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Post by sparks on Jun 22, 2008 8:18:47 GMT -5
How did you find out and react to the news of Eddie Guerrero & Chris Benoit's deaths?
November 13, 2005 - I was downstairs at the time, lying down, watching That 70s Show on TV. My brother had just came off of the computer, so I said that I needed to go on it. I went over to the PC, where WF was already on the screen. So I went to WF:UK, where it said that "Eddie G had died". And for some reason, I thought Eddie G was some indy wrestler or something. I told my bro and he was like "meh". Then suddenly, I realised. I didn't say anything, but in my head I was like "no way". I go to WWE.com, and there I see it. "Eddie Guerrero: 1967-2005."
June 25, 2007 - I'd heard Raw was 3-hours and was gonna stay up for it (airs at 2am live in UK). So about 9pm, I fell asleep. About 3 hours later, my brother wakes me up and tells me that Chris Benoit and his family had died. I was like "what the hell?" as you would imagine. I was pretty much silent during the walk downstairs, and when I saw it on the computer screen, I could not believe it.
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Post by lariato on Jun 22, 2008 8:20:59 GMT -5
November 13th 2005-Around 9-11 AM. I went on here, and saw two "RIP Eddie Guerrero" threads. I went to WWE.com, and saw he really was dead. That was a Sunday, the whole day I wasn't REALLY upset, just kind of blank, 4 days after my birthday, I just had no reaction. November 14th 2005-The next day at school, my little group of wrestling friends consulted in between classes about it. I remember I went to CCD, after that went to Target, and got RA 15.5 Bischoff. Went home, watched the Eddie tribute show, and right when the Johnny Cash song tribute was playing, I just broke into pieces and was crying for a good amount of time. June 25th 2007-Around 3:00 PM. I'm watching the Corpral Kirschner shoot interview, and I get a call from WF member Ricky on my cell phone. He only does this if it's an emergency, or some sort of title win, etc. So anywho, I answer the phone, we exchange hellos, and after a few seconds of silence he just goes "...Chris Benoit's dead" And I didn't believe him, so I went to WWE.com, and I started shaking hardcore. I told him I'd call him back, and I went to the other side of my room, put my head on the wall and just  ing bawled. I fell down on my behind to the floor, and just put my head back and I remember being pretty pissed off that all my favorites were dying. I tried watching the Benoit tribute show, but just seeing Benoit smiling, or in any triumph was like a switch to make me cry. One of my all time favorites, his wife, and near-baby boy just die out of nowhere. 362 days later, after we found out "what really happened" (I say that without asking for ANY form or argument implying that I think Benoit didn't totally do it), I still love him as much as I did when he was around. Does it make me sound like a crapty person for "adoring a killer?" Yes. Does it effect me when all of WF goes "OMG U LUV TEH KID KILLER ROT IN HELLZ" whenever I have a Benoit sig, or praise him? Nope. |
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Post by D-Rock on Jun 22, 2008 8:41:54 GMT -5
11/3/05-9pm turned on raw to watch and there was a tribute show for eddie. I ran upstairs to tell my brother and he didn't belive me and he came down and broke down into tears. He didn't sleep that night, I really didn't either. Soon there after he became a huge Guerreo mark, anything to do w/ with eddie he was on/had/with.
6/25/07- me and my brother was watching Vengance: Night Of Champions, Punk/Benoit came up but then thay had said Beniot had a family emergancey so John Morrison filled in for him and won the championship. The next day around 2 pm I went online to see BREAKING NEWS: Chris Benoit Double Murder/Suicide Detials. I was pissed off, I threw my mouse punched the keyboard and then told my brother.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2008 8:46:52 GMT -5
November 13, 2005 - I went onto the computer on Sunday, and it said Eddie Guerrero 1967 - 2005. I didnt believe it. Then it came to me that he had died. I was upset. Then i told my friend and he didnt believe me. Then i showed him and he was shocked.
June 25, 2007 - I wasnt on the computer all day, and i turned on raw. It said "Remembering Chris Benoit" So i was like WTF. Then i ran downstairs and went on the computer and it said "Benoit and Family found dead" i was like Holy crap. I was shocked.
