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style="font-size:125%;">Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Chris_Benoit_in_the_Ring.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Chris_Benoit_in_the_Ring.jpg/220px-Chris_Benoit_in_the_Ring.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="359" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Chris_Benoit_in_the_Ring.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="421" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Benoit in February 2006</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_Georgia" title="Fayetteville, Georgia">Fayetteville, Georgia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate 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this location">33.393450°N 84.520699°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">33.393450; -84.520699</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">June 22–24, 2007 (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Attack type</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Murder%E2%80%93suicide" title="Murder–suicide">Murder–suicide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Familicide" title="Familicide">familicide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uxoricide" title="Uxoricide">uxoricide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Filicide" title="Filicide">filicide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Child_murder" title="Child murder">pedicide</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ligature_strangulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ligature strangulation">Strangling cord</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">3 (including the perpetrator)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Victims</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Benoit" title="Nancy Benoit">Nancy Elizabeth Benoit</a>, aged 43</li> <li>Daniel Christopher Benoit, aged 7</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Perpetrator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a>, aged 40</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motive</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy" title="Chronic traumatic encephalopathy">CTE</a>, abuse of <a href="/wiki/Steroids" class="mw-redirect" title="Steroids">steroids</a>, alcohol and emotional issues</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Over a three-day period between June 22 and 24, 2007, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a>, a 40-year-old Canadian <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestler</a> employed by <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">World Wrestling Entertainment</a> (WWE), murdered his wife <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Benoit" title="Nancy Benoit">Nancy</a> and their seven-year-old son, Daniel, before hanging himself at their residence in <a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_Georgia" title="Fayetteville, Georgia">Fayetteville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, United States. <a href="/wiki/Autopsy" title="Autopsy">Autopsy</a> results showed that Nancy was murdered first, having died of <a href="/wiki/Asphyxia" title="Asphyxia">asphyxiation</a> on the night of June 22.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daniel, who also died of asphyxia, was killed as he was lying <a href="/wiki/Sedation" title="Sedation">sedated</a> in his bed on the morning of June 23. On the evening of June 24, Benoit <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">killed himself</a> in his <a href="/wiki/Strength_training" title="Strength training">weight room</a>, when he used his <a href="/wiki/Pull-down_(exercise)" title="Pull-down (exercise)">lat pulldown machine</a> to hang himself. He placed <a href="/wiki/Bibles" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibles">Bibles</a> near the bodies of Nancy and Daniel.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the tragedy, numerous explanations for Benoit's actions have been proposed, including severe <a href="/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy" title="Chronic traumatic encephalopathy">chronic traumatic encephalopathy</a> (CTE)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Steroid" title="Steroid">steroid</a> and alcohol abuse,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leading to a failing marriage and other personal problems.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led to numerous media accounts, and a federal investigation into <a href="/wiki/Doping_in_sport" title="Doping in sport">steroid abuse</a> in professional wrestling. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Murder_of_Nancy_Benoit">Murder of Nancy Benoit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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wrestling">History of professional wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Years_in_professional_wrestling" title="Template:Years in professional wrestling">By year</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_wrestling_championships" title="Early wrestling championships">Early wrestling championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Dust_Trio" title="Gold Dust Trio">Gold Dust Trio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980s_professional_wrestling_boom" title="1980s professional wrestling boom">1980s boom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Saturday_(professional_wrestling)" title="Black Saturday (professional wrestling)">Black Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Title_Tournament" title="NWA World Title Tournament">1994 NWA World Title Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_War" title="Monday Night War">Monday Night War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attitude_Era" title="Attitude Era">Attitude Era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling_mass_exodus" title="2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus">2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Invasion (professional wrestling)">The Invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wednesday_Night_Wars" title="Wednesday Night Wars">Wednesday Night Wars</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable promotions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Women%27s_Pro-Wrestling" title="All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling">All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Star_Wrestling" title="All Star Wrestling">All Star Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association" title="American Wrestling Association">American Wrestling Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consejo_Mundial_de_Lucha_Libre" title="Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre">Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DDT_Pro-Wrestling" title="DDT Pro-Wrestling">DDT Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling" title="Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling">Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorgeous_Ladies_of_Wrestling" title="Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling">Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions" title="Jim Crockett Promotions">Jim Crockett Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Promotions" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Promotions">Joint Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_Worldwide" title="Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide">Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Wrestling" title="Major League Wrestling">Major League Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_Wrestling" title="Maple Leaf Wrestling">Maple Leaf Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Noah" title="Pro Wrestling Noah">Pro Wrestling Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soft_Ground_Wrestling" title="Soft Ground Wrestling">Soft Ground Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling" title="Stampede Wrestling">Stampede Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Joshi_Pro-Wrestling" title="Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling">Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UWF_International" title="UWF International">UWF International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_of_Wrestling" title="Women of Wrestling">Women of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Wonder_Ring_Stardom" title="World Wonder Ring Stardom">World Wonder Ring