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Post by Coach on Jun 26, 2007 14:25:54 GMT -5
msn.foxsports.com/other/story/6960688?MSNHPHCP>1=10136Pro 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.Nancy Benoit filed for a divorce in May 2003, saying their three-year union was irrevocably broken and alleging "cruel treatment." But she later dropped the complaint, as well as a request for a restraining order in which she charged that Benoit had threatened her and had broken furniture in their home.In the divorce filing, she said Benoit made more than $500,000 a year as a professional wrestler and asked for permanent custody of Daniel and child support. In his response, Benoit sought joint custody.
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Post by Coach on Jun 26, 2007 15:03:41 GMT -5
I hope those morons who were on TV last night crying and talking about what a good man this murderer was all feel like fools because that is what they looked like. I'm sure that a$$h*les knew Benoit had a restraining order on him a few years back too when they were singing his praises for being a good family man.
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Post by Coach on Jun 26, 2007 16:34:11 GMT -5
Famous Wrestlers That Have Died Since 1985 Before the Age of 65 Chris Von Erich - 21 Mike Von Erich - 23 Louie Spiccoli - 27 Art Barr - 28 Gino Hernandez - 29 Jay Youngblood - 30 Rick McGraw - 30 Joey Marella - 30 Ed Gatner - 31 Buzz Sawyer - 32 Crash Holly - 32 Kerry Von Erich - 33 D.J. Peterson - 33 Eddie Gilbert - 33 The Renegade - 33 Owen Hart - 33 Chris Candido - 33 Adrian Adonis - 34 Gary Albright - 34 Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34 Yokozuna - 34 Big d*ck Dudley - 34 Brian Pillman - 35 Marianna Komlos - 35 Pitbull #2 - 36 The Wall/Malice - 36 Leroy Brown - 38 Mark Curtis - 38 Eddie Guerrero - 38 Davey Boy Smith - 39 Johnny Grunge - 39 Vivian Vachon - 40 Jeep Swenson - 40 Brady Boone - 40 Terry Gordy - 40 Bertha Faye - 40 Billy Joe Travis - 40 Chris Benoit - 40 Larry Cameron - 41 Rick Rude - 41 Randy Anderson - 41 Bruiser Brody - 42 Miss Elizabeth - 42 Big Boss Man - 42 Earthquake - 42 Mike Awesome - 42 Ray Candy - 43 Nancy Benoit (Woman) - 43 Dino Bravo - 44 Curt Hennig - 44 Bam Bam Bigelow - 45 Jerry Blackwell - 45 Junkyard Dog - 45 Hercules - 45 Andre the Giant - 46 Big John Studd - 46 Chris Adams - 46 Mike Davis - 46 Hawk - 46 d*ck Murdoch - 49 Jumbo Tsuruta - 49 Rocco Rock - 49 Sherri Martel - 49 Moondog Spot - 51 Ken Timbs - 53 Uncle Elmer - 54 Pez Whatley - 54 Eddie Graham - 55 Tarzan Tyler - 55 Haystacks Calhoun- 55 Giant Haystacks - 55 The Spoiler - 56 Kurt Von Hess - 56 Moondog King - 56 Gene Anderson - 58 Dr. Jerry Graham - 58 Bulldog Brown - 58 Tony Parisi - 58 Rufus R. Jones - 60 Ray Stevens - 60 Stan Stasiak - 60 Terry Garvin - 60 Boris Malenko - 61 Little Beaver - 61 Sapphire - 61 Shohei Baba - 61 d*ck the Bruiser - 62 Wilbur Snyder - 62 George Cannon - 62 Karl Krupp - 62 Dale Lewis - 62 Gorilla Monsoon - 62 Hiro Matsuda - 62 Bad News Brown - 63 Bulldog Brower - 63 Wahoo McDaniel - 63
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Post by Ken on Jun 26, 2007 18:45:41 GMT -5
At least the motherf**ker had the good sense to hang his own d*ckless self
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Post by chandler44 on Jun 26, 2007 20:56:17 GMT -5
About that list - someone needs to really research what's going on. WAY too many of those guys have died prematurely for it to be a coincidence. I'd guess there's some connection between the rampant steroid abuse and these deaths, but I know that drugs played a factor in some of them as well.
About Benoit - so he did do it. I'm amazed that WWE ran that last night. They *had* to have known that Benoit hung himself. Seeing that his family was dead and he had hung himself, there should have been no doubt what had actually transpired. Hopefully this will be the nail in the coffin for that sick son of a b*tch McMahon.
