R.I.P Chris Benoit and his family

KrazyMofo24

Professional wrestler Chris Benoit was found dead along with his family this afternoon in his Atlanta home, according to published reports.

The Atlanta-Journal Constitution is reporting authorities confirmed that Benoit, 40, his wife, Nancy, and their 7-year-old son were found dead at the home on Quarters and Redwine roads in Fayetteville.

The Montreal-born Benoit, who moved to Edmonton when he was 12 years old, lived in Sherwood Park as recently as May 2000.

World Wrestling Entertainment issued a release over Benoit's death.

"World Wrestling Entertainment is deeply saddened to report that today Chris Benoit and his family were found dead in their home," the statement reads.

"There are no further details at this time, other than the Benoit family residence is currently being investigated by local authorities.

WWE spokeswoman Cheryl Kong in Toronto said Monday night’s “Raw” TV program would serve as a tribute to Benoit and his family.

Benoit was a former world heavyweight champion, Intercontinental champion and held several tag-team titles over his career.

Benoit was scheduled to wrestle at the Vengeance pay-per-view Sunday night in Houston, but was replaced at the last minute because of what announcer Jim Ross called “personal reasons.”

-With files from Canadian Press

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2007/06/25/4289665.html


A great guy and wrestler, they are having a 3-hour tribute on Raw tonight.

millerman 3732

I just saw this on TV is this real or another stunt

EDIT. never mind just read the link. Man that's terrible, his family too.

Jstas

Dude, that totally sucks.

I was in Hawaii when the WWF was there for taping RAW and Smackdown and Waikiki was crawling with pro-wrestlers. I met him at a sports bar by the movie theater. He was watching hockey (go figure) and having a beer. Not many people realized who he was but I had to be a loser and stop and say hi. He was one of the coolest people I ever met. I couldn't stay and talk because I was with a bunch of people so I only got to shake his hand and tell him I was a fan. The exchange was short but I can count on one hand the number of celebrities that were as genuine as that guy. It's a tremendous loss and what's worse is his beautiful wife and kid went with him.

Godspeed Benoit Family.

JimBRICK

from what I've been reading it looks like carbon monoxide poisoning.

this is terrible

fireshoes

ESPN article suggests murder-suicide.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2916498

KrazyMofo24

I just read the article on ESPN, man I just hope that isnt how it happened. It just doesn't seem like at all he would do that.

ohskigod

it sounds ridiculous, but I hope to christ it was carbon monoxide poisoning.....i really do.

Fireman32

What a story. I hope it was caron monoxide too instead of murder suicide. I guess that blows the whole Vince's limo blowing up story out of the water.

Jstas

Fireman32 wrote: »

What a story. I hope it was caron monoxide too instead of murder suicide. I guess that blows the whole Vince's limo blowing up story out of the water.

Yeah, considering he was on TV last night and they canceled the RAW taping for a 3 hour Chris Benoit tribute.

avelanchefan

Not a real big wrestling fan, but I always liked CB. It is really hard to tell what these guys are like in their normal lives, but he seemed like a good guy. Hope the reports are not true.

aaharvel

they're true.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/benoitupdate

jflail2

Sad I'm sure it had something to do with a steroid related meltdown. What a shame...

ohskigod

remember the good old days? when if you were pissed at the wife and kids, you'd either

a) suck it up

b) effectivly communicate the issues and resolve them as a family

c) communicate innefectivly and argue like hell for weeks, and then forget what you were arguing about........ or

d) take a sh*tload of cash out of the bank, fly to Vegas and spend it all on hookers, gambling, and blow if applicable.

is d a bad choice, and frowned upon by good family men? absolutly, but let us not lose sight of the one silver lining in the cloud, that the wife and kids ARENT FRIKKIN DEAD!!!!!!!!

call me an insensitive ****, but I had to get that rant out

Fireman32

ohskigod wrote: »

remember the good old days? when if you were pissed at the wife and kids, you'd either

a) suck it up

b) effectivly communicate the issues and resolve them as a family

c) communicate innefectivly and argue like hell for weeks, and then forget what you were arguing about........ or

d) take a sh*tload of cash out of the bank, fly to Vegas and spend it all on hookers, gambling, and blow if applicable.