Stardom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolve_(WWE_brand)" title="Evolve (WWE brand)">Evolve</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_promotions" title="List of professional wrestling promotions">Others</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable people</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"><small><b>Early 20th Century</b></small> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Assirati" title="Bert Assirati">Bert Assirati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Riley" title="Billy Riley">Billy Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Sandow" title="Billy Sandow">Billy Sandow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lewis_(wrestler)" title="Ed Lewis (wrestler)">Ed Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gotch" title="Frank Gotch">Frank Gotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hackenschmidt" title="George Hackenschmidt">George Hackenschmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Gama" title="The Great Gama">The Great Gama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Pfefer" title="Jack Pfefer">Jack Pfefer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Stecher" title="Joe Stecher">Joe Stecher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Londos" title="Jim Londos">Jim Londos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvador_Lutteroth" title="Salvador Lutteroth">Salvador Lutteroth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toots_Mondt" title="Toots Mondt">Toots Mondt</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>Mid 20th Century</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Demon" title="Blue Demon">Blue Demon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino" title="Bruno Sammartino">Bruno Sammartino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Santo" title="El Santo">El Santo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fabulous_Moolah" title="The Fabulous Moolah">The Fabulous Moolah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorgeous_George" title="Gorgeous George">Gorgeous George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Gotch" title="Karl Gotch">Karl Gotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Burke" title="Mildred Burke">Mildred Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan" title="Rikidōzan">Rikidōzan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Muchnick" title="Sam Muchnick">Sam Muchnick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Hart" title="Stu Hart">Stu Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Gagne" title="Verne Gagne">Verne Gagne</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>1970s and 1980s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Maeda" title="Akira Maeda">Akira Maeda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Crabtree" title="Shirley Crabtree">Big Daddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Robinson" title="Billy Robinson">Billy Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Heenan" title="Bobby Heenan">Bobby Heenan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Col%C3%B3n" title="Carlos Colón">Carlos Colón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes" title="Dusty Rhodes">Dusty Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynamite_Kid" title="Dynamite Kid">Dynamite Kid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Signo" title="El Signo">El Signo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Texano" title="El Texano">El Texano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genichiro_Tenryu" title="Genichiro Tenryu">Genichiro Tenryu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant_Baba" title="Giant Baba">Giant Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Solie" title="Gordon Solie">Gordon Solie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Race" title="Harley Race">Harley Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Jr." title="Jim Crockett Jr.">Jim Crockett Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_M%C3%A1scaras" title="Mil Máscaras">Mil Máscaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_Navarro" title="Negro Navarro">Negro Navarro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satoru_Sayama" title="Satoru Sayama">Satoru "Tiger Mask" Sayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Hansen" title="Stan Hansen">Stan Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>1990s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Taue" title="Akira Taue">Akira Taue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Antonio Peña">Antonio Peña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsushi_Onita" title="Atsushi Onita">Atsushi Onita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Bischoff" title="Eric Bischoff">Eric Bischoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">Keiji "The Great Muta" Muto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jushin_Liger" title="Jushin Liger">Jushin Liger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenta_Kobashi" title="Kenta Kobashi">Kenta Kobashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manami_Toyota" title="Manami Toyota">Manami Toyota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsuharu_Misawa" title="Mitsuharu Misawa">Mitsuharu Misawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Scott Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiaki_Kawada" title="Toshiaki Kawada">Toshiaki Kawada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Russo" title="Vince Russo">Vince Russo</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>2000s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">AJ Styles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bautista" title="Dave Bautista">Batista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%ADstico" title="Místico">Místico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>2010s and 2020s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Lynch" title="Becky Lynch">Becky Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Bryan Danielson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Jon Moxley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Khan" title="Nick Khan">Nick Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rossy_Ogawa" title="Rossy Ogawa">Rossy Ogawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Khan" title="Tony Khan">Tony Khan</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">By region</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Australia" title="Professional wrestling in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Cholitas" title="Fighting Cholitas">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Canada" title="Professional wrestling in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_China" title="Professional wrestling in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_France" title="Professional wrestling in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_India" title="Professional wrestling in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Israel" title="Professional wrestling in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Japan" title="Professional wrestling in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_New_Zealand" title="Professional wrestling in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Professional wrestling in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Russia" title="Professional wrestling in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_States" title="Professional wrestling in the United States">United States</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Styles</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="British wrestling">British wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-in_professional_wrestling" title="All-in professional wrestling">All-in style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral-Lord_Mountevans_rules" title="Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules">Mountevans rules</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruiserweight_(professional_wrestling)" title="Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)">Cruiserweight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/X_Division" title="X Division">X Division</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_France" title="Professional wrestling in France">French catch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">Hardcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intergender_wrestling" title="Intergender