<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>This guy wrestled for almost two decades all over the world, he's going to have a fanbase and he's had no prior incidents that led anyone to believe he would do this. So it's not out of the ordinary for people to be shocked and have RIP sigs. I'm pretty sure no one is condoning his actions and a lot of his fans have lost respect for him as a person.</div>Thank you for posting that ROK. Benoit was a wrestling legend back when he was in his WCW days. I used to be an avid wrestling fan and honestly I was a Benoit fan for the time he was with WCW. I am in no way condoning what Benoit did, it is absolutely disgraceful and cowardly. But, this guy had a huge fanbase, he was always an intense, athletic, and exciting wrestler. His fans have to be shocked by this. I hope we can find some possible reasoning for this. This guy had to have some sort of mental break from either drugs, depression, or the two of them combined. This guy was a class act up until this catastrophic event.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Jun 26 2007, 10:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well everyone seemed to love the guy, not just fans, but his co-workers and such. You never heard anything bad from him. he was hard worker and never complained.As horrible as this was, I'd wait to see if there are any links to steroid use/clinical depression/concussions/anything else that could have pushed him over the edge that would hopefully signal that he wasn't in normal state of mind when he did this. It certainly wouldn't excuse what he did, but it would make more sense of it. It could also go a long way in stricter banning of steroids and whatnot.</div>You think they're actually gonna ban steroids? Where would all Stephanie McMahon's boy toys be?They're gonna cake so much off Benoit's death and they don't give a damn about any of their employees, just how much money they can make off of them.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>My prediction for next wrestler to die is X-pac or Dean Malenko(they have to kill off the last of the 90s wcw)</div>There's plenty more of 90s WCW wrestlers besides Malenko.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Jun 26 2007, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>There's plenty more of 90s WCW wrestlers besides Malenko.</div>I meant of 90s wcw wrestlers that were connected. Eddie Guerrero then Chris Benoit, the next is obviously Dean Malenko.Another good candidate for next to die would be scott hall. I just have a feeling. Of course this is just speculation.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>They're gonna cake so much off Benoit's death and they don't give a damn about any of their employees, just how much money they can make off of them.</div>Actually they've removed a lot of Benoit's merchandise for sale and McMahon apologized for airing a tribute. As of right now, they ain't making cake off his death and I'm willing to bet they want to be far from this situation, it's just negative for the company.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Jun 26 2007, 09:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>This guy wrestled for almost two decades all over the world, he's going to have a fanbase and he's had no prior incidents that led anyone to believe he would do this. So it's not out of the ordinary for people to be shocked and have RIP sigs. I'm pretty sure no one is condoning his actions and a lot of his fans have lost respect for him as a person.</div><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (WELCOMEtotheJUNGLE @ Jun 26 2007, 09:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Thank you for posting that ROK. Benoit was a wrestling legend back when he was in his WCW days. I used to be an avid wrestling fan and honestly I was a Benoit fan for the time he was with WCW. I am in no way condoning what Benoit did, it is absolutely disgraceful and cowardly. But, this guy had a huge fanbase, he was always an intense, athletic, and exciting wrestler. His fans have to be shocked by this. I hope we can find some possible reasoning for this. This guy had to have some sort of mental break from either drugs, depression, or the two of them combined. This guy was a class act up until this catastrophic event.</div>abosutly right. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Jun 26 2007, 10:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Actually they've removed a lot of Benoit's merchandise for sale and McMahon apologized for airing a tribute. As of right now, they ain't making cake off his death and I'm willing to bet they want to be far from this situation, it's just negative for the company.</div>In a way I think there doing the right thing but in another way I think there being a bit horrible towards a guy who was so loyal to the company for so long, but yeh im not going to argue or complain with what the WWE want's to do with the situation now but I do hope some wrestler were Benoit arm bands.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>In a way I think there doing the right thing but in another way I think there being a bit horrible towards a guy who was so loyal to the company for so long, but yeh im not going to argue or complain with what the WWE want's to do with the situation now but I do hope some wrestler were Benoit arm bands.</div>I think what their doing is fine, it's not horrible considering their fellow employee has just committed murder. As for the bands, I would hope some wrestlers would wear bands. Not to condone his actions but pay respect for his years in the ring. Because despite this horrible incident, the guy was a future Hall of Famer in the industry and was probably the best active wrestler on primetime.
