Chris Benoit and Wife found dead

[Jack Bando]

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ESPN picked up the story:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2916498

It's homicide. sigh

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Doesn't it say it's being investigate as one? Not the same thing.

[Eric Stoner]

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I don't get how people are so affected by a celebrity's death. It's completely baffling to me.

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While I mostly agree with this sentiment, there's something about wrestling that makes it different. The performers bond with the audience to a degree that is beyond any other form of entertainment. While they're playing characters, you really get to know that person to a degree every week. And this guy in particular was one of the hardest working, most technically proficient performers that I've seen. It's pretty tragic. In a way I don't really even want to know what happened.

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QFT.

Celeb deaths that made me really sad.

Phil Hartman.

This.

That's about it. I'm usually as callous as anybody, but this one hurts.

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I'm right with you here. I flipped through the channels last week and saw him perform on the Smackdown broadcast. He was one of my favorite wrestlers.

It's more than the celebrity death - it's his whole family that died that gets me...

[OneSweetWorld]

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I feel terrible when anyone dies, its a sad occurence.

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For all you cold hearted [censored] out there, I will not be saddened by your death

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lol

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I should have clarified, I feel bad if someone dies that I feel has a good heart but thank you for pointing that out.

[Praetorian Card]

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I don't get how people are so affected by a celebrity's death. It's completely baffling to me.

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While I mostly agree with this sentiment, there's something about wrestling that makes it different. The performers bond with the audience to a degree that is beyond any other form of entertainment. While they're playing characters, you really get to know that person to a degree every week. And this guy in particular was one of the hardest working, most technically proficient performers that I've seen. It's pretty tragic. In a way I don't really even want to know what happened.

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QFT.

Celeb deaths that made me really sad.

Phil Hartman.

This.

That's about it. I'm usually as callous as anybody, but this one hurts.

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If it turns out he off'd his wife/kid, does it still hurt?

[VickreyAuction]

I cant believe this. He was on TV a week ago. I just got home and I'm just stunned.

For those who don't really follow wrestling, he was a real class act as well as a talented performer. He spent most of his career held down by wrestling politics.

Edit: And now every wrestling site I can think of is down.

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I hope Kevin Sullivan has a good alibi.

[mblax10]

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I have a feeling he may have been dead for a day or two.....He no showed a show a couple of days ago aside from missing the PPV last night.

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He supposedly called WWE late yesterday to cancel his PPV appearance.

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If he no showed the PPV, which I doubt, WWE should have known something was really wrong. Benoit was probably going to win the ECW title last night. WWE even announced last night that Benoit had a family emergency and was being replaced in the match.

On a selfish note, 3 hours of Benoit matches makes for the best Raw in a long time.

[Dids]

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I don't get how people are so affected by a celebrity's death. It's completely baffling to me.

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While I mostly agree with this sentiment, there's something about wrestling that makes it different. The performers bond with the audience to a degree that is beyond any other form of entertainment. While they're playing characters, you really get to know that person to a degree every week. And this guy in particular was one of the hardest working, most technically proficient performers that I've seen. It's pretty tragic. In a way I don't really even want to know what happened.

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QFT.

Celeb deaths that made me really sad.

Phil Hartman.

This.

That's about it. I'm usually as callous as anybody, but this one hurts.

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If it turns out he off'd his wife/kid, does it still hurt?

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Yes. A different kind of hurt, but then not only does it suck that he's dead, but also that he was [censored] in the head or whatever.

[Eric Stoner]

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I hope Kevin Sullivan has a good alibi.

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I actually thought the same thing...

[Oliver Nipples]

I remember the good old days, when a chair shot was the end of the argument. I guess since the Sopranos are off the air, Razor Ramon just whacked his entire family. I would also focus the investigation on Bad News Brown.