Id say ECW and Smackdown will either be tribute shows/clips with more guys talking about their Benoit memories.

This is really hard to believe, and it's not really sinking in yet. Benoit was one of the few wrestlers that kept me interested, along with Eddie, Jericho, and some others. When I first started watching wrestling, Benoit was one of the few people in WCW that I wanted to watch, and when he jumped ship with the Radicals, it was one of the biggest markout moments in wrestling for me. When he won the title at WM and celebrated with Eddie it was probably THE biggest markout moment in wrestling for me. He put on some of the best matches ever. His family too? it's insane. I'm not sure I want to know what happened. Somehow this doesn't feel real, even less real than with Eddie.

I will say that as crazy as Vince is, he's handled this really well. I was worried he wouldn't even be on the show and they would keep the death angle running.

Oh it's true. Damn true.


:nono: :mad:


http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/met...625benoit.html

Pro wrestler, family found dead in Fayetteville home

By Saeed Ahmed, Kathy Jefcoats
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution

Published on: 06/25/07

A well-known professional wrestler and his family were found dead inside their house in Fayette County Monday afternoon.

Authorities confirmed that Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy and their 7-year-old son, Daniel, were found dead at the home on Quarters and Redwine roads in Fayetteville about 4 p.m.



Officials were investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide.

Benoit, a 40-year-old Canadian native maintained a home in metro Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling.

Most recently, Benoit fought as part of the World Wrestling Entertainment organization. WWE canceled its live show in Corpus Christi Monday night, and its broadcast of "Raw" on the USA Network was a three-hour retrospective on Benoit's career.

"Obviously, all sorts of speculation are running rampant but I have talked to so many people and nobody really knows [whether the couple was having marital troubles]," said Bryan Alvarez, who runs Figurefour Weekly, a wrestling newsletter and Web site, from Linwood, Washington.

Benoit was scheduled to appear in a pay-per-view title match Sunday night, but was a no-show due to a "family emergency," the WWE said during the broadcast.

Benoit's wife, Nancy, managed several wrestlers and went by the stage name, "Woman."

They met when her then-husband drew up a script that had them involved in a relationship as part of an ongoing storyline on World Championship Wrestling.

Soon after, the two became romantically involved in real life and married, Alvarez said.

Benoit has two other children from a prior relationship.

is there any reports on what happened?....were the deaths violent? I know that carbon monoxide poisoning can wipe out an entire family in a house, but I dont think it makes you cough up blood.

Yeah I mean his wife and young son died as well, and he has 2 other kids and his parents and sister. Has WWE ever canceled an event like this other than 9/11?

oly shit...

I hope this is just speculation even on the news side, but...

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/met...625benoit.html

Pro wrestler, family found dead in Fayetteville home

By Saeed Ahmed, Kathy Jefcoats
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Published on: 06/25/07 A well-known professional wrestler and his family were found dead inside their house in Fayette County Monday afternoon.
Authorities confirmed that Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy and their 7-year-old son, Daniel, were found dead at the home on Quarters and Redwine roads in Fayetteville about 4 p.m.
<!--endtext--><!--endclickprintinclude--><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="175"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="caption">Chris Benoit
</td></tr><tr><td><table bgcolor="#cccccc" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="170"><tbody><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="9" cellspacing="0" width="168"><tbody><tr><td class="body">• World Wrestling Entertainment Web site</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><!--startclickprintinclude--><!--begintext--> Officials were investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide.
Benoit, a 40-year-old Canadian native maintained a home in metro Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling.
Most recently, Benoit fought as part of the World Wrestling Entertainment organization. WWE canceled its live show in Corpus Christi Monday night, and its broadcast of "Raw" on the USA Network was a three-hour retrospective on Benoit's career.
"Obviously, all sorts of speculation are running rampant but I have talked to so many people and nobody really knows [whether the couple was having marital troubles]," said Bryan Alvarez, who runs Figurefour Weekly, a wrestling newsletter and Web site, from Linwood, Washington.
Benoit was scheduled to appear in a pay-per-view title match Sunday night, but was a no-show due to a "family emergency," the WWE said during the broadcast.
Benoit's wife, Nancy, managed several wrestlers and went by the stage name, "Woman."
They met when her then-husband drew up a script that had them involved in a relationship as part of an ongoing storyline on World Championship Wrestling.
Soon after, the two became romantically involved in real life and married, Alvarez said.
Benoit has two other children from a prior relationship.

If anyone has a live feed for RAW, it would be appreciated.