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Post by chandler44 on Jun 26, 2007 20:56:49 GMT -5
Scratch that, I'm not amazed at all.
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Post by Coach on Jun 26, 2007 22:03:18 GMT -5
About that list - someone needs to really research what's going on. WAY too many of those guys have died prematurely for it to be a coincidence. I'd guess there's some connection between the rampant steroid abuse and these deaths, but I know that drugs played a factor in some of them as well. About Benoit - so he did do it. I'm amazed that WWE ran that last night. They *had* to have known that Benoit hung himself. Seeing that his family was dead and he had hung himself, there should have been no doubt what had actually transpired. Hopefully this will be the nail in the coffin for that sick son of a b*tch McMahon. I agree, they had to know he hung himself.
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Post by texiban001 on Jun 27, 2007 14:59:37 GMT -5
Well hell, I guess that the WWE's "Wellness Plan" needs to go back to the drawing board! WWE.com wrote that Benoit tested negative for steroids in April 2007 which was the last time he was tested. Does anyone actually believe that this "Wellness Program" actually tests for steroids? All you have to do is watch their crappy programming and look at SOME of these guys. You tell me, with a straight face, that Chris Masters isn't on 'roids. He aint the only one either. Just the best example that comes to mind.
Burn in HELL Benoit, you sick bastard!
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Post by Coach on Jun 28, 2007 8:59:59 GMT -5
biz.yahoo.com/ap/070627/wrestler_dead.html?.v=2Wrestler and Wife Argued Over Child Care Wednesday June 27, 5:45 pm ET By Greg Bluestein, Associated Press Writer Wrestler and Wife Argued Over Care of mentally handicapped 7-Year-Old Son ATLANTA (AP) -- In the days before pro wrestler Chris Benoit killed his wife and child and hanged himself, the couple argued over whether he should stay home more to take care of their mentally handicapped 7-year-old son, an attorney for the wrestling league said Wednesday. "I think it's fair to say that the subject of caring for that child was part of what made their relationship complicated and difficult, and it's something they were both constantly struggling with," said Jerry McDevitt, an attorney for World Wrestling Entertainment. "We do know it was a source of stress and consternation." McDevitt said the wrestling organization learned from the couple's friends and relatives that the Benoits were struggling with where to send the boy to school since he had recently finished kindergarten. He also said Benoit's wife didn't want him to quit wrestling, but she "wanted him to be at home more to care for the kid. She'd say she can't take care of him by himself when he was on the road." The child suffered from a rare medical condition called Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited form of mental retardation often accompanied by autism, McDevitt said. Over the past weekend, authorities said, Benoit strangled his wife, suffocated his son and placed a Bible next to their bodies before hanging himself with a weight-machine cable in the couple's suburban home. No motive was offered for the killings, which were discovered Monday
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Post by Coach on Jun 28, 2007 9:45:24 GMT -5
The marital stress that with the Benoit’s and their handicapped son, happens to families in similar situations all over America. Who stays home with them? Who has to give up their life and career to devote to caring 24-7 for their child in need? How much stress does that person staying at home have to deal with? How does that effect their relationship with the rest of the family when day after day their outlook on life is pessimistically jaded having to deal with what seems a hopeless situation?
On the other hand, the other spouse has the all the family financial responsibility to shoulder. Also the working spouse has to relieve the spouse when they arrive at home and share in the stress. The working spouse also has a feeling of guilt when they are away from home and know their spouse is at home dealing with a difficult kid. The working spouse has to deal with the frustrated at home spouse who is looking for someone to vent to when they arrive at home.
It’s a difficult life, my wife and I should know.
I think the biggest factor in the tragedy was the steroid use. Over the past years having interacted with other families dealing with an Autistic child (which Fragile X is often accompanied with Autism), I have seen some dedicated helpful fathers but sadly those are in the minority. Most fathers either lay all the responsibility on the mother or just pick up their stuff and leave. I think Chris Benoit could have initially tried to help but he was taking steroids and that caused him to be in a mental state that was the polar opposite of what was required in that situation. You have to have patience, hope and love and sometimes that isn’t enough either.
In the end, Benoit most likely killed his wife because she was furious because she wanted more help from him and he flew in to a roid rage. She may have been asking for more than he could give, who knows. Whatever she was saying or asking for she did not deserve to die. After he killed her, he sat there alone in her world knowing he now had her responsibilities as a parent and also that he was going to prison. The most stressful concern that a parent of a handicapped kid has is.. "What happens to my kid when my spouse and I are gone?" It keeps you up at night and no matter what answer you come up with, it never seems to be something you can accept.