wrestling">Intergender</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Lucha libre</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midget_wrestling" title="Midget wrestling">Midget</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mini-Estrella" title="Mini-Estrella">Mini-Estrella</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Puroresu" title="Puroresu">Puroresu</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot_wrestling" title="Shoot wrestling">Shoot style</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/U-Kei_(martial_arts)" title="U-Kei (martial arts)">U-Kei</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_professional_wrestling" title="Women's professional wrestling">Women's</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Concepts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li>Attire <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_mask" title="Wrestling mask">Masks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_singlet" title="Wrestling singlet">Wrestling singlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_shoe" title="Wrestling shoe">Wrestling shoe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestling)" title="Blading (professional wrestling)">Blading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship" title="Professional wrestling championship">Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_heavyweight_wrestling_championships" title="Category:World heavyweight wrestling championships">World Heavyweight</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirt_sheet" title="Dirt sheet">Dirt sheet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">Glossary of terms</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">Kayfabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gimmick (professional wrestling)">Gimmick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">Face</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">Heel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot_(professional_wrestling)" title="Shoot (professional wrestling)">Shoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heat_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heat (professional wrestling)">Heat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling)" title="Job (professional wrestling)">Job</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Push_(professional_wrestling)" title="Push (professional wrestling)">Push</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">House show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types" title="Professional wrestling match types">Match types</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_in_professional_wrestling" title="Music in professional wrestling">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">Ring name</a></li> <li><a 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ear">Cauliflower ear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wrestling-based_comic_books" title="List of wrestling-based comic books">Comic books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_wrestling" title="Fantasy wrestling">Fantasy wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_films" title="Category:Professional wrestling films">Films</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lucha_libre_films" title="Category:Lucha libre films">Luchador films</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_magazines" title="List of professional wrestling magazines">Magazines</a></li> <li>Paintings <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Courbet)" title="The Wrestlers (Courbet)">Gustave Courbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestlers_(Eakins)" title="Wrestlers (Eakins)">Thomas Eakins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Etty)" title="The Wrestlers (Etty)">William Etty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Luks)" title="The Wrestlers (Luks)">George 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According to the police report, Nancy's limbs were bound prior to her death, with her arms being restrained with <a href="/wiki/Coaxial_cable" title="Coaxial cable">coaxial cables</a>, and her feet being duct-taped together. A balled-up combination of a tube sock and tape was also found in the kitchen trash and appeared to be soaked in dried blood, which led police to believe that it was being used as a makeshift gag prior to Nancy's death. Her body was found wrapped in a blanket alongside a <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>. Injuries indicated that Benoit had pressed a knee into her back while pulling on a cord around her neck, causing <a href="/wiki/Strangling" title="Strangling">strangulation</a>. Officials said that there were no signs of immediate struggle.<sup id="cite_ref-press_conference2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-press_conference2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Toxicologists found alcohol in Nancy's body, but were unable to determine whether it had been present before death or was a product of <a href="/wiki/Human_decomposition" class="mw-redirect" title="Human decomposition">decomposition</a>. Decomposition made it difficult to estimate pre-death levels of <a href="/wiki/Hydrocodone" title="Hydrocodone">hydrocodone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alprazolam" title="Alprazolam">alprazolam</a>, which were found in "therapeutic levels" in her body. In any case, the <a href="/wiki/Medical_examiner" title="Medical examiner">medical examiner</a> saw no evidence that Nancy was as <a href="/wiki/Sedation" title="Sedation">sedated</a> as Daniel had been when he was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-Decomposition_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decomposition-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Murder_of_Daniel_Benoit">Murder of Daniel Benoit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Murder of Daniel Benoit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Daniel Christopher Benoit (February 25, 2000 – June 23, 2007) was Chris's third child. Daniel had two older paternal half-siblings via Chris's first wife. She and the two older children were living in Canada at the time of the murder–suicide. Daniel was Nancy's only child. </p><p>Daniel was suffocated and killed in his bedroom, and another Bible was left by his body.<sup id="cite_ref-Divorce_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Divorce-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had internal injuries to the throat area, showing no bruises.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Daniel's exact time of death is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-press_conference_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-press_conference-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reports determined Daniel was sedated with <a href="/wiki/Alprazolam" title="Alprazolam">Xanax</a> and likely unconscious when he was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-official_people_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_people-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His body had just started to show signs of decomposition, but was not as far along as Nancy's body.<sup id="cite_ref-Decomposition_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decomposition-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was later alleged that Daniel had the genetic disorder <a href="/wiki/Fragile_X_syndrome" title="Fragile X syndrome">fragile X syndrome</a> and that this was the cause of domestic problems in the Benoit family.<sup id="cite_ref-DivorceNotes_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DivorceNotes-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also suggested that <a href="/wiki/Track_mark" class="mw-redirect" title="Track mark">track marks</a> on Daniel's arms were the result of <a href="/wiki/Growth_hormone" title="Growth hormone">human growth hormone</a> (HGH) injections because Benoit and his family considered him undersized due to his condition.<sup id="cite_ref-Needle+2ndText_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Needle+2ndText-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Benoit's coworker and close friend, wrestler <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a>, stated that from his own research on the condition, the symptoms "fit Daniel to a tee, all across the board". Concerning those who had publicly stated that they had no knowledge of Daniel having the condition, Jericho said, "If Chris had decided that he wanted to keep it to himself, you wouldn't have been able to pry that out of him with anything."