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Post by The Highwayman on Jun 22, 2008 8:54:52 GMT -5
the sunday Eddie died. i was at work, working in the stockroom by myself(i usually think about wrestling when im back there by myself). and i remember thinking about eddie and his match with kennedy on smackdown! and how much i loved that he went back to some of his old tricks. and i read he might become world heavyweight champ the next week on smackdown, and i was thinking about that and was really pumped.
after work, i went to my buddy's house where a bunch of us were chillin, i turned on his laptop and went on AIM cuz i had to talk to someone, and a semi-friend of mine that i used to skateboard with, IMed me and was like 'dude that sucks that eddie guerrero died.' and i was like 'WTF R U TALKING ABOUT? eddie did not die...'
i went to wwe.com right away and saw the horrible news. two of my friends walked into the room and one was like 'o, bummer dude' and the other felt really bad for me... none of them were into wrestling.
i went home and sat in my room, took out my eddie figures and just set them up on my desk. then, rewatched smackdown...
then watched raw the next night and balled my eyes out. so sad...
i gotta go to work but ill post my reactions to the benoit situation later...
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Post by ICW on Jun 22, 2008 8:56:01 GMT -5
November 13, 2005 - That very day I went to my local KB toys and purchased the AD Eddie Guerrero/Booker T (I think it was Booker) 2 pack. I remember I only bought that 2 pack was because I loved Eddie's attire. So I went home, opened them up, and displayed them on my self. Then I went to WF and I saw a lot of threads about Eddie. That clued me that something was wrong so I went to WWE.com and saw Eddie had died. It was so weird that I purchased and Eddie Guerrero figure the day he died. RIP Eddie.
June 25, 2007 - I was home all day and I managed to log myself onto WWE.com and saw the news. I believe I was one of the first people to post the news
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Post by zombiesx on Jun 22, 2008 8:58:56 GMT -5
11/3/05 I was in school I am pretty sure, and I found out as our Gym teacher told us about it, he was somewhat of a wrestling fan, but it was not major.
June 25, 2007
That was the one that really effected me, I woke up and my mom told me that he was found dead along with his family, that she had herd it on the news. I actually thought someone killed them my self and could not believe it.
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Post by confessions62606 on Jun 22, 2008 9:04:27 GMT -5
I dont remember about eddie...i was too young to understand.
But for Chris, i live here in Connecticut, and i was on a trip in arizona so i had no tv or computer, so i used my phone internet to check wut was goin on. So i checked the top of the page and it said candice michelle new womens champ, and then i clicked down and it said chris benoit found dead along with family. I thought it was another death scandal because mr.mcmahons death thing was goin on. But then i saw it on the news and was like WTF?....i felt awful, but then when i found out he killed daniel nancy and himself i was even more like WTFFFF?....so yea
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Post by Johnny on Jun 22, 2008 9:16:11 GMT -5
Eddie's:
I was in my room, sitting on the floor with my laptop, close to my door. I was logged off the game I was playing and went on WWE.com. I saw Eddie's picture, my heart jumped. I scrolled down and saw "R.I.P. Eddie Guerrero. A tear streamed down my face. I loved Eddie. I was IMing one of my best friends, so I did one of those crying smilies, and he was like ?. I said Eddie passed away, and he said "no way." I told him to check wwe.com, sure enough he found out.
Benoit's:
Ironically, the same friend was over at my house. We have two computers, so he was on one. He turns around when wwe.com is loading, so I do to and we are talking. I glance at the computer screen, just to check at what he is doing. I jump up and I am like "WHAT THE HELL!?" He turns around and he sees it. We were both silent, for about a minute. I forget what broke the ice, but I remember later on in the day we found at how it happened, and that made me even more sad. Benoit was one of my favorites, and I still miss BOTH men a ton.
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Post by thepeopleschamp on Jun 22, 2008 10:18:34 GMT -5
November 13, 2005 - I was at the library and i decided to go on the computer i went to wwe.com and on the screen it said Eddie Gurerro 1967 - 2005 and at first i thought it was a crule joke you know lie cheat when i found out it was for real i went through 3 stages 1. was shock i couldnt belive it 2. was anger and i was just cursing at Eddie putting all my figs in a box taking down all my posters just everything and kept yelling "WHY Eddie WHY!" when i first saw eddie on wcw i always wanted to 1 day have a mtch with him and when he was gone i got so mad that now there was never a chance of that happening and i got real mad and 3 was the sadness i remember watching the raw tribute and has soon has they started the bells i lst it i cried because one of my heros just died.