I'm in the U.K. at the moment and don't even know where to find it on the television.

Nope, I have read that you dont cough up blood from CO2 its known as the silent killer.

'k, I was late with my post. lol

311- check sky sports 3

I find it chilling that when their is an active roster death. (Pillman, Owen, Eddie, Benoit) that it happens on Sunday or Monday.

Sky Sports 3 (Channel 403 on Sky TV)

i know certain types of mold can cause reactions like coughing up blood and so can the poison that termites emit from their bodies when they are in large amounts living in the wall of a home.

yea we may have another phill hartman, this will be sadder then eddies death

I did think of that earlier. However, nobody knows when the Benoits died, could have been Saturday. Just saying.

It always seems to be on the day of a PPV or TV taping.

also he might have just killed himself after either finding his wife and child dead or after they died from the illness

I recommend every1 that dont own it to buy Benoits DVD. Wal-Mart has it for only 5-6 bucks now I believe. Its an incredible doc with some amazing matches on it. I am still stunned over this and it will take me quite a while to get over this and I will never forget Benoit.

How weird, an advert for a game just said ' the nightmare just got real'..freaky.

This is just wrong. One of the greatest of all time is no longer here.

Man. This sucks.

RIP Benoit.

Gas leak could do it.

Also. ESPN and most news channels and sites have caught on to this.

<font color=goldenrod>I really, truly, can't believe this. :(

His victory at WM20 will always be one of my top moments ever of watching wrestling.

You will be missed, Chris Benoit. My condolences go out to the remaining members of the Benoit family.</font> :(

wow this is how I heard of the news:

I was walking home from the liquor store, with some new shades on, drinking a beer, then my friend (who thinks wrestling is gay, and he makes fun of me for liking wrestling) texts me to call him. I call him and then he asks me if I knew a wrestler names Chris Veno. Obviously he meant 'Benoit' and I corrected him. He said he was shot dead

I was a bit buzzed walking home and I still can't believe this has happened

Then I go on the computer and found out that there were no gunshots and his wife and son are also dead. Wow. This is just as big as Owen's death because of the speculation and mystery

Biggest wrestling headline of 2007

RIP Chris Benoit :(

Benoit def is a 08 HOF

The Journal-Constitution maybe reporting a possible murder-suicide... but WXIA and WAGA-TV are saying police are investigating as a homicide... so right now we don't know which is true.

Yeah, it def is the biggest headline of 07, a tragic year for wrestling deaths. (Benoit, Sherri, Ladd, Bad News, Biff, Bam Bam, Awesome, etc) and the year is only half over.

this is fucking crazy

Seems like there's a death every week or two.

The scary part is when Boone reported last night the family emergency. I posted that I hope everything is ok for the Benoit family.

I hope to the higher power that it was a homicide and not a murder-suicide because that would mean that Benoit could've killed Nacy and his son.

And there is no way hell Benoit would do such a thing.

. Tommy Pope told the Associated Press that it was being investigated as a homicide pending results of a preliminary autopsy report that will come out tomorrow. No gunshot or stab wounds were found, but they couldn't rule out poisoning, suffocation or strangulation. Pope said he was not confirming any of these potential causes, just not ruling them out.

From WO

Never seen that Hog Wild match before and I loved it, I am suprised it wasnt on Benoits DVD.

Its one of Yahoos top headlines right now

Conflicting reports are going around right now. This one sent a shiver down my spine.

Pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and 7-year-old son were found slain Monday at their Fayetteville home, authorities said.

Detective Bo Turner told television station WAGA that the case was being investigated as a murder-suicide, but said that could not be confirmed until the evidence was examined by a crime lab.

WAGA reported that investigators believe Benoit killed his wife and son over the weekend, and then himself sometime Monday.

A concerned neighbor called police. The bodies were found in three different rooms.

The lead investigator, Sheriff's Lt. Tommy Pope, told The Associated Press that the deaths were being investigated as homicide, and said the cause of death awaited autopsy results on Tuesday.

Pope said the three were found about 2:30 p.m., but he would release no other details about the deaths at the house in a subdivision near White Water Country Club.

World Wrestling Entertainment said on its Web site that Benoit, 40, his wife, Nancy, and son, who was named Daniel, were found dead, but also had no other details.

From foxnews.com

According to ABC "the instruments of death were located on scene," so I guess they have a general idea of what happened.

shit!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070626/.../wrestler_dead

This moment was amazing. Eddie and Benoit in the ring. Amazing.

why would he do that?? i know it's only speculation, but what motive would he have?

Torn while watching this.