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite Jericho's initial statements regarding Daniel, he later stated in his 2011 book <i>Undisputed</i>, "It turned out that Daniel didn't have fragile X, but at the time it made sense because I was grasping at straws."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>District Attorney Scott Ballard later released a statement saying that a source with access to Daniel's medical files found no mention of any pre-existing mental or physical ailments. Likewise, Daniel's teachers reported that he was on par with other students and not about to be held back as previously thought.<sup id="cite_ref-Needle+3rdText_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Needle+3rdText-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, speaking publicly for the first time in a major public interview on a <i><a href="/wiki/Talk_is_Jericho" class="mw-redirect" title="Talk is Jericho">Talk is Jericho</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Podcast" title="Podcast">podcast</a>, Nancy's sister, Sandra Toffoloni, unequivocally denied any claims that Daniel had ever had fragile X or any similar condition. She also stated that claims of needle track marks on Daniel's arms were "preposterous."<sup id="cite_ref-TIJ-SandraT_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIJ-SandraT-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_murders">After the murders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: After the murders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At about 3:30 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> on Saturday, June 23, 2007, fellow wrestler and close friend <a href="/wiki/Chavo_Guerrero_Jr." title="Chavo Guerrero Jr.">Chavo Guerrero</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> received a <a href="/wiki/Voicemail" title="Voicemail">voicemail</a> message from Benoit's phone stating that both Nancy and Daniel had <a href="/wiki/Food_poisoning" class="mw-redirect" title="Food poisoning">food poisoning</a> and he would be late for that night's <a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">house show</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. Guerrero called Benoit back and found that Benoit sounded tired and groggy, as he confirmed everything that he had said in his voice message. Guerrero, who grew "concerned about Benoit's tone and demeanor," called him back twelve minutes later. Benoit did not answer, and Guererro left a voicemail message asking Benoit to call him back. </p><p>At 3:44 p.m. EDT, Benoit called Guerrero back, stating that he had not answered the call because he was on the phone with <a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines" title="Delta Air Lines">Delta Air Lines</a>, changing his flight. He stated that he had a stressful day due to Nancy and Daniel's purported food poisoning. Guerrero then replied with, "All right man, if you need to talk, I'm here for you". Benoit ended the conversation by saying, "Chavo, I love you". During a 2014 appearance on the <i>Talk is Jericho</i> podcast, Guerrero said Benoit sounded "off" when he talked to him, especially when he said "I love you" with emphasis.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another co-worker who often travelled with Benoit called him from outside the <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> airport. Benoit answered and told the co-worker that Nancy was vomiting blood and that Daniel was also vomiting. Benoit failed to show up for the house show in Beaumont and left a voicemail on Guerrero's cellphone that he would be on a flight that would arrive in Houston at 8:00 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a> on the following Sunday morning. During this time, Benoit called and left a voicemail for an unknown friend. </p><p>On Sunday, June 24, 2007, five <a href="/wiki/Text_message" class="mw-redirect" title="Text message">text messages</a> were sent to co-workers between 3:51 a.m. and 3:58 a.m. using both Chris' and Nancy's cellphones. Four of them were the Benoits' home address. The fifth said that the family's dogs were in the enclosed pool area and that a garage side door had been left open. Guerrero and WWE referee <a href="/wiki/Scott_Armstrong_(wrestler)" title="Scott Armstrong (wrestler)">Scott Armstrong</a> were two of the recipients of these texts. Guerrero was woken up by the texts and went back to sleep, reasoning that he would ask Benoit about the texts when he picked him up at the Houston airport in a few hours. Benoit failed to arrive on the flight at the Houston airport that landed at 8:00 a.m. </p><p>Late that morning, Benoit called WWE's talent relations office, stating that Daniel was vomiting and that he and Nancy were at the hospital with him. He stated that he would be taking a later flight into Houston, where he was scheduled to face <a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a> for the vacant <a href="/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="ECW World Heavyweight Championship">ECW World Championship</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Vengeance:_Night_of_Champions" title="Vengeance: Night of Champions">Vengeance: Night of Champions</a> <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a> event that night. Benoit failed to appear for the event.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Suicide_of_Chris_Benoit">Suicide of Chris Benoit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Suicide of Chris Benoit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to District Attorney Ballard and the county sheriff, Benoit committed <a href="/wiki/Suicide_by_hanging" title="Suicide by hanging">suicide by hanging</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-press_conference_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-press_conference-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He removed the bar from a <a href="/wiki/Pull-down_(exercise)" title="Pull-down (exercise)">lat pulldown machine</a> in his exercise room and fashioned the end of a cord from the machine into a <a href="/wiki/Noose" title="Noose">noose</a>. He then released the weights, causing his <a href="/wiki/Strangling" title="Strangling">strangulation</a>. Ballard said Benoit was found hanging from the pulley cable.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the 2016 <i>Talk is Jericho</i> podcast, Toffoloni claimed that over the weekend, the search history on Benoit's computer showed he had researched "the quickest and easiest way to break a neck". He had then later used a towel around his neck attached to the handle of the machine, which he pulled down using a very heavy weight and let go, breaking his neck instantly.<sup id="cite_ref-TIJ-SandraT_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIJ-SandraT-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the police report done by Fayette County Sheriff's Office states he showed no damage to his neck area other than that which came from the cable around his neck. It also states the only topic he researched on his computer during that time period was the Prophet <a href="/wiki/Elijah" title="Elijah">Elijah</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Raising_of_the_son_of_the_widow_of_Zarephath" title="Raising of the son of the widow of Zarephath">resurrection of a dead child</a>. No mention of the claims made by Toffoloni were present in the police report, and his <a href="/wiki/Autopsy" title="Autopsy">autopsy</a> report made no mention of damage to Benoit's <a href="/wiki/Cervical_vertebrae" title="Cervical vertebrae">cervical vertebrae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hyoid_bone" title="Hyoid bone">hyoid bone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trachea" title="Trachea">trachea</a> or <a href="/wiki/Larynx" title="Larynx">larynx</a> area, further indicating he didn't snap his neck as a manner of suicide. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discovery_of_the_bodies">Discovery of the bodies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Discovery of the bodies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Monday, June 25, 2007, WWE wrestlers and executives arrived in <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">WWE Raw</a></i>, which was to take place at the <a href="/wiki/American_Bank_Center" title="American Bank Center">American Bank Center</a>. As the early hours of the afternoon progressed and the show got closer to starting, WWE executives were increasingly concerned that they had not heard from Benoit in over twenty-four hours. Guerrero then showed WWE Vice President of Talent Relations <a href="/wiki/John_Laurinaitis" title="John Laurinaitis">John Laurinaitis</a> (a.k.a. Johnny Ace) the texts that he and Armstrong had received from Chris and Nancy's cellphones in the early hours of Sunday. As some more time progressed without any contact from Benoit, WWE called the Fayetteville police department and asked for a <a href="/wiki/Welfare_check" class="mw-redirect" title="Welfare check">welfare check</a> at the Benoit household. After discovering the bodies, the police notified WWE around 4:15<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. (CDT), informing them that they had discovered three bodies at the Benoit home, and the house was now ruled as a "major <a href="/wiki/Crime_scene" title="Crime scene">crime scene</a>". </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Suicide_note" title="Suicide note">suicide note</a> was not discovered during the initial investigation. One was later discovered in a Bible that had been among Benoit's possessions that were sent to his first wife Martina and their two children in Canada. Benoit's father Michael stated that Chris had left "a hand-written notation in there saying, 'I'm preparing to leave this Earth.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide+Note1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide+Note1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Suicide+Note2_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide+Note2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, during a 2020 interview with <a href="/wiki/Chris_Van_Vliet" title="Chris Van Vliet">Chris Van Vliet</a>, Chris's eldest son David stated Chris didn't leave a suicide note and showed no indication that anything was wrong in their conversations prior to the tragedy. He stated that Chris had planned for him to visit from Canada the week following the murders.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Memorial_and_cremation">Memorial and cremation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Memorial and cremation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A memorial for Nancy and Daniel took place in <a href="/wiki/Daytona_Beach,_Florida" title="Daytona Beach, Florida">Daytona Beach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, on July 14, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both were <a href="/wiki/Cremation" title="Cremation">cremated</a> and their ashes placed in <a href="/wiki/Starfish" title="Starfish">starfish</a>-shaped <a href="/wiki/Urns" class="mw-redirect" title="Urns">urns</a> for Nancy's family.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chris was also cremated,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following a private memorial service in <a href="/wiki/Ardrossan,_Alberta" title="Ardrossan, Alberta">Ardrossan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a>, on August 6, 2007. The fate of his ashes has not been publicly revealed.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Possible_motives">Possible motives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Possible motives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Neuroscientist and former wrestler <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Nowinski" title="Christopher Nowinski">Christopher Nowinski</a> argued that Benoit may have been suffering from repeated, untreated <a href="/wiki/Concussion" title="Concussion">concussions</a> throughout his life, ultimately leading to an unstable mental state. Nowinski stated that Chris Benoit "was one of the only guys who would take a chair shot to the back of the head ... which is stupid".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tests conducted on Benoit's brain by Julian Bailes, the head of <a href="/wiki/Neurosurgery" title="Neurosurgery">neurosurgery</a> at <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a> (WVU), showed "Benoit's brain was so severely damaged it resembled the brain of an 85-year-old <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease">Alzheimer's</a> patient".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bennet_Omalu" title="Bennet Omalu">Dr. Bennet Omalu</a> and others suggested that his brain was damaged enough that he likely would not have lived longer anyway. </p><p>Other tests conducted on Benoit's <a href="/wiki/Human_brain" title="Human brain">brain tissue</a> revealed severe <a href="/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy" title="Chronic traumatic encephalopathy">chronic traumatic encephalopathy</a> (CTE),<sup id="cite_ref-cte_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cte-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Brain_injury" title="Brain injury">damage</a> to all four <a href="/wiki/Lobes_of_the_brain" title="Lobes of the brain">lobes of the brain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brain_stem" class="mw-redirect" title="Brain stem">brain stem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bailes and his colleagues concluded that repeated concussions can lead to <a href="/wiki/Dementia" title="Dementia">dementia</a>, which can contribute to severe behavioural problems. Benoit's father said that brain damage may have been the leading cause of the murder–suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A statement released by WWE described the findings as "speculative".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nancy had filed for divorce in May 2003, allegedly after <a href="/wiki/Domestic_violence" title="Domestic violence">domestic abuse</a> from Benoit, but withdrew it three months later.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2008, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlanta_Journal-Constitution" title="The Atlanta Journal-Constitution">The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a></i> (<i>AJC</i>) reported that Nancy may have suspected Benoit of having an affair with a <a href="/wiki/Women_in_WWE" title="Women in WWE">female WWE wrestler</a>, and that they may have also argued over a <a href="/wiki/Life_insurance" title="Life insurance">life insurance</a> policy. The <i>AJC</i> claimed their source was a recently released report from the <a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Georgia" title="Fayette County, Georgia">Fayette County</a> Sheriff's Office.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responses">Responses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Responses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Wrestling_Entertainment">World Wrestling Entertainment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: World Wrestling Entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:35%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Good evening. Tonight, this arena here in Corpus Christi, Texas, was to have been filled to capacity with enthusiastic WWE fans. Tonight's storyline was to have been the alleged demise of my character, Mr. McMahon. However, in reality, WWE Superstar Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their son Daniel, are dead. Their bodies were discovered this afternoon in their new, suburban Atlanta home. The authorities are undergoing an investigation. We here in the WWE can only offer our condolences to the extended family of Chris Benoit, and the only other thing we can do at this moment is, tonight, pay tribute to Chris Benoit. We will offer you some of the most memorable moments in Chris' professional life, and you will hear, tonight, comments from his peers; those here – his fellow performers – those here who loved Chris and admired him so much. So tonight will be a three-hour tribute to one of the greatest WWE superstars of all time. Tonight will be a tribute to Chris Benoit. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—<a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> opening <i>Monday Night RAW</i> in Corpus Christi, Texas, to inform the viewers of the Benoit family tragedy.