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WWE wrestler Chris Benoit dead
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Police have confirmed the death of Benoit, his wife and 7 year old son as their home. Details are sketchy at the moment but it's believe Benoit killed them both then took his own life.
http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/superstars/chrisbenoit/articles/benoitupdate
http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/superstars/chrisbenoit/articles/benoitupdate
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It'd be sad if it really was him that did it.
I fail to see how performance enhancing drugs drove him to kill. To me he was just unstable mentally anyway without the drugs
But The police investigating this have found Steriods at his home and are saying, it seems this was yet another case of "Roid rage" which is what it is called when some one is psychologically affected by steroid use... it is something of a known side effect to using them.
And it has to be said, there have been many many suicides by wrestlers as well as many who have died due to the effects of persistant use of drugs. Eddie Guerrero, Brian Pillman, those 3 brothers who all committed suicide. This is just the first instance to also include murder.
Pro-Wrestling needs to take a serious look at itself and needs to take action in stamping out Steroid use.
Really sad.
"Roid Rage" they still can't fully back up this side effect. Anyhoo's supposing it is apparent, you are still fully aware of you actions, if anything its a quick snap, IMHO not an excuse for killing your family. I think it goes down much deeper than steroids use. Oh and police are bound to blame it on the steroids same as the media etc.......
Majority of steroid users I know feel more relaxed on cycle, feeling good etc....... Personally I have never experienced "Roid Rage" and I don't think I will. Basically all i'm saying is snapping at someone is one thing, but killing your family is something that lies much deeper than blaming it on the hormones.
Edit: The only thing I can think of is there could be psychological issues for staying on hormones for prolonged periods. But then again there are plenty of people that do that, not just wrestlers
Did he give her the crippler crossface then?
The Von Erichs. theres a tragic family if ever there was one.
Saying the police and media are bound to go off blaming something just because they can do and ignoring the fact it is more likely to be that which is causing it is silly.
It is far more likely any mental condition that was brought on suddenly was induced by something, then him having hidden mental problems for all these years and not showing them until this one act.
It is a tragedy, but steroid use is wrong in all athletic business and sports, whether they be real or play acted like Pro-Wrestling.
Considering America claims there is a "crisis" with steroid use, everyone is too quick to blame then, when there are no studies that link steroids to these effects. Infact studies show Steroid use is safe when practiced safe in healthy adult males.
My point is that alot of wrestlers can use them irresponsibly by staying on for prolonged periods which could possibly lead to some severe effects, not to mention plenty of other factors
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287194,00.html
The fact that the computer used to make the statement on wikipedia was traced to Stamford Conn. the home of WWE, just makes this all the more fishy. :chin:
Be interesting to follow this tragic story.
Apparently it was just some troll who goes around "hilariously" editing many wrestling pages on Wiki to outrageous things, which I think you could find if you knew how (I don't know enough about Wikipedia to do it) and just happens to have got it right this time. Sounds like shoddy journalism.
Are you saying someone made it up, then hours later it came true?
Too much of a coincidence for me, the whole story smells fishy now
Yeh, Sounds like a really poor attempt at covering something up - the americans never have been particularly good at cover ups tho have they