is d a bad choice, and frowned upon by good family men? absolutly, but let us not lose sight of the one silver lining in the cloud, that the wife and kids ARENT FRIKKIN DEAD!!!!!!!!

call me an insensitive ****, but I had to get that rant out

Leave it to Lou for another priceless comment.

cfrizz

Unfortunately I agree with Lou. I am beyond tired of these crackpots deciding they no longer want to live & then decide to take others with them!

I hope he rots in hell!

bobman1235

I'm glad you're all tired of psychopathic murderers. Really going out on a limb on that one, huh?

There's a lot of people in the world, unfortunately there's bound to be some nutjobs in the mix, and there's going to be more and more as the population gets bigger and bigger. Wave goodbye to the "good old days" that live only in your mind.

ohskigod

for as long as there are psychopatic murderers in the world, I shall revel in talking smack about them. just come to acceptance, it makes it easier to tolerate

Just because there there, doesnt mean its wrong to call them out as wrong. should we just ignore it and not care?


p.s. I am well aware of the nutjobs in the mix, but hey, thanks for the educational tip:rolleyes:

bobman1235

Just saying, getting yourself all worked up over something like this is pointless. There's no logic, rhyme, or reason to it, and there's nothing that can be done, especially after the fact. It's very sad for the innocents that were killed, just say "that's sad" and move on. Ranting that a complete psychopath didn't do what he "should" have done makes no sense to me....

daboyz

Don't know if true or not but I heard wifey had an affair before. Maybe she did again and the 'roids put him over the top. I'm with you all, kill yourself, nobody else. Especially a child. Selfish and sesnseless.

ohskigod

I wouldnt call it worked up, I'm just exploring other options for those desperate enough to do what Benoit did.

If we look at it objectivly, I'm merely posing the possibility of a redirection of the psycopathic behaviour. there are so many other self destructive , yet entertaining options other than killing the innocent.

lets see...........let me think.

1) this involves black market viagra and a plane ticket to thailand. not going into more details

2) Kill OJ, I mean really, if your GONNA kill someone, make it count. either OJ kills you in self defense, or your a godamn legend. How do you go wrong?

3) taunt a random heavyweight mixed martial artist, say Gonzaga, Silvia, Cro-Cop. Call them a P*ssy and just start swinging. At least you'll die like a man.

4) Become a masked crimefighter. Hell....Benoit was halfway there with the whole pro wrestling thing. wear tights, buy mask, beat criminals. whats the worst that will happen, they kill you? hee hee.

5) take up parachuting, first solo jump, leave the rip cord alone. Ride of the Valkries blasting through a pair of headphones would make this glorious. not productive, but no blood of the innocent lost.

I can go on all day, the possibilities of **** to do when you have lost all hope are endless. i dont condone these options of course, the 1st one is particularly wrong on many levels, but as I said, far superior to killing the fam.

moral of the story, why waste waste the freedom of not caring about yourself and others on the boring and mundane killing of defensless women and children, do something cool and worthy of note. I swear, there is just no originality anymore

krabby5

Jstas wrote: »

Dude, that totally sucks.

I was in Hawaii when the WWF was there for taping RAW and Smackdown and Waikiki was crawling with pro-wrestlers. I met him at a sports bar by the movie theater. He was watching hockey (go figure) and having a beer. Not many people realized who he was but I had to be a loser and stop and say hi. He was one of the coolest people I ever met. I couldn't stay and talk because I was with a bunch of people so I only got to shake his hand and tell him I was a fan. The exchange was short but I can count on one hand the number of celebrities that were as genuine as that guy. It's a tremendous loss and what's worse is his beautiful wife and kid went with him.

