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Post by Jack Specific on Jun 26, 2007 17:06:13 GMT -5
I must be losing my mind. I went to unsticky the other thread and it was gone.
Anyhow... you know the rules. No fighting, no trolling. Everyone is entitled to their opinion on this tragedy and if you have a hard time with other opinions I would suggest to stay out of this post. 5 Others were already banned because of that.
JS
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Post by Mark on Jun 26, 2007 17:06:56 GMT -5
Who keeps deleting the threads? Seriously it's getting pretty ridiculous
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Post by fratellis on Jun 26, 2007 17:07:59 GMT -5
I thought it went somewhere...
Carry on how you all were ... it's a fun read.
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Post by comebackkid on Jun 26, 2007 17:08:09 GMT -5
lol @ 5 others being banned
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Post by comebackkid on Jun 26, 2007 17:08:34 GMT -5
Who keeps deleting the threads? Seriously it's getting pretty ridiculous Locking is my thing, i don't delete
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Post by noir on Jun 26, 2007 17:09:32 GMT -5
Why did the WWE air the tribute show when they didn't know ANY details about Benoit's death. If his wife was tied up, surely the WWE would have been told about this. It makes NO sense that the WWE would air a tribute show a few hours after acknowledging his death with no detail about the event. And surely they'd been told about Nancy. I'm baffled??!?
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Post by Suckasays on Jun 26, 2007 17:10:16 GMT -5
Who keeps deleting the threads? Seriously it's getting pretty ridiculous I haven't deleted any of them. They are heavy traffic threads. They could just be glitching or something. I don't know how any of that works though.
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Post by Flyrfn144 on Jun 26, 2007 17:10:33 GMT -5
I am seriously in shock and awe and am kinda embarrassed to be a wrestling fan. I really wish this never happened because every time someone talks about wrestling now, this will be brought up. truly sad.
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Post by Jack Specific on Jun 26, 2007 17:12:07 GMT -5
I deleted many of the locked threads.
JS
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Post by Wago on Jun 26, 2007 17:13:01 GMT -5
As a wrestler and worker, a great man. In reality, im not sure, it takes alot to be pushed over the edge to kill your child and wife, but no one knows what really went on, I choose to remember the positive over the negative, R.I.P Chris Benoit.
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Post by rkolegendkilla on Jun 26, 2007 17:13:03 GMT -5
Benoit should be remembered as the man who killed his defenseless wife and the most henous act of all, killing his own creation, his child Daniel. I don't care what he has done for wrestling, taking two people's lives should erase all the good you have done in this world. No excuses.
R.I.P. Nancy, and most importantly Daniel Benoit.
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Post by Dan on Jun 26, 2007 17:15:50 GMT -5
Notice that WWE.com has taken basically all the Chris Benoit articles down from the site, and replaced them all with non Benoit stuff. They obviously know the word of him being a murderer is around, and they don't want much else to do with him.
It's harming their business by the minute, attracting fans for all the wrong reasons.
Such a shame.
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Post by wwf1990 on Jun 26, 2007 17:16:53 GMT -5
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Post by comebackkid on Jun 26, 2007 17:17:15 GMT -5
AYETTEVILLE, Ga. -- Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife, suffocated his 7-year-old son and placed a Bible next to their bodies before hanging himself with the pulley of a weight machine, authorities said Tuesday.
Investigators found prescription anabolic steroids in the house and want to know whether the muscle man nicknamed "The Canadian Crippler" was unhinged by the bodybuilding drugs, which can cause paranoia, depression and explosive outbursts known as "roid rage."
Chris Benoit
AP Photo/WWE, HO
Authorities are investigating whether steroids may have been a factor in the deaths of Chris Benoit, above, his wife and child.
Authorities offered no motive for the killings, which were spread out over a weekend, and would not discuss Benoit's state of mind. No suicide note was found.
"I'm baffled about why anybody would kill a 7-year-old," District Attorney Scott Ballard said. "I don't think we'll ever be able wrap our head around that."
In an interview with ESPN.com on Tuesday, Ballard indicated that the boy had needle marks in his arms. The district attorney said he believed that the boy had been given growth hormones for some time because the family considered him undersized.
That was only one of the strange facts that Ballard revealed. He said that two text messages of note caused authorities to investigate the house. In one, Benoit told somebody he knew that his wife and son were sick.
"Of course, they were dead," Ballard told ESPN.com.
In a second message to a neighbor, Benoit said that the door of the house was open and the pets were outside.
"And our assumption is that that was an effort to try and get somebody to come find the bodies after the suicide," Ballard said. "That is our assumption."
The Montreal-born Benoit was one of the stars of the WWE wrestling circuit and was known for his wholesome family man image. His wife, Nancy, was a wrestling stage manager who worked under the name "Woman." They met and fell in love when their wrestling story lines intertwined.
