Gossip Rocks Forum - View Single Post - WWE's Chris Benoit & family found dead, murder suicide

sweetrebel · June 26th, 2007, 04:00 PM

^^Yeah, I think they can get pretty close to the time of death now...

Excerpt from MTV.COM

Tributes also appeared on WWE.com, but as news started to break that Benoit may have murdered his wife and young son, those were gradually replaced with photo collections and straight news reporting on the situation. By Tuesday afternoon, a sober news report of the tragedy was on the site's home page.

In the wake of the news, professional wrestling fans around the world have taken to sites like PWInsider.com to post their feelings on Benoit, who was idolized by so-called "smart fans" for his bruising, technical style. And while many remembered him as an in-ring giant, their opinions of him out of the ring have forever changed.

"If that TMZ report is totally true, well, let's just say that Chris Benoit was a 'special' sort of monster," one fan wrote. "I hate it, but if ... that is true, my respect and admiration of any sort for Chris Benoit died right with him."

"I have 7 and 8 year old sons. Reading this story, I can actually hear my kids screaming for help if I were to ever do something so horrible, and it makes me want to throw up," another added. "How a father can do this is beyond me. To compare Benoit to Owen Hart [another much-revered grappler who died in a freak in-ring incident in 1999] is akin to desecrating Hart's grave."

That is what is so hard for most of us to grasp. Yes, it's terrible that the wife died, but to know that this kid who looked up to him and loved him was killed. I can only hope that he was asleep when it happened. I could not imagine (and if I try to it truly makes me ill) the horror of that child knowing that his father was killing him...

June 26th, 2007, 04:00 PM	#88 (permalink)
sweetrebel Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: northwest mississippi Posts: 5,520	^^Yeah, I think they can get pretty close to the time of death now... Excerpt from MTV.COM Tributes also appeared on WWE.com, but as news started to break that Benoit may have murdered his wife and young son, those were gradually replaced with photo collections and straight news reporting on the situation. By Tuesday afternoon, a sober news report of the tragedy was on the site's home page. In the wake of the news, professional wrestling fans around the world have taken to sites like PWInsider.com to post their feelings on Benoit, who was idolized by so-called "smart fans" for his bruising, technical style. And while many remembered him as an in-ring giant, their opinions of him out of the ring have forever changed. "If that TMZ report is totally true, well, let's just say that Chris Benoit was a 'special' sort of monster," one fan wrote. "I hate it, but if ... that is true, my respect and admiration of any sort for Chris Benoit died right with him." "I have 7 and 8 year old sons. Reading this story, I can actually hear my kids screaming for help if I were to ever do something so horrible, and it makes me want to throw up," another added. "How a father can do this is beyond me. To compare Benoit to Owen Hart [another much-revered grappler who died in a freak in-ring incident in 1999] is akin to desecrating Hart's grave." That is what is so hard for most of us to grasp. Yes, it's terrible that the wife died, but to know that this kid who looked up to him and loved him was killed. I can only hope that he was asleep when it happened. I could not imagine (and if I try to it truly makes me ill) the horror of that child knowing that his father was killing him... __________________ THE EASIEST WAY OUT IS THROUGH.... Last edited by sweetrebel : June 26th, 2007 at 04:15 PM.