Speculation Regarding the Death of Chris Benoit

[EP Punk]

From everything I have heard and read, Chris Benoit was a great man, both in the ring and out, and his family meant everything to him. if, in fact he did commit this crime, my only question is what could have possibly driven the man, not the wrestler, benoit, so far over the edge that he killed his wife and child? It doesn't seem fathomable, to me or anyone I have spoken with. I've gotta agree somewhat with Coltx, it is very possible and not that hard to fake a murder/suicide. Maybe, just maybe, Benoit was set up, and the call he recieved from Nancy was one of her sneaking away to let him know that someone was in the house, again, possibly "KS", and Benoit went home tyo stop what was surely already happening. Who's to say that the text messages were actually composed by Benoit himself? Maybe there was an outside party and they took control of Chris's phone. Right now, I still give Benoit the Benefit of the Doubt, and still look at him with reverence and respect. RIP Crippler

 

[seanwiz1]

A lot of you have said in this thread about WWE's reaction to Benoit as the killer. Even though for what he has done in the business, i do believe that it is a strong possibility that Chris Benoit will not be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame for a long time or if ever... It's a shame but it's a good probability

 

[EP Punk]

This is what makes me wonder, it has been said that WWE has more info, they just aren't releasing it as of yet as per the request of the Feyetteville Co. Sherriff, and then they pull down all the benoit tribute stuff on their website...as much as I don't wanna believe that he did it, the odds are looking really good guys and girls, but as far as me, like I said before, until all the details are in, I'm not passing judgement on anything

 

[hatehabsforever]

First of all, I agree with all of you who have said, let's not rush to judgment, let's wait until we hear some facts after some time has passed and more details are released.

I will say to all of you conspiracy theorists that the police and the authorities will be able to determine what happened pretty much for sure. If it was a tragic accident, they'll be able to tell. If it was a triple murder, they'll be able to determine that too. If it was a murder-suicide, they'll know that as well. Some of you have talked about someone making it appear to be a suicide while it may have actually been murder; they will be able to determine pretty definitively whether this is true or not.

It's a tragedy no matter what the details. I hope Benoit is exonorated of any wrong-doing. This won't minimize the tragedy as either way, 3 people are dead.

Having said all of this, this is a thread for speculation. Personally I believe he murdered his wife and son, then killed himself. I have no idea why, we may never know why. The alleged text messages may shed some light on the matter.

I don't buy the idea that he found his son dead at the hands of his wife, then killed her and then himself, this is just Benoit fans trying to deflect blame. I also don't believe he found his wife and son dead, then committed suicide out of grief, I believe he was too strong an individual for this.

Without pointing the finger of blame without knowing the full story, I believe he killed his wife and son for a yet to be determined reason, then committed suicide out of grief and cowardice.

And IF this can be conclusively proven, I say let the Benoit memorials and tributes end. I don't care how great a wrestler he was, how tremendous an athlete he was, or how respected he WAS by his friends, family, fellow wrestlers, and fans. IF AND ONLY IF it can be conclusively proven to be a double homicide and suicide, remove all evidence of him from anything to do with WWE. Forget any consideration of the Hall of Fame. Burn all merchandise and memorabilia. IF he committed such a heinous act, I must state that as a father myself, I don't really care why, and he should be blamed and villified, not loved and honoured.

 

[Evilsbane]

Is it possible that the police are intentionally making it seem like they believe Benoit did it to starve the killer of attention and draw him into coming forward and confessing to gain back said attention?

 

[darkpenguin]

Is it beyond the realms of possibility that maybe his wife and kid were murdered, he came home and found this and reacted as most people would if their world was torn down like that?

 

[harpoon]

Just to put this into perspective, this is worse than what OJ simpson supposesidly did.

 

[sevmce]

Generally I'm a great believer in innocent until proven guilty but this case is slightly different.

I want to praise benoit and thank him but at the same time, I didn't know the guy so he could well have been capable of what has been alledged.

I'd rather reserve my praise for if he's proven innocent rather than praise him then feel guilty about praising a murderer later.

I agree with the hatehabsforever post, these conspiracy theories are a bit far fetched and sound like a flimsy plot from a cable tv show. They're also a bit dangerous. We will know what has happened in a week or so, once the coroner's report and forensics have been released.

