I dont even watch wrestling anymore, but I had to respect WWE for dedicating a last-minute, 3-hour memorial special to this dude. They normally represent sheer bullshit to me, but this is just a testament to the type of relationship a professional sports organization should have to their members. The NBA and NFL need to take note, because the way they treat their players, dead or alive, to me, leave a lot to be desired…..
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and son were found dead Monday and police said they were investigating the deaths as a homicide.
Lt. Tommy Pope of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department said the three were found at their home about 2:30 p.m., but refused to release details.
Pope said results of autopsies on Benoit, his wife Nancy, and 7-year-old son Daniel were expected Tuesday.
Benoit, 40, was a former world heavyweight champion, Intercontinental champion and held several tag-team titles over his career.
"WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family's relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy," the federation said in a statement on its Web site.
Benoit was scheduled to perform at the "Vengeance" pay-per-view event Sunday night in Houston, but was replaced at the last minute because of what announcer Jim Ross called "personal reasons."
Benoit, a Canadian native, 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.
June 25, 2007 @ 9:48 pm
I turned back and forth between this and the MTB4, and although I think wrestling has gotten really cheesy, I cant front, I was a little choked up…
June 26, 2007 @ 12:07 am
:tearssad: :tearssad: :tearssad:
Damn, it’s fucked up my man died. I respected this cat a lot.
June 26, 2007 @ 1:51 am
:jawdrop:
I’m looking at something on the internet saying he might have killed his son on Friday, his wife on Saturday, and then himself on Sunday.
:smhworried:
June 26, 2007 @ 7:05 am
Yup….
He took em all out. I know one thing… I ain’t having no kids and I ain’t getting married because niggas been killing they broads left and right… kids ain t safe either.
June 26, 2007 @ 8:05 am
Dam…. :sad:
I wonder what drives people to do shit like this. Any word on the motive?
June 26, 2007 @ 8:19 am
I read an updated story this morning but it didnt mention motive. I do know his wife was a writer for WWE and managed several wrestlers.
I was just impressed with last night’s solidarity. They showed his old matches and the one he took the championship in. Funny part though was you know Vince McMahon got ‘killed’ last week and this interrupted their storyline, so it was crazy that McMahon was hosting the special.
June 26, 2007 @ 8:20 am
They said he backed out of a show the night before and then started sending these insane text messages to people and then the federation asked that someone go check on his family cause he didnt seem ‘right’ *SMH*
That shit is just terrible. :pout:
June 26, 2007 @ 8:30 am
I got a call from my son yesterday around 8 asking me about what happen… I didnt even know. Its truly a sad case of events. I remember seeing dude wrestle on TV… He was excellent.
June 26, 2007 @ 8:30 am
RIP!
I stopped watching WWE when Stone Cold & The Rock left!
But I am an old school girl - Jeff Jarrett, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Bill Dundee, Rick Flair, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Big Black Mable…lol
I was glad to see the love in the ring last night! They did that tribute REAL REAL nice! My grandma still watches so she informed me last night!
:tearssad:
June 26, 2007 @ 8:31 am
Yeah, it was a real nice memorial.
June 26, 2007 @ 8:46 am
@CJP
Yea, that Crippler Crossface shit really hurts…ask my ex-girlfriend
June 26, 2007 @ 8:47 am
Uh uh
June 26, 2007 @ 8:49 am
Yea, that Crippler Crossface shit really hurts…as my ex-girlfriend
Dude… I thought i was the only on that tried that shit on an ex… All I wanna know is…DID SHE TAP OUT :?:
June 26, 2007 @ 9:01 am
Don’t mind me. I’m just rolling up a blunt….
Just an update. The Fayetteville Police department has said that this is what they think happened with Beniot and his family.
While the wrestlers were on the road Friday, Beniot got a phone call from his wife telling him he needed to come home. When he arrived home, he found his 7 year old son dead. His wife supposedly killed their son. In return Benoit strangled her to death. After a day of thinking about what he did, he hung himself Sunday night. :scared:
If I was him, I would’ve put that bitch in the Crippler Crossface. Then dove off the bed with the flying headbutt. Then slapped her in the Sharpshooter.
:sofunny:
June 26, 2007 @ 9:06 am
^^ Damn, that is some FUKKED up shit
June 26, 2007 @ 9:08 am
:scared:
June 26, 2007 @ 9:11 am
That would have fucked me up… To get a call like that. I dont know if I would have killed her but it wou-…. Who am i kiddin… I would have killed her too
June 26, 2007 @ 9:14 am
Now how about…
the trial for a dude in Omaha starts TODAY for murdering his wife??
And of course…she was white.
They gone ‘juice’ this nigga.
re:Benoit
‘His wife supposedly killed their son.’
Now that kinda makes sense then, cuz this morning when I heard, I couldn’t wrap my head around ‘why’ he would do it?
But that might explain shit.
June 26, 2007 @ 9:17 am
I said the same thing
June 26, 2007 @ 9:23 am
His wife supposedly killed their son. In return Benoit strangled her to death. After a day of thinking about what he did, he hung himself Sunday night.
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Word to the wise for all Fellahs Here
if your ever that upset where you can’t control you anger
JUST LEAVE go for a walk
do something to vent and get it out your system
never let your anger get the best of you
thats how alot of ngz catch cases over some of these bird brains out here.
June 26, 2007 @ 9:27 am
willyj:
Buddy over your way is gonna get lynched.
banga:
Usually I agree with you, but there’s no "walking it off" when a chick kills your son.:pistols:
June 26, 2007 @ 9:48 am
@CJP
[quote]DID SHE TAP OUT?[/quote]
No…because she couldn’t.
Hell yea…but I woulda invited Mills Lane over to ref that shit…I’d beat the bark off homegirl.
@Tro
I see what you’re saying, but that doesn’t apply here. Assuming it wasn’t an accident, there’s nothing left to do but body her.
@WillyJ
I’d be lying if I said I was surprised.
:smhfrown:
June 26, 2007 @ 9:51 am
‘I’d be lying if I said I was surprised.’
Tis the season to murder…
June 26, 2007 @ 12:15 pm
ATLANTA (AP) — Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room, a law enforcement official close to the investigation told The Associated Press Tuesday.
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Authorities also said they are investigating whether steroids may have been a factor in the deaths of Benoit, his wife and their 7-year-old son who were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.
Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said test results may not be back for weeks or even months.
Autopsies were scheduled Tuesday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in DeKalb County.
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.
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.