June 25, 2007 - i was actually on my grade 9 trip and was already in somewhat of a bad mood and my best friend told me it just came on the t.v. in our hotel room and i almost threw up because another hero of mine was gone i remember sitting in one chair the rest of the night waitng for the raw tribute to come i just sat there didnt move or said one word i just sat and let the tears roll down my face as i watched out my window the rest of the night
2 of the most saddest moments in my life
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Post by mrindy on Jun 22, 2008 10:31:57 GMT -5
November 13, 2005 - me and my brother were watching tv and he turned on his computer, he went on a forum and there was a thread saying eddie guerrero R.I.P. He then went on WWE.com and it said it there, then we just sat in silence for 10 or so minuetes.
June 25, 2007 - I woke up for RAW in the morning, when my mum said to me "The wrestling is sad, your brother was crying" so i turn it on and theres benoit smilling, underneath it said Benoit 1965 (i think) - 2007, My mouth just dropped.
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Post by Joey Cush on Jun 22, 2008 10:40:54 GMT -5
November 13, 2005- It was kinda early in the morning. Sunday morning. I woke up at I think 10 o clock or something like that. I went onto WrestlingFigs and looked at the Pose board and saw all of these tribute to Eddie poses, so I'm like huh? I scroll down to Pro Wrestling- WWE board and sure enough all of these new topics about Eddie, a stickied thread saying Eddie Guerrero Passed Away . I broke down into tears, the entire day and next I had my mind set on RAW because I had no idea how WWE would confront it.
June 25, 2007- This one was kind of messed up, so I feel like crap when it happened. I was out of my house for a the entire day, playing handball at a near by store. At about 7 o clock I began to walk home. I was almost home when I saw my mom drive up to me asking me if I want to come to her store to help fix something. So I went. At about 830 I remembered that it was a 3-hour RAW instead of a regular one. So I quickly ran upstairs onto my mothers store computer. Went onto WrestlingFigs to see what had happened tonight only to see a stickied thread that would change my life. Chris Benoit and Family murdered in Home. I quickly went onto WWE.com to see a picture of Benoit and his family. I started to cry because I loved watching Benoit and I really needed to get home. So I bugged my mom to just bring me home and then she did. I could barely sit though Vince McMahon talking saddenly about Benoit.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2008 10:50:28 GMT -5
I came on WF and saw a bunch of R.I.P Eddie signatures and thought "god, not this joke again." Then I went to WWE.com and my jaw dropped.
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Post by vaclav on Jun 22, 2008 10:54:20 GMT -5
i remember that i didn't find out about eddie until the monday night. none of my friends from school knew, or if they did they didn't tell me. i found out when i was going to bed after setting the video for Raw that night, and seeing on the MTV news update at twelve midnight, that 'wwe superstar eduardo gory guerrero (38) was found dead in his hotel room on sunday morning'. i thought, nah, it can't be, and then woke up the next morning and cried my eyes out when watching back the tape, and seeing the roster all there crying.
Benoit: i stayed up to watch the three hour show, without hearing anyhting, and i turned over to watch it a few minutes after it began, so i missed the 'in memory of' graphic, but saw that they were showing excerpts from the Hard Knocks DVD, which made me think, hang on, this was the Vince memorial special, why is Benoit on it. i called my mum into the room, and she sat down with me for about a half hour, cos she was interested too in what had happened. my friend phoned me up asking if i knew anything, and he was saying he believed it was a car accident. if only, eh? so i wake up the next morning after watching the tribute, to read all the terrible information about what had really happened.
so both times i didn''t find out until the time watching the show. i still get a bit anxious each week, when raw begins, cos i think, have i missed something since i got off of the pc 4-5 hours before the show. i know i shouldn't, but the thought is always in the back of my head
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Post by JTG on Jun 22, 2008 11:10:55 GMT -5
I suppose pretty much the reaction I had was shock. I liked both wrestlers very much so to go onto WWE.COM and see that they had died I was like "Holy crap...". The only difference there is between Eddie's death and Chris's death (I mean finding out they died, not the circumstances) was that I read Eddie collapsed in his hotel room, as aposed to reading that Chris ALONG with his wife and son died. That's when I realised that either he pissed some people off and they killed him and his family OR he killed his family then himself. I tried to wonder what else it could've been, maybe carbon minoxide poisioning but it got too far fetched and deep down I think I knew Chris did a horrible deed.