 

[seanwiz1]

And IF this can be conclusively proven, I say let the Benoit memorials and tributes end. I don't care how great a wrestler he was, how tremendous an athlete he was, or how respected he WAS by his friends, family, fellow wrestlers, and fans. IF AND ONLY IF it can be conclusively proven to be a double homicide and suicide, remove all evidence of him from anything to do with WWE. Forget any consideration of the Hall of Fame. Burn all merchandise and memorabilia. IF he committed such a heinous act, I must state that as a father myself, I don't really care why, and he should be blamed and villified, not loved and honoured.

kudos!

 

[steven_danger]

Enough of this conspiracy theory crap already! The facts are that Benoit is dead and so are his wife and child and the police have reason enough to believe he did it so lets set aside how great of a wrestler he was and focus on the fact that ,like it or not, he might have committed one of the most despicable acts a human being can do...If it turns out he didn't do it then praise him all you want but if he truly is guilty then all the wrestling talent he had doesn't mean crap....

 

[BlackHoleCradleShock]

All of this is just so crazy,
first him and his family are found dead,
now they're saying it's possible that he did it.

I don't refuse to believe it if they proove it,
but damn.

Listening to all the things wrestlers and people that knew him have said over the years,
and just growing up watching him,
it's so hard just to grasp that he's gone,
and that how could he of all people went out that way?

I'm just so confused.

 

[TheDevilsReject]

I just can not see how Beniot can do something like that, all we heard last night on Raw is how much he loved his family and he just did not seem to be the type of person for that. Tough every person has a breaking point in life so who knows what has going on in his life at this moment. From what I could tell he and Nancy seemed to have a decent marriage with no reports of trouble. Tough many things could have happened we may not know for sure until the reports come out in 2 weeks. So from then till now I will not jump the gun and call the man a murderer or anything like that.

 

[BlackHoleCradleShock]

I was talking to my mother about what happened,
and she brought up the idea that he could've injured his head.

People are involved in situations all the time where they bump their head the wrong way falling down, a car accident, explosions, concusions,etc.
After these incidents the person may not be themselves, may be really angry,sad, or depressed and go on to hurt someone else or themself.

Think about it, who has landed on their head more then anyone in WWE?
This is just a thought,
i'm not making any accusations,
but if he did infact kill his family and himself,
maybe that could be an explanation?

I just don't know.

 

[geiger58]

As much as I hate to admit it all the information given are pointing to Benoit commiting the murders. Many people are saying that he could have came home and found them dead. That does not make sense since it was reported sometime late last week that he was heading home to tend to a family emergency. If the emergency was that his wife and child were killed then don't you think the authorities would have been notified and had the bodies removed by the time he got home. Instead all three were discovered sometime Monday afternoon at once.

 

[vmc62]

(My first post. However, I read all 62 pages of the last thread about Benoit's case, and this thread as well. All posts)

To all the people who doesn't know Chris Benoit that well, but think they have the right to call him from deranged, weird to say that he most lilkely comitted the crime, without having a 100% proof. They all should know better before saying those things. I know it's fine to speculate with all the surrounding information given. However we are not talking about any guy here.

The people the truly knew him for all of these 40 YEARS of his life, have given comments as:

"He LOVED HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN so much"
"He was always GENTLEMAN and RESPECTFUL person"
"He had great WORKING ETHICS"
"To fans who approached him he was the NICEST person"
"As kid he NEVER GAVE ANY PROBLEM to his parents, he was even considered like the IDEAL SON"

Some people that don't know him are even saying tha because he was a Silent person and not emotional, he probably committed the crime.

Well, he was emotional, we even got to see him crying rivers over the dead of his best friend Eddie Guerrero. From people that really knew him:

"He was a GREAT FATHER to the point that it will show in his kids for how educated and respectful they were.
"To his wrestling friends he would check on them when they were injured, just to see if they were ok"
"He was a person that people like Edge would TRUST HIM their problems, and asking for advice"

Now me as a simply wrestling fan, I got to say that On-screen he was the best most respectful and mindful of all wrestlers I've seen. A truly person to admire. Off-screen, from what friends, co-workers, etc. people who knew him, HE WAS EVEN A BETTER PERSON, to the point that it's been said that NOBODY COULD SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT HIM, he was by far one the most respected persons.

