Wondering if anybody heard this. Was listening to Bubba The Love Sponge and he said the news just broke. I remember him from my wrestling watching days and he was always a good worker. They called Test to confirm the news.

Also read somewhere it's just a story line. Hope so but that is pathetic if it is. Wrestlers die too often to start making story lines out of it.

This had better not be; I will be pissed to high hell, and I'll never watch wrestling again.

The place that said it was a story line was wikipedia. That part has been removed.

This is no story line. WWE has scrapped tonights show and its strictly a "Tribute to Chris Benoit"

This will almost have to kill "Vince Death Angle". How can he not get on camera tonight. If he stays off just to keep that angle going then he is cold. If he gets on like he should then the Angle is killed.

HerdZoned Wrote:This is no story line. WWE has scrapped tonights show and its strictly a "Tribute to Chris Benoit"

This will almost have to kill "Vince Death Angle". How can he not get on camera tonight. If he stays off just to keep that angle going then he is cold. If he gets on like he should then the Angle is killed.

When I heard about that story line I knew something like this would happen.

Big Ol Pimp Wrote:

HerdZoned Wrote:This is no story line. WWE has scrapped tonights show and its strictly a "Tribute to Chris Benoit"

This will almost have to kill "Vince Death Angle". How can he not get on camera tonight. If he stays off just to keep that angle going then he is cold. If he gets on like he should then the Angle is killed.

When I heard about that story line I knew something like this would happen.

EXACTLY.....

It was Sherri last week...

Chris Benoit and Woman, both killed today..

The thing is, Benoit was scheduled to be at Vengeance last night to take on CM Punk for the ECW title. He ended up having to fly home at the last minute due to a family emergency.

I am utterly sick right now..

I think thats only the 2nd time Ive seen Vince show emotion. Eddie was the other. If you think about it, thats 1/2 of the Radicals. Saturn is MIA and Malenko is retired.

Eddie and Chris were the best of friends.

They're together again....

So the wife and kid were already dead? Not a suicide, murder type of deal?

Big Ol Pimp Wrote:So the wife and kid were already dead? Not a suicide, murder type of deal?

Well, now I'm reading that Benoit actually never made it to the PPV last night. He ended up staying home due to whatever the family emergency was.

Man, I don't want to think about this being a murder/suicide.

HornLakeTiger Wrote:

Big Ol Pimp Wrote:So the wife and kid were already dead? Not a suicide, murder type of deal?

Well, now I'm reading that Benoit actually never made it to the PPV last night. He ended up staying home due to whatever the family emergency was.

Man, I don't want to think about this being a murder/suicide.

Yea, I remember Test saying something about no-showing a show last night.

FWIW, Test also said two of their children were in Canada visiting grandparents. Only one kid was at home in ATL.

Man, I'm saddened by this. The man was definitely one of the underrated greats, worthy of his spot among the "Horsemen", and one hell of a worker.

A sad day in wrestling.

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Quote: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.

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/fa...enoit.html

HerdZoned Wrote:I think thats only the 2nd time Ive seen Vince show emotion. Eddie was the other. If you think about it, thats 1/2 of the Radicals. Saturn is MIA and Malenko is retired.

Where did you see Vince? Was he on the beginning of RAW? I missed it.

Please don't let this be a murder-suicide...I will be too sick if it is.

RADFORD Wrote:

HerdZoned Wrote:I think thats only the 2nd time Ive seen Vince show emotion. Eddie was the other. If you think about it, thats 1/2 of the Radicals. Saturn is MIA and Malenko is retired.

Where did you see Vince? Was he on the beginning of RAW? I missed it.

They have shown him at the beginning of each hour.

Quite possibly the saddest day in wrestling since the Owen Hart tragedy. I always enjoyed watching the Crippler work from a technical standpoint, his matches weren't just a 10 minute stunt fest, you actually got to watch technical ability. They showed his 96 Hogwild match with Malenko earlier, it was incredible. I was looking so forward to Benoit/C.M. Punk last night, those two could have easily put on one of the best matches of the year. It just seems too many of our great ones are being taken from us too early.

MSNBC just reported it is being investigated as a murder/suicide.