I've been a long time fan of wrestling, and as long as I have been watching, Chris has been there.

This is a terrible tragedy, and anyone who has seen this man in the ring will agree. We have lost so many greats from wrestling history in the past few years, and it is always sad to hear news like this.

Chris Benoit

I just caught this story on the news when I got home from work. Sad day for wrestling, indeed.

My news station reported it as though he may have killed his family and committed suicide. I guess we'll have to see.

It looks like your local news station has it right, Mike- here's an article from WWE.com itself:

Very disturbing bit of news here. I wouldn't want to begin to guess what would drive him to do something like this.

Unfortunately, it is all true.

It takes a horrible human being to do what Benoit did. Unbelievable. I used to consider myself a fan of the guy, but he doesn't deserve my respect.

I feel for the extended Benoit family and all of the people who loved him.

Well, I mean, I only feel bad for his Mother, Father, friends, I am sure they will miss the man that they "thought" was a good guy. It is surely devastating news to those who performed in the ring with him for literally over 20 years. None of them could have known what he was about to do.

You're right though, he deserves no respect.

I agree, I feel bad for his family too. When those things happen there is usually no warning and his side of the family is just as hurt and clueless as the wifes side.

Just a few months ago a guy that I work with's brother committed suicide. It was totally random. He had just seen his brother a week before at New Years Eve and he was happy. He was so upset that something could have bothered his brother so bad that his brother couldn't tell him about it.

I without a doubt suspect that it was the same for Benoit.

I somehow extremely doubt they will find any evidence proving otherwise. If they were not pretty damn sure about all this I doubt they would state it all over the news.

Its unprobable that someone would break into his house, strangle his wife, smother his son and force a man of his stature to hang himself.

Bingo. Not to make light of the situation any more than I have, it just seems like and open and shut case at this point.

I watched Raw live last night and sat in disbelief. Not for a second did it cross my mind, "What if Chris did this?". No, I was in disbelief that someone murdered his entire family.

Well, then the official police statement came out stating just what Mike said. It's hard for us all to believe, we're all wrestling fans here, without a doubt. It's always hard to hear about another wrestlers death, and it is becoming way to common .

From what ive heard and read he strangled his wife, suffocated his son and then hung himself. Apparently his wife had filed for divorce on the grounds of domestic abuse.

My heart goes out to her family who have lost two people - You do have to feel for his family as they will be going through the grief of loosing a son and grandson but knowing their son did it too

The wierd thing about the whole situation is that he left a bible next to his wife and another one next to his son. I wonder what that is all about?

What i have heard on BBC radio 1 was that anabolic steroids were found in the house in huge amount. It goes to figure the guy maybe had a paranoid delusion.

The sad thing is that he was probably surrounded 24/7 by people either family or wrestling remated and no one spotted this behaviour.

I guess we will never know for real what happened. Although the paper had said that the wwe site had removed all traces of benoit off of it


I didnt know until i read the paper today that eddie gurrero had died a couple of years ago. Its a sad situation

Yes, Eddie's death was very unnexpected. They barely had a tribute show for him, and he did not commit suicide. He had a rare heart condition, that - when combined with prescription medicine - led to his death.

The whole situation is bad... I just wonder how WWE is going to handle Smackdown this week. See, they had no idea Benoit did the whole thing when they held a tribute for him on Monday night. But, if you're saying that they removed all mention of him from WWE.com, that's really saying something. I suggest we watch Smackdown! this week to see what happens. (Friday nights @8PM Eastern Standard U.S. time - for those who don't normally watch)

Ive not watched wrestling for years!!

Apparently Eddie Gurrero was a combination of a heart condition, drugs, alcohol and steroids.

Its a very sad situation but something must push these guys into doing the steroids in the first place. Something should be looked at the organisation in general

Eddie did abuse drugs perhaps, as well as alcohol for many years. However, the truth of the matter is, he was sober for four years straight before his unexpected death. This is confirmed in several news stories. He simply had an unknown heart condition (Possibly from the years of drug/alcohol abuse), and that + prescription medication led to his death. It was not suicide, for anyone thinking that was the case.

I didn't see that on ECW Lyndon... by apologized, what do you mean? I mean, how did they word their apology. I know it sounds like I am obsessed with this news story, but the truth is that I have watched Benoit wrestle for as long as I can remember. Even way back in those early WCW days. The story just bothers me, because all of these wrestling characters are real people with real problems, and I feel like I know them after watching them for so long.

Sports Illustrated's website had a full article on his death, blaming steroids in some cases, but shooting that theory down in other ways. They say that he met with his personal doctor only hours before committing the horrible crimes, and that Benoit was not in a "Rage (For those claiming steroid or Roid Rage)", and that he was acting fine.

However, the text messages he sent out further confirm that he did this. He sent one message that stated "The dogs are locked up near the swimming pool, the garage side door is open". He wanted people to come looking for him . Turns out he was even more deranged than anyone originally thought.

One last thing. The article said that he passed an old friend in the airport a day or two before the crimes, and told him he loved him. His friend said that it was very unusual, because Benoit was supposedly a private person who showed no emotion (Which was evident in every wrestling match he was ever involve