So to me, after only hours of vaguely information given about he been the murderer, this 'we THINK that he murdered his wife and kid, and killed himself " absolutely means nothing.

Regardless of the results, IT WASN'T HIS FAULT, he was in all situations always a professional, and stress couldn't have gotten to him, after 40 years, he is the least likely to actually do this due to stress. He was most likely about to become World Champion again (ECW), he had everything to live for.

Nobody know exactly what happened, and I don't know if we'll ever know it, but one thing is crystal clear, HE IS NOT A CRIMINAL, a criminal is the opposite of what he is.

However, I don't know anything abot his wife, I haven't heard any person say anything good about her all of this time, so if I'm going to doubt of who caused this or who did it, if I had to choose between them, I'd choose always Her as the culprit. But again we don't know, anything could've happened in that household.

To you Chris Benoit, Rest in Heaven my friend. You were truly the best, and as person I'd always admire.
The best indeed As a wrestler and as human being.
God Bless You Always

 

[coltx7]

Interesting news notes I found


http://www.thecitizen.com/node/18058

District Attorney Scott Ballard said Monday night that he felt confident that Chris Benoit killed his wife Nancy, their 7-year-old son and then himself.

Ballard declined to release the cause of death, but said that earlier news reports that the Benoits died of gunshots were false. The crime lab is in the process of confirming the cause of death, but Ballard said there was enough evidence on scene to make him confident that the Benoits were not killed by another person.

This additional comment is also being reported on alot of websites:

Ballard also told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that “the details, when they come out, are going to prove a little bizarre.”

WTF?

 

[Perfect_Plex]

Son of a bitch this whole thing has gone from horrible to possibly the worst thing imaginable.
It just really sucks for his fans (and I'm one of them) not knowing whether to mourn for him or to write him off and pretend he never existed. It's so hard to believe he would do such a thing but at the same time everything released so far points to him as being the killer.
No matter what went down it's not going to be fun explaining this to my 7-year-old son who thought so much of the guy. Fucking hell

 

[wicked-star]

as many others have said i feel that benoit may have commited these murders as how did anyone else get in the house with guard dogs patrolling the premises unless it was someone who was known by them.

 

[scorpionz_venom]

We don't think about it like this, but we cheer these wrestlers' ability, awe at their athleticism, and idolise thier dedication, but they often-times, literally give their lives for the fans. I don't mean to sound morbid, but how many wrestlers do you think will live to see 65. Hell, 50. Even beyond the physical strain and the steroids they use just to be able to work(Konnan, Guerrero), there is the mental strain of not being able to live a normal life(Mike Awesome). How can you maintain a marriage, and a household, being away for 200 days a year(Stone Cold)? Look at all the suicides, and young deaths. They give thier lives to "the biz", and when the lights go out, and the ring has been packed away, what are they left with? Did Benoit do it? It's possible. Anything's possible. But we may be the blame. All this strain to entertain us at the cast of themselves: Guerrero, Benoit, Bam Bam, Bossman, Cheri, Awesome, Candido, Owen, Pillman, Public Enemy, all those, and many more died too young.

 

[coltx7]

Another nail in the coffin. OW man this is not looking good.

http://www.wrestlezone.com/article.php?articleid=184872679

WWE To Resume Programming Tonight; More
06/26/2007 by Ryan Gray

WWE will continue on with business as usual with their SmackDown/ECW tapings in San Antonio, Texas tonight.

We are able to confirm that the shows will not be Chris Benoit tribute shows neither will they include anything about the “Mr. McMahon is dead” storyline. To the best of our knowledge, all plans for the McMahon angle have been called off.

Stay tuned for more information regarding tonight’s tapings.



OW MAN that is NOT good news!!!!!

 

[EP Punk]

I was just watching The Headline News channel, and they have said the following:
-As more evidence comes out at the scene, things are getting more bizarre
-There are more questions than answers right now
-and perhaps the most important fact...THEY ARE NOT RULING OUT A TRIPLE MURDER, they are simply looking at it as a m/s based on what they have
The lead investigator has said that he is confident in the next few days there will be a lot more answers, but right now, they really just don't know, and they don't want to put any misguided information out, also, preliminary autopsy reports should be out this afternoon. Just wanted to update y'all with what I've heard

 

[dupont24]

I think he had Roid Rage. Rest in peace.

