Author Topic: RIP Chris "The Rabid Wolverine" Benoit (1967-2007) (Read 18559 times)

modesta107 · « **Reply #40 on:** June 27, 2007, 12:37:40 AM »

I heard he has another son and daughter, anyone know if thats true?

Roxasu · « **Reply #41 on:** June 27, 2007, 02:22:28 AM »

ECW just started with McMahon making a statement saying that tonight Benoit will not be mentioned and they will start the healing process with the superstars doing what they do best, entertain

tetsu · « **Reply #42 on:** June 27, 2007, 02:24:49 AM »

Yep its true,from his previous marriage.

chera · « **Reply #43 on:** June 27, 2007, 05:50:48 AM »

I first saw this last night on CNN in a hotel room, but didn't catch the audio. I had trouble sleeping for my job interview the next day.

Chris Benoit was THE greatest wrestler in the world today. Not one of the best - but the absolute greatest. And not just recently, but for the past 15 years, from his time in New Japan as Wild Pegasus, to ECW as the Crippler, to his WCW days as a Horseman, to his WWE days as simply Chris Benoit. No one came close to him in terms of technical ability, or intensity, or silent charisma.

First Eddie, now Chris - why the the best among us have to die so young?

Kid Kash · « **Reply #44 on:** June 27, 2007, 06:53:51 AM »

WWE's put up a detailed timeline regarding Benoit/WWE

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

Guchi_Jnr · « **Reply #45 on:** June 27, 2007, 02:25:51 PM »

RIP??? Nah, someone's gotta say this, and it might as well be me.

"Burn in Hell, you sick twisted child murdering fuck!! Hope you didn't fall far enough to snap your neck, and you chocked a slow painful death!"

RIP innocent wife and son.

chera · « **Reply #46 on:** June 27, 2007, 06:55:06 PM »

The timeline is just so bizarre that I don't really want to speculate or make judgement as to the reasons for this tragedy.

News roundup:

- Chris earlier told his colleagues that his wife and kid had food poisoning and his wife was vomiting blood.

- Toxicology will take 2 weeks

- Prescription steroids were found. Some anecdotal evidence that 'roid rage can potentially occur, but no scientific evidence that such a thing exists.

- Possible signs of struggle with Nancy (she was bound), bible placed next to both bodies. Nancy possibly died on Friday, Daniel possibly died on late Friday or early Saturday, Chris possibly died on Sunday. No suicide note.

- In 2003, Nancy filed for divorce and a restraining order, claiming that he lost his temper and threatened to strike her. She filed to have the divorce papers dismissed three months later.

- His last match was with Elijah Burke. He was scheduled to face CM Punk at Vengeance, but no-showed.

Lots of dumb speculation occuring in the news.

Shug · « **Reply #47 on:** June 27, 2007, 11:16:03 PM »

Quote from: Guchi_Jnr on June 27, 2007, 02:25:51 PM

RIP??? Nah, someone's gotta say this, and it might as well be me.

"Burn in Hell, you sick twisted child murdering fuck!! Hope you didn't fall far enough to snap your neck, and you chocked a slow painful death!"

RIP innocent wife and son.

Agree 100%
Here's a thought:

If you get this feeling that you want to kill someone and then kill yourself.........
Do yourself first and the feeling will go away!

Way to much of this in the news lately

RatBastich · « **Reply #48 on:** June 28, 2007, 02:14:27 AM »

Benoit’s son suffered from Fragile X Syndrome; speculation over whether pressure was too much

JFC · « **Reply #49 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:01:29 AM »

Quote from: L-san on June 28, 2007, 02:14:27 AM

Benoit’s son suffered from Fragile X Syndrome; speculation over whether pressure was too much

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragile_X

daigong · « **Reply #50 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:37:18 PM »

You think the WWE is just spinning it to not blame it on Roid Rage? With this thing about his son. Still stunned. The details are just so gruesome. I have no idea why he would do what he would do.

daigong · « **Reply #51 on:** June 28, 2007, 05:55:31 PM »

Interesting: Chynna was on Jim Rome Show just now...thinks it's drug related. "Am I makng sense??" and a caller came in and said cuz of the pressure to perform 300 days a year, that there is no DL list, guys hopped on drugs equals all these unnatural deaths.

~Dan~ · « **Reply #52 on:** June 28, 2007, 09:20:16 PM »

This is really weird.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287194,00.html
Someone posted on wikipedia that Benoit's wife Nancy was dead 13 HOURS before police found the bodies.

