:( Chris Benoit

[hello13]

I seriously doubt Benoit killed his son.

His wife, for whatever reason, I can see. But I doubt he killed his kid.

[lebomb]

Here is something I got off of another board. Not saying it's true but it puts a different spin on things...

"A GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigations) has heard in his circle is that Chris Benoit's wife killed their son Daniel, called Chris and told him to rush home because of an emergency which is why he missed last Sunday's Vengeance PPV. Upon arriving home Benoit killed his wife in a rage for the death of his son and then killed himself Monday morning. His wife's body was found in the master bedroom, strangled with the cord from an alarm clock. The son's body was found in his room apparently suffocated with a garbage bag. Chris then wrote a suicide note explaining what had happened, apologized to his family, his other children (from a separate relationship), and his fans. He then fashioned a slip-knot noose from from rope taken from the garage and hung himself from the banister in the foyer of his suburban Atlanta home."

Wow.....that is crazy! Why would she kill her 7yr old son???

[hello13]

Wow.....that is crazy! Why would she kill her 7yr old son???

maybe he caught her having an affair.

or maybe she couldnt deal with him anymore.

the same reason mothers abandon and kill their infants.

[ALVAREZ6]

ok, you do realize that in not benoit....

and


they have suspended chris masters, eugene, and joey mercury as well as other wrestlers in the past months due to them violating their wellness policy.......

I ing know that's not Benoit, it's that 6'8" mother er Batista. I was going against the argument that these WWE dudes don't use roids, when their whole lives and career depend on them. They've even shown Hogan's old ass take roids on TV before.

[lebomb]

maybe he caught her having an affair.

or maybe she couldnt deal with him anymore.

the same reason mothers abandon and kill their infants.

........yeah, I know it happens.....I will just never understand it though. I feel terrible is I accidentally thump one of my kids in the head playing around. To hurt and innocent child.....I HATE S that do this!!!

[hello13]

I ing know that's not Benoit, it's that 6'8" mother er Batista. I was going against the argument that these WWE dudes don't use roids, when their whole lives and career depend on them. They've even shown Hogan's old ass take roids on TV before.

their wellness policy was instated like 2 years ago...im not talking about 20 years ago.

in my opinion, I do not think Benoit ever took them.

and hogan is not a signed wwe wrestler...he has not been a mainstay on wwe tv in years...aside from a few pop ins here and there, his career in the ring is over.

[ALVAREZ6]

I started watching wrestling again in the mid 90's and Chris Benoit was the reason for it....was the only guy I would have paid to watch wrestle, because he always gave his all in the ring.

Yeah, he gave it his all in a fake scenario.


WWE is the gayest ever, I can't believe I used to watch WWF when I was like 10.

[lebomb]

.............that 7yr old kid didnt have anything to do with anything regarding Benoit or his wife.

[lebomb]

Yeah, he gave it his all in a fake scenario.


WWE is the gayest ever, I can't believe I used to watch WWF when I was like 10.

Its just entertainment.....a big ol soap opera. It no different than watching Desperate Housewives.

[ALVAREZ6]

their wellness policy was instated like 2 years ago...im not talking about 20 years ago.

in my opinion, I do not think Benoit ever took them.

and hogan is not a signed wwe wrestler...he has not been a mainstay on wwe tv in years...aside from a few pop ins here and there, his career in the ring is over.

who knows if he did or not


And with the Hogan comment it's just an example of a wrestler that uses them regularly, and I find it hard to imagine that that's not the case for a bunch of other of those guys.

[ALVAREZ6]

Its just entertainment.....a big ol soap opera. It no different than watching Desperate Housewives.

I can't see how people enjoy it so much, just watch UFC.

[Big Pimp_21]

WWE may be "fake" or scripted, but you can't deny the amount of effort that goes into what they do night in and night out.

[ALVAREZ6]

WWE may be "fake" or scripted, but you can't deny the amount of effort that goes into what they do night in and night out.

It's wasted effort.


Fight in a real compe ion.

[whottt]

Here is something I got off of another board. Not saying it's true but it puts a different spin on things...

"A GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigations) has heard in his circle is that Chris Benoit's wife killed their son Daniel, called Chris and told him to rush home because of an emergency which is why he missed last Sunday's Vengeance PPV. Upon arriving home Benoit killed his wife in a rage for the death of his son and then killed himself Monday morning. His wife's body was found in the master bedroom, strangled with the cord from an alarm clock. The son's body was found in his room apparently suffocated with a garbage bag. Chris then wrote a suicide note explaining what had happened, apologized to his family, his other children (from a separate relationship), and his fans. He then fashioned a slip-knot noose from from rope taken from the garage and hung himself from the banister in the foyer of his suburban Atlanta home."

Man, that is bizarre....but that makes more sense to me than Benoit being called home from a PPV and killing his wife and kid right as they are about to put the one big le he doesn't have on him.