 

[Lee]

The AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas has confirmed that WWE will tape SmackDown and ECW tonight as previously scheduled. WWE will be holding a make up event for last night’s canceled event in Corpus Christi, Texas at a later date.

As of right now the entire Mr. McMahon “death” angle has been completely dropped (WWE.com has removed anything relating to this storyline).

Media outlets all over the world are picking up on this story. District Attorney Scott Ballard is quoted in many articles as saying he is confident that Chris killed his wife Nancy and his son Daniel before killing himself.

As reported earlier a cause of death has not yet been announced; however gunshots were not involved. They have made it clear that the Benoit family was not killed by another person. Obviously final causes of death will be not released until the results of toxicology and autopsy reports come back.

 

[HBKShowstopa]

My heart goes out to Benoit's surviving 2 kids. There now without parents, and stuck in the middle of this "soap opera" like story.

 

[sevmce]

(My first post. However, I read all 62 pages of the last thread about Benoit's case, and this thread as well. All posts)

To all the people who doesn't know Chris Benoit that well, but think they have the right to call him from deranged, weird to say that he most lilkely comitted the crime, without having a 100% proof. They all should know better before saying those things. I know it's fine to speculate with all the surrounding information given. However we are not talking about any guy here.

The people the truly knew him for all of these 40 YEARS of his life, have given comments as:

"He LOVED HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN so much"
"He was always GENTLEMAN and RESPECTFUL person"
"He had great WORKING ETHICS"
"To fans who approached him he was the NICEST person"
"As kid he NEVER GAVE ANY PROBLEM to his parents, he was even considered like the IDEAL SON"

Some people that don't know him are even saying tha because he was a Silent person and not emotional, he probably committed the crime.

Well, he was emotional, we even got to see him crying rivers over the dead of his best friend Eddie Guerrero. From people that really knew him:

"He was a GREAT FATHER to the point that it will show in his kids for how educated and respectful they were.
"To his wrestling friends he would check on them when they were injured, just to see if they were ok"
"He was a person that people like Edge would TRUST HIM their problems, and asking for advice"

Now me as a simply wrestling fan, I got to say that On-screen he was the best most respectful and mindful of all wrestlers I've seen. A truly person to admire. Off-screen, from what friends, co-workers, etc. people who knew him, HE WAS EVEN A BETTER PERSON, to the point that it's been said that NOBODY COULD SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT HIM, he was by far one the most respected persons.

So to me, after only hours of vaguely information given about he been the murderer, this 'we THINK that he murdered his wife and kid, and killed himself " absolutely means nothing.

Regardless of the results, IT WASN'T HIS FAULT, he was in all situations always a professional, and stress couldn't have gotten to him, after 40 years, he is the least likely to actually do this due to stress. He was most likely about to become World Champion again (ECW), he had everything to live for.

Nobody know exactly what happened, and I don't know if we'll ever know it, but one thing is crystal clear, HE IS NOT A CRIMINAL, a criminal is the opposite of what he is.

However, I don't know anything abot his wife, I haven't heard any person say anything good about her all of this time, so if I'm going to doubt of who caused this or who did it, if I had to choose between them, I'd choose always Her as the culprit. But again we don't know, anything could've happened in that household.

To you Chris Benoit, Rest in Heaven my friend. You were truly the best, and as person I'd always admire.
The best indeed As a wrestler and as human being.
God Bless You Always

you say "Regardless of the results it wasn't his fault"? eh? if the result is he's guilty, who's fault was it? Maybe it was stress but you then rule that out as well.

If he is guilty he is a criminal, despite all the nice things his friends and family said about him ( in a dvd made before any of this happened) . To say anything else is just ridiculous and would be extremelly insulting to his wife and son.

However I do really really hope you are right and he is innocent, just not looking good at the moment from the police reports that have been released. they have already stated that his wife and son died on different days ( son after the wife), so even if he did find his wife dead, dosen't explain his son does it?