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>The deaths at the Benoit household were first reported to fans of WWE via the company's Mobile Alerts Service<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and posted to its official website soon after. On its corporate website, the company released the following statement: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"World Wrestling Entertainment was informed today by authorities in Fayette County, Ga., that WWE Superstar Chris Benoit, his wife, Nancy, and his son were found dead in their home. Authorities are investigating, but no other details are available at this time. </p><p>Instead of its announced programming for tonight on <a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA Network</a>, WWE will air a three-hour tribute to Chris Benoit. Chris was beloved among his fellow Superstars, and was a favorite among WWE fans for his unbelievable athleticism and wrestling ability. He always took great pride in his performance, and always showed respect for the business he loved, for his peers and towards his fans. This is a terrible tragedy and an unbearable loss. </p><p> WWE extends its sincere condolences and prayers to the surviving members of the Benoit family and their loved ones in this time of tragedy."<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>After WWE promoter <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> had gathered the wrestlers together to tell them that Chris, Nancy and Daniel had all died, the company cancelled the scheduled three-hour-long live <i>Monday Night Raw</i> show that had been scheduled for a few hours later at the American Bank Center. Coincidentally, the show was supposed to be a memorial for the Mr. McMahon character, who on the June 11 episode of <i>Monday Night Raw</i> "died" in a limo explosion, with the remainder of the ensuing angle cancelled entirely. </p><p>They replaced the broadcast version with a tribute to Benoit's life and career, featuring past matches, segments from the <i>Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story</i> <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a>, and comments from wrestlers and announcers from the WWE <a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a>, <a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown!</a>, and <a href="/wiki/ECW_(WWE_brand)" title="ECW (WWE brand)">ECW</a> brands. Shortly after the program aired, many of the aired comments were posted on WWE.com. It was not until the last hour of the tribute program that successive reports surfaced that Chris, Nancy and Daniel had all died on different days over the weekend, and that the police were not looking for any other suspects.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The following night, Tuesday, June 26, after details of the murder–suicide became available, WWE aired a recorded statement by McMahon before its <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_ECW" title="WWE ECW">ECW</a></i> broadcast: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Last night on <i>Monday Night Raw</i>, the WWE presented a special tribute show, recognizing the career of Chris Benoit. However, now some 26 hours later, the facts of this horrific tragedy are now apparent. Therefore, other than my comments, there will be no mention of Mr. Benoit's name tonight. On the contrary, tonight's show will be dedicated to everyone who has been affected by this terrible incident. This evening marks the first step of the healing process. Tonight, WWE performers will do what they do better than anyone else in the world: entertain you.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>On Friday, June 29, before that week's edition of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown!</a></i>, McMahon released another statement indicating that the related events of the tragedy were not known to WWE at the time. The rest of the statement remained the same as the first one.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>On a recent edition of <i>Raw</i>, the WWE presented a special tribute show, recognizing the career of Chris Benoit. However, the facts of this horrific tragedy involving Chris Benoit were not known at the time. Therefore, other than my comments, there will be no mention of Mr. Benoit's name in this program. On the contrary, this show is dedicated to everyone who has been affected by this terrible incident. This marks the first step of the healing process whereby WWE performers will now do what they do better than anyone else in the world: entertain you.</p></blockquote> <p>After learning about the full details of the <a href="/wiki/Murder%E2%80%93suicide" title="Murder–suicide">murder–suicide</a>, WWE quickly distanced itself from Benoit:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li>Except for his results and listings in WWE's title history (though the summaries of his title reigns have been removed), and select press releases from WWE's corporate subsite,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the WWE website removed all past mentions of Benoit, including all news articles relating to the specific details of the incident, as well as his biography and the video tribute comments from Benoit's peers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>WWE pulled the tribute episode from international markets that aired <i>Monday Night Raw</i> on a tape-delay basis. Several channels announced the episode was being withheld for legal reasons. A substitute <i>Raw</i>, hosted by <a href="/wiki/Todd_Grisham" title="Todd Grisham">Todd Grisham</a> from WWE Studios, was created featuring recaps of <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE,_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)">World Heavyweight Championship</a> matches that had occurred over the past year.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Benoit's name was removed from his previous theme song "Rabid" on the MP3 release of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Anthology" title="WWE Anthology">WWE Anthology</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Benoit, along with his "<a href="/wiki/Crippler_Crossface" class="mw-redirect" title="Crippler Crossface">Crippler Crossface</a>" and other signature moves, were removed from the <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown_vs._Raw_2008" title="WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008">WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008</a></i> video game, after Benoit was originally included in the game as a playable character. Starting with <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown_vs._Raw_2010" title="WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010">WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2010</a></i>, the move was reinstated as "Crossface."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Classics_On_Demand" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Classics On Demand">WWE Classics On Demand</a>, WWE's subscription <a href="/wiki/Video_on_demand" title="Video on demand">video on demand</a> service, began removing the likeness and mentions of both Benoit and Nancy from archival footage.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Matches and other footage involving Benoit appeared very sparingly on any WWE DVD releases following his death, with all of them being footage involving multiple wrestlers, such as a <a href="/wiki/Battle_royal_(professional_wrestling)" title="Battle royal (professional wrestling)">battle royal</a> or a multiple-person <a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">tag team</a> match. The <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">WCW</a> <a href="/wiki/WarGames_match" title="WarGames match">WarGames</a> DVD by WWE, which features all of the WarGames matches, does include the <a href="/wiki/Fall_Brawl_(1997)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall Brawl (1997)">1997 WCW Fall Brawl</a> WarGames match between the <a href="/wiki/New_World_Order_(professional_wrestling)" title="New World Order (professional wrestling)">nWo</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Four_Horsemen_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)">Four Horsemen</a>, featuring Benoit, who was not involved in the finish of the match, but has commentary about Benoit edited out.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a>, a parental advisory warning is shown before a program that features Benoit.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WWE Network shows the June 25, 2007, internationally aired episode of <i>Raw</i> featuring several world title matches instead of the original Benoit tribute show. The opening promo for the June 26, 2007, <i>ECW</i> episode with McMahon, mentioning Benoit, has been omitted from the broadcast. Several pay-per-view posters that featured Benoit were replaced with new artwork on the Network's menu screen. Matches listed for shows and pay-per-views that have Benoit in them don't mention him by name, but instead list his opponent(s) and stipulation. Additionally, entering Benoit's name into the Network's search function will return no results.