Kid Kash · « **Reply #53 on:** June 29, 2007, 04:05:34 PM »

^Turns out it was a spammer that just coincidentally right.

Anyone hear Geraldo's take on the whole thing?
Hoo boy...

arun.yothin · « **Reply #54 on:** June 29, 2007, 04:19:26 PM »

What did Geraldo have to say?

Kid Kash · « **Reply #55 on:** July 03, 2007, 05:15:22 PM »

Well...
according to PWinsider

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Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor covered the Benoit tragedy on Thursday night, with host Bill O'Reilly discussing the "bizarre details" with reporter Geraldo Rivera O'Reilly discussed the wikipedia story, then introduced Rivera. Rivera said there was going to be "increased scrutiny" in regard to WWE, saying "I don't know about the role they played in the death necessarily but certainly in the steroid abuse in the people who are their actors." He said WWE knows about the heavy steroid abuse and that there were raids on the doctor who prescribed Benoit his steroids (true there was a raid) and raids on the Internet pharmacy Benoit used (which actually happened months ago).

Rivera said that when you think of how WWE has tried to downplay the possibility it was roid rage and instead attempted to say, "Oh no, the couple had been feuding over the care of their developmentally disabled seven year old son Daniel", calling it "a bunch of bunk." He said WWE was trying to deflect attention from the steroid use.

In regard to the wikipedia posting, Rivera said he doesn't know if it was a legitimate post or a hoax posting, but it legitimately happened before the bodies were discovered by authorities. He said it would be an unbelievable coincidence and said there is another coincidence.

Rivera says (and I am will provide the exact quote, so feel free to count the errors), "The authorities say, here is Chris Benoit. He kills his wife on Friday June 15th or Saturday June 16th. Did you know that on Friday June 15th, a woman named Sherri Martel also died of unnatural causes, related to drug use. Who is Sherri Martel? She is another woman connected to this, these group of professional wrestlers. Indeed, the guy who was the original husband of Chris' wife Nancy, the one he allegedly murdered, he was this other woman's, Sherri Martel's booker, and she died the same day Bill - June 15th. Friday June 15th. The same industry, they all knew each other, it's one degree of separation."

When O'Reily asked about Martel's death, Rivera said, "They don't know yet. It's not natural causes. They don't suspect foul play. It means a drug overdose."

Rivera was asked if all of this will damage the industry or whether the authorities will step in. Rivera said that they need to find out if the email (he actually means the wikipedia post) was posted by someone from Stamford, CT and whether it was posted by an official of WWE. "If it was posted by someone in WWE, they were obviously in communication with Chris Benoit. It is alleged on that Sunday night June 17th, he was instant messaging people, talking to his friends, as he was watching a wrestling event that he was supposed to be at, in Texas. Did he send a text message to WWE - I killed my wife or my wife just died and what did Chris say and who in WWE caught the messages. The feds have to subpoena every single electronic device."

It was pointed out that Georgia is a capital crime state. Rivera said in New York and Florida, the feds did DEA raids, so the feds are already involved on a certain level. He said that we "don't know if it's a double murder, suicide or maybe something more insidious - maybe it's a triple murder." O'Reily said that if they can prove that the top guys are pushing the wrestlers to use steroids, then they can arrest them. Rivera said that what if "everyone in town knows what everyone is doing, there's steroid use coming out the gazoo and do nothing." He said it's a little less clear as to their criminal liability, but there is a story here that will affect professional wrestling. They compared it to corruption in boxing and said there would be indictments in this case,

modesta107 · « **Reply #56 on:** July 04, 2007, 01:32:31 AM »

I heard today on a radio station that Chris supposedly used the crippler crossface on his son...

A1 · « **Reply #57 on:** July 04, 2007, 03:02:43 AM »

I heard that too.

modesta107 · « **Reply #58 on:** July 04, 2007, 03:23:59 AM »

So since Benoit was a no show at Vengence, how did they play that out in the WWE storyline? what I kinda mean is, the night of Vengence, did they already know of his death? I hope someone understands what I just asked cuz I just got confused myself.

storyboard · « **Reply #59 on:** July 07, 2007, 05:55:07 AM »

^I think Jim Ross said something like...Chris benoit is not able to attend because of a family emergency. I don't recall what happened after that though.

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