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Thanks to those of you who have made sensible posts about this situation... Thanks Drwow for posting this info (I work the night shift now and miss news...although tonight Ronin called me at work to tell me). As Captain as much as I hate to ask this.. please don't repost the news reports over and over in threads.. it'll cut down on traffic.. thank you.

I am saddened and DISGUSTED with how some of you have reacted to this. If you've been around prefessional wrestling for more then a year or four you know when story is story and when it's REAL LIFE. Allow me to be emotional...please don't trash this thread with consipracy theories and garbage talk. Let's just get to this straight away.. Benoit is indeed gone.


Do you remember what happened when Owen Hart died? Eddie or now even? Have you seen this kind of thing in the WWE before? If you had you wouldn't think for one second that this was story. I'm not trying to be mean.. it's just the "typical" way that WWE handles situations like this. I'm GLAD that Vince dropped the "awe I'm dead" crap and was there for the fans and the WWE family in the time we all needed him to be. Vince always drops storyline for actual life altering events like this.

IF WWE was going to play this as story do you think for ONE second that Vince would have been there? Don't answer that because the answer is NO. Would Stephanie be talking about being married to Hunter? Don't answer that either.. the answer is NO. Would people like Edge be breaking down and crying (therefore pussbagging their characters). HELL no. I think my point has been made... It's not story.. It's real life. Accept it and let's actually give the fans a chance to mourn this MASSIVE Loss.

To rebut the speculation set forth in earlier posts:

1st off.. Chris hasn't had a drink since around the time that you were born. Riddle me how he was drunk then?

His other children aren't very young and could have very easily been out with friends for the weekend

The reason the press is "hiding" details is because it's a police investigation... If you watch the news you'll notice that details are ALWAYS limited in situations like this.

This is NOTHING like what Vince pulled a few weeks back in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Ya know why? Well for one Vince blowing up" was taped story. Everyone knew it was story and there wasn't anything on the national news media reporting about this. As you can see the Associated Press has been following Benoit's story since the news broke. You'd think that Vince's story (should it have been real) would have equalled the same national attention.

There usually isn't a distinct cause of death (or at least the situations surrounding one) until at least an autopsy is done. That and there's an on going investigation... therefore we aren't going to hear about it. Give it till tomorrow at least

How was Benoit acting strange lately? That's just backward thinking... His demeanor was no different... He was driven towards a goal... the ECW title and he was well on his way to getting his title.

Please... No more "What if he's alive still" posts...I wish it was true just like everyone else, but sadly it's not the truth. Many people are in a state of shock over the loss of a wrestling great and we don't really want to have to deal with posts being so ill-informed and frustration inducing.

If others want to post meaningless things that are hurtful towards the memory of Benoit do so in other guilds.. I won't tolerate that crap here. Let's keep in mind that this is a time of questions/heartache/and any other high emotions. Please be respectful towards the memory of Chris Benoit and his wife and young son. Also please respect the members of this guild by keeping negative posts out for now. It's not a conspiracy.. this actually has happened and now we have the time to grieve in as many ways as we can. Now is not the time to set others off. I really ask that you keep your crap to yourselves. This is the only time I want to say this. Consider it a warning.

For those of you that are like I am.... as very big fans of Benoit. I promise you this... I won't let anyone here ruin his memory by things said here. I'll do what I can to remove the posts and causes if there are situations that arise from this very somber time.

Please everyone feel free to post your memories of Benoit.

Yeah, you can edit the title

Are you saying you want me to edit my first post then?

No that's ok.. I just want the title to reflect upon when updates happen so people don't post the same news a million times.

Update from the associated press.

Edited because a lot of this has already been posted.
Link if you want to read it all: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WRESTLER_DEAD?SITE=ILEDW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT



Here's the newest information:

Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room, a law enforcement official close to the investigation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Authorities also said they are investigating whether steroids may have been a factor in the deaths of Benoit, his wife and their 7-year-old son. Steroid abuse has been linked to depression, paranoia, and aggressive behavior or angry outbursts known as "roid rage."

"We don't know yet. That's one of the things we'll be looking at," said Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard. He said test results may not be back for weeks.

Autopsies were scheduled Tuesday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Authorities were investigating the deaths at a secluded Fayette County home as a murder-suicide and were not seeking any suspects. The official who described the manner of death spoke on the condition of anonymity because the information was to be released at a news conference later Tuesday.

(source: Associated Press Atlanta branch)

I have read the news posts etc, with extreme disbelief. Chris Benoit was one of the best wrestlers around. He was technical one minute and extreme highflyer the next. He was a likeable guy-hekll, you could tell that by the wrestlers who honored him last night. When grown muscular men are squalling their eyes out, you know that it is over a person who has touched their lives somehow-he is someone that is respected, admired, loved. This is why I cannot wrap my head around the news stories saying that he did what they say he did. I refuse to believe it-it will take a lot to make me believe it. It is just so impossible to imagine.

I heard that WWE was issued a gag order by the authorities while the investigation is ongoing-which I can understand, but do not know how accurate that is.

I feel numb. I cried like a baby last night, then as more details came out, I was dumbfounded. I can't even begin to know what to think until the entire story is revealed. I know one thing-Chris Benoit was a kick a** wrestler, he had a never give up attitude in the ring, and I pray for peace for him, Nancy, and Daniel, as well as the rest of their families, friends and fans impacted by this tragedy.


No matter what-you are always a champ, Chris, and I will miss you!

I just wanted to stop here for a second to encourage everyone to post their feelings about what has happened... Anger/sadness/apathy/anything. I'll keep an eye to this post to make sure that no one disputes anyone else's opinions or feelings because they are only opinions and feelings.

I think it would be a good idea for everyone to get out there what they want to say about Benoit and the whole situation that has happened.

Please everyone feel free to post how you feel. No one will judge you (or if they do I'll have a nice little chat with them and remove their posts). Opinions are only opinions.. please make sure to not be a douche and let people say their peace about the situation so we can get past all of this and back to our regularly scheduled wrestling banter!

Poison.. you're breaking guild rules with the "OMG I'm leaving I hate you" post. If you want to leave I'm sorry to see you go, but the post is being deleted.. that's for the chatterbox... Not the wrestling threads (it's clearly stated in the guild rules). SO it's being deleted.

well, ok, Benoit was one of me and my dads favorite wrestlers. We sometimes called him stubby arms. Not because we didn't like him, but we always enjoyed that even though he didn't have the longest arms, he still somehow managed to get his arms around for the Cross face.

He was also one of the only mid-card (when he was) guys we would watch because he always put on a good performence, and most of the time, carry the match.


And the royal rumble match and Wrestlemania XX they showed this week on Raw, I'd never seen those before. (we don't order ppv) but those were easily some of the best matchs I've seen.

Wow, that felt good to get off my chest