Chris Benoit and family found dead in home

[AddictedToBetting]

They did not find out who killed them until yesterday afternoon. The only investigation reported on Monday was that it was a homicide. Probably that's why WWE made a tribute to him because they didn't have the full story behind the death Benoit family.

[Stifler's Mom]

Now assuming he did kill his wife and son like is being initially reported, what amazes me even more than that the guy went on a rampage of whatever sort and killed his family, is that the sicko WWE aired a 3 hour TRIBUTE to a MURDERER....and a murderer who killed HIS OWN CHILD at that.

How anyone could even harm, let alone take the life of their child is completely beyond me, under any circumstance, and if that turns out to be the case, it's just plain sickening to me that Vince and the rest of those in charge at WWE would have the balls to air a tribute to him.

On a side note, I used to be big into wresting when I was a kid in the late 70's, thru the 80's, and into the early 90's. Even though I knew it was fake from the beginning, to me it was always about the story lines, and rooting for the underdog (imagine that, lol), not about how big how big a guy's muscles were. Weather it was some lard ass like King Kong Bundy squashing some jobber on his way to a title shot, only to end up losing to Hogan, or a classic wrestling match between guys like Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat, it didn't matter to me.

Exactly when wrestling changed I'm not entirely sure, but i completely lost interest when the only thing that mattered was how big a guy was, how many jokes he could tell on the microphone, and how catchy his entrance music was. I grew real tired of hearing the same "catch phrases" and "entrance themes" every Monday night for years on end, and watching guys whose only wrestling related moves were punches, kicks, clotheslines, and the occasional body slam.

The only thing left worth watching by the mid 90's was ECW, and of course both McMahon and the idiots at WCW made sure to do everything in their power to squash the best wrestling promotion ever....and I don't think I've watched a wrestling program since. I occasionally watch tapes or DVD's I have from "back then", but none of the new crap.

My point is that originally, I thought I just lost interest in wrestling because I got "older" (i'm only 34, but ya know, not a kid anymore)....but the more and more that comes out these days, I have realized that it wasn't me that changed, but the product that has turned to garbage.

If anyone else is truly sickened by this, and other events that have happened as a result of the obvious behind the scenes pressure these guys are put under to "juice up" to have any success and make money at what they're good at by Vince and the other money hungry bastards at WWE, maybe just not watching, not buying tickets to events, not buying merchandise, etc would be a better way to protest than bitching on an internet bulletin board.

I mean how many lives have already been lost to steroid abuse just amongst wrestlers in the last few years? I know Eddie Guerrero was mentioned, and there have been quite a few more just in the last couple years alone, and now whatever the hell happened here, with a dude allegedly not only taking his own life, but also that of his wife and son? Sure there are plenty of wackos out there that would do this type of **** anyway, and I'm no roid expert, nor can I say that roids caused this latest situation, but it sure as hell seems to be a trend with these wrestlers dying and/or flipping out lately, and the one thing i am willing to bet they all have in common is steroid use.

Maybe congress should go after these guys instead of wasting their time on Giambi, Bonds, and whoever else they suspect has used steroids in MLB. At least Bonds, Giambi and the rest of the suspected MLB roid users never killed anyone.

[homedawg]

Chris Benoit Roid Rage? Chris Benoit and his legacy have taken an enormous hit. Now the WWE is firing back at reports that the murders/suicide by the former wrestling champion were the result of "roid rage."
Many media outlets speculated that after authorities revealed that steroids were found at the Benoit house, a violent reaction caused by use of the supplements may have contributed Benoit's murderous behavior.

The WWE has shot back with a loud "That's bulls**t!," although the wrestling organization can cite no criminal, psychopharmaceutical or hormone expert as the source of their claims.

In a statement released to our friends at TMZ, representatives for the WWE claim that the proof can be found by way of the Bibles left at the feet of Benoit's two victims. "The physical findings announced by authorities indicate deliberation, not rage. The wife's feet and hands were bound and she was asphyxiated, not beaten to death. By the account of the authorities, there were substantial periods of time between the death of the wife and the death of the son, again suggesting deliberate thought, not rage. The presence of a Bible by each is also not an act of rage."

The WWE also states that Benoit had tested negative for steroids in the company's independently administered drug testing program, which was done on April 10, 2007.

[homedawg]

Cuse - there are reports, and from what I've heard not confirmed, that their son had needle marks on his arm because his parents we not happy with his growth rate..

Chris Benoit May Have Injected Son Daniel Benoit With HGH
By Mike Baron
Jun 27, 2007

Chris Benoit Murder Update - In an interview with ESPN.com on Tuesday, District Attorney Scott Ballard indicated that the son of Chris Benoit, Daniel Benoit, had needle marks in his arms. The district attorney also said that he believed that the boy had been given growth hormones for quite some time because the family considered him undersized.
A report has now surfaced online that claims Chris' son Daniel may have had what is called, "Fragile X syndrome." In the article by Katharine Kitts, Pam Winthrope describes how she had contact with Chris Benoit a few years ago and asked him about helping raise awareness about the condition.



She said, "We talked to him because I was trying to set up a support group in BC and in Canada, we only have a couple of them. 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."

Winthrope goes on to say that she has witnesses to the condition first hand and knows how it can rip families apart.

She said, "You as a parent have to go out there and find what's available and it's not easy --they don't tell you."

Fragile X syndrome is considered an inherited mental impairment. According to the report, prominent characteristics of the syndrome include an elongated face, large or protruding ears, large testicles (macroorchidism), and low muscle tone, reports ProWrestling.com.

This might very-well be the reason Daniel Benoit was being injected with Human Growth Hormone.

