WWE Fans: Chris Benoit and family found Dead in Atlanta Home

[[jonrev]]

Earlier today Alabama police found WWE Superstar Chris Benoit, his wife, and his son dead in their home. WWE canceled the planned three-hour-long RAW tonight and instead showed a tribute show.

Authorities believe that the cause of death may possibly have been a double murder-suicide.

http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/superstars ... noitupdate

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Sports/story? ... 501&page=1

[BullInDaBack4Life]

I read about the death on WWE.com and I was shocked. That's so sad!

[sfgam12321]

Chris Benoit was the best... Why would someone or he kill himself or his famly. I miss Chris...

[Galvan]

Definately a sad situation, Benoit was an excellent technical wrestler and while not really a great on the microphone, he was a multi-time tag champ aswell as a World Champion.

R.I.P Benoit

[RBull4life]

TMZ.com is reporting some pretty disturbing news if it is true.

They say that Benoit strangledhis wife, and then smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room, not to mention the fact of abuse before this happened.

http://www.www.tmz.com/2007/06/26/benoit-murder-details-revealed/

I liked Benoit, he was an excellent wrestler, but on the other hand, if what they are reporting is true, how could he do something like this to his family? To take the life of his wife, not to mention his 7 year old son is just sick, and disturbing. I'm sorry, but if it comes out that he did kill his family, then I no longer have respect for the man, and may God have mercy on his soul.

[BullInDaBack4Life]

TMZ.com is reporting some pretty disturbing news if it is true.

They say that Benoit strangledhis wife, and then smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room, not to mention the fact of abuse before this happened.

http://www.www.tmz.com/2007/06/26/benoit-murder-details-revealed/

I liked Benoit, he was an excellent wrestler, but on the other hand, if what they are reporting is true, how could he do something like this to his family? To take the life of his wife, not to mention his 7 year old son is just sick, and disturbing. I'm sorry, but if it comes out that he did kill his family, then I no longer have respect for the man, and may God have mercy on his soul.

If someone does that they always have some sort of mental problem that is given to them and that they can't control. Killers of anyone, whether themselves or complete strangers or especially their own family members I am told always have to have something terribly wrong with them. In Benoit's case, if this is true, something terrible happened to him suddenly, because to my knowledge he has no history of doing any of this being that it's not in his nature. There's no way to tell what it could have been, unless in autopsies they can find mental disorders or something, which I have no idea if they can, but maybe.

[Galvan]

Roid rage anyone?

[DejaVuGurl1203]

This is so awful. I've been following the story on CNN's website and now they are saying they found sterroids in the home. I definitely think this was a roid rage.

[BullInDaBack4Life]

Roid rage = Made-up internet geek talk

[[jonrev]]

^What the hell does that have to do with this?

And yeah, steroid abuse will do that. They also found alot of prescription drugs in his house. It could've been abuse of the steroids, the Rx drugs, or a combination of both.

[sfgam12321]

Roid rage = Made-up internet geek talk

Roid rage is an outburst caussed by startiods. Like a temper tanrtom or somthing like that, its not made up.

[Chitown]

It's been pretty much confirmed now that Chris Benoit carried out this double homicide/suicide.

WWE has pulled all and any mentions on its website and apologized for having the tribute show this past Monday(they dont need to apologize as they found out about 4 hours before the live RAW show that the Benoit family was dead but no further reasoning). TNA has removed their condolencse statement.

Now it is up to investigators to figure out why he did this.

I liked Benoit as well for being a great wrestler but now I have no sympathy for his passing. I only have sympathy for Nancy Benoit (Woman) and their son.

[BullInDaBack4Life]

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

This proves the "roid rage" theory wrong. It mentions that steroids couldn't have been the reason and so on. Read!

[Chitown]

It doesn't prove it wrong.

It only means it hasn't been ruled the definitive reason at this time.

[BullInDaBack4Life]

Yeah, whatever. Internet rumor slaves can talk all they want on this topic. I'm marking it read 4 life and jettin' out!

