Holy Shit! Rest in Peace

[SmokeShowin]

WWE Wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy and his son were found dead in their Fayette County, GA home today. No other details are available.

The WWE is foregoing it's normal Monday night broadcast and airing a 3 hour tribute to him.

http://multi.ngoods.com/wwe/wwe.files/benoit.jpg

[MrRngr94]

Holy hell!!!! I'm gonna see if I can't find anything else on it.

Well I found this. Doesn't help much though.

"Officials would not say how the family died, other than to say they weren't shot to death. "

[Dupo]

Yea saw this tonight. Jesus christ man. I am kinda getting used to wrestlers dropping here and there because of abuse to themselves over the years (drugs, steroids..etc) but the whole family? Wow.

I really wanna know what happened now.

[MrRngr94]

The latest is they're ruling it as a murder-suicide. Supposedly he killed his wife and kid over the weekend, then himself on Monday. How can anyone kill their kid? I just don't get it. I'm curious as to what lead up to this. What drove him so insane to actually do this.

[Dupo]

I've also heard that SHE killed the kid by suffocating him ... then called Chris home and said there was an emergency (which is why he missed the pay per view). He came home, in a rage he killed her with an alarm clock cord. Then hung himself monday after leaving a suicide note explaining everything.

Cant confirm it though.

[MrRngr94]

Makes sense. Where'd you hear that?

[Titanium2006]

crazy, he was just here in my city (London, Ontario) for an event and did a huge thing on the radio also..he went to local places in town to schmooze with folks and everything....nuts

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20070625%2fchris_benoit_070625

article on website this morning...

[RAZOR]

:stunned: NO WAY :stunned: WELL SUMBITCH I'M SPEECHLESS..

[Fire Shadow]

I would like to comment about this. No one person will ever know what was going through his mind at the time of this going on in his life. But I do know that I have 2 boys myself, and I would not do anything like that to my kids. I would rather get on my bike and take a Semi on, than have my name on national news about me knocking off my kids. That poor kid had nothing to do, but live a full life. He didn't even get to grow up. You need to ask your self what is life coming to? Is it not precious? Is it not worth letting kids grow up, and have a family of their own? It sadens me to see all these people taking out kids, because their parents make bad desicons in their life.

[MrRngr94]

Well here's the latest


— FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife, suffocated his 7-year-old son and placed a Bible next to their bodies before hanging himself with the pulley of a weightlifting machine, authorities said Tuesday.

[RAZOR]

dont know what would make a man do such a thing esp a man that
could get everthing he wanted... and as stated before, to a kid :no:

Psycho people out there

[fegs]

totally fucked up!

[asp3132]

Not very far from where I live, and again very Fucked up!

[RAZOR]

And they had a tribute to him??? :freak: COME ON....

how many kids idoled him and then he goes and kills his family , In a kids mind
oh he killed his family then they have a tribute and praise him for what he did..

little kids aint gonna say he was a good wreslter... they see it how it is right now in the moment--- he killed his family and he gets rewarded by the wrestling federation--- what kinda idol do you have know what are the kids gonna grow up and think... thats why alot of children are twisted.... hopefully people that are really into that wrestleing stuff the parents will axplain to the kids

[SmokeShowin]

The tribute was last night before the details of the circumstances were released.

'roid rage is suspected. Steroids were found in his home.

Authorities believe he strangled Nancy Friday and smothered his son to death Saturday or Sunday.

[fegs]

The tribute was last night before the details of the circumstances were released.

'roid rage is suspected. Steroids were found in his home.

Authorities believe he strangled Nancy Friday and smothered his son to death Saturday or Sunday.

Roids were found???? No shit :happy2: . Dude, dont believe the hype about the roid rage....

[MrRngr94]

There's also reports about him being abusive in the past.

[SmokeShowin]

She filed for divorce and a restraining order in 2003 but didn't follow through with it.

No matter the circumstances, it is a terrible tragedy. You can't take away how talented he was, steroids or not. And until this weekend, he was apparently a great dad. From what guys were saying last night on Raw, his sons would always show up at events in suits, shake hands with the guys and were extremely friendly and well behaved. Sometimes things happen, whether they are under our control or not, that lead us to do things we shouldn't do.

I am in no way trying to make excuses for what he did, but he also did good things that shouldn't be wiped away because of what he did. I firmly believe that what he did was an act of a coward. I saw a pic of his son last night, he was adorable, and wonder how someone could do something evil to someone so innocent.

I will remember him for what he did in the ring. I watched a match last night between him and Dean Malenko from about 10-15 years ago. It was with the old WCW and it was an outdoor pay-per-view event. Those two guys put on an amazing match, it must have lasted a good 30 minutes at least. That is when wresling was good.

[Dupo]

Latest news on this story:

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife, suffocated his 7-year-old son and placed a Bible next to their bodies before hanging himself with a weight-machine pulley, authorities said Tuesday.

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."

Authorities offered no motive for the killings, which were spread out over a weekend, and would not discuss Benoit's state of mind. No suicide note was found.
"In a community like this it's bizarre to have a murder-suicide, especially involving the death of a 7-year-old," District Attorney Scott Ballard said. "I don't think we'll ever be able to wrap our minds around this."

The Montreal-born Benoit was one of the stars of the WWE wrestling circuit and was known for his wholesome family-man image. His wife, Nancy, was a wrestling stage manager who worked under the name "Woman." They married in 2000.