[Silver & Black]

Dookie Fan- There are many other adverse affects from chronic steroid abuse than just "roid rage". One of the major ones is clinical depression. To say that his steroid abuse does not factor into this is a bit short sided, IMHO. Where did you read that he was giving his son HGH? Jesus, what a scumbag.

Cuse - there are reports, and from what I've heard not confirmed, that their son had needle marks on his arm because his parents we not happy with his growth rate..

[CuseFan10]

Dookie Fan- There are many other adverse affects from chronic steroid abuse than just "roid rage". One of the major ones is clinical depression. To say that his steroid abuse does not factor into this is a bit short sided, IMHO. Where did you read that he was giving his son HGH? Jesus, what a scumbag.

beerman- I agree with a lot of what you said, but I don't agree that there is no such thing as "roid rage". It's clinically proven that steroids cause serious, to dangerous, mood swings and affect personality and mental states. While there might not be "roid rage" in the stereotypic form most people associate the term with, it definitely is a prevalent, IMHO.

[GamblinMan03]

I dont think Steroids are fully to blame for this. Im not even sure if they are to blame at all. First of all Benoit killed his wife on Friday night. Then he killed his son sometime Saturday. Does "roid rage" really last that long??? I doubt it, the man was just ****ed up! Then he kills himself a day after he killed his son. Dont blame steroids on this one.

But what is really ****ed up to me is he was giving his son HGH and it was confirmed through the needle marks in his arm. What the **** was up with that guy. I thought he was a man to look up to in the WWE, I guess I was wrong as was a lot of people.

[AddictedToBetting]

Yeah, I was watching CNN and they were talking about him for about 30 minutes. I like to take back my RIP to Chris Benoit because that guy is just plain crazy in the head. I feel very sad for his wife Nancy and his 7 year old boy Daniel. I can't believe something could happen like this. I have no sympathy for anyone killing their own child. Just plain ******* sick.

[beermantm]

Everything is dangerous when you abuse it!! The steroids are getting a bad rap yet again. No one ever thinks to make the stuff legal and have it controlled by doctors who can watch your mental state and make sure you are getting pure stuff. Roid rage is a myth and with the sheer number of people doing roids across the world I'm pretty sure the safety of them is pretty well known at this point. You want drugs to blame deaths on start with Tobacco and Alcohol but again it's usually the abuse of the drugs that does it.
When will society wake up and start understanding that controlling peoples behavior through information and regulation in a controlled environment is much better then trying to control things through the threat of prison time.

Steroids should be legal, made to the highest quality possible, prescribed by a doctor and liver and blood tests should be done while cycling. People can then be screened for any type of mental problems before they go on and monitored or told that the risk is too high and then be denied.

This case is about more than roids I can tell you that but there is no doubt that roids plays a part because abuse of anything plays a role. Poor choices lead to poor results. Wrestling is a tough life also. There is a lot that probably contributes to the crazy behavior.

[CuseFan10]

Really a sick sick sick story, and the whole world needs to wake up and realize the truly horrible effect anabolic steroids can have on people. How many WWE people have to die before people wake up and see what is going on? They are averaging about one death per year over the past 4-5 years, and now Benoit kills his wife and son more than likely because he's a juice bag psycho who is depressed and/or in a "roid rage"?

You'd think he would be smart enough to stop taking steroids after one of his lifelong friends died from heart failure deemed a result "from long time anabolic steroid use". Then, to make it even worse, the psycho strangles his wife and "smothers" his seven year old son? Smothering your own child until you cut off the air from him and he dies in your arms? Benoit is a monster in every sense of the word, and Vince McMahon is an enabler and piece of **** human being himself who should be held responsible for encouraging these guys rampant drug use and essentially rewarding them for it. People are dying on his watch, and now they are taking innocent lives with them.

Steroids are more important than a son? Truly horrific and hopefully eye opening in some sense about a massive problem and life taking trend.

[Q-Unit]

I agree, back in my wrestling craze days, I enjoyed watching benoit. very troubling indeed to read about this.

its easy to assume, maybe he wasnt crazy, maybe he was.

but either way God save his soul. its not our call to be the judge of him, only God can :blackeye:

[flmmkrz]

I respected the hell out of Benoit as a wrestler and I just don't want to believe he could be capable of what is being said. He must've been terribly troubled mentally. RIP Nancy and Daniel.

[Queen]

Guess they had been fighting for a while. THen made up. Then now they are dead.


Ballard also said that investigators found several prescription drugs in the house, as well as anabolic steroids, but he could not comment on whether or not Benoit was taking them, as officials are awaiting the results of a toxicology.

Benoit and Nancy, a wrestling manager who worked under the name "Woman," were married in 2000 but separated in May 2003 when Nancy filed for divorce, according to the Journal-Constitution.

Accompanying that filing was a petition for protection from domestic abuse, with Nancy claiming that she was intimidated by her husband, who "lost his temper and threatened to strike the petitioner and cause extensive damage to the home." In another count, she claimed Benoit had destroyed furniture in their home.

On the same day the divorce and petition for protection were filed, a judge issued a restraining order against the wrestler, which barred him from the family's home. A few months later, in August, Nancy filed to have both the divorce and protective petition dismissed.

[GamblinMan03]

Hopefully he rots in hell because what he did is inexcusable. I felt sorry for him yesterday but after the real story got out, all my respect for him is lost.

[homedawg]

:conf: something smells fishy to me, coulda messed with the wrong people... but if someone could, go as much as 48 hours, to kill your wife, son, and yourself, then you are totally f'd up...:bang: