Wresling is indeed a f**ked up business at times. But lets wait until all the facts are in before calling anyone a murderer.
The station said that investigators believe the 40-year-old Benoit killed Nancy, 43, and Daniel over the weekend, then himself on Monday. The bodies were found in three rooms.
According to Pope, there were no signs of gunshot wounds or stabbing. Authorities are not ruling out other causes, such as poisoning, suffocation or strangulation.
“The details, when they come out are going to prove a little bizarre,” said Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard, according to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
Pope told ABC News “the instruments of death were located on scene,” but would not specify what those instruments are or where in the house the bodies were found. Pope added the department is “not actively searching for any suspects outside of the house.”
I am stunned they had a 3 hour tribute for a man that apparently killed his family.
Fuck.
The Wolverine was my all time favourite wrestler.
I think everyone should wait for the facts to come out before mouthing off.
That’s fucked up. I can see why they would run a tribute without knowing all the facts, but if he in fact killed his little boy I hope his name is never mentioned again on wwe programming.
Roid rage?
Okay. Let’s start the clock: How long before some major “news” outlet uses the word “STEROIDS” in an article about this mess?
[quote]lawsonsamuels wrote:
Have to agree. Remember Phil Hartman, from SNL and Newsradio. Wife killed him and herself.
Guess people automatically assume the guys in a "violent’ profession, he must be the agressor.
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While the details of the deaths have not been released, we do know that Benoit was the last one to die. We also know that no guns or or knives were used. Call me crazy, but that points a pretty incriminating finger at the shredded 225 pound dude.
WWE has some serious egg on their face after last night’s tribute. With all the instances of premature deaths of their performers, the WWE really needs to take a hard look at the demands they place on these guys. The number of wrestlers who have died before the age of 50 is downright insane.
Did they find him dead in his home gym? Maybe he decided to get some deadlifts in before he died.
[quote]Derran wrote:
JonP wrote:
Hagar wrote:
I’m sure he had a good reason why he killed his wife and kid.
Worst. Post. Ever.
You know what? I think it’s called sarcasm.[/quote]
You know what? I think it’s f%$ked up…
I bet he went home, got in an argument with his wife, put her in a bad ass cross-face crippler, snapped her neck, then little johnny came in and saw the whole thing, so Benoit crossfaced his ass and killed him. Then after realizing what the Rabid Wolverine had done, he cross-faced himself to death as well. That’s hardcore.
On a serious note, I hope it didn’t go down like that and I really hope they figure out what the true cause of death was for everyone. I’d like to believe that Benoit is innocent, but I don’t put faith in anything without the facts.
Such a tragedy though.
Hindsight being 20/20, WWE should’ve just cancelled programming all together and run old footage of other wrestlers until more details of the Benoit case became available.
They did the right thing in cancelling the live event, but the 3-hour tribute now comes off looking bad, seeing as how it appears Benoit murdered his wife and son. But, then again, had WWE done nothing to acknowledge his death, longtime fans would’ve been upset, so WWE was really put in one of those no-win situations.
WWE will return to normal programming today, taping Smackdown and doing a live ECW. No more tributes of Benoit will be done, and the Mr. McMahon alleged death angle is being dropped from storylines.
This situation is really messed up. I just can’t wrap my brain around the fact that Benoit killed his wife and kid. There’s so many questions, and I wonder if we’ll ever get the answers to those questions.
Thank God his other two kids were out of the country, and harm’s way, when this happened. Now they have to live the rest of their lives w/o both parents, a brother, and with the knowledge of this horrible tragedy. I truly feel sorry for them.
[quote]ragingbassist wrote:
I bet he went home, got in an argument with his wife, put her in a bad ass cross-face crippler, snapped her neck, then little johnny came in and saw the whole thing, so Benoit crossfaced his ass and killed him. Then after realizing what the Rabid Wolverine had done, he cross-faced himself to death as well. That’s hardcore.
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She should have tapped out.
I look forward to the WWE trying to eulogize a double-murderer and wrestling fans trying to defend him in the coming weeks.
[quote]BADASS MENTALITY wrote:
Roid rage?
