RIP Benoit

[Despare]

Originally Posted by horrorobsessed

when it came on at seven i was slicing potatoes and almost cut myself i was so shocked. i was kind of confused at first, but then shocked. also, McMahon is alive? really? i kind of had a gut feeling he wasn't dead, but it was just a feeling. i was truly saddened.

R.I.P.
Chris Benoit
&
family

Obviously that McMahon thing was a work. They almost cancled it because of Sheri's death actually. I guess a fake death is a bad idea considering three former wrestlers died within weeks of the angle. Benoit, his wife who was "Woman" with the 4 Horsemen, and Sensational Sheri. That's three...

[The STE]

and Beef Wellington makes 4

[GorePhobia]

I'm in shock.

He probably killed them because he was drafted to ECW.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

he probably faked his death.

[_____V_____]

Its possible.

I was thinkin more in the lines of maybe the WWE is using a drug which induces high testosterone in the blood streams of their wrestlers, which might have some serious psychotic side-effects...

...that is, because Eddie died of heart failure cuz of drugs (narcotic painkillers) and Benoit killed his family before killing himself (if he did that).

Just a thought...how come Eddie was in such severe pain that he needed those high powered painkillers prior to his death?

[bwind22]

This is sad. I'm a wrestling fan, but was never really a Benoit fan although you can't help but respect the guy's work ethic. It's a shame. Here's the latest as I just caught it on the news about an hour ago...

They think his wife died on Saturday, the kid died on Sunday and Chris died on Monday. Also, there were no stab or gun wounds on any of the bodies, however the cops are saying the "instrument of death" was found in the home & apparently the kid & mom had been coughing up blood at some point.


V, they are all on heavy painkillers. Getting hit in the head with chairs & thrown through tables, not to mention just the routine beatings they inflict on each other, week in and week out year after year would wear on a body after a while. A LOT of wrestlers (from all companies) die very young (30s or 40s) from painkiller overdose. That's not uncommon at all.

This Chris Benoit thing however, is utterly baffling because all indications are that he was a pretty regular guy that always treated his fans great, loved his family and worked really hard in & out of the ring. If he is responsible like they are speculating, it would be 100% out of character for a guy like him to do something of this nature.

[Roderick Usher]

I have no sympathy for a fucking scumbag who murders his wife and kid.

[bloody_ribcut]

did he kill them?

**he did.

[bwind22]

Wow, the details are starting to emerge....

I wonder what drove such a seemingly normal dude to such atrocities... If it was only his wife, I'd think perhaps it was a crime of passion or something along those lines, but a crime like that usually wouldn't involve a child. What would possess him to kill the kid? What the fuck?

Here's the latest.




FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Pro wrestler Chris Benoit canceled a pay-per-view appearance at the "Vengeance" event in Houston because of "personal reasons" a day before he, his wife and their 7-year-old son were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.

Details of the deaths "are going to prove a little bizarre" when released to the public, Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A law enforcement official close to the investigation told The Associated Press that Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room.

Autopsies were scheduled Tuesday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Authorities were investigating the deaths at a secluded Fayette County home as a murder-suicide and were not seeking any suspects.

Investigators believe Benoit (pronounced ben-WAH) killed his wife, 43-year-old Nancy, and son Daniel during the weekend and then himself Monday. The bodies were found Monday afternoon in three separate rooms of the house, off a gravel road about two miles from the Whitewater Country Club.

Ballard told The Associated Press a gun was not used in any of the deaths, but he would not say how the three died.

"We're pretty sure we know, but we want to confirm it with the crime lab," Ballard said early Tuesday.

Fayette County Coroner C.J. Mowell did not return calls seeking comment. The answering service for his funeral home said he was out of town.

Authorities also declined to say whether drugs or steroids were found inside the house. "We're not releasing any information as far as what was located inside the house," sheriff's Sgt. Keith Whiteside said Tuesday.

Asked about the condition of the interior of the house, Whiteside said investigators found "nothing really out of the ordinary." He said Benoit was found in the home's weight room, his wife in an office and the son in an upstairs bedroom.

Whiteside said toxicology tests could take up to a week or longer to complete.

Neighbors said the Benoits led a low-key lifestyle.

"They were nice," said Lorre Jones, who lives across the street. Her daughter Alaina said: "We would see Chris walking in his yard from time to time. He wasn't rude, but he wasn't really outwardly warm."

Jimmy Baswell, who was Benoit's driver for more than five years, placed a white wreath at the Benoits' gate Tuesday.

"I saw him with his family all the time," said Baswell. "They always seemed like they were the happiest people."

World Wrestling Entertainment said on its Web site that it asked authorities to check on Benoit and his family after being alerted by friends who received "several curious text messages sent by Benoit early Sunday morning."

The WWE, based in Stamford, Conn., said it had been asked by authorities not to release further information on the deaths.

Benoit, born in Montreal, was a former world heavyweight champion, Intercontinental champion and held several tag-team titles. His names in the ring included "The Canadian Crippler."

"WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family's relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy," the company said in a statement on its Web site.

Benoit had maintained a home in metro Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the defunct World Championship Wrestling. The Fayette County Tax Assessors Office lists the value of the house, situated on more than 8.5 acres, at nearly $900,000.

The WWE canceled its live Monday Night RAW card in Corpus Christi, Texas, and USA Network aired a three-hour tribute to Benoit in place of the scheduled wrestling telecast.

Benoit's wife managed several wrestlers and went by the stage name "Woman." They met when her then-husband drew up a script that had them involved in a relationship as part of a story line on World Championship Wrestling, the newspaper said.

Benoit has two other children from a prior relationship.

Benoit became a standout at an early age among wrestling prospects who trained in the dungeon basement of the house where fellow Canadians and professional wrestlers Owen and Bret Hart trained. Owen Hart was killed during a wrestling event in 1999.

"He was like a family member to me, and everyone in my family is taking it real hard," said Bret Hart, a five-time champion with the World Wrestling Federation. The federation has since changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment.

[Roderick Usher]

ATLANTA (AP) - A law enforcement official says Canadian pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room.

Speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, the official also says authorities are investigating whether steroids may have been a factor in the deaths.




A HUGE man who makes his living beating up other huge men strangled and smothered a woman and a child...what a pathetic, cowardly act.