R.I.P: Chris Benoit
by scoobs on Jun.25, 2007, under tv
UPDATE – 6/26: It’s officially a double murder suicide. The assumption is that Chris Benoit was the murderer, but it will take a couple of weeks for the results of the autopsies.
Shock was the first feeling I had as I tuned into Monday Night Raw at around 8:45pm and discovered that Chris Benoit had passed away. Raw had canceled the evening’s live event and had a retrospective on the career of Benoit instead.
Benoit was the consummate professional and had the respect of the fans and the wrestlers. He gave 120 percent in all his matches and demanded excellence. That’s why all his matches were usually the best on the card regardless of where it was placed.
As I am writing this, more news is trickling down from the Associated Press and it doesn’t look good at all. It seems that the case is being investigated as a double murder-suicide. I can’t fathom what would lead Chris to murder his wife and his seven year old son. I hope that this is not the case and that there is another reason behind this tragedy.
More details by tomorrow.
