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[Himmler]

i read that he may have killed his family during the weekend and killed himself on monday. you can't blame them..the stress gets to them

[punch999]

Well it is hard to believe he would kill himself the night before he is getting the ECW world championship.

[Sebatianos]

#Alex#, OK, so they maybe aren't using stereoids, but some other drug that still didn't make it to the list of illegal substances (check out his pictures from years ago and now and you'll see).

And just what is that EWC championship title match got to do with anything? You think someone murdered him to prevent him from eneterin the ring (but they killed his family first, as a warning for him)? Highly unlikely, since the results are already known in advance.

[Himmler]

life isn't about titles...so that does not count as a valid point. people freak out cause of everyday stress. it's natural and it can happen to anyone

[punch999]

Seb No offence but get your facts straight before argueing.

He was going to win the title but because of a family emergency he had to not go to the show on Sunday.

And it is ECW. I thought you said you once watched wrestling?

[Sebatianos]

#Alex#, don't get so punchy about it. :bleh:

Look, the thing is, we don't know exactly what happened. If the guy really killed his family he got off too easy. If somebody else killed them all (which I do seem quite unlikely) then it's so much the worse (people comming and killing entire families). As himmler keeps on saying - stress is a huge factor here. Who knows what happened. I mean just take a look at "normal" actors, and the lifestyles they have (devorcing, cheating, having wild parties... not all though). Now think of a wrestles (again a very famous person, probably with a lot of money, but getting hit a lot and probably permanently on chemical substances - if nothing else at least pain killers) and you'll see that it's not really difficult to blow ones top. Just take a look at Jake Robert's life (he had a son you know, but he never really had any contact with his son). And about the title match... that was meant as a cinical coment - it's like if I'd say an actor would get killed in real life, so somebody could prevent his acted out assasin of a well loved celebrity or something.

And I really doubt the crazed fan theory - that probably wouldn't include the family. I'm afraid there was a family fight (that's why he canceled the event) and it turned out really badly!

I can still say for my self I enjoy wrestling (the EWC was a typo), but I don't see them as sportsmen (and women), but as entertainers, sort of like a circus act (but more painful).

[punch999]

They released how the all died and I must say it is completly gruesome and wrong what he did. I am not going to say how he killed them but it was unnecissarilly brutal. He also killed them over a 3 day time period. I am sorry for defending such a sick individual and was just trying to give the guy the benefit of the doubt.

Sorry and if you wanted to know what happened just look it up. I am just not going to glorify it by posting what he did.

[chainsoar]

Jesus...so he did do it. And he was on steroids. Well, I guess the wrestling world isn't as hot on drug use as the bodybuilding circuit, like I thought it was. I don't think any WWE fan saw this one coming.

By the way, Alex, while I'm not defending the man, anabolic steroids can have a severe effect on mental health, and it looks now like Benoit was pumped full of them. Bear that in mind...I'm not saying it justifies what he did, but perhaps it at least means that he wasn't a "sick individual".

[Mighty Midget]

Steroids or not, he was sick alright, sick as in mentally ill, not as in "dude, you're sick L O L". It doesn't serve as an excuse, but more as a warning I'd say. It's better to look like Robinson Crusoe and be in good mental health, than to look like some Conan and be completly unglued. Ok, the reasons may have been many and it's not even certain that the steroids had anything to do with it but still, chances are also that they had everything to do with it.

It is deeply tragic, also for him. I'm not sure if he had the right to live after that stunt, but I do feel as much sorry for him as I do for the kid and his wife.
R.I.P all three of them.

[punch999]

Actually they didn't find steroids in the house that was mis reported.