Vince McMahon dead??

From some Wrestling news sites :

The AP reported that law enforcement officials close to the investigation have confirmed the current belief that Chris Benoit strangled wife Nancy with an electrical chord on Saturday, smothered his son with a bag on Sunday and then hung himself in his basement/weight room on Monday.

Fuck knows what was going through his head like. Must have been something really bad to make him snap like this tho. I did read a while back that he had a restraining order put on him to stop him entering the family home due to his temper. This was at least 3-4 years ago tho & everything was supposed to be ok again within a few months.

There was loads of stuff on wwe.com this morning like tributes, photos, videos etc they've all been removed from the site now apart from one coloum/press release.

Probably not the right time to be discussiong story lines but what are they gonna do with the 'is Vince dead storyline'?

yeah, just read it was in 2003 but she dropped it - still, shows he had prior tendandcies

I think when they heard he was first dead, they were going to do a massive tribute, ala eddie guererro, but once they realised it was a murder investigation, they would have to step back - they've removed loads off the WWE site, cut it down to a 'no more info to be released' type statement.

apparently, RAW was cancelled on monday, a 3 hour benoit special was shown in the US - but since then they've decided NOT to release it to the other affiliates (Canada, UK, etc) - would have watched it aswell now i've got free sky sports. wonder if owt will be on smackdown


they going to have to drop, tone down the 'vince dead' bit

I think the whole crux of the matter is just that Aaron's selfish.

I was speaking to a lad at work today who proper chugg's the wrestling & we were thinking what are they gonna do as a tribute but then thought 'would they actually have a big tribute for an apparante murderer'

Do you reckon they'll show the repeat on Sky Sports again? My mate Sky plused it. Gonna have to ask him to tape it

Apparently loads of stuff about benoit has gone off the website.

Which shows what they think about a wrestler being a MURDERER

Selfish.

Sorry yes.

A selfish Suicidal murderer.

Its been confirmed it wont be aired again.

From Rajah.com

"Below are notes from this afternoon's press conference regarding the Benoit family tragedy. This report was written by Richard Gray of WrestlingNewsWorld.com.

Lt. Tommy Pope:

- Benoit’s wife Nancy was murdered Friday by asphyxiation. She was in the office area of the house, dead, for close to a day

- Benoit’s son Daniel was murdered Saturday by asphyxiation. Daniel was confirmed to be in his bed when law enforcement officials found him.

- Chris Benoit committed suicide late Saturday early Sunday. No type of suicide note or anything in the house was located.

- Authorities are still waiting further results from crime lab and toxicology reports which could take several weeks to get back.

- Only one prior arrest of Chris Benoit is known. It was allegedly for a DUI, but nothing can be confirmed. There is no knowledge at this time if there was a history of domestic violence with Chris Benoit. It was also not know whether or not a divorce had been filed.

- Lots of prescription medications found in Benoit’s house that police believe to be illegal prescriptions at this time. However, he then said that police found anabolic steroids but would not say what all they found without a full list.

Police would not release a motive at this time.

- Law enforcement officials reported that Benoit text messaged a co-worker, which was received several hours after it was sent; contents of the message were not revealed. It was also not confirmed who the message was sent too, other than a co-worker.

- Steroids were not directly related to any of the deaths, police are unable to answer what Chris Benoit’s state of mind was during the killings.

District Attorney Scott Ballard:

- Bibles found by both victims, Nancy and Daniel Benoit.

- Nancy was found with her wrist and feet bound, she was on her feet, with blood under her head. That was the only sign of a struggle (the blood under her head). She was wrapped in a towel.

- Both victims were found clothed.

- Ballard said that he was told in 2003 a temporary protective order was sought and later dismissed. Ballard said that orders are typically for domestic violence, but not always.

- Ballard said that he is baffled why anyone would kill a 7 year old kid, but has no idea of the motive.

- Ballard said that there was no evidence that Chris Benoit was trying to hide the bodies. It is unknown if the Benoits have family in the area but they do have other family.

- Ballard said that he is not aware of any 911 calls and he has not personally talked to World Wrestling Entertainment.

- The three bodies were found in three different rooms, according to DA Ballard.

- Daniel Benoit’s body was found in his bed in his upstairs bedroom.

- Nancy Benoit’s body was in what looked to be in a family room upstairs.

