Chris Benoit — R.I.P. — 1967-2007
I was shocked this evening when I got home. I was planning on watching Monday Night Raw which started early this evening at 8pm instead of the normal 9pm showtime. However I had to go grocery shopping and by the time I get home, it’s 8:37pm so I turn the TV on to Raw. When the TV warmed up, it was on a segment with Chris Benoit talking about his beginnings in professional wrestling. As I continued to put up the groceries, suddenly I hear the voices of some of the announcers mentioned that they were remembering the live and career of Chris Benoit.
Immediately I get on the internet and do a news search and find out that Chris Benoit was found dead along with his family this afternoon in his Atlanta home. I was extremely shocked. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution is reporting authorities confirmed that Benoit, 40, his wife, Nancy (also known in the world of professional wrestling as “Woman”), and their 7-year-old son were found dead at the home on Quarters and Redwine roads in Fayetteville. According to WXIA in Atlanta:
Lieutenant Tommy Pope of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department said the three were found about 2:30 p.m., but he would release no other details. Pope said results of autopsies on Benoit, his wife Nancy, and 7-year-old son Daniel were expected Tuesday. Police are investigating the deaths as a homicide.
Benoit was scheduled to wrestle at the Vengeance pay-per-view last Sunday night in Houston, but was replaced at the last minute because of what announcer Jim Ross called “personal reasons.” Some sources reported that he had to rush home due to a “family emergency.” Atlanta law enforcement are investigating and have released no details as of this time.
When further details are released, I’ll post them here.
About 2 years ago, the world of professional wrestling lost Eddie Guerrero and today the wrestling world mourns the loss of Chris Benoit. As with Eddie Guerrero, I first saw Chris Benoit when he wrestled in Paul Heyman’s ECW and I became a fan of his early on. His intensity in the ring was amazing and I have always enjoyed watching him perform for years. Chris Benoit was one of my all-time favorite. He will truly be missed. My condolences go out to the family and friends of the legendary Chris Benoit.
10:51 PM EST (6-25) UPDATE: Some new reports are saying Atlanta police have stated that they believe the deaths of the WWE wrestler Chris Benoit and his family came at the hands of a murder suicide. This is what I really DIDN’T want to find out happened. Another report I read from a news source said they were not shot to death. Hopefully more details will be released sometime Tuesday.
8:21 AM EST (6-26) UPDATE: CTV.ca is reporting the following:
Details surrounding the suspected murder-suicide of Canadian pro-wrestler Chris Benoit and his family are being described as “a little bizarre” according to a prosecutor involved in the case.
Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “The details, when they come out, are going to prove a little bizarre.”
Friends of Benoit said they received “curious text messages” from the wrestler on Sunday morning, ABC’s Mike Von Fremd told Canada AM from outside Benoit’s home in Fayetteville, Ga., Tuesday.
Lt. Tommy Pope, the lead investigator with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department, told ABC News that the “instruments of death were located on scene.”
Investigators believe Benoit killed his wife and son over the weekend and than himself some time on Monday.
More details are expected to emerge Tuesday after an autopsy report.
Officers are “not actively searching for any suspects outside of the house,” Pope said.
1:01 PM EST (6-26) UPDATE: Fox News reported that Benoit strangled his wife, Nancy and then smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room. This is sad, tragic and confusing all at the same time. The wrestling world has lost one of its greatest superstars ever. Unfortunately he’s going to be mainly remembered for murdering his family rather than the professional wrestler who gave 100% each and every time he hit the ring to which fans worldwide responded with great respect and admiration. Regardless, there was no justification whatsoever for killing his family. It was wrong and completely barbaric. Why he did this is probably never going to be fully understood. The way his friends and coworkers spoke about him made it seem that he wasn’t the kind of person who would do this sort of thing. But apparently something inside of him drove him to do this insane, sadistic act. I honestly don’t know what else to say. I will tune into the scheduled ECW show to see how World Wrestling Entertainment handles this in light of these new developments.
10:01 PM EST (6-26) UPDATE (most likely the final one): At the beginning of tonight’s ECW show on Sci-Fi Network, Vince McMahon made it clear that in light of the information concerning the murders of Nancy Benoit and 7-year-old Daniel Benoit by Chris Benoit no mention of Benoit would occur during the show. McMahon indicated that this would be the first step in a healing process and the wrestlers would do what they are the best in the world at: entertaining pro-wrestling fans. Also the WWE website has removed all mention of Chris Benoit all its areas with the exception of a brief mention of the murder-suicide. TNA’s website removed their brief mention of the Benoit incident. It’s rare, but I have to give kudos to Vince McMahon for their stance on this and I agree that this is the first step in healing. I also have to wonder how this affects those who knew and were close to Chris Benoit. The video tributes that aired on Monday’s Raw telecast from Dean Malenko, Chavo Guerrero, Edge, Triple-H, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque and others were all heartfelt and sincerely moving. Now to find out that their close friend and co-worker committed such a heinous act has to be devastating for them. My prayers and thoughts are with them as well.
Earlier in this post, I said Chris Benoit was one of my all time favorite professional wrestlers. I still hold to that. However, knowing now that he murdered his family, I have zero respect for him as a human being. There is absolutely no excuse whatsoever…no reason whatsoever…for anyone to murder their family. Words fail me and cannot adequately express my disappointment, shock, sadness and anger. I just don’t know. Right now John Cena and Johnny Nitro are having the opening match on ECW but it just doesn’t feel right watching so I’m turning it off tonight. Maybe next week.
And that’s the end of what I will write about this…
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April 1st, 2008 at 12:28 pm
i did the same thing but i was sitting on the couch and i saw on the tv in memory of chris benoit then they say he was dead i was crying
January 15th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
bigist fan man i miss u u were my nans favret but she died
January 15th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
hey man i miss u so much when i herd that you were dead man oh my god man i was crying