[sfgam12321]

Dont get hit by the door. You really should think more about this. A 7 year old a wresteler and a wife where found dead, and thats why you stay away from drugs.

[BullInDaBack4Life]

I wasn't gonna post here in a thread full of "roid rage" accusations, but I found something on WWE.com that was a recent development you all should read. And don't say it's no excuse and start judging. That's God's job and you shouldn't judge someone if you haven't gone through the same situation. What situation? Read the article.

It's basically about a disorder the son had that in other cases has been known to tear families apart and Benoit has discussed this with others in the past.

EDIT: I clicked on the link to test it and it doesn't work. Man, forget it! Just go to WWE.com. You don't need no stinkin' URL anyway!

[BullInDaBack4Life]

Those jerks just immediately scratched it from their site. That makes me so mad! Why? That article would have explained so much to you. Benoit's son's disorder tore the family apart and created unbearable pressure. That's the reason. But instead of acknowledging it, WWE just wants to continue to disrespect someone who meant so much to the business. You don't do this to a dead guy who never hurt a fly outside of this tragedy which would have happened to all of you. Nobody understands but me.

[BullInDaBack4Life]

WWE Guy 1: Hey everyone, want to really piss someone off today?
WWE Guy 2: Sure, how?
WWE Guy 1: Well, you know that Benoit guy died, right?
WWE Guy 2: Oh yeah, such a tragedy. I'm gonna miss him.
WWE Guy 1: No, it's not. He deserved it. I never liked that guy and I'm glad he's gone. And you shouldn't miss him either. Here's the deal. After we got the dirt on this story, we decide to act like everything Benoit did never existed. That tribute show, I was disgusted. Let's tell .com to pull that crap from their website. I don't want to see tributes and retrospectives of some dead punk.
WWE Guy 2: Yeah, I guess you're right. I mean, what kind of lame person does a tribute show for a dead guy?
WWE Guy 1: I know, right? Anyway, yeah. We will act like this guy did nothing for anybody and he was a terrible person who deserved to die. He got no respect at all. What was his job again? Who cares? He wasn't any good at it.
WWE Guy 2: Heh, yeah. Sounds like a plan. And because of the sensationalist media bull every internet geek is gonna believe he was just a raging roid man.
WWE Guy 1: We should make them believe that. Even though he never took steroids and only prescription meds were found in the house, still. Those clueless ignorami never learn. It's fun to spread hatred and disrespect for a guy like Benoit, right?
WWE Guy 2: You got it! Hey, pass the 'roids and the blunt, man. Yeah, that stuff's good, dog.

Hench why I am pissed!

Vince said no more tributes on .com and no more mentioning Benoit's name on WWE programming. Yeah, that's how you treat a dead guy who had nothing but respect from his peers and fans over a long and illustrious career, right? Tell me where I'm wrong.

[RBull4life]

^ I can start by telling you that the man murdered his wife, and 7 year old son. Second, I didn't get the chance to read the WWE.com story, but, you said his son had a disorder and it was tearing the family apart. Answer me this, is that a reason to kill him, and his wife? I can see why Vince wants to distance himself and the WWE from Benoit. What would Benoit's bio say on WWE.com?
A great technical wrestler that was loved, and respected by others. Benoit commited suicide on June 25th after murdering his son, who suffered from a disorder, and wife, before hanging himself.

[BullInDaBack4Life]

WWE.com put the story back up. Since it probably will be gone again before you get the chance to read it, I just copied it and pasted it onto this post. Read it!

WWE.com learned from an interview conducted Tuesday by Vancouver’s News1130 that Chris Benoit’s son Daniel possibly suffered from Fragile X Syndrome, a genetically passed-on condition that results in impairments ranging from physical and learning disabilities, to more severe cognitive or intellectual disabilities.

In the interview with News1130, Pam Winthrope, whose own 12-year-old son suffers from Fragile X Syndrome, recounted how she and her husband talked to Benoit about the condition five years ago.

