Chris Benoit RIP

fuckin' terrible. rip l'il dude.

uh waht

was just coming here to start this. one of my favorite wrestlers, RIP.

what??

http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=20000

Benoit family found dead

The WWE just told its talent and released on its web site that Chris Benoit was found dead by Atlanta police.

Benoit, wife Nancy aka Woman and son Daniel were all found dead. We have no other details at this moment. It is believed that Chris Benoit's two other children were in Canada.

All plans for Raw tonight have been scrapped and they will do a show on the life of Benoit.

You know why I watch wrestling long after I stopped being a kid? Because once in a blue moon, we got genuine real emotion out of it, like watching a movie or listening to a song that means something to you. The last moment I've experienced was Benoit winning at WM20 and Guerrero coming to the ring to hug him, that despite all the years of political bullshit and being told that they were too small and too bland, they finished the biggest night in the pro wrestling calendar on top.

He missed last nights PPV (he was supposed to fight C.M. Punk for the ECW belt) and nobody knew what was up.

:(
haven't watched wrestling avidly for a good few years but he was a consistent fave entertainer
oh man :(

his flying headbutt was nutz. great wrassler

WHAT!?!

i can't believe this.

jesus christ.

the way they coded his thumb-across-the-throat into WCW/NWO Revenge was awesome, and he was one of the reasons that game ruled.

fuck.

Is any reputable news organization reporting this? All the links are to wrestling pages and I figure the AP would notice a triple death of a even a minor celeb?

Someone wrote "This event could be a worked wrestling angle." on wiki but what the hell would be the point? Faking Vince's death is one thing, but Benoit wasn't involved in any big angles beyond having just been drafted to ECW.

and afaik Wrestling Observer doesn't report worked stuff as real, they've been bitching about how stupid the Vince death angle is since it happened.

I would say that after Eddy, there's no way they'd pull some bullshit like this, but you really never know with these guys.

the AP would notice a triple death of a even a minor celeb?

i figure atlanta local news would mention a triple death.

here's what the newsfeeds are saying.

No legit confirmation, yet.

Yeah the fact that we even have to question this really fucking sucks.

this takes a while for newswires to get confirmation, as well. yesterday i heard about rod beck's death like 4 hours before ap reported it.

i hope there's not a third likable celebrity sportsman about to die. x____x

IMO if this is for real they just cancel the Vince angle and have McMahon come out and apologize for the whole thing, including virtually ignoring Sensational Sherrie's death but that would be giving him too much credit probably.

http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=a76b6326-1f90-4539-988e-cf4eb2b8cd7f

MORE DETAILS ON DEATH OF CHRIS BENOIT & FAMILY
By: Bob Ryder
6/25/2007 6:36:57 PM

Details remain very sketchy regarding the tragic news today that Chris Benoit and his family were found dead at their Atlanta area home.

Benoit had been scheduled to appear on a WWE house show on Saturday. Sources tell us Benoit called to first say he would be taking a later flight, and then to say he would not be attending the house show due to a family illness. According to one source, Benoit said both his wife and son were throwing up blood and he needed to stay to take care of them.

At last night's Vengeance pay-per-view, Benoit was replaced in his match by Johnny Nitro.

No other details are available at this time and police are on the scene at the Benoit residence investigating.

Jesus, that just sucks.

That sounds unbelieveably weird.

:/ RIP.

ebola

wtf: sensational sherri died TOO? jesus.

RIP. I never really liked wrestling much, but as a child, I watched it...at the time, he was probably my favorite. :(

RAW starts early tonight so we'll see what's up in about 20 minutes.

x-post yeah kingfish, Sherri died a couple weeks ago and people were pissed they were doing the fake Vince tributes instead of talking about her.

Good grief -- I don't follow wrestling at all but if this was some crazy virus or something, Jesus. What a horror.

wtf

VINCE IS ON RAW, GOOD MAN

No cable, will have to wait to watch it thru the usual means.

he was crying guys, this is real

there's no audience in the arena either, show was cancelled.

RIP :(

it kind of makes the whole vince's death thing seem even more stupid than it already does doesn't it

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/13567642/detail.html?rss=atl&psp=news

R.I.P.

:(

I haven't watched wrestling in a full decade now, but man... Benoit was always a favorite and a sure-fire reason to tune in when he was scheduled to appear. This is so unbelievably sad.

