Chris Benoit Dead

[Sloth7d]

If you wanted, it's not my call; though the same probably applies.

Maybe not as much as Benoit, but O.J. had plenty of moments in his football career.

 

[Anti-Moderator]

So, then its okay for me to upload my O.J. avatar? I mean he was one hell of a football player.

Please do. I loved those Hertz commericals too. :heart:

 

[Spider-Fan]

So, then its okay for me to upload my O.J. avatar? I mean he was one hell of a football player.

One of the all-time great RB's in NFL history. Horrible guy, though.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

here's the WWE Press Release. it almost sounds as if they're pro steroids.

doesn't matter, they don't use them to win...

 

[The Dude]

The whole story is just really upsetting. I heard that he used growth hormone on his 7 year old because he considered him undersized. This whole story just gets sicker and sicker.

 

[The Riddler]

as i suspected, benoit is a freakin' nut job.

any tribute to this man is sickening.

 

[The Dark Defender]

The whole story is just really upsetting. I heard that he used growth hormone on his 7 year old because he considered him undersized. This whole story just gets sicker and sicker.

Where did you hear that?

 

[caretaker14]

Screw it. If my avatar is so disrespectful to everyone, I'll change it.

But I will not forget him as so many will. He will ever be one of the best.

 

[The Dude]

Where did you hear that?

I heard it on the readio. Fox Gametime React.

 

[ThePenguin]

WWE.com has posted an updated timeline regarding the events leading up to discovering the bodies of Chris Benoit, his wife, and son.

- On Saturday afternoon, Chris Benoit contacted WWE and informed them that his wife and son were both ill and that he would have to miss his scheduled appearance at the WWE house show in Beaumont, TX that was set for that night.

- On Sunday morning, WWE rebooked Benoit's flight so that he could make the Vengeance PPV scheduled for that night.

- On Sunday, WWE tried to contact Benoit regarding his new travel information but could not reach him.

- Early Sunday morning, Benoit sent out the following text messages.

Text Message 1 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:53am)- Chris Benoit's cell phone
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

Text Message 2 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:53am)- Chris Benoit's cell phone
"The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open"

Text Message 3 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:54am)- Nancy Benoit's cell phone
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane.
Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

Text Message 4 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:55am)- Nancy Benoit's cell phone
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane.
Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

Text Message 5 to one co-worker (sent 6/24 at 3:58am)- Nancy Benoit's cell phone
"My address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

- WWE on Sunday and made attempts to contact Benoit at his home and at local Atlanta area hospitals. By 11PM that night, they could not contact him.

- WWE was finally made aware of the text messages on Monday at 12:30PM and contacted the Fayetteville County Sheriff's office requesting they check on the Benoit family.

- WWE was notified at 4PM that officers had entered the Benoit house and found three dead bodies.

 

[Sebastos]

WWE.com has posted an updated timeline regarding the events leading up to discovering the bodies of Chris Benoit, his wife, and son.

- On Saturday afternoon, Chris Benoit contacted WWE and informed them that his wife and son were both ill and that he would have to miss his scheduled appearance at the WWE house show in Beaumont, TX that was set for that night.

- On Sunday morning, WWE rebooked Benoit's flight so that he could make the Vengeance PPV scheduled for that night.

- On Sunday, WWE tried to contact Benoit regarding his new travel information but could not reach him.

- Early Sunday morning, Benoit sent out the following text messages.

Text Message 1 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:53am)- Chris Benoit's cell phone
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

Text Message 2 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:53am)- Chris Benoit's cell phone
"The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open"

Text Message 3 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:54am)- Nancy Benoit's cell phone
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane.
Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

Text Message 4 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:55am)- Nancy Benoit's cell phone
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane.
Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

Text Message 5 to one co-worker (sent 6/24 at 3:58am)- Nancy Benoit's cell phone
"My address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

- WWE on Sunday and made attempts to contact Benoit at his home and at local Atlanta area hospitals. By 11PM that night, they could not contact him.

- WWE was finally made aware of the text messages on Monday at 12:30PM and contacted the Fayetteville County Sheriff's office requesting they check on the Benoit family.

- WWE was notified at 4PM that officers had entered the Benoit house and found three dead bodies.

He really wanted people to know where he was...

 

[tamron]

The whole story is just really upsetting. I heard that he used growth hormone on his 7 year old because he considered him undersized. This whole story just gets sicker and sicker.

Where did you hear that?

I heard it on the readio. Fox Gametime React.

ESPN reported that factoid too.

In an interview with ESPN.com on Tuesday, [District Attorney Scott] Ballard indicated that the boy had needle marks in his arms. The district attorney said he believed that the boy had been given growth hormones for some time because the family considered him undersized.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2917133

This whole thing just blows my mind.

 

[The Dude]

He really wanted people to know where he was...

Maybe he wanted some one to come and stop him. Or he already killed them and wanted someone to take him down.

 

[PhePhe112]

i wonder why he sent his address out so much? so ppl would go to his house??

