Guest Low Roller Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Yet another tragedy in the wrestling world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 wow, I dont watch wrestling anymore but I remember watching him and Bret Hart fight it out for the WCW championship at Mayhem in Toronto....anyone else there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 wow just read the article, murder suicide?simply tragic...rip benoit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Unbelievable. I too haven't followed wrestling in a while but was a huge fan at one point. Benoit always seemed like one of the good guys. Can't fathom that he would kill his wife (Nancy Sullivan aka Woman) and their 7 year old son. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 WTF indeed. This story is going to get a lot worse once details start coming out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Wrestling Observer Newsletter is probably the best place to get updates.News coming out that there was a period of time between the killings of Nancy, then son Daniel and finally Benoit's suicide. Eerie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I dont think eerie is the word I would use. Call me crazy but something looks pretty obvious to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Eerie in the pre-meditation. What do you call it and what is so obvious to you?I mean, it's pretty much a given that every wrestling death has something to do with drugs if that's what you're angling at.Please elaborate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I'll email you my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 (edited) Sorry for the confusion Ollie. I hadnt been following this story very closely. Pay no attention to me.EDIT TO ADD:Obviously I was slow on the uptake regarding this story but something is messing with me. Why would the WWE have a tribute show for Benoit if this is a case of murder-suicide? No wonder I dont pay any attention to that garbage. Edited June 26, 2007 by Guest sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 As far as I know the WWE went with the tribute show before they knew the whole story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Wow. Thats pretty f'n sad. Shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I am sure they knew more than you do/did Ollie but none the less even if they were going in blind I am sure they could have waited until next Monday for the tribute.It simply goes to show the meathead mentality of the WWE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 It simply goes to show the meathead mentality of the WWE.I won't disagree with you there, except to extend that sentiment to the entire wrestling world. I can't think of an uglier business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 The latest news is that there was no gun involved, and that the whole thing is 'bizarre'.No good can come of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSeasJim Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 More sadness in the wrestling world... in reading the message boards I found out that Sherri Martel died in her sleep last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 And Mike Awesome committed suicide in February. Fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Something ain't right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Crazy, disturbing news. But nothing is shocking coming out of pro wrestling anymore.Steroids, growth hormones, pain killers - if they don't get your heart first, they'll get your head.I haven't followed it in ages but I'd imagine that Benoit would have been remembered as one of the best 'workers' in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 (edited) And to make things just a bit more bizarre...Wikipedia notes death of Benoit's wife before body foundATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Investigators are looking into who altered pro wrestler Chris Benoit's Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death hours before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son.Benoit's Wikipedia entry was altered early Monday to say that the wrestler had missed a match two days earlier because of his wife's death.A Wikipedia official, Cary Bass, said Thursday that the entry was made by someone using an Internet protocol address registered in Stamford, Connecticut, where World Wrestling Entertainment is based.An IP address, a unique series of numbers carried by every machine connected to the Internet, does not necessarily have to be broadcast from where it is registered. The bodies were found in Benoit's home in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, and it's not known where the posting was sent from, Bass said.Benoit strangled his wife and son during the weekend, placing Bibles next to their bodies, before hanging himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home, authorities said. No motive was offered for the killings, which were discovered Monday.Full article:http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/06/28/wrestler.ap/[color:red][edit to add]Here's the list of wiki edits made from the IP adress in the article:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/69.120.111.23 Edited June 29, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 The vandalizer has already confessed. Just a bizarre coincidence. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit_mystery_editor_confesses:_claims_%22terrible_coincidence%22 Mainstream news should pick this up tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Well, there ya go.Thats what I get for clicking on a link emailed by a friend instead of coming across it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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