Speak of HOF, they put Eddie in the following year he died..im thinking they will now defently NOT put Benoit in the Hall of Fame when we all know he is extremly deserving of being in there for what he's done in wrestling, it's somthing im not going to like.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Speak of HOF, they put Eddie in the following year he died..im thinking they will now defently NOT put Benoit in the Hall of Fame when we all know he is extremly deserving of being in there for what he's done in wrestling, it's somthing im not going to like.</div>Well I still think Eddie's was premature. Time should have gone by at least, it was so quick with the decision.As for Benoit, most likely he will make it in one day I believe. Just not anytime soon nor quick as Eddie's for sure now.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Jun 26 2007, 09:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well everyone seemed to love the guy, not just fans, but his co-workers and such. You never heard anything bad from him. he was hard worker and never complained.</div>That doesn't mean a damned thing to me. Have you ever seen a family member talk during a murder trial? What do they always say? "My son could never do a thing like that!" Yeah, well same thing applies here. There's always some genius that thinks that a man with hands is incapable of doing such a thing. Benoit was fully capable of such a thing. The problem is that some people have trouble realizing that they just don't know the guy. You can't even trust what Benoit's friends in the biz say about him. It's just not a legitimate source for who Benoit really is. They're not going to talk trash about him on a WWE dvd or anything like that.Point being, the police were pretty quick about saying what happened. They don't really sound very unsure about this thing. It seems to me like an open and shut case. Benoit killed his family, so now let's get on with our lives.
There was a local situation less than a month ago that this story reminded me of. A doctor who worked literally five blocks from my house was murdered by her husband along with her two kids, before the husband turned the gun on himself. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...p;feed=rss.news
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Jun 26 2007, 10:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That doesn't mean a damned thing to me. Have you ever seen a family member talk during a murder trial? What do they always say? "My son could never do a thing like that!" Yeah, well same thing applies here. There's always some genius that thinks that a man with hands is incapable of doing such a thing. Benoit was fully capable of such a thing. The problem is that some people have trouble realizing that they just don't know the guy. You can't even trust what Benoit's friends in the biz say about him. It's just not a legitimate source for who Benoit really is. They're not going to talk trash about him on a WWE dvd or anything like that.Point being, the police were pretty quick about saying what happened. They don't really sound very unsure about this thing. It seems to me like an open and shut case. Benoit killed his family, so now let's get on with our lives.</div> Bingo Bingo Bingo. Fans think they know everything about the athletes they like, well, we don't. I assume Michael Redd and Mo Williams are good guys from what I've noticed, but how the hell do I know?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Jun 26 2007, 10:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That doesn't mean a damned thing to me. Have you ever seen a family member talk during a murder trial? What do they always say? "My son could never do a thing like that!" Yeah, well same thing applies here. There's always some genius that thinks that a man with hands is incapable of doing such a thing. Benoit was fully capable of such a thing. The problem is that some people have trouble realizing that they just don't know the guy. You can't even trust what Benoit's friends in the biz say about him. It's just not a legitimate source for who Benoit really is. They're not going to talk trash about him on a WWE dvd or anything like that.</div>I am not using it to excuse Benoit, and of course that could have just some act he put on in public. But going by what others close to him have said, he seemed like a good guy which leads me to believe that something triggered a deep depression or anger that caused him to do something so terrible to people he probably loved a lot. Whether it be steroids or whatever, I just have a hard time believing he was in his normal state of mind when doing what he did.I don't know Benoit so I cannot say for sure, but I think it is more likely something triggered this like steroids, multiple concusions, clinical depression, other drugs, etc..
I dont know why people even still watch wrestling...no offense but its something I wonder about from time to time...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The prescription anabolic steroids found at Benoit's home have long been known to contribute to paranoia, depression and the violent outbursts we've come to know as "roid rage." Couple that with the near-compulsory painkillers a wrestler must take to do his job effectively after enduring countless body slams and you have a cocktail for massive, mind-altering mood swings.</div>http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/6964262?MSNHPHMA
This means absolutely nothing to me, but the WWE announced that steroids or HGH played no role in this.bullsh**.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I dont know why people even still watch wrestling...no offense but its something I wonder about from time to time...</div>What's it to you.
<span style="font-family:Arial">This doesn't make me respect him any less as a wrestler, but I hate him as a person now. What he did to his family can't be forgotten. I don't blame anything but himself, if it's 'roid rage' then he's the one who injected himself with steroids.</span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>His wife Nancy was into wrestling/steriods as well.</div>What? She did steroids? And it's been known she was a valet for ECW and WCW.