 

[Mrh7448]

Reports say Nancy was killed Friday and Daniel on Saturday with Benoit killing himself on Sunday. So those messages were too late to save either person.

He just wanted to make sure he would be found and that they knew the dogs weren't a threat and there was an easy access to his home.

It's sad and really tragic incident. It doesn't help that we may never know his motivation for committing such an act (not that anything could possible excuse his actions) but the fact that there seems to be no reason for it seems to make it all the more tragic.

 

[caretaker14]

The steroids thing could be considered normal. My sister's best friend was considered small and had steroids injected to make her grow better.

 

[Mr. LOL]

Tragic? In a sense, for the wife and son. In regards to Benoit, just sick and demented. Dude was a total nut job. Riddler was right on the money.

 

[Jerry!]

Dude, sarcasm is a great thing.

I in no way feel sorry for Benoit.

You missed my point. Someone had posted about a police officer killed his girlfriend and you said it wasn't the same thing because the police officer hadn't killed himself. Why is it different that Benoit killing himself = respect? I don't get that.

 

[Spider-Fan]

You missed my point. Someone had posted about a police officer killed his girlfriend and you said it wasn't the same thing because the police officer hadn't killed himself. Why is it different that Benoit killing himself = respect? I don't get that.

I was being sarcastic.

 

[The Dude]

A message from McMahon is up on the website. They're taking every attempt to distance themselves from him at this point.

 

[lazur]

The steroids thing could be considered normal. My sister's best friend was considered small and had steroids injected to make her grow better.

Oh, please. Everything in moderation. These wrestlers are steroid junkies who all 'cash in' and 'cash out' by pumping themselves full of life threatening doses of roids, and engaging in fake (albeit very exerting), dramatized and overly 'fantastical' wrestling on national TV, and it still amazes me at how many people eat this garbage up.

There's a difference between a medical reason for taking MINIMAL amounts of roids, and pumping the crap straight into your body yourself three times a day (which is what many roid junkies, including these wrestler ***holes do).

I watched an interview with another wrestler on CNN tonight, who was a friend of Benoit's named Christopher something. This guy, jacked up beyond belief with muscle, was trying to tell Cooper Anderson that he'd never done steroids, and that most wrestlers are 'clean'. Uh huh - except there's no possible way ANYone can get that big without anabolic steroids, and in HUGE doses, period. Of course, Cooper, being the astute reporter he is, asked him how this could be the case when Christopher himself knows TWELVE other wrestlers who have all died before the age of 45, and then Cooper also went on to tell this jack *** the staggering statistic about how more than 20% of all 'pro wrestlers' (aka steroid junkies) die before the age of 45, and this dunce just sat there like a bump on a log. It was quite apparent that not only had roids shriveled up his balls, but they'd also shriveled up his brain.

Anyway, so this guy probably went on some 'roid rage' and offed his entire family, and some of you sickos want to 'remember him for his greatness'. Just disgusting.

 

[Mr. LOL]

Really? Vince coming out the cloest from that horrid storyline? Please, distance yourself from an even sicker version of OJ Simpson.

 

[Spade]

It's ironic that an industry built on lies and deceit is now distancing itself from a murderer. As if the way McMahon has slowly aided in these wrestler's physical and mental breakdowns is a different ball game from just outright killing.

 

[Jerry!]

Oh, please. Everything in moderation. These wrestlers are steroid junkies who all 'cash in' and 'cash out' by pumping themselves full of life threatening doses of roids, and engaging in fake (albeit very exerting), dramatized and overly 'fantastical' wrestling on national TV, and it still amazes me at how many people eat this garbage up.

There's a difference between a medical reason for taking MINIMAL amounts of roids, and pumping the crap straight into your body yourself three times a day (which is what many roid junkies, including these wrestler ***holes do).

I watched an interview with another wrestler on CNN tonight, who was a friend of Benoit's named Christopher something. This guy, jacked up beyond belief with muscle, as trying to tell Cooper Anderson that he'd never done steroids, and that most wrestlers are 'clean'. Of course, Cooper, being the astute reporter he is, asked him how this could be the case when Christopher himself knows TWELVE other wrestlers who have all died before the age of 45, and then Cooper also went on to tell this jack *** the staggering statistic about how more than 20% of all 'pro wrestlers' (aka steroid junkies) die before the age of 45, and this dunce just sat there like a bump on a log. It was quite apparent that not only had roids shriveled up his balls, but they'd also shriveled up his brain.

Anyway, so this guy probably went on some 'roid rage' and offed his entire family, and some of you sickos want to 'remember him for his greatness'. Just sickening.

"A touch indelicate, but fair."

 

[Uncanny]

http://news.aol.com/sports/story/_a/wrestler-benoit-family-dead/20070626091709990001
Wrestler Strangled Wife, Smothered Son

ATLANTA (June 26) - 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.

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."

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 statement 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.

The McMahon storyline has been dropped.