He was very much an eye for an eye type dude...I could actually see him avenging his child by taking her life and then taking his own. That does sound like something he would do if faced with that situation.

[hello13]

It's wasted effort.


Fight in a real compe ion.

its very real for them.

the only thing fake about it is the scripted outcome.

injuries, skill, training, etc...its all real.

[Big Pimp_21]

In that case, one could argue that almost all of TV is wasted effort. Its entertainment, just like soaps, sitcoms, and CSI...but it doesn't mean you have to watch it or like it.

[whottt]

Seriously...why go see a movie? You know the outcome is scripted...it's not real.


Those guys put their bodies through more than any pro athlete does...they do what they do 300+nights a year.

Getting dropped on their heads, backs and shoulders...


I mean Benoit had a broken neck 5 years ago...that's not fake.

[whottt]

It's wasted effort.


Fight in a real compe ion.

Wrestling used to be real...but it in it's pure form it's a lousy spectator sport, doesn't draw, and doesn't produce much income.

That's why you don't see any Greco Roman or FreeStyle tours being coverd in the Sports section.


It became fake and about showmanship, and all the choreographed tumbling, so it would be more exciting.


And submission wrestling is probably the most superior form of fighting...it's tough to do anything when your knee or ankle have had the tendons ripped from them.

Back when it was real they had a standing challenge to every champion in just about every other sport...and none of those guys ever wanted any part of the wrestling champion.

[whottt]

Muhammad Ali's favorite wrestler and the inspiration for his y arrogant public persona...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wagner


Don't tell me you guys never realized Ali's larger than life public persona was direct ripoff of the original wrestling heel...

Gorgeous(I am so pretty) George

[lebomb]

Just read on MSN:

Cops: Death of Benoit, family details 'bizarre'

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-Cons ution. Autopsies were scheduled Tuesday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in DeKalb County.

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 and son over the weekend and then himself sometime Monday. The bodies were found Monday afternoon in three different rooms of the house on Green Meadow Lane, in a subdivision 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 declined to 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 phone calls. The answering service for his funeral home said he was out of town.



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."

Sheriff's Lt. Tommy Pope told WSB-TV that the three were found about 2:30 p.m., but he wouldn't release other details.

Stamford, Conn.-based WWE also said on its Web site it had been asked by authorities not to release further information on the deaths of Benoit, 40; his wife, Nancy, 43; and son, Daniel.

Benoit was born in Montreal. He was a former world heavyweight champion, Intercontinental champion and held several tag-team les over his career. He was known by several names including "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 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," The Atlanta Journal-Cons ution reported.

They met when her then-husband drew up a script that had them involved in a relationship as part of an ongoing story line on World Championship Wrestling, the newspaper said.

Benoit has two other children from a prior relationship.



Maybe she was having an affair and he WENT OFF.

[MoSpur]

What a sad story.

[easjer]

As much as the other scenario makes sense with what we 'know' or 'believe' of Benoit, and as much as I would like to believe it . . . I don't think I do. The other reports that are coming out from verifiable media sources don't support it - the unverified source has the son dying first, the wife second, Benoit coming home (he was not in Texas, so he would not have been leaving from here as some have claimed), and the rooms were the bodies are found in different locations (bedroom vs. living room, staircase vs. weight room).

It seems a lot more like someone trying to make sense of things based on what they hope/know.

Without trying to be overly morbid or excusing, I could see a case in which Benoit may have killed his son as some kind of gesture of 'mercy' - similar to Andrea Yates drowning her children to 'save' them. I guess it's just easier to try and figure out the motivations in the face of this kind of tragedy.

[cornbread]

It's wasted effort.


Fight in a real compe ion.

There are a ton of mma fighters who have and still perform in pro-wrestling matches in Japan. They do it because it's an opportunity for them to make big money. Sakuraba was a pro-wrestler before he ever fought in Pride. Ken Shamrock was the first to make the jump back when UFC really paid its fighters peanuts. These guys are just trying to get paid like everybody else.

[The Red Hood]

Just finished watching a replay of Benoit on Living man the guy was a class act say what you will about wrestling but Benoit was just nothing like other wrestlers he was truly a professional seeing him carry s y miles play thumb wrestling with her and letting her hold his championship belt all brought a tear to my eye and gave me a bittersweet feeling he was a heel (bad guy wrestler) for his days in WCW until he started to build a huge fanbase causing the WWF to make him a babyface (good guy wrestler)

[Shaolin-Style]

This is sad.

The problem most people saying with him "going off" on his wife and finishing his son and himself is the nature of how it was done. No gunshot or stab wounds doesn't seem to fit the profile of a enraged murderer-suicide.

Of course the WWF is now starting to pull all his merchandise and tribute videos from their website, so I guess they believe it.