I dont know anything about wrestling but the circs around these deaths is mighty creepyweird. Vomiting blood and sudden deaths?

wow.

rip chris & family.

sadface.

from the AJC, nothing really new, but how classy is this line:

Officials would not say how the family died, other than to say they weren't shot to death.

the Benoit vs. Malenko match they're showing now is pure awesomeness. what a loss.

One of Chris' first tag-team partners died last month, as well.

for some reason the wikipedia page on pro wrestlers has this bizarre paragraph on benoit right in the middle:

The WWE community was struck with tragedy on June 25, 2007, as Benoit was found dead in his home with his wife, Nancy and his son, Daniel. Autopsy results revealed prior heroin abuse, which may have resulted in what some theorize was a suicide/murder. Among other controversy, the charred remains of child pornography were found among Benoit's possessions after his house was investigated.

wtf

seems to be gone already, and weird cranks coming out of the woodwork and writing shit like that on wikipedia are the reason his main article's been locked for the time being. I haven't seen anything of the sort anywhere else.

Sadly these highlight clips they're showing on RAW have probably been the best matches its seen in some time. The Road Wild match versus Malenko brought back some good memories.

Yah I like those outdoor matches, and Woman was in his corner and involved in the finish, so it was a good match to show.

oh wow they just showed a masked Japanese match against Jushin Liger

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/huskerhav/198720.bmp
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RIP Chris Masters, TNA needed another gassed-up reject.

http://www.tmz.com/2007/11/09/chyna-changes-name-tells-vince-mcmahon-to-bring-it/

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=12wRbugqgGY

Youtube video of the year, as Iron Shiek, Honky Tonk Man, and New Jack bring some much needed calm and restraint to a discussion of this subject.

The point where Shieky goes "Ah don maaaaand you kill Nonsy Sooo-livan", and it pans back to reveal that New Jack and Honky are sitting next time him trying to work out if they should say anything is A++++ would stare at opened mouthed again.

Youtube video of the year

fucking DECADE, this is completely awesome, good lookin out Dom

another category tuomas missed

holy fuck.

omg.

i ain't been convicted of chocking no ho.

Great video, in a morbid way. But also trivializes a horrible subject. It makes me want to reach into their "shoot interview" and tell them to shut the f--k up. I'd be scared they'd choke-slam me, of course.

Great relationship advice there from New Jack.

wtf

never ban passantino

"I hope your kids are born retarded cos that shit don't make no sense"

Too many choice quotes here but surely truer words were never spoken than New Jack's "I had some bitches in my day that I wanted to choke the fucking shit out of".

I couldn't believe that Honky *defended* (sorta) Nancy's killing by saying "we don't know what buttons she pushed".

Chalk another one down to "fired due to inability to not look like shit without steroids":

On the forum of his official website, www.BobbyLashleyOnline.com, Lashley commented, "Circumstances, which are out of my control left me no decision but to leave the WWE. I can't go into details of this now but like I said before, sometimes people will hate you personally and try to destroy you, which has happened here. Evil has prevailed. However like I said before, if you continue your struggle, doors will open around these people. You have not seen the last of me, so please don't stop your support. Add Bobby Lashley to the list of RECENTLY RELEASED!"

Evil has prevailed

Bobby Lashley: Straight-Talker.

It's even funnier if you imagine it being said in his weird ass T2 ft Jodie voice.

serious wrestling question:

was watching raw a few nights back and 2 dudes (i think one of the hardy bros?? i haven't actively followed wrestling since i was like 12) got taken off on stretchers after an outside-the-ring stunt in which one dude jumped onto another from some type of scaffolding structure and they both landed on the arena floor concrete. it looked pretty real? anything come of this or was i duped?

That was Jeff Hardy doing his weekly stuntman spot with Randy Orton to hype their match at a PPV this weekend. It was some kind of wooden platform, not concrete, and it was all planned out.

LOLOLOL at Lashley, that guy was always useless

figured!

those paramedics were good actors :/

Yeah, Lashley sucks. He'll be in TNA with a rat in a bag over his head or some shit in no time.

He'll be in TNA with a rat in a bag over his head or some shit in no time.

Stay classy, Bobby Lashley!

It was some kind of wooden platform, not concrete, and it was all planned out.

It wasn't even all wooden - you could see where the black-painted foam had broken on impact from the fall when the cameras finally peered in (you will notice on replay that they didn't show the actual impact on camera -- the foam would have been even more obvious).