When he won the world heavyweight championship, Benoit (pronounced ben-WAH) hoisted the belt over his head and invited his wife and child into the ring to celebrate.
Nevertheless, Nancy Benoit filed for a divorce in 2003, saying the couple's three-year marriage was irrevocably broken and alleging "cruel treatment."
She later dropped the complaint, as well as a request for a restraining order in which she charged that the 5-foot-10, 220-pound Benoit had threatened her and had broken furniture in their home.
In the divorce filing, she said Benoit made more than $500,000 a year as a professional wrestler and asked for permanent custody of Daniel and child support. In his response, Benoit sought joint custody.
The bodies were found Monday afternoon in three rooms of the house, off a gravel road.
Ballard said that Benoit's wife, 43, was killed Friday in an upstairs family room, her feet and wrists were bound and there was blood under her head, indicating a possible struggle. Ballard told ESPN.com that it appeared that she had been pinned to the floor and asphyxiated with some sort of cable.
The son, Daniel, was probably killed late Saturday or early Sunday, the body found in his bed, Ballard said. The district attorney indicated that he had been choked to death.
Benoit, 40, apparently killed himself several hours and as long as a day later, Ballard said. His body was found in a downstairs weight room, his body found hanging from the pulley of a piece of exercise equipment. Ballard said that he had used weights, the pulley and cable to choke himself to death.
The prosecutor said he found it "bizarre" that the WWE wrestling star spread out the killings over a weekend and appeared to remain in the house for up to a day with the bodies. Ballard told ESPN.com that investigators smelled what they ascertained to be decomposing bodies when they entered the home. The varying degrees of decomposition between the bodies helped indicate the staggered times of death.
Toxicology test results may not be available for weeks or even months, he said. As for whether steroids played a role in the crime, he said: "We don't know yet. That's one of the things we'll be looking at."
Neighbors said the Benoits led a low-key lifestyle.
"We would see Chris walking in his yard from time to time. He wasn't rude, but he wasn't really outwardly warm," said Alaina Jones, who lives across the street.
Jimmy Baswell, who was Benoit's driver for more than five years, placed a white wreath at the Benoits' gate. "They always seemed like they were the happiest people," he said.
World Wrestling Entertainment said on its Web site that it asked authorities to check on Benoit and his family after being alerted by friends who received "several curious text messages sent by Benoit early Sunday morning."
The WWE, based in Stamford, Conn., said authorities asked that it not release further information on the deaths.
"WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family's relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy," the company said in a statement on its Web site.
"He was like a family member to me, and everyone in my family is taking it real hard," said fellow Canadian Bret Hart, a five-time champion with the World Wrestling Federation. The federation has since changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment.
Benoit had maintained a home in Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the defunct World Championship Wrestling. The Fayette County Tax Assessors Office lists the value of the house, on more than 8.5 acres, at nearly $900,000.
The WWE canceled its live "Monday Night RAW" card in Corpus Christi, Texas, and USA Network aired a three-hour tribute to Benoit in place of the scheduled wrestling telecast.
Benoit had two other children from a prior relationship.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
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Post by antihero867 on Jun 26, 2007 17:20:13 GMT -5
Benoit should be remembered as the man who killed his defenseless wife and the most henous act of all, killing his own creation, his child Daniel. I don't care what he has done for wrestling, taking two people's lives should erase all the good you have done in this world. No excuses. R.I.P. Nancy, and most importantly Daniel Benoit. Yea i kinda have to agree with you their dude. That is really ed up. I really dont have any respect for him anymore. It takes more of a man to deal with your problems then just kill them. Does anyone know if he was having marriage problems? Like was his wife having an affair or something?
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Post by Suckasays on Jun 26, 2007 17:23:37 GMT -5
Geez. The stuff about his son being given growth hormones and the text message stuff is just creepy.
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Post by alii on Jun 26, 2007 17:23:55 GMT -5
this is just an opinion, but possibly, nancy told benoit she had an affair 7 eyars ago daniels not his, or osmething along them lines and he just went absoultely crazy, and killed them both in a fit of range thats the only explanation logical i can think of.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2007 17:24:36 GMT -5
this is just an opinion, but possibly, nancy told benoit she had an affair 7 eyars ago daniels not his, or osmething along them lines and he just went absoultely crazy, and killed them both in a fit of range thats the only explanation logical i can think of. Daniel Benoit looked just like Chris Benoit though.
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Post by Mark on Jun 26, 2007 17:25:22 GMT -5
Theres no denying that child was his
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Post by superamare on Jun 26, 2007 17:26:33 GMT -5
God, it just keeps getting sicker and sicker. I almost got sick reading that.
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