When he won the world heavyweight championship in 2004, Benoit (pronounced ben-WAH) hoisted the belt over his head and invited his wife and child into the ring to celebrate. Asked by the Calgary Sun that year to name his worst vice, Benoit replied: "Quality time with my family is a big vice. It's something I'll fight for and crave."

Despite those appearances, Nancy Benoit had filed for a divorce in 2003, saying the couple's three-year marriage was irrevocably broken and alleging "cruel treatment." She later dropped the complaint, as well as a request for a restraining order in which she charged that the 5-foot-10, 220-pound Benoit had threatened her and had broken furniture in their home.

In the divorce filing, she said Benoit made more than $500,000 a year as a professional wrestler and asked for permanent custody of Daniel and child support. In response, Benoit sought joint custody.

The bodies were found Monday afternoon in the house, off a gravel road in this suburb about 20 miles south of Atlanta.
Benoit's 43-year-old wife was killed Friday in an upstairs family room, her feet and wrists were bound and there was blood under her head, indicating a possible struggle, Ballard said. Daniel was probably killed late Saturday or early Sunday, the body found in his bed, the district attorney said.

Benoit, 40, apparently hanged himself several hours and as long as a day later, Ballard said. His body was found in a downstairs weight room, his body found hanging from the pulley of a piece of exercise equipment.

A closed Bible was placed next to the bodies of the wife and son, authorities said.

The prosecutor said he found it "bizarre" that the wrestler spread out the killings over a weekend and appeared to remain in the house for up to a day with the bodies.

Ballard said Benoit had sent two text messages to acquaintances, one saying that his wife and son were sick. The other, to a neighbor, said the door to the house was open and that the pets were outside. The prosecutor said the messages appeared to be an attempt to get someone to the home to find the bodies after his suicide.

The boy had old needle marks in his arms, Ballard said. He said he had been told the parents considered him undersized and had given him growth hormones.
"The boy was very small, even dwarfed," Ballard said.

Toxicology test results may not be available for weeks or even months, Ballard said. As for whether steroids played a role in the crime, he said: "We don't know yet. That's one of the things we'll be looking at."

Benoit received drug deliveries from a Florida business that sold steroids, human growth hormone and testosterone on the Internet, according to the Albany County, N.Y., District Attorney's Office, which is investigating the business, MedXLife.com.

Six people, including two of the pharmacy's owners, have pleaded guilty in the Albany investigation, and 20 more have been arrested, including doctors and pharmacists.

Steroids have been linked to the deaths of several professional wrestlers in recent years. Eddie Guerrero, one of Benoit's best friends, died in 2005 from heart failure linked to long-term steroid use.

The father of Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig blamed steroids and painkillers for Hennig's drug overdose death in 2003. Davey Boy Smith, the "British Bulldog," died in 2002 from heart failure that a coroner said was probably caused by steroids.

The WWE, based in Stamford, Conn., issued a news release Tuesday evening saying steroids "were not and could not be related to the cause of death."
"The physical findings announced by authorities indicate deliberation, not rage," the company said, adding that Benoit tested negative April 10, the last time he was tested for drugs.

Benoit was a quiet, roughhewn figure amid the glitz and bluster of pro wrestling. He performed under his real name, eschewed scripted personas and didn't bother to fix a gap where he had lost one of his front teeth. (According to the WWE Web site, he lost the tooth while roughhousing with his pet Rottweiler.)
His signature move was the "Crippler Crossface," in which he would lock his hands around an opponent's face and stretch his neck.

"You always rooted for him, because he was a good guy and he overcame the odds," said Dave Meltzer, editor of the Wrestling Observer, a weekly news letter. "It's like if you watched `Rocky,' and in the end it comes out that Rocky killed his wife and his son."

Benoit met his wife in the 1990s when she was married to rival wrestler Kevin Sullivan. As part of the scripted rivalry, Benoit and Nancy were supposed to act as if they were having an affair. A real romance blossomed, and she left Sullivan for Benoit.

Neighbors said the Benoits led a low-key lifestyle.
"We would see Chris walking in his yard from time to time. He wasn't rude, but he wasn't really outwardly warm," said Alaina Jones, who lives across the street.
Jimmy Baswell, who was Benoit's driver for more than five years, placed a white wreath at their gate. "They always seemed like they were the happiest people," he said.

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 had received "several curious text messages sent by Benoit early Sunday morning."

"He was like a family member to me, and everyone in my family is taking it real hard," said fellow Canadian Bret Hart, a five-time champion.
The WWE canceled its live "Monday Night RAW" card in Corpus Christi, Texas, after the bodies were discovered.

Monday's show was supposed to be a memorial service for WWE owner Vince McMahon. In a storyline concocted by the WWE, McMahon was supposedly "assassinated" in a limousine explosion two weeks earlier. McMahon appeared at the beginning of Monday's telecast and acknowledged the bombing was made up
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The McMahon storyline has been dropped.

[Kev5173]

i read that the son had some form of mental retardation and that benoit and his wife had been arguing about his care. i read that she wanted him to spend more time at home. also, that they had been arguing about where their child would go to school.

[SmokeShowin]

i read that the son had some form of mental retardation and that benoit and his wife had been arguing about his care. i read that she wanted him to spend more time at home. also, that they had been arguing about where their child would go to school.

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

[MrRngr94]

I also read that he was extremely small for his age and they were giving him harmones.

[SmokeShowin]

I also read that he was extremely small for his age and they were giving him harmones.

Are those like hormones? :freak:

[SmokeShowin]

Fox news just interviewed Bret Hart and he wasn't aware of any medical condition. Don't always believe what you read.