WWE wrestlet Chris Benoit found dead

[helenabear]

Not true he killed them both. Press conference on now, no suicide note found. He killed his wife first then son, then committed suicide. They said the wife was bound by her feet and wrists.

Fox news has the press conference live now.

Um, I said it was speculation... no need to get that snitty about it. This was long before the press conference when all we knew was that it appeared both the child and mom died on Saturday

I think it is sad that he did that. I really wonder his motives as well. I feel so sorry for those grieving the lost ones

 

[KristinBelle]

Um, I said it was speculation... no need to get that snitty about it. This was long before the press conference when all we knew was that it appeared both the child and mom died on Saturday

I think it is sad that he did that. I really wonder his motives as well. I feel so sorry for those grieving the lost ones

Saying it's not true is snitty? I was just providing the facts stated at the press conference, thought you'd want to know. I have no idea why you would take offense to that.

 

[momof2intx]

I'm just finding this whole thing incredibly hard to deal with. My son is 8 and my daughter is 6. I just don't understand how someone could kill their own child. Watching the tribute last night, my husband and I found it hard to believe that he might have done this, but I had a feeling....I am by no means a fan, but I just can't stop keeping up with the headlines.
I just never understand things like this, it is all so unfair....unfair to his wife and small son...he never even had a chance to really live. I do think that WWE jumped way too soon into running a tribute show in his "honor". No honor in killing your wife and innocent child.

 

[helenabear]

Saying it's not true is snitty? I was just providing the facts stated at the press conference, thought you'd want to know. I have no idea why you would take offense to that.

Sorry but the way I read it sounded not so nice. It does get hard to read tones in black and white text (feel free to blame this on my pregnancy hormones . So no hard feelings here I'm sure that my DH's friends will be upset by this and I wonder if they said what they did out of hope now... though not sure why they would say there was a suicide note when there wasn't.

 

[sydally9367]

In regards to the tribute last night: WWE RAW is normally taped earlier than they claim; I'm pretty sure they always say it's live, but if memory serves, it is actually taped a little earlier (even if by an hour or two). As a matter of fact, a few years ago, I think they taped RAW on Sunday Nights but still advertised it as a live show, but I can't be 100% sure on that. At the time they taped the tribute(s), it was early in the afternoon when all anyone knew was that the family was found dead..so I don't find it surprising or find fault in the fact they did a tribute show AT THAT TIME. Even with the text messages, which I don't think anyone knows the context of yet unless I missed that, there was no 100% way to know that Chris Benoit killed his entire family. The WWE has always done tribute shows right away when a wrestler has died; when Eddie Guerrero died several months ago, they did the same thing, same with other wrestlers. Tonight, WWE airs ECW which is the show Chris was on and it's already been reported there will be no tribute other than perhaps the ringing of the bell 10 times and that is the right move on WWE's part. If they had todays knowledge yesterday, I'd like to believe they wouldn't have done the same kind of tribute.

I'm interested in seeing what happens or what the fallout is from the reported finding of steroids. That could be a huge PR issue for WWE and Vince McMahon if steroid use is rampid because IIRC, Vince has always spoken out against steroid use and reportedly tests quite often for it.

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Personally, I think the WWE did the right thing airing the tribute show at the time. Obviously things can change in a matter of minutes. When the show aired at 8pm, the details that we all now know weren't confirmed or possibly reported (I didn't turn on RAW until after 9PM though) and they did what they could in that short period of time. My first thought was that the entire family was murdered by an intruder (I think I thought that because I had watched something on one of the news networks a couple night ago about a home invasion where the people were all shot to death), but as the night went on, more facts came to the surface which showed that Chris was the one who commited the murders and suicide. Once the show started, the WWE couldn't have said "opps, sorry folks, there are rumors that the guy we are paying tribute to committed the the murders so we're just going to go off the air". As far playing a rerun, I cannot remember one time since I started watching WWE back in 1999 that they didn't show a live show on Monday Night RAW. Throughing a rerun on may have been harder than anybody would have thought.