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag relies on an unreliable source. (May 2017)">unreliable source</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>In 2015, Benoit's name was finally mentioned as part of the WWE Network's <i>Monday Night Wars</i> series about the fall of WCW. This was the first time since the WWE omitted his name in June 2007, that the WWE mentioned Benoit by name. A segment in this series talked about the 2000 Invasion storyline with Benoit and his <a href="/wiki/The_Radicalz" title="The Radicalz">Radicalz</a> stablemates <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_Malenko" title="Dean Malenko">Dean Malenko</a> and <a href="/wiki/Perry_Saturn" title="Perry Saturn">Perry Saturn</a>. However, barring an establishing shot, Benoit was omitted from all footage and photographs featuring the group.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Canadian rock band <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_Peace" title="Our Lady Peace">Our Lady Peace</a>, who had written his entrance theme song "Whatever" in 2001, were asked if they would ever perform the song again in a 2012 interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="The Huffington Post">The Huffington Post</a></i>. Band members Raine Maida and Steve Mazur responded that they felt they could not, given the circumstances of Benoit's death.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they ultimately would play the song again at a concert in February 2025, almost 18 years after the murder-suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>WWE included the moment when Randy Orton pinned Benoit at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2004)" title="SummerSlam (2004)">SummerSlam 2004</a> to capture his first World Heavyweight Championship in a promotional video for the match between Orton and John Cena at <a href="/wiki/TLC:_Tables,_Ladders_%26_Chairs_(2013)" title="TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2013)">TLC 2013</a>. However, Benoit's face cannot be seen. This was also done in videos for the buildup to Orton's fourteenth world championship win against <a href="/wiki/Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a> in 2020.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a>'s <a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame" title="WWE Hall of Fame">WWE Hall of Fame</a> video upon his induction in 2017, WWE briefly showed a clip of his match with Benoit. However, the shot is distant and Benoit's face cannot be seen.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On a 2020 episode of <i>Raw</i> after <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2020)" title="SummerSlam (2020)">SummerSlam</a> emanating from WWE's <a href="/wiki/WWE_ThunderDome" title="WWE ThunderDome">ThunderDome</a>, a fan showed an image of Benoit in a prominently featured position during a segment with <a href="/wiki/Drew_Mcintyre" class="mw-redirect" title="Drew Mcintyre">Drew Mcintyre</a>. This was apparently the last picture of Benoit taken before his death.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Professional_wrestling_industry">Professional wrestling industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Professional wrestling industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Numerous individuals in professional wrestling, past and present, commented on the deaths and their aftermath: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> commented on Benoit's personality and his thoughts on the crime, saying: "He was peaceful and kept to himself," and, "I think it had to be something personal, a domestic problem between him and his wife."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a> also commented on Benoit's personality, stating: "I never saw him lose his temper or act strange or weird. I don't remember Chris as being a guy who took a lot of pills or drank too hard. I think you'll find over the next few weeks this steroid thing was played up too much."<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kurt Angle chose to comment more on the reaction to the crime, stating, "This is not WWE's fault, and this is not Vince McMahon's fault. Chris Benoit was responsible for his own actions."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Bischoff" title="Eric Bischoff">Eric Bischoff</a> discussed the media reaction, saying: "It's clear that the media wants to blame steroids, professional wrestling, Vince McMahon or anyone or anything else that further sensationalizes this family tragedy. I refuse to join the choir. I don't have enough information. I wasn't there. I am not a <a href="/wiki/Psychiatry" title="Psychiatry">psychiatrist</a>. I just can't imagine how or why this could have happened."<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lex_Luger" title="Lex Luger">Lex Luger</a> commented on the situation, saying that he was "shocked and saddened" to learn of Benoit's death. He also believed that steroids may have affected the situation, stating: "Obviously, they were in his home. Let's face it. There's a pretty good chance he was on them and to discount that they didn't play a role, as far as with his temperament, I'd be lying if I said there wasn't that possibility."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Other wrestlers also commented, including <a href="/wiki/Marc_Mero" title="Marc Mero">Marc Mero</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ted_DiBiase" title="Ted DiBiase">Ted DiBiase Sr.</a>, Randy Orton, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lance_Storm" title="Lance Storm">Lance Storm</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chyna" title="Chyna">Chyna</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Blackman" title="Steve Blackman">Steve Blackman</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Warrior" title="The Ultimate Warrior">The Ultimate Warrior</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jack" title="New Jack">New Jack</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a>, Chris Jericho,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/William_Regal" title="William Regal">William Regal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vince McMahon and his wife <a href="/wiki/Linda_McMahon" title="Linda McMahon">Linda</a> (WWE <span title="Chief Executive Officer">CEO</span>) were interviewed (separate and jointly) by various news outlets.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some wrestlers, such as <a href="/wiki/Steve_Williams_(wrestler)" title="Steve Williams (wrestler)">"Dr. Death" Steve Williams</a> wrote posts on their websites and social media pages.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>CM Punk, who was scheduled to face Benoit at the Vengeance: Night of Champions pay-per-view the night he died, was among the many WWE personnel that commented on Benoit during the three-hour tribute show on <i>Raw.</i> He also briefly touched on the subject of the murder–suicide in a 2011 interview with <i><a href="/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a></i>. He described it as "a pretty... low point in everyone's life. A lot of people don't like to talk about it. It still blows my mind."<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the 2012 <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con" title="San Diego Comic-Con">San Diego Comic-Con</a> during an interview session with wrestlers including Punk, he was asked if WWE was trying to erase Benoit from history. Punk responded that while Benoit is in the history books and that cannot be changed, it does not make any sense for WWE to further promote him, due to "the horrific nature of what he did".<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">Sean Waltman</a>, in a 2014 interview, said of Benoit: "He was a pleasant guy, but always had a darkness about him ... a sadness, or something." Waltman added that Benoit had a bleak sense of humour, finding amusement in "things that were a little bit bent."