RIP Chris Benoit
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I'm not quite sure how McMahon would make a buck by refunding ticket prices to the thousands who were planning to attend, but I guess you have that figured out.bbking said:
Also, since there is lack of definitive information, has anyone considered the possibility that perhaps she was the murderer?
You obviously have not read the articles
Considering the police have said that they believe Nancy and the child died on Sunday and Chris on Monday....how can she be the murderer?
Considering the police have said that they believe Nancy and the child died on Sunday and Chris on Monday....how can she be the murderer?
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Another article of interest. I guess Chris had a history people choose to ignore.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/fayette/stories/2007/06/25/0625benoit.html
Benoit's wife once claimed abuse, filed for divorce
Pro wrestler killed wife, son, then hanged himself, police say
By S.A. REID, KATHY JEFCOATS
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Published on: 06/25/07
Superstar wrestler Chris Benoit and his wife went through a period of turbulence early in their marriage that included her claiming domestic abuse and filing for divorce, court records show.
The couple and their 7-year-old son were found dead Monday in their home on Green Meadow Lane just east of Peachtree City. 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. Nancy Benoit and her son, Daniel, were killed during the weekend and Benoit died Monday, police said.
Chris Benoit
The couple, who had lived together since 1997 and were married in 2000, had separated when Nancy Benoit, a wrestling manager who worked under the stage name "Woman," filed for divorce in May 2003.
In the accompanying petition for protection from domestic abuse, Nancy Benoit, 43, claimed she was intimidated by threats of violence from her 40-year-old, 5-foot-10, 220-pound husband, who was known as the "Canadian Crippler."
Benoit, the petition said, "lost his temper and threatened to strike the petitioner and cause extensive damage to the home and personal belongings of the parties, including furniture and furnishings. Petitioner is in reasonable fear for petitioner's own safety and that of the minor child."
In another count, she claimed Benoit had destroyed furniture in the home.
On May 12, 2003, the same day the divorce and protective order petitions were submitted, a judge issued a restraining order against the wrestler and barred him from the family home in Peachtree City.
On Aug. 19, 2003, Nancy Benoit filed to have the divorce and protective petitions dismissed, and both were.
Police on Tuesday said no gun was used in the killings, but they have declined to say how the three died. Autopsies were scheduled for Tuesday at the GBI Crime Lab in Decatur.
"The details, when they come out, are going to prove a little bizarre," Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said Tuesday.
Police also revealed Tuesday that a text message was sent from Chris Benoit's cellphone.
Fayette Sheriff's Lt. Tommy Pope said the message was sent at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, but he decline to disclose the message's content or recipient.
Benoit's employer, World Wrestling Entertainment, said on its Website Tuesday that Benoit had sent
"several curious text messages" to friends, but police on Tuesday said they had identified only the one.
Authorities initially had trouble getting to the home because of two large German shepherds on the property, the WWE said. Sheriff's deputies were standing guard at the home on Tuesday morning, keeping back the media and the curious.
Benoit was found in the home's weight room, his wife in an office and his son in an upstairs bedroom.
Benoit failed to appear at Saturday's live wrestling event in Beaumont, Texas., and at WWE's "Vengeance: Night of Champions" in Houston Sunday night. WWE said Benoit had a "family emergency."
As news of the death's spread, the wrestling blogosphere erupted in disbelief.
"Obviously, all sorts of speculation are running rampant but I have talked to so many people and nobody really knows," said Bryan Alvarez, who runs Figurefour Weekly, a wrestling newsletter and Web site, from Linwood, Wash.
The WWE issued a statement Monday night:
"Chris was beloved among his fellow Superstars, and was a favorite among WWE fans for his unbelievable athleticism and wrestling ability. He always took great pride in his performance, and always showed respect for the business he loved, for his peers and towards his fans. This is a terrible tragedy and an unbearable loss. WWE extends its sincere condolences and prayers to the Benoit family and loved ones in this time of tragedy."
A native of Canada, Benoit maintained a residence in metro Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the now-defunct Ted Turner-owned World Championship Wrestling organization.
He began his career in Calgary more than 20 years ago and had wrestled in Japan before moving back to North America.
While working in Atlanta with WCW, he met his wife, Nancy, who managed several wrestlers and went by the stage name, "Woman."
At the time, her then-husband drew up a script that had the couple involved in a relationship as part of an ongoing storyline.
Soon after, the two became romantically involved in real life and married. Benoit has two other children from a prior relationship.
He joined WWE in 2000, and four years later, won its world heavyweight championship.
The family had moved into the Fayetteville neighborhood last summer, said neighbor Alaina Jones.
None of the neighbors recalled seeing police at the house before. Monday night, about half a dozen cars idled on the circular driveway. Deputies stood guard outside the wrought-iron gates of the residence. A car full of youngsters who stopped to gawk at the scene were pulled out by deputies, frisked and sent on their way.
The Monday night broadcast of WWE's "Raw" on the USA Network was supposed to have been a who-dunit into the "death" of Chairman Vince McMahon, whose limousine burst into a fiery explosion moments after he stepped into it after a bout in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., two weeks ago.