- Chris Benoit’s body was found downstairs in the house in a weight room. Benoit was hung by a cord attached to a pulley used in weight lifting.

- Nothing further is known about the family emergency that Chris Benoit told WWE that he had to deal with.

- The next step in the investigation will be the toxicology reports. At this point, they are pretty clear it was a murder-suicide. Authorities need to get toxicology reports back to draw a firm confusion. Steroids were found but authorities can’t confirm he was on steroids. It could take several weeks to get toxicology reports.

- Ballard confirms that Bibles were found by each of the two victims, he did not know if they were identical or opened.

END PRESS CONFERENCE"

From WWE.COM

"STAMFORD, Conn., June 26, 2007 – World Wrestling Entertainment is stunned and saddened by the details released by local authorities concerning the double homicide-suicide involving Chris Benoit, his wife, Nancy, and his son, Daniel.

However, WWE is concerned with the sensationalistic reporting and speculation being undertaken by some members of the media following the press conference held by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney. During the press conference, the investigating authorities made the following points, all of which run contrary to the media speculation that "roid rage" was a factor in the senseless murders and suicide:

1. The authorities stated that all drugs found in the house were believed to be legal prescriptions.

2. Steroids were not, and could not, be related to the cause of death (asphyxiation). Authorities had no factual basis to speculate as to Benoit’s state of mind, and rightly did not do so.

3. Toxicology tests have not even been completed, so there is no current evidence that Benoit even had steroids or any other substance in his body. In that regard, on the last test done on Benoit by WWE's independently administered drug testing program, done on April 10, 2007, Benoit tested negative.

4. The physical findings announced by authorities indicate deliberation, not rage. The wife's feet and hands were bound and she was asphyxiated, not beaten to death. By the account of the authorities, there were substantial periods of time between the death of the wife and the death of the son, again suggesting deliberate thought, not rage. The presence of a Bible by each is also not an act of rage.

5. WWE strongly suggests that it is entirely wrong for speculators to suggest that steroids had anything to do with these senseless acts, especially when the authorities plainly stated there is no evidence that Benoit had steroids in his body, pending the toxicological reports, and that they had no evidence at this time as to the motive for these acts.

WWE is continuing to monitor the ongoing investigation being conducted by local authorities"

I bet that's a reliable test.

not really, craig young passed it

Apparently it is. Canny few people been suspended/dropped from storylines because of it. You can actually see a huge difference in the drop of size after people have been caught (Chris Masters)

lol @ Youngy

I went to the wrestling at the arena last year or the year before :blush: (I got a free ticket, honest), and when you see them all close up their backs have massive steroid boils on them.

That test probably excludes certain drugs which are allowe as training aids.

How massive was Eddie Guerro (how the fuch do you spell that!) when he came back? Then he died.

depends what they test for - and whether it's pescription or not, but yes the 'well being program' has been a big success with a few getting fines, suspensions, etc.

Eddie's death was linked to years of abuse of PAIN KILLERS, which lots of wrestlers use, which over enlarged the heart with the constant training.



Apparently, the texts were to chavo guererro

Eddie Guerro's death was from years of steriod and coke abuse. His heart was reallly enlARGEDED. ROCK ON

Not really, If you have a prescription for steroids then your test is automatically passed. There seems to have been some website were they've been buyiong steroids and gaining prescriptions that aren't medically needed. And the ratio for the ammount of steroids in your system has to be over 1:10 in order to be suspended, the olympics ratio for drug testing it 1:6 and the average human being is 1:1.

Also when is the last time anyone has been pulled off the road? Most of those were around the time Eddie Guerrero died. Masters wasnt pushed at all following his drop in muscle mass and since he's piled it back on he's been featured more and more to the point hes been moved to smackdown to get a fresh run and a higher push.

The last person I can remember being caught and sacked was Joey Mercury and that was back in January? I dont think steroids were to blame for what happened with Benoit if it was it would surely have happened to others such as Scott Steiner? (That wanker tried to attack me at an areana show in 2000) He was probaly just a cunt of a human who snapped for some apparent reason imo.

Just read this.... http://news.sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/picture_gallery/0,,70141-1272760-1,00.html

if its true bout injecting his kid with growth hormones at 7 then thats just disgusting!! :evil: