It was Saturday he sent the lies about his whereabouts via texts on his phone and Nancy's. It was Sunday he murdered his son and committed suicide. That is one of the things I would love to see at some point is a little bit more of her to be shown as a performer and not just as a victim. He worked for numerous pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career including most notably the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in America, as well as for New Japan Pro-Wrestling . The WWE, and particularly Vince McMahon, hadn't yet learned all of the information of the awful circumstances surrounding this heart-breaking murder-suicide and hastily put together a three-hour tribute program on Benoit that Monday night (per Fox News). Chris & Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling's Cocktail of Death Paperback - November 1, 2009 by Irvin Muchnick (Author) 100 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook $0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback $18.36 30 Used from $8.70 17 New from $14.36 WWE organized a special tribute dedicated to him in the Monday Night Raw episode following his death when the company's top management was still unaware of the exact course of events. So perhaps the fact that info had been edited hours before the crime scene was discovered is simply coincidence. Those close to Chris say he mourned Eddie like a lover, crying into Eddie's pillow, and such. That was also the last time Benoit's name was mentioned on television. However, his last in-ring opponent has revealed what Benoit said to him in preparation for their match. That could have been a sign. WWE news: Chris Benoit sent Chavo Guerrero a text message before tragic murder-suicide By Jordan Noble Published: 21 Jul 2020, 14:01 On the exclusive Vice TV series 'Dark Side of the Ring', a. World Wrestling Entertainment has released a timeline and five cryptic text messages related to the Chris Benoit tragedy . Autopsy results showed that Chris Benoit's body contained ten times the normal level of steroid testosterone despite passing a WWE steroid test 3 months earlier. Report an error I understand both sides of the coin. The same question was on everybody's lips; why? It turns out that, biblically, one of the first steps in exacting this process is to have the child in question resting in his bed. In this business, I was always taught that we should communicate in rings. Perhaps an unhealthy amount of which was found in his system upon autopsy. 64. This is very significant. I worked with him over that weekend before flying to Carolina for an ECW show. How much did these drive his actions that weekend? That said I also can't find authoritative proof he didn't leave the house and go to Dr. Astin's office. It was Sunday he murdered his son and committed suicide. "If you didn't know anything personally about him or weren't involved in things that happened, you might want to study his work, as you should as a young performer who didn't really know the whole situation.". Without any such evidence, it was amazing just how quickly the media worked to sensationalize the event, and vilify Chris Benoit. The sixteen-time World Champion replied and had nothing but kind words for the A-Lister. address in Stamford, Connecticut (where the WWE headquarters just happens to be). "I think that when you marginalize her life and define it by the way it ended, I find it very unfair not just to her as a person but as a performer. After all, Benoit was renowned for having an insanely purist attitude among his fellow wrestlers. ", Plus people would just bitch about you deleting stuff ;). Uncle Howdy. "The one that comes to mind that people have said is the best Raw match of all time is Jericho and Benoit versus Steve Austin and Triple H for the WWE tag team titles when Hunter tore his quad," Jericho said. Be the first one to comment on this story. It is a shame that this Canadian-born wrestler never managed to be of sound enough mind to realize the damage done to him through working with the WWE (as so many of his peers have subsequently done), in order so that he might join the class action suit against the company but because of this tragedy, many and more wrestlers have come forward, and are looking for help, healing, and even just a bit of humanity from those higher-ups at the WWE headquarters. Chris Benoit was one of the top talents in the WWE and his most significant moment in the company inarguably happened at WrestleMania 20 when he won the World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of the PPV. Between 3:53 and 3:58 a.m. Sunday morning, after hed asphyxiated his wife Nancy and their 7-year-old son Daniel in their Fayetteville, Ga., home, Benoit text messaged coworkers from both his own and Nancys cell phones. Benoit was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Michael and Margaret Benoit.He grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, from where he was billed throughout the bulk of his career. He gained a reputation for constantly being rough with his opponents, even accidentally breaking Sabu's neck at an ECW Pay Per View. Benoit's mental state was permanently altered ever since the death of Eddie Guerrero and he was in constant 'bereavement' ever since. Now in all honesty, those die-hard fans of Chris Benoit, or simply of World Wrestling Entertainment in general, will likely know the majority of these facts and fictions about the double