It's hard to say what Vince is thinking today, but we can't blame the WWE for doing what they did. I feel very sorry for all of the wrestlers who were friends with Chris and looked up to him. It must be very tough for them knowing what they know now. It's a sad situation all around.

 

[macntosh]

Sorry but the way I read it sounded not so nice. It does get hard to read tones in black and white text (feel free to blame this on my pregnancy hormones . So no hard feelings here I'm sure that my DH's friends will be upset by this and I wonder if they said what they did out of hope now... though not sure why they would say there was a suicide note when there wasn't.

Because some people lie and want to feel important. Heck it's a board full of testosterone and someone has to have the better scoop. It's like the National Enquirer on Steroids, pardon the pun.

 

[macntosh]

In regards to the tribute last night: WWE RAW is normally taped earlier than they claim; I'm pretty sure they always say it's live, but if memory serves, it is actually taped a little earlier (even if by an hour or two). As a matter of fact, a few years ago, I think they taped RAW on Sunday Nights but still advertised it as a live show, but I can't be 100% sure on that. At the time they taped the tribute(s), it was early in the afternoon when all anyone knew was that the family was found dead..so I don't find it surprising or find fault in the fact they did a tribute show AT THAT TIME. Even with the text messages, which I don't think anyone knows the context of yet unless I missed that, there was no 100% way to know that Chris Benoit killed his entire family. The WWE has always done tribute shows right away when a wrestler has died; when Eddie Guerrero died several months ago, they did the same thing, same with other wrestlers. Tonight, WWE airs ECW which is the show Chris was on and it's already been reported there will be no tribute other than perhaps the ringing of the bell 10 times and that is the right move on WWE's part. If they had todays knowledge yesterday, I'd like to believe they wouldn't have done the same kind of tribute.

I'm interested in seeing what happens or what the fallout is from the reported finding of steroids. That could be a huge PR issue for WWE and Vince McMahon if steroid use is rampid because IIRC, Vince has always spoken out against steroid use and reportedly tests quite often for it.

Seeing as how WWE has already started pulling all videos, tributes and such to Chris, I think they have started to respond.

 

[Anewman]

That could be a huge PR issue for WWE and Vince McMahon if steroid use is rampid because IIRC, Vince has always spoken out against steroid use and reportedly tests quite often for it.

No Vince has not "always" spoken out against steroid use.

 

[fabshelly]

He probably was a good guy, til he went crazy. People do go crazy, and this has all the earmarks of good guy gone bat__t.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I watched Dan Abrams last light with this. Pretty interesting.

Basically, what was said was that WWE does NOT pass up a chance to "put on a show" and got it in there before the facts. It was intentional.
It is the WWE and they are all about "the show or the story". This is not surprising or shocking.

They are now rectifying it.

If it is drugs, Dr. Drew brought up the point that it is when they are NOT on the drug is when they have the mood swings and are most dangerous.
So even if it is not in his system, it is part of the reason anyway.

However, he could have just been a violent, jealous man who did not want his wife to divorce him and he made sure she didn't.
She had filed charges against him in the past (restraining order) and then dropped it and got back with him.

 

[Colson39]

Exactly, WWE tried to jump on the wagon and now they're getting bit in the rear for it.

Tonight, WWE airs ECW which is the show Chris was on and it's already been reported there will be no tribute other than perhaps the ringing of the bell 10 times and that is the right move on WWE's part.

I would seriously hope they wouldn't do that, and how that would be a right move I don't understand.

And someone posted that Vince McMahon has always been against steroid use? I surely hope you are joking, go take a look at wrestling during the 80's and all the steroid issues that went along with it and much McMahon tried to cover it all up. Steroids are still mainstream in wrestling, and McMahon knows it and he could care less. As long as he is making a buck off of it, it's always been that way.