The organization scrapped the storyline following Benoit's death, and instead televised a three-hour retrospective on Benoit's career.
Staff writer Saeed Ahmed and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/fayette/stories/2007/06/25/0625benoit.html
Benoit's wife once claimed abuse, filed for divorce
Pro wrestler killed wife, son, then hanged himself, police say
By S.A. REID, KATHY JEFCOATS
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Published on: 06/25/07
Superstar wrestler Chris Benoit and his wife went through a period of turbulence early in their marriage that included her claiming domestic abuse and filing for divorce, court records show.
The couple and their 7-year-old son were found dead Monday in their home on Green Meadow Lane just east of Peachtree City. 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. Nancy Benoit and her son, Daniel, were killed during the weekend and Benoit died Monday, police said.
Chris Benoit
The couple, who had lived together since 1997 and were married in 2000, had separated when Nancy Benoit, a wrestling manager who worked under the stage name "Woman," filed for divorce in May 2003.
In the accompanying petition for protection from domestic abuse, Nancy Benoit, 43, claimed she was intimidated by threats of violence from her 40-year-old, 5-foot-10, 220-pound husband, who was known as the "Canadian Crippler."
Benoit, the petition said, "lost his temper and threatened to strike the petitioner and cause extensive damage to the home and personal belongings of the parties, including furniture and furnishings. Petitioner is in reasonable fear for petitioner's own safety and that of the minor child."
In another count, she claimed Benoit had destroyed furniture in the home.
On May 12, 2003, the same day the divorce and protective order petitions were submitted, a judge issued a restraining order against the wrestler and barred him from the family home in Peachtree City.
On Aug. 19, 2003, Nancy Benoit filed to have the divorce and protective petitions dismissed, and both were.
Police on Tuesday said no gun was used in the killings, but they have declined to say how the three died. Autopsies were scheduled for Tuesday at the GBI Crime Lab in Decatur.
"The details, when they come out, are going to prove a little bizarre," Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said Tuesday.
Police also revealed Tuesday that a text message was sent from Chris Benoit's cellphone.
Fayette Sheriff's Lt. Tommy Pope said the message was sent at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, but he decline to disclose the message's content or recipient.
Benoit's employer, World Wrestling Entertainment, said on its Website Tuesday that Benoit had sent
"several curious text messages" to friends, but police on Tuesday said they had identified only the one.
Authorities initially had trouble getting to the home because of two large German shepherds on the property, the WWE said. Sheriff's deputies were standing guard at the home on Tuesday morning, keeping back the media and the curious.
Benoit was found in the home's weight room, his wife in an office and his son in an upstairs bedroom.
Benoit failed to appear at Saturday's live wrestling event in Beaumont, Texas., and at WWE's "Vengeance: Night of Champions" in Houston Sunday night. WWE said Benoit had a "family emergency."
As news of the death's spread, the wrestling blogosphere erupted in disbelief.
"Obviously, all sorts of speculation are running rampant but I have talked to so many people and nobody really knows," said Bryan Alvarez, who runs Figurefour Weekly, a wrestling newsletter and Web site, from Linwood, Wash.
The WWE issued a statement Monday night:
"Chris was beloved among his fellow Superstars, and was a favorite among WWE fans for his unbelievable athleticism and wrestling ability. He always took great pride in his performance, and always showed respect for the business he loved, for his peers and towards his fans. This is a terrible tragedy and an unbearable loss. WWE extends its sincere condolences and prayers to the Benoit family and loved ones in this time of tragedy."
A native of Canada, Benoit maintained a residence in metro Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the now-defunct Ted Turner-owned World Championship Wrestling organization.
He began his career in Calgary more than 20 years ago and had wrestled in Japan before moving back to North America.
While working in Atlanta with WCW, he met his wife, Nancy, who managed several wrestlers and went by the stage name, "Woman."
At the time, her then-husband drew up a script that had the couple involved in a relationship as part of an ongoing storyline.
Soon after, the two became romantically involved in real life and married. Benoit has two other children from a prior relationship.
He joined WWE in 2000, and four years later, won its world heavyweight championship.
The family had moved into the Fayetteville neighborhood last summer, said neighbor Alaina Jones.
None of the neighbors recalled seeing police at the house before. Monday night, about half a dozen cars idled on the circular driveway. Deputies stood guard outside the wrought-iron gates of the residence. A car full of youngsters who stopped to gawk at the scene were pulled out by deputies, frisked and sent on their way.
The Monday night broadcast of WWE's "Raw" on the USA Network was supposed to have been a who-dunit into the "death" of Chairman Vince McMahon, whose limousine burst into a fiery explosion moments after he stepped into it after a bout in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., two weeks ago.
The organization scrapped the storyline following Benoit's death, and instead televised a three-hour retrospective on Benoit's career.