homicide/suic. WWE officials were also informed that Benoit had sent five SMS messages to several colleagues and friends from both his and Nancy's phones before going off the grid. Schism (tree/branches) Bray Wyatt. Some discoveries at the crime scene, including a half-drunk bottle of wine by his body, and a brief suicide note found within the pages of a bible indicate that alcohol consumption and suicidal ideation both played a part in the buildup to this awful outcome (via Wrestling Inc). Benoit's run with ECW was short lived, however. There were no dangerous signs, in fact, he was very calm. Everything was as usual. A 3-day tragedy finalized that day involving Chris Benoit and the murders of his wife Nancy, and 7-year-old son Daniel, before taking his own life. First of all, there was never an interview in WWE Magazine with Chavo Guerrero, regarding Chris Benoit in 2007 (or any year after the incident). Those closest to Chris Benoit noticed a drastic change in his personality in the months preceding the tragedy. Benoit was at his doctor's office on Friday, where he took pictures with fans that would turn out to be the last images of him alive. This was written in the immediate aftermath of hearing of Daniel, Nancy and Chris's deaths. Chris Benoit husband, father, family annihilator was found hanging by the cord of a weight machine in the basement. Chris Benoit used Xanax to sedate his young son before suffocating him using a wrestling move, which was determined by the bruising on the child's body, according to the Sun-Sentinel. I wonder if the tribute show will be on WWE Network. In an interview with Dark Side of the Ring, Chavo revealed he got some strange texts from Benoit on the day he passed away. Here are some things you might not have known about the Benoit case. 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One physician would famously remark that Benoit's brain resembled that of an 85-year-old patient with advanced Alzheimer's (via ESPN). re: Chris Benoit died 15 years ago today Posted on 6/24/22 at 3:48 am to The Boat. Chris let the killer or killers in." Chris Benoit will never be forgotten, but his horrific actions on those three nights will forever overshadow his in-ring accomplishments. My dream is to bring my family name back into this business. I might forget. So, after everything that happened, when it came back that he had like the brain of an 80 year old with Alzheimers. However, the WWE severely downplayed this possibility, even pointing to the manner in which Benoit had orchestrated his horrific crimes over a span of days as evidence that they weren't the result of some rabid, 'flying off the handle' incident of roid rage (per ABC News). Chavo Guerrero now believes that Chris Benoit texted him right before he ended his own life. Chris Benoit - The Man Who Almost Destroyed Wrestling Photo courtesy of IMDB.com Angel Madera, Copy Editor April 18, 2020 One of WWE's (World Wrestling Entertainment) finest performers, a visionary, idolized by fans and wrestlers alike. That said, I don't know much about 'roid rage' and Chris Benoit used so much that his heart had swollen up to three times the size it should've been, so I think that it is important to take into consideration. The WWE then contacted a detective who was dispatched to do a "welfare check" (via ABC News). Benoit strangled his wife Nancy, bound her limbs and wrapped her in a towel. It was later confirmed that the damaged brain tissue in his body wasn't linked to any steroid use. Although the film explores at length the likely role that CTE played in Benoit's tragic turn, Jericho echoed the opinion of most in the documentary by telling the CBS Sports "State of Combat" podcast on Monday that "we can speculate and come up with our own theories" as to Benoit's motives but "we will never understand" and "none of that will change.". It was Saturday he sent the lies about his whereabouts via texts on his phone and Nancy's. The first being Johnny Grunge, and the second, though undisclosed, is believed to be Sherri Martel. Benoit and Eddie Guerrero's hug at the end of the PPV are still one of WrestleMania's most iconic images of all time. Speaking of callousness, WWE owner and executive, Vince McMahon has said quite a bit about the lateWWE superstar. There are now 53 wrestlers (though Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka has since passed away partially from dementia so 52? Bringing up Jimmy Snuka, it should be pointed out that, much like Chris Benoit has been all but eliminated from the company's memory, Snuka was also deleted from the WWE site, and media after Snuka was charged in 2015 with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. One message, sent four separate times, read: My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville, Georgia. Another, sent from Benoits cell phone to two co-workers at 3:53 a.m. read: The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. However, the fact that he still left Bibles by the innocent victims of the incident is not, in fact, the whole story. "WWE you could say kinda killed my passion for wrestling. If you don't want to watch, if you think it's too heavy to watch and don't like the vibe that it gives you, then don't. After Benoit failed to show up for the pay-per-view Vengeance: Night of Champions in 2007, the bodies of Chris, Nancy and Daniel were found dead in their Georgia home. 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