WWE Superstar Chris Benoit and WHOLE FAMILY found dead

[wayne1218]

No Doubt Jimmy. Hey, i'm by no means positive about what someone else reported either. In the end, none of us really know. With that said, Vince is a Billionaire and he has been involved in controversy his whole life and most of it involved money and power.

[Lsufan]

No Doubt Jimmy. Hey, i'm by no means positive about what someone else reported either. In the end, none of us really know. With that said, Vince is a Billionaire and he has been involved in controversy his whole life and most of it involved money and power.

We're right about one thing FOR SURE .... We'll never know. Vince won't say he knew, then aired a tribute to a murderer, and the police force surely won't say that they leaked information in a ongoing investigation.

[Lsufan]

This Just In ....


Tvweek.com is reporting that WWE owner Vince McMahon will apologize on tonight’s ECW telecast for airing a tribute show to Chris Benoit on Monday Night Raw in light of the details about the murder/suicide that have subsequently surfaced. The report also said that McMahon would address media reports attempting to link Benoit’s actions to steroid use. Here is the link to the story: http://tvweek.com/news/2007/06/mcmah..._for_benoi.php.

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This Just In ....


Tvweek.com is reporting that WWE owner Vince McMahon will apologize on tonight’s ECW telecast for airing a tribute show to Chris Benoit on Monday Night Raw in light of the details about the murder/suicide that have subsequently surfaced. The report also said that McMahon would address media reports attempting to link Benoit’s actions to steroid use. Here is the link to the story: http://tvweek.com/news/2007/06/mcmah..._for_benoi.php.

What time does ecw come on?

[Lsufan]

What time does ecw come on?

9:00 Central Time, on Sci-Fi

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9:00 Central Time, on Sci-Fi

thanks

[Lsufan]

WTF Was Chris And His Wife (Maybe His Wife) Were Thinking??????



ESPN.com reported that Fayette County district attorney Scott Ballard indicated that Daniel Benoit had needle marks on his arm. Ballard said he believed David Benoit was being given human growth hormone by his parents because of concerns that the seven-year-old was undersized for his age.

ESPN.com also reported that Ballard confirmed one of two text messages Benoit sent claimed that his son and wife were “sick.” Here is a link to the story: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2917133

[TMAC951]

Here is a GREAT Article..

Benoit tragedy not the only one
Kevin Hench
FOXSports.com, Updated 40 minutes ago STORY

Professional wrestling is fake.

The carnage it has left in its wake is not.
Add Chris Benoit to the long list of freakishly muscled carnival attractions for whom a pro wrestling career ended tragically.

Toxicology results are pending and Benoit may well have been battling deeper, more primal personal demons when he reportedly killed his wife and son before taking his own life, but only the most naïve observer could ignore the overwhelming evidence that most wrestlers who look like Benoit have undergone countless cycles of chemical enhancement.

The ************ anabolic steroids found at Benoit's home have long been known to contribute to paranoia, depression and the violent outbursts we've come to know as "roid rage." Couple that with the near-compulsory painkillers a wrestler must take to do his job effectively after enduring countless body slams and you have a cocktail for massive, mind-altering mood swings.

The Benoit story is the latest and most tragic installment in an ongoing saga that the men who get rich promoting professional wrestling would prefer their fans didn't know too much about.

Vince McMahon wants you to think about the stars of today and tomorrow, not the cemetery of steroid-fueled bodies his "sport" has helped put in the ground. But on the grim occasion of the deaths of Nancy and Daniel and Chris Benoit, let's remember some of the other pro wrestlers who died before their time.


Ravishing Rick Rude — Died at 40 of an apparent heart attack in 1999, a bottle of ************ pills for his bad back at his side. The autopsy report said he died of "mixed medications." Rude was an admitted user of anabolic steroids.

Louis Mucciolo, a.k.a, Louie Spicolli — Died in 1998 at age 27 when he suffocated on his own vomit after ingesting massive amounts of Soma and alcohol. Investigators also found an empty vial of testosterone, pain pills and an anti-anxiety drug at the scene.

Brian Pillman — An admitted user of steroids, he died of a heart attack at age 35 in 1997 on the morning of WWF's In Your House: Badd Blood pay-per-view event.

Rick "the Renegade" Williams — Died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 33 after being released from his World Championship Wrestling contract in 1999.

"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig — Found dead of a cocaine overdose at age 44 in his motel room on April 10, 2003, the morning of a match. Hennig's father maintained that steroids and painkillers contributed to his death.

Rodney "Yokozuna" Anoa'i — Died of a heart attack in 2002 at 34.

Davey Boy Smith, "The British Bulldog" — Died of a heart attack at age 39 on May 17, 2002. An autopsy report indicated that past steroid use had likely played a part in his death.

Michael "Road Warrior Hawk" Hegstrand — An admitted steroid user, he died of a heart attack at age 46 in 2003.

Michael Lockwood, "Crash Holly" — In 2003, at the age of 32, he choked to death on his own vomit after ingesting 90 painkiller pills.

Jerry Tuite, "The Wall" a.k.a. "Malice" — Died at age 36 in 2003 of an apparent heart attack in his hotel room.

Raymond "Hercules" Hernandez — Dead of heart failure in 2004 at age 47.

Ray "The Big Boss Man" Traylor — Found dead of a heart attack in 2004 at age 42.

Eddie Guerrero — After a long battle with painkillers, he was found dead of a heart attack by his nephew in his hotel room at age 38. The first person his nephew reportedly called was Guerrero's best friend, Chris Benoit.

Chris Candido — Died in 2005 at age 33 from a blood clot after breaking his tibia and fibula and dislocating his ankle in a pay-per-view event.

Owen Hart — Fell to his death at age 34 in 1999 when the rigging that was lowering him into the ring malfunctioned.
And then there's the story of the Von Erich wrestling family.

Wrestling patriarch Fritz Von Erich, nee Jack Adkisson, had five wrestling sons: Kevin, David, Kerry, Mike and Chris.

David died in a hotel room in Tokyo at the age of 25 in 1984 just as he was embarking on a three-week pro wrestling tour of Japan. The official cause of death was acute enteritis, severe inflammation of the intestines.

Three years later, Mike committed suicide by overdosing on the tranquilizer Placidyl at the age of 23. After David's death, Mike had suffered a series of setbacks including a serious shoulder injury that had left him severely depressed.

Devastated by the deaths of his older brothers and frustrated by his own limitations as a wrestler, the youngest and smallest brother, Chris, shot himself to death at the age of 21 in 1991.

Two years later, Kerry, who had battled a long addiction to painkillers, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 33, leaving eldest brother Kevin as the only survivor of the sport that had defined his family.

And now Chris Benoit, his wife and son have been added to the long, unbearably sad list of victims claimed, in part, by the brutal chemical calculus that is professional wrestling.

There is no arguing that the physical capabilities of these massive men can provide awesome theater. When Hulk Hogan lifted the 500-pound Andre the Giant and dropped him to the canvas, it was legitimately hugely thrilling.

But keep in mind there is a price these impossibly engorged specimens are paying for your entertainment.

And the price for many of them is their very lives.

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THe case is on MSNBC now

[wayne1218]

One other thing we should be able to agree on too is that there is a MAJOR problem in the WWE. The lists of dead people under the age of 50, 40 & more shockingly 30, show something is going on. Their drug testing must be transparent at best ... just look at these guys. Whether or not Benoit was "On them" doesn't matter. He had them and i'm sure he was probably using them too. Steroids and wrestling have always been closely linked for years. I think it is getting much worse in the last 10 though.

I think it is out of control and something needs to be done about it, and the leader who supervises it all (McMahon).

I loved wrestling since i was a kid. Growing up Bob Backlund was the champion for years and years. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Chief Jay Stronbow, George "The Animal" Steele, Junkyard Dogs, and on and on and on.

As a kid i believed it was real and i loved going to all the live events. My father brought me 3 hours north when i was about 12 to see Andre the Giant wrestle Killer Khan. It was EPIC!!!

Andre and Khan were 2 feet from me in the crowd brawling. It was unreal!

I also saw an event where George the Animal Steel came into the crowd and i was right there sitting ringside. I was like 15 and the dude was wagging his green tongue and coming right at me like a psycho bastard. Jimmy, i never RAN so fast in my fucken life. That fucker scared the living shit out of me. I was told he wouldn't touch me and it was all a show but you know what, i had been screaming at that fucker and when he exited the ring, he focused right in on me and i was fucken outta there! lol


Those guys didn't look nothing like todays wrestlers. Most were not chiseled and very few look like Benoit. I guess my point is that the problem to me is obvious these days just by looking at these guys. I stopped watching about 10 years ago. It became way too much of a "Show" for my liking. Back in the day it was all about the ring. Now, half of the shows are done outside of it.

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MSNBC is getting ready to get hard on the "roids" theroy

[TMAC951]

Holy SHit that fucker has tons of Tatoos on him

[wayne1218]

Good point MSNBC made. They honored a murderer for 3 hours w/out even knowing the facts.

So that's true. Even if he didn't know, isn't that a possibility and shouldn't you maybe wait before HONORING the scumbag???

[TMAC951]

And my dumbass taped that shit thinking that Vince was doing the right thing by honoring this fuckwad.

[Lsufan]

Good point MSNBC made. They honored a murderer for 3 hours w/out even knowing the facts.

So that's true. Even if he didn't know, isn't that a possibility and shouldn't you maybe wait before HONORING the scumbag???

I'm not defending them Wayne, but they were in a catch 22 .... Air a regular show, and it's Vince's fault, honor a murder, it's Vince's fault.