Here's a simple rule of thumb for new fans: if the cameras are all up in their faces, it's a work. When the cameras turn away to the crowd and the feed cuts to a vignette or something (a la Owen Hart) it's a shoot.

There are a few exceptions to that, however. Remember when Scott Putski fucked up his knee on PPV about 10 years ago? They zoomed right in on his kneecap, which had already slid down his shin. Ewww.

Or when Sid Eudy's shin snapped in half on a PPV in 2001, which they then re-ran multiple times on the next night's Nitro.

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There was a Benoit documentary on CBC's "The Fifth Estate" (you can stream it here: http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/fighttothedeath/video.html)

oh fucking hell:
http://www.ultimatewarrior.com/Pages/testvideo.html

Steven Regal, 60 day drug suspension.

Way to rep for the UK, Darren.

http://www.superbirthdaysupply.com/members/1017430/uploaded/UNI21344.jpg

shit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjkRFF6zabI

QueenofKane (4 days ago)
I love you Benoit. No matter what you did or didn't do I will always love you.

elscer1324 (3 days ago)
who are you his wife?

QueenofKane (3 days ago)
Uh no smart ass I am not his wife.

Jimmy Kimmel to Flava Flav: "You're a worse father than Chris Benoit."

"In the aftermath of the Benoit family tragedy, other WWE wrestlers have begun using the crossface as a regular move, such as Triple H and Shawn Michaels."

I can't process this. They've begun using a different crossface move, maybe?

nah, it's pretty cripply looking when Shawn does it

The idea is they're "reclaiming" the move, so people associate it with three-and-a-half star PPV main events rather than throttling the life out of a retarded six-year-old.

I think they should just be more like Japan where loads of wrestlers do variants on the same moves, rather than exclusively associating signature moves with one wrestler. It would be a shame for Randy Orton to murder somebody and for there to then be a stigma attached to a 3/4 turn neckbreaker or a chinlock.

The idea is they're "reclaiming" the move, so people associate it with three-and-a-half star PPV main events rather than throttling the life out of a retarded six-year-old.

Hey, HHH-Cena II was 4+ stars!

At least they don't call it the "crippler" crossface anymore, it's just the plain, ordinary, non-life threatening crossface. WWE is family friendly entertainment, you know.

It would be a shame for Randy Orton to murder somebody and for there to then be a stigma attached to a 3/4 turn neckbreaker or a chinlock.

If only! Then we might be spared the boredom.

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I NO MIND U KILL NANCY, BUT VY U KILL DANIEL VYYYY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldkVia1NpwY

"I'm still alive... I'm speaking for the dead, man"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/KoC/isvincedead.gif

why was this never renamed

A catastrophic demise
Immeasurable regrets
Shit builds up, fills up
Too much, goes overboard (What the fuck am I doin?)
Oh lord, pressure stored
EXPLODED, unloaded (What the fuck am I doin?)
I had to, it's really too bad too
Went koo-koo (Gone there, dude)
Grab bat and STAB fools
Who knew? Sad news (What the fuck am I doin?)
I-I-I-I-I-I broke
It took some time (Slowpoke)
I finally gave way, went under deed (Don't flow)?
No longer steering, choosin
On auto-pilot, cruisin
Haywire, crash. Virus
Pull your tongue out with pliers
CHRIS BENOIT
No longer steering
Lost all control
Manipulation
It won't let me go
The pain exploded
The pressure burst
I dropped the wheel
Headed for the worst
Strobe light
Let go, hold tight
Wake up to this, cold sight
You did this, this, you
What the fuck am I doin?
You got issues
What happened? Shit, i'm steppin
All bloody myself, i'm slappin
One day, all the sudden it
All became too much, wouldn't it?
Yes! Finally released (What the fuck am I doin?)
Unleash the beast
He jacked my controller (What the fuck am I doin?)
Took me over
I had to. It's really too bad too
Went koo-koo (Gone there, dude)
Grab bat and STAB fools
Who knew? Absurd news
I'M CHRIS BENOIT
No longer steering
Lost all control
Manipulation
It won't let me go
The pain exploded
The pressure burst
I dropped the wheel
Headed for the worst
"On any given night, I can take you oot. Permanently. Because life is aboot pain. I'm the crippler, Chris Benoit."
A catastrophic demise
Immeasurable regrets (Headed for the worst)
The crippler

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