“We talked to him because I was trying to set up a support group in B.C. and in Canada; we only have a couple of them,” she said. “My husband was struggling when we got diagnosed with our son, and Chris was struggling with his. They talked for a few minutes, and then he said he didn’t want to be a public face for Fragile X. He just wanted to keep it really, really quiet.”

A source close to Benoit recalls similar conversations with him, where he described his son’s condition as “a learning disability much like autism.” This source quotes Benoit as saying “Daniel wasn’t capable of interacting with other children and was afraid of other children. Daniel also had a hard time making eye contact with everyone, which was another symptom of his disability.” Benoit also claimed that his son was on medication for this condition.

Winthrope discussed the pressures facing parents of children diagnosed with Fragile X syndrome. During her interview with News1130, she stated that families can be torn apart by the disease because it's very difficult to find help and support. Winthrope added, "You as a parent have to go out there and find what's available and it's not easy -- they don't tell you."

A co-worker and long-time friend of the Benoits speculates that perhaps the pressures of home and Daniel’s illness had gotten to him, causing him to snap and take the lives of his wife and son before taking his own.

“Is it possible that after Chris killed Nancy (for whatever reason), he felt Daniel wouldn't be able to get the care and attention he required as a special needs child (if that is indeed true) with no mother and a father either in jail or dead? Did he then decide that the only way he could protect and take care of his son was to take him to the next world and go with him? In his warped and twisted state, did he think this was the only way to shield his son from a difficult life of pain and hardship? It doesn't condone or justify a damn thing, but it's the best reason I can think of. I'm trying to put together some semblance of logic for his actions, but it's an impossible task trying to explain this.”

In a warped and twisted state, one is not themself. Their actions are influenced by perhaps a mental disorder caused by all of this pressure. If someone so well respected throughout their life all of a sudden took three lives, including his own and has no history of such an act, he can't be himself. You can't condone it. I know. But if you don't know exactly what happened, and thus can't understand it, leave the judging to God.

One thing to note is that both my father and my brother, who have bi-polar disorder have in the past thought very seriously about suicide. If either of them would have actually killed themselves, I would have blamed it on the disorder. 'Nuff said.

[RBull4life]

Thank you for posting that.

Thank God that my children are fine, because I cannot imagine the stress that would come with disorders. That being said, it does not change the fact that he murdered two innocent individuals. Daniel was born with Fragile X Syndrome, it was not his choice, just like it was not his choice to die so young.
I can't comment anymore because I do not know what it is like to have a child with a disorder, and I thank God everyday that my children are healthy and fine.

[BullInDaBack4Life]

It was also not Benoit's choice to kill, if you think about it. My dad and brother had to be seriously talked out of suicide. They were so close to it. I told my dad God doesn't want you to kill yourself. He says "I don't think he would care if you really are having a hard time in life." or something like that. Having family members that almost killed someone, whether someone else or themself (which is just as bad) makes me more understandable that mental disorders screw up the head. Screwing up the head makes you do things you wouldn't normally do. I guess I can't convince anybody who hasn't gone through what I have, so I'm just going to drop it. This will be my last post on the matter.

[Do I Know You]

Bull is right. Unless you've committed a murder-suicide, you can't know what goes through the head of someone who has. Benoit obviously had something wrong with him whether it was drug-induced or not. It is basic human instinct to do whatever it takes to live, and it takes a severe mental disorder to go against that (i.e. killing oneself). I'm certainly not defending his actions; I think they're just as horrible as you all do. But to say he deserves no sympathy is absurd.

[Chitown]

He doesn't deserve sympathy for his death.

He murdered a 7 year old child. I don't care if he was the father of this child. CHRIS BENOIT IS A MURDERER.
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Plain and simple. He took the lives of 2 people. I am probably one of the biggest fans of wrestling. That being said, he murdered 2 people and didn't have the balls to face the consequences. He took his own life long after his family was killed.

Chris Benoit was a great wrestler and I loved his in ring ability and character. But this is real life now and with his actions totally made me lose all respect for him. His decision to end his life and coward out of facing his fate to the justice system makes me hate and not care that he is deceased.

RIP Nancy and Daniel.