Staff writer Saeed Ahmed and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
I don't think a lot of the wrestler could have worked last night. They held tribute to one of thier own. At the time no one new the full details (expect maybe the police).bbking said:
For once WWE no trying to make any money of this one.bbking said:
WWE YANKS ALL CHRIS BENOIT MERCHANDISE FROM SHOPZONE WEBSITE
by Mike Johnson @ 10:42:00 AM on 6/26/2007
In light of the Benoit family tragedy, WWE's Shopzone merchandise website has pulled all merchandise related to Chris Benoit. Searches for Benoit's name in the website's search engine are returned "discontinued."
Benoit's name has been removed to the degree that the listing for the DVD of Wrestlemania XX now reads, "Triple H defends his World Heavyweight Championship against Shawn Michaels."
this is one more tragedy in this whole line of deaths of people way before their time, its not a coincidence, this form of entertainment leads to a life of steroids and pain killers, as long as people will continue to buy the pay per views, the t-shirts, the dvd's, the cd's the monster and its ugliness will grow.
I love how the defenders usually 38 year old virgins still living in their mom's basement, say oh its like the NFL and MMA, ahhh not really the numbers of deaths of steroid related deaths in the NFL are nowhere near that of pro wrestling!!
I love how the defenders usually 38 year old virgins still living in their mom's basement, say oh its like the NFL and MMA, ahhh not really the numbers of deaths of steroid related deaths in the NFL are nowhere near that of pro wrestling!!
I couldn't agree more. If all of this is true, then it should be "R.I.H. Chris" as in Rot In Hell!rip_hymen said:
Fucker couldn't just off himself? He strangles his wife... not stabbed her, not shot her... all bad of course but instant actions that he could've done in reaction and couldn't take back once he pulled the trigger or stabbed her. To strangle someone takes some time, then to go smother his 7 year old son??
I hope he rots and I feel for his colleagues who were paying "tribute" to him last night, perhaps unaware of the circumstances. WWE brass may have known, but the talent may not have.
If I were one of those wrestlers who were espousing all the great things about him, shedding tears on TV, then found out that I was paying hommage to someone who murdered his wife and child, I'd feel like shit today.
They paid tribute to the guy they knew not the monster they didn't know.BlahBlah said:
There are still people who say great say great things about BTK (Denis Rader) even after seeing the piece of shit admit to a pile of murders.
WWE hailed the return SCSA after he beat the crap out of his wife. The wrestling scene is very strange.
No Surprise
What is really surprising is that these roid heads who tempt fate, initiating self anger and bouts of rage in themselves, do not do this more often.
Roids makes these guys what they are, and at the flip of a switch can turn into a violent rage. Undoubtably this is what happened.
His wife, while perhaps feeling she loved him and wanted to be with him, should have left the home long time ago, because she had an obligation to protect the child if not herself. She too has to take some blame in this for the murder of the child.
BENOIT is AT FAULT here....To his wife...her rest may be restless!!!
What is really surprising is that these roid heads who tempt fate, initiating self anger and bouts of rage in themselves, do not do this more often.
Roids makes these guys what they are, and at the flip of a switch can turn into a violent rage. Undoubtably this is what happened.
His wife, while perhaps feeling she loved him and wanted to be with him, should have left the home long time ago, because she had an obligation to protect the child if not herself. She too has to take some blame in this for the murder of the child.
BENOIT is AT FAULT here....To his wife...her rest may be restless!!!
I went into SLAM Wrestling on Canoe.ca to see what they wrote on Benoit. Now anyone who has been reading the posts will have saw that I remembered him wrestling with Biff Wellington back in the Stampede days when he first started.
Ironically, I get there and find out Biff Wellington died as well in the past week. He had been having health problems over the past 10 years according to the article. So my condolences go out to the Wellington family as well.
Ironically, I get there and find out Biff Wellington died as well in the past week. He had been having health problems over the past 10 years according to the article. So my condolences go out to the Wellington family as well.
after thinking about it some more perhaps there is more to the story. Maybe he was into some serious trouble (gangs, drugs, gambling, mafia..) who knows, why else would he take the life of his young son & wife....commit suicide yourself and okay you are a troubled person but take the near & dear ones too you as well?
I find it incredible that so many people put so much of their day to day energy supporting, rooting for, and taking interest in such fake crap as WWF/ WWE. Do you not get enough sports phoniness by supporting the Maple Leafs?
Shit he was just a real live "he man" toy...get over it. There are 18,398 wannabe Golds Gym, steroid junkies out there with small weenies who are now saying "Gee golly, now there is an WW opening perhaps for me!"
And of course Vince exploited it! If he had waited 24 hours his tribute show would never have aired! Fuck how dense does one have to be to not see that fact?
Shit he was just a real live "he man" toy...get over it. There are 18,398 wannabe Golds Gym, steroid junkies out there with small weenies who are now saying "Gee golly, now there is an WW opening perhaps for me!"
And of course Vince exploited it! If he had waited 24 hours his tribute show would never have aired! Fuck how dense does one have to be to not see that fact?
Benoit strangled his wife, smothered is son, then hung himself in the weight room. Police are looking to this to see if steroids are the cause.
