Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070626/ap_on_re_us/wrestler_dead" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200 70626/ap_on_re_us/wrestler_dead</a> For those of you who have an interest in professional wrestling. Benoit was supposed to be more stable than most. Authorities unfortunately suspect murder/suicide.
Originally Posted By dsnykid If that is true, it is even more heart breaking. Benoit went to school here in Edmonton, I have seen him wrestle many times and even attended the city's tribute to him 3 years ago. My thoughts and prayers for his family
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast I had read bout this on TMZ.com.What a shock to read about that.USA network ran a 3 hour live retrospective for him tonight.FOllowed his career along with many other wrestlers since many of the old time great live here.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder His wife was in the business as a valet/manager for years, primarily as "Woman", a rather unimaginative name considering things nowadays. She was divorced from another former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan, before she married Benoit and had their son.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Ironically, tonight's episode of RAW was supposed to have been a memorial for the "death" of Mr. McMahon, the evil CEO character of Vince McMahon. I was surprised to see the Road Wild match between Dean Malenko and Benoit (with Woman and Miss Elizabeth at ringside) and was wondering what was going on. I then saw the on-air tributes and was shocked. Two years ago Eddie Guerrero passed away (I was at the 2003 No Way Out pay-per-view in San Francisco), and last year Bam Bam Bigelow (Scott Bigelow) and Earthquake (John Tenta) also passed away. When I saw the graphic that Chris AND his family were dead, I thought it was a plane or car crash. When I heard that they were found outside the home, I thought of either foul play or a gas leak of some sort. It was shocking and saddening to hear that it was a murder-suicide.
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ I too was surprised! Like you FiveBearRugs, I thought if the whole family was gone, that it was an accident. I'm also shocked at how quickly Wikipedia has been updated with the information that is available. I'm very saddened by this.
Originally Posted By bloona Wow, I cant believe this, my Dh and 11 year old are big WWE fans. I cant believe it at all..wow.Awful just doesnt describe it really does it?
Originally Posted By DAR This raises an even larger question, but yet another death of a professional wrestler? The number of wrestlers that have died the last ten years is rather eye opening. Now there have been some like Junk Yard Dog who died in a car crash. But the others have been either suicide or heart related. Maybe it's time for the WWE to start looking inward at their own policies. Something Vince McMahon probably won't do.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb We were just discussing this at work. It really saddens me when suicidal parents/spouses feel they need to take their faimilies with them (like that woman in Texas last month who hung her children, then herself).
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/06/25/wrestler.dead.ap/index.html?cnn=yes" target="_blank">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c om/2007/more/06/25/wrestler.dead.ap/index.html?cnn=yes</a> Man oh man. Authorities are saying Beniot strangled his wife, smothered his son, and then later hung himself. Wow.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Regardless of how you view your "heroes" in Major League Baseball....DON'T DO STEROIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast He had killed wife saturday,killed son on sunday then himself on Monday.
Originally Posted By bloona I see the yahoo link on the first post has been updated to say how they were killed now too. Awful.
Originally Posted By DAR When I was ten, I was really into wrestling. This was when Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, the Iron Sheik, Hacksaw Jim Duggan ruled the airways. I then came back to it about ten years ago. Again there were strong personalities, like Bret Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin and especially the Rock. The stories while a little more advanced were somewhat clever. Vince McMahon was made the villian, something not to hard since he's a very unlikeable person. Then the storylines started to become stale and my interest waned. Plus I had issue with the content or more importantly who they are marketing to. And that market included a lot of children. Wrestling as it exists today is mainly for older teens and adults. As for the Benoit situation, may his wife and son rest in piece, but he might not want to pack a jacket to wear he's going.
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast Recent statements by the WWE regarding Beniot"s negative steriod drug report on April 11th, notwithstanding;certain types of depressive personalities are fueled by past drug usage.This is certainly seeming to be a crime of deliberate and calcuable deviousness set about by a unstable personality.RegaRDLESS of claims made by a corporation to the contrary, i have hard time concluding his actions were not the result of some type of performance enhancing chemical.
Originally Posted By kennect Worse for me is the idea that this is another crime/whatever to be associated with the Atlanta area....It seems we get more than our share of such happenings....
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom A deputy buddy of mine who lives nearby and is a personal friend of Benoit is very shaken up by this. My friend says that this is so uncharacteristic of Benoit. My friend went to the hospital when Benoit's son was born and had worked out with Benoit in the very room where Benoit hung himself ( on gym equipment). Benoit was very much admiried and had many friends in the Fayette County area. Everyone here in Atlanta is just stunned.
