances were found. He said a lot of prescription medication he received from doctors with what they believed were legal prescriptions. When again pressed on whether steroids were found, he said he can't give them a list yet. He then said there were anabolic steroids when asked a third time. Regarding motive, he said they would not go into that at this time. Regarding the text message, he said he text messaged a friend and the friend saw it several hours after it was received by his phone. He would not go into the content of it. According to the doctor, several hours passed, no more than a day, between the son's death and Benoit's suicide by hanging. The wife's body was found in the office area, Daniel in his bedroom, and Benoit in the basement home gym. He estimated close to a full day between killing his wife and son. He said there was no evidence of Nancy resisting. The doctor from the crime lab estimates Nancy died some time on Friday. He turned questioing over to Fayetteville County D.A. Scott Ballard.

-Ballard said he is struck by the fact that a seven year old boy is dead. "I don't think we'll ever be able to wrap our minds around it completely," he said. He said the timing was bizarre because of the time that elapsed between the deaths of the two victims and the suicide. "It struck me as somewhat bizarre that he would even be in the home with their deceased bodies for some time, but we don't know that; we haven't verified it." He said there was a Bible placed next to the bodies of each of the victims. He said Nancy was bound by her feet and wrists and there was some blood under her head. She was wrapped in a towel. There were no such body treatments of the son.

[Pretzel Logic]

he killed his fucking family

[Orchestra]

She didn't resist? So she could have just tapped out?

[Orchestra]

No really though this shit is bizarre.

[Nate the Grate]

The bibles were a nice touch...

[PkPhuoko]

the wrestling fans they're interviewing abou the "tragedy" are fucking golden

[KrazeeStacee]

This just keeps getting creepier. That poor kid, I wonder if he knew what was going on and knew that his mom was dead for that day that he was still alive.

Jesus.

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by PkPhuoko

the wrestling fans they're interviewing abou the "tragedy"

Someone killed a woman and her 7-year old son

[waltermcphilp]

whats sad is, this stuff probably happens all the time. its only a "tragedy" since the killer is some pseudo celebrity.