Irish Muscle wrote:
i knew this would be brought up.
who knows.[/quote]
It was the first thing my wife said.
Everybody on here is so defensive of roids, guys rage over the mere mention of roid rage.
Fact is he was a wrestler. So it is 1) possibility that roids had something to do with it, just as much as its a possibility that wrestling, or maybe just accidental poisoning.
People wouldn’t look down on roids so much if even the lightest users did not defend it so vigorously.
You don’t see the one guy who has a drink occasionally defending alcohol abuse. Or throwing his hands up in the air and rolling his eyes screaming " I knew they were going to try to blame alcohol for him killing that 50 year old lady just because he could barely walk out the bar 2 in the morning.
[quote]Airtruth wrote:
Everybody on here is so defensive of roids, guys rage over the mere mention of roid rage.
Fact is he was a wrestler. So it is 1) possibility that roids had something to do with it, just as much as its a possibility that wrestling, or maybe just accidental poisoning.
People wouldn’t look down on roids so much if even the lightest users did not defend it so vigorously.
You don’t see the one guy who has a drink occasionally defending alcohol abuse. Or throwing his hands up in the air and rolling his eyes screaming " I knew they were going to try to blame alcohol for him killing that 50 year old lady just because he could barely walk out the bar 2 in the morning.[/quote]
It’s obvious caffeine was the culprit…I’ll bet W will term caffeine an illegal substance before the day is over with or without congress’ approval and we can all feel safe again.
[quote]Airtruth wrote:
Everybody on here is so defensive of roids, guys rage over the mere mention of roid rage.
Fact is he was a wrestler. So it is 1) possibility that roids had something to do with it, just as much as its a possibility that wrestling, or maybe just accidental poisoning.
People wouldn’t look down on roids so much if even the lightest users did not defend it so vigorously.
You don’t see the one guy who has a drink occasionally defending alcohol abuse. Or throwing his hands up in the air and rolling his eyes screaming " I knew they were going to try to blame alcohol for him killing that 50 year old lady just because he could barely walk out the bar 2 in the morning.[/quote]
People defend it because they way things are in this country, if you use AAS, you are automatically a canidate to commit mass murder. The media and the general public have such a skewed perception of AAS that a more correct analogy would be a person recieving an intervention from friends and family members regarding their alcoholism after having one drink.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
The station said that investigators believe the 40-year-old Benoit killed Nancy, 43, and Daniel over the weekend, then himself on Monday. The bodies were found in three rooms.
According to Pope, there were no signs of gunshot wounds or stabbing. Authorities are not ruling out other causes, such as poisoning, suffocation or strangulation.
“The details, when they come out are going to prove a little bizarre,” said Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard, according to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
Pope told ABC News “the instruments of death were located on scene,” but would not specify what those instruments are or where in the house the bodies were found. Pope added the department is “not actively searching for any suspects outside of the house.”
I am stunned they had a 3 hour tribute for a man that apparently killed his family. [/quote]
I can only assume they didn’t know about it. The worst-scenario has to be they’re assuming he’s innocent until proven otherwise.
This is a tragedy.
The take home lesson here seems to be: Don’t get into pro wrestling.
Not too many tragedies like this one, but how many wrestlers die way before their times, assuming average lifespans?
Just last week Sherri Martel died.
Miss Elizabeth.
Owen Hart.
Bruiser Brody.
Brian Pillman.
Davey Boy Smith.
Eddie Guerrero
Road Warrior Hawk.
Junk Yard Dog.
Adrian Adonis.
I’m sure there are quite a few more – those are the first names that come to mind.
Sport might be shorter than football
[quote]BostonBarrister wrote:
The take home lesson here seems to be: Don’t get into pro wrestling.
Not too many tragedies like this one, but how many wrestlers die way before their times, assuming average lifespans?
Just last week Sherri Martel died.
Miss Elizabeth.
Owen Hart.
Bruiser Brody.
Brian Pillman.
Davey Boy Smith.
Eddie Guerrero
Road Warrior Hawk.
Junk Yard Dog.
Adrian Adonis.
I’m sure there are quite a few more – those are the first names that come to mind.[/quote]