Godspeed Benoit Family.

guess you had him pegged wrong, huh?

george daniel

Sad,, local authorities are saying that it is a murder/suicide, the wife and child were "suffocated" and that Mr. Benoit apparently died of strangulation(cable/wire from a piece of exercise equipment) no note/other details. If these reports are true,, I just don't understand it all,,sad day indeed.

bobman1235

krabby5 wrote: »

guess you had him pegged wrong, huh?

A murder suicide has nothign to do with being nice or not. He obviously just went completely insane, if this is true. There no logic or reason or anything... it's sad, but ....

scottvamp

A roided out wrestler, probably has been beating on the family for years. Multiple murder suicide or carbon dioxide, how did that get mixed up? I guess for a fan shelling out tons of pay per view cash every month, i would be defensive too. Just went temporarily insane for a few minutes, right.
Sorry just have not been a wresting fan since i was 8 years old. (Junk Yard Dog JYD) days.:D

Dennis Gardner

The only innocent here is the kid......the wife filed for divorce/restrainment in '03 due to violence, so she knew better. Got to put the death of her child on her head.

scottvamp

Dennis Gardner wrote: »

The only innocent here is the kid......the wife filed for divorce/restrainment in '03 due to violence, so she knew better. Got to put the death of her child on her head.

Good call Dennis! I freaking knew it. They have these shows on LifeTime for Women channel all the time.

bobman1235

Wow. So.... man beats wife. Wife files for divorce, but gives man a second chance (or something). Man beats / kills wife. It's the wife's fault?

You guys have some **** up views on domestic violence.

scottvamp

He gave her a second chance for beating her up? Your joking right. No it's defiantly Chris's fault, but the child's death is some what on the mother's hands for giving the **** a second chance.

Dennis Gardner

bobman1235 wrote: »

Wow. So.... man beats wife. Wife files for divorce, but gives man a second chance (or something). Man beats / kills wife. It's the wife's fault?

You guys have some **** up views on domestic violence.

Okay, she was a great wife, but a fu*ked up Mother. Is that better?

Jstas

Geez, wow, you guys are really amazing, you know that?

First off, there is nothing wrong with being a fan of wrestling. If anyone is going to say that being a fan of wrestling supports drug abuse and violence just save it. That's an asinine argument and there are many wrestlers that have gotten through an entire career without abusing steroids. On top of that, there is no proof nor accusation that Chris Benoit is or ever was on steroids.

Secondly, Who is getting defensive about being a wrestling fan? If you are going to look down your nose at someone and judge them because they enjoy the entertainment that is wrestling then expect to get a backlash. Not because of wrestling but because you are slinging a personal attack at someone over a TV show. Anyone would take exception to that over anything, not just wrestling.

Also, all I can do is tell you what I know. I found the guy to be alright. I don't know him personally, I only shook his hand, told him I was a fan and left it at that. The entire exchange took minutes out of both of our lives. He seemed genuinely happy to meet a fan and was as pleased as I was to have the exchange. I was not wrong in my assessment and judging by the professional opinion of many others, he wasn't a bad guy. We don't know what was going on or what he/she/they were dealing with. Was it wrong what happened? Yes, it was. Does it mean he was a bad guy? Not necessarily. It's obvious he had a bad go of things for some reason. Why, we don't know.

For all we know, the wife smothered the kid and Benoit lost his mind, strangled her for doing it and after losing his family, decided to take his own life. After all, she was a wrestler too and according to other posts in this thread, she was likely just as unstable, right? We won't know for sure until the police reports are finalized. I still think it is a sad loss, whatever the reasons and I'm not going to trash him out of respect for his family. I am left wondering though, why? I'll still pray for them and I hope they find their peace.

WilliamM2

First off, there is nothing wrong with being a fan of wrestling.

Not at all, perfectly normal for the 5 - 15 age group.

Does it mean he was a bad guy?

Sorry, but anyone who could kill a kid, especially his own, is a bad guy. I don't care what his excuse is, or what he was dealing with.

For all we know, the wife smothered the kid and Benoit lost his mind, strangled her for doing it and after losing his family, decided to take his own life.

Actually, the police say there was some time between each death, and the wife died first. There goes that theory.