Last week, Benoit wrestled his last match on ECW and won the opportunity to wrestle last night at WWE Vengeance. However, he never showed up, leaving fans both present and watching at home to wonder about his whereabouts. Commentators announced he was involved in a family emergency. One report says that he called the company Sunday and said that he would not be coming; his wife and son were throwing up blood, and he would be staying home to take care of them.
At 2:30 this afternoon, Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and his young son Daniel were found dead in their suburban home outside Atlanta, GA. Investigators have not yet revealed details, but may be investigating the deaths as a homicide. Autopsy results should be in later in the week.
Tonight’s WWE Raw did not go on as scheduled. The original intent was for a three-hour tribute to Vince McMahon, who, in the storyline, was killed in a limo explosion. Wrestlers from all three WWE organizations were to appear and compete during the McMahon memorial episode. Instead, the three hours were allotted as a tribute to Chris Benoit. Only the ring and commentators were in the otherwise empty arena. Commentators showcased some of Benoit’s greatest matches, and various wrestlers appeared in interviews to share their thoughts on the tragedy and pay tribute to a dear friend and colleague.
Chris Benoit climbed the ladder of professional wrestling, competing in his native Canada, Japan, and in the U.S. in ECW, WCW, WWE, and was just recently drafted back into ECW. He held numerous single and tag-team titles, and has always been regarded as a man who loved the wrestling business and was always an upstanding professional.
Deepest condolences to his family, his friends, and his fans.
WWE Main Page: http://www.wwe.com
Wikipedia Page on Benoit and His Career: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit
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10 users commented in " WWE Wrestler Chris Benoit, Wife, and Son Pass On "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI bet it was a Phil Hartman/Brynn Hartman murder/suicide. Only, this time, the selfish coward monster took their child w/ them!
Rumors are supporting Curtis’s comment. Apparently The three were found in three seperate rooms and several creditble websites are reporting that Lt. Pope made an off the record comment that it is considered a murder suicide. Also a wrestling insider stressed that the WWE Brass were concerned with the tone and statement he gave them for missing the show sunday nite. They are supposedly the ones who called the police to report “suspicious activity” and his refusal to answer his phone which “he was never known to miss a call from the higher ups in the WWE”.
I posted exact details as I discovered them in my blog on tvbydemand.com
my heart goes out to the family may god be with them
I’ve been keeping up, and it looks like what Curtis and Mitch have said is getting closer and closer to being confirmed. We’ll see after the autopsy tomorrow. If that’s true, though, what authorities are saying about Chris Benoit…I don’t even know. It doesn’t make much sense.
chris benoit is gone
who could of killed him
As of right now, authorities say it was Chris Benoit.
chris benoit is dead y
who could have killed him and now they think he did it
What really happened? Why was he missing calls. He mentioned when he called WWE Sunday that he couldn’t make it in for the pay per view on Monday becuase his wife and son were throwing up blood! Maybe it’s because he was watching them die at that moment he placed the call. Chris must have hit rock bottom and then killed himself. Or he watched from a far as someone else did his family in then being murdered himself. But, way the seperate rooms if he did it himself? It seems to me that what ever happen happened as a plan and for some bloody reason. God bless this tragedy as we will all suffer from the evidance tomorrow night.
it said that his wife and son were throwing up blood and he was a family guy y would he just sit there and watch them die?and i’v been going to every website and they none of them were shot so what could have happened?God bless the benoit family y benoit y?
I dont think he did it. I feel it was to weird for him. I think people should look into foul play especially with that weird post on his bio before anyone knew anyone of his family members were dead! Its a HUGE cover-up from the wresling world I bet.
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