In true coward fashion, Benoit decided to rid himself of the additional responsibilites that he inherited as a result of his decision to murder his wife ( I heard on TV he used one of his wrestling moves to kill her) by killing his son. Then instead of facing the music for his cowardly acts, he killed himself. Benoit knew if he was alive and in prison, he was going to find out what actually was going to happen to his son after he and his wife were gone from the kid's life and he was too damn selfish and cowardly to face it.
Good riddance, the world doesn't need piece of sh*t dads like Chris Benoit. His world was all about him. That conflicts sharply with the life of being the parent of a handicapped kid.
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Post by Coach on Jun 28, 2007 11:00:26 GMT -5
Benoit’s son suffered from Fragile X Syndrome; speculation over whether pressure was too much Written: June 27, 2007Yesterday, 3:47 p.m.
WWE.com learned from an interview conducted Tuesday by Vancouver’s News1130 that Chris Benoit’s son Daniel possibly suffered from Fragile X Syndrome, a genetically passed-on condition that results in impairments ranging from physical and learning disabilities, to more severe cognitive or intellectual disabilities.
In the interview with News1130, Pam Winthrope, whose own 12-year-old son suffers from Fragile X Syndrome, recounted how she and her husband talked to Benoit about the condition five years ago.
“We talked to him because I was trying to set up a support group in B.C. and in Canada; we only have a couple of them,” she said. “My husband was struggling when we got diagnosed with our son, and Chris was struggling with his. They talked for a few minutes, and then he said he didn’t want to be a public face for Fragile X. He just wanted to keep it really, really quiet.”
A source close to Benoit recalls similar conversations with him, where he described his son’s condition as “a learning disability much like autism.” This source quotes Benoit as saying “Daniel wasn’t capable of interacting with other children and was afraid of other children. Daniel also had a hard time making eye contact with everyone, which was another symptom of his disability.” Benoit also claimed that his son was on medication for this condition.
Winthrope discussed the pressures facing parents of children diagnosed with Fragile X syndrome. During her interview with News1130, she stated that families can be torn apart by the disease because it's very difficult to find help and support. Winthrope added, "You as a parent have to go out there and find what's available and it's not easy -- they don't tell you."
A co-worker and long-time friend of the Benoits speculates that perhaps the pressures of home and Daniel’s illness had gotten to him, causing him to snap and take the lives of his wife and son before taking his own.
“Is it possible that after Chris killed Nancy (for whatever reason), he felt Daniel wouldn't be able to get the care and attention he required as a special needs child (if that is indeed true) with no mother and a father either in jail or dead? Did he then decide that the only way he could protect and take care of his son was to take him to the next world and go with him? In his warped and twisted state, did he think this was the only way to shield his son from a difficult life of pain and hardship? It doesn't condone or justify a damn thing, but it's the best reason I can think of. I'm trying to put together some semblance of logic for his actions, but it's an impossible task trying to explain this.”
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Post by texiban001 on Jun 28, 2007 15:21:38 GMT -5
Just goes to show that this sorry son of a b*tch was nothing but a coward.
A good father (re: Coach) would have put every effort into taking care of his child.
Coach, May the Force be with you! Always. (You know my # Bro'!)
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Post by redbaron on Jun 28, 2007 17:25:27 GMT -5
Having followed wrestling off and on, I know that all of those wrestlers didnt' die due to steroids or other drugs. The sad thing is that a lot of them did and many of them were suicides. Fritz Von Erich, whose real name is Jack Adkison, is from Jewett, Texas, which is not too far from here. He lost three of his five sons as a young age. David died of some type of intestinal disorder while he was wrestling overseas.. Kerry, I think, died of an overdose and Chris or Mike shot himself to death. Junkyard Dog died in an automobile accident.
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Post by chandler44 on Jun 28, 2007 22:30:10 GMT -5
Kerry, Chris, and Mike all committed suicide. I grew up watching the Von Erichs, and it was such a shame.
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Post by lamearm1 on Jul 2, 2007 1:39:22 GMT -5
Well, since "Pro Wrestling" has always been called fake, phoney etc. I say these alleged deaths are no more than the start of another "story line" yet to be played out. In other words, I could care phucking less about the whole deal.
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