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Post by Keyboard Cat on Jun 22, 2008 11:18:08 GMT -5
I was away when Eddie died so not much to say for him.
But for Chris Benoit,. That day I was with my dad pretty good day since I got Gear's of War, but then when I got home, My brother rushed over to me and said Chris died. I didn't believe him since yesterday he said Chavo was killed in a car crash, But then I seen Raw and I almost S***ed bricks.
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Post by carly1988 on Jun 22, 2008 11:19:32 GMT -5
I honestly didnt really care about Eddies Death. His previous lifestyle pretty much summed it up for me that it was gonna happen eventually so it wasnt a surprise.
With Benoits death I almost called it. When Bif died a few days before I told a friend they should put Benoit on suicide watch. Hes lost Owen, Eddie and now Bif....When I tuned in to Raw (I was at work) and it say remembering the Benoit family. I looked right at the guy beside me and said "He killed them and committed suicide" No joke. I just knew that that was too much for Benoit to handle.
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Post by Flyrfn144 on Jun 22, 2008 11:21:31 GMT -5
November 13, 2005-I didn't know anything. I walked into school on Monday morning, and we had gym that morning and were told to meet inside the gym itself. So I walked in and went over to my friends, and my one friend who was just as big a wrestling fan as me comes up to me and goes, "Did you hear what happened?" I looked at him with a confused look and I said, "What do you mean?" When he replied back telling me Eddie Guerrero died, I didn't believe him at first. I went the entire day just doing what I normally do and came home. I waited for RAW, hadn't checked the cpu or anything to see if what my friend said was true, because I had forgotten about it. So I turn on RAW at 9 and remember what my friend told me, and when I saw everyone standing on the stage with Vince holding a microphone, I knew it was true. I didn't cry, but I was really shaken up about it. My brother was a big Eddie fan so he was crying and I was trying to help him out. I remember wanting to shed a tear, but I wasn't really in anything but shock.
June 25th 2007-This one I remember basically every single detail. I was on the computer just chilling out, talking to some friends and crap, the usual. Hadn't checked WWE.com or Wrestlingfigs yet. So I get an im from somebody I was on a forum with at the time, and he said hey. And then before I could even respond back he said Chris Benoit is dead. I was like, what?, not believing him because he had told me crap that wasn't true before. He responds telling me to go to WWE.com. So I did, and I see Chris Benoit, 1967-2007. Now, I was not thinking this was true, because of Vince's stupid limo angle. So I went to WF, and saw the thread, and saw other people didn't believe it was true as well. I was shaking trying to type out a simple reply on WF talking about Benoit. I went back to WWE.com and saw they had multiple topics about Benoit on their site now, and I was still thinking this was still part of the McMahon angle somehow but in the back of my mind, was fearing the worst. So I wasn't convinced at all. My mom came home and I needed some clarity on the situation because I wanted to know. So I looked up Fox Atlanta's phone number as he lived in Georgia and had my mom call the number and find out. She hung up and I was like, what they say, and she told me. I stood there like, what?! I ran into my room and I remember just still being shook up but I wasn't crying yet. So I talk to people online about Benoit all day as I didn't really feel like doing anything else and I just patiently waited for RAW as repeated IM's came in about it. I remember me and my brother talking thinking of what happened and thinking they had been murdered because all three were dead. So RAW came on, and I remember sitting in my room with the door closed and saw McMahon come on TV and that was the final confirmation was given. I fought back tears until they aired the video package with One Thing played in the background. And I swear, as soon as I saw them flash the Royal Rumble highlights on the video, I cried like none other. I remember just balling my eyes out watching him get his hand raised at RR 04 and just remember being in attendance that night and just how amazing that night was. When the RAW had ended, I started crying again and then I started finding out about the double murder suicide and everything, and I remember talking with some guys from an efed I was in and just we basically stayed up half the night in an AIM chat talking about Benoit and just trying to wake up from the nightmare.
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