<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a>, in a 2019 interview with <i>Inside the Ropes</i>, briefly mentioned Benoit during an interview focused on <a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a> after a fan kept interrupting whenever Heyman mentioned Benoit's name, and said: "Three people died in that house that night, and only one person [Benoit] had the choice behind it, as the other two [Nancy and Daniel] didn't have a choice to die." Heyman also stated that he doesn't care whether CTE was behind Benoit's actions, and while forever respecting Benoit as a performer, lost any and all respect for him personally following the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Penzer" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Penzer">Dave Penzer</a>, who was a close friend, neighbor and work colleague with Chris and Nancy said in a 2017 interview that Chris was a "nice guy. great talent" but noted there was always something off about him. He called Nancy a great friend but described her as "rough" and "could go at it too." In regards to the incident, he said it's sad Daniel didn't survive but noted that when he heard about the deaths, he didn't have a doubt in his mind it was a double murder - suicide with either parent capable of killing the other based on the back-and-forth dysfunction between Chris and Nancy. He elaborated further that the couple was prone to awkward fights in public whenever they would get together and dysfunction only got worse after the 2006 overdose death of the couple's close friend <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Grunge" title="Johnny Grunge">Johnny Grunge</a>. He said Grunge was able to help the couple with their issues in the past and was the couple's "go-to" outlet when discussing problems in the marriage. Following Grunge's passing, the couple pulled away and became increasingly private and barely spoke to their group of friends and moved to a different house without telling anyone. He states that he believes that if Grunge were alive, he could have helped Chris and Nancy thus preventing the tragedy. <sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a> also said in his podcast in 2013, “Chris Benoit as the person I knew, loved him. Chris Benoit as a wrestler, loved him. Chris Benoit as the person who did what he did, unforgivable. Bottom line.” Austin also spoke about how nice he was, and how hard working he was when it came to pro wrestling, “Well first and foremost, what I think about Chris Benoit is that guy was one of the most nicest guys I ever met in my life. He’s one of the most talented, hard working cats I’d ever seen in the squared circle. Anybody who knew Chris would tell you those exact two things. That guy loved the damn wrestling business, he was born to be a wrestler and was absolutely phenomenal. Drawing a lot of his influence from The Dynamite Kid, he blazed a path as the Pegasus Kid and his legacy as The Crippler Chris Benoit was just one hellacious career.”<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the news broke about Benoit's death, most mainstream news outlets covered the story, including <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eye_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eye-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Benoit incident made the cover of <a href="/wiki/People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)"><i>People</i> magazine</a>. <a href="/wiki/ECW_Press" title="ECW Press">ECW Press</a> (which has no affiliation with <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a>, a promotion for which Benoit once worked though their initials are the same) announced on July 16 that noted wrestling writer Irvin Muchnick had written a book on the case, due out in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <i><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_Roast_of_Flavor_Flav" class="mw-redirect" title="Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav">Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav</a></i> in August 2007, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel" title="Jimmy Kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a> joked to honoree <a href="/wiki/Flavor_Flav" title="Flavor Flav">Flavor Flav</a> that "Chris Benoit is a better father than Flavor Flav", which drew a shocked response and laughs from the crowd.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show aired less than two months after the incident, but no reference was made to the taping date of the episode in question.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bill_Apter" title="Bill Apter">Bill Apter</a> in 2015 speculated the murders were a <a href="/wiki/Contract_killing" title="Contract killing">professional hit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government">Government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With Benoit and his death allegedly linked to steroid abuse, WWE underwent investigation by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform" title="United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform">United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform</a> regarding their <a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment#Drug_testing_and_wellness_program" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wrestling Entertainment">talent wellness policy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-steroid_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steroid-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> did not take action against either WWE or any other professional wrestling company in the wake of the event. In January 2009, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Waxman" title="Henry Waxman">Henry Waxman</a>, outgoing chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, requested that the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_National_Drug_Control_Policy" title="Office of National Drug Control Policy">Office of National Drug Control Policy</a> chief, <a href="/wiki/John_P._Walters" title="John P. Walters">John P. Walters</a>, "examine steroid use in professional wrestling and take appropriate steps to address this problem." In the letter, Waxman stated, "In the first year of WWE's testing program, which began in March 2006, 40% of wrestlers tested positive for steroids and other drugs, even after being warned in advance that they were going to be tested." He also wrote about how wrestlers who test positive for performance enhancers, receive light punishment and afterwards can often participate in wrestling events. The committee investigation also uncovered how easily wrestlers could secure "<a href="/wiki/Therapeutic_use_exemption" title="Therapeutic use exemption">therapeutic use exemptions</a>" (TUEs, permission to take banned substances for medical reasons) so they could continue performing while using steroids. When Waxman's staff interviewed Tracy Ray, a physician contracted by WWE, Ray claimed there was "shadiness in almost every [TUE] case that I've reviewed."<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy_reports">Chronic traumatic encephalopathy reports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy reports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the time of the murder–suicide, research was being led by forensic neuropathologist <a href="/wiki/Bennet_Omalu" title="Bennet Omalu">Bennet Omalu</a> into <a href="/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy" title="Chronic traumatic encephalopathy">chronic traumatic encephalopathy</a> (CTE) in former players of <a href="/wiki/Gridiron_football" title="Gridiron football">gridiron football</a>. The issue came to the forefront following Omalu's 2002 report on <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> member <a href="/wiki/Mike_Webster" title="Mike Webster">Mike Webster</a> after the player's death. Subsequent postmortem analyses of the brains of recently deceased <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) players agreed with the report on Webster's death, as each player showed the kind of brain damage previously seen in people with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, as well as in some retired <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxers</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Nowinski" title="Christopher Nowinski">Christopher Nowinski</a>, a former WWE wrestler who had written the 2006 book <i>Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis,</i> was active in investigating the CTE diagnoses of former NFL players <a href="/wiki/Andre_Waters" title="Andre Waters">Andre Waters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Justin_Strzelczyk" title="Justin Strzelczyk">Justin Strzelczyk</a> at the time, and discussed concerns of concussions after <a href="/wiki/Ted_Johnson" title="Ted Johnson">Ted Johnson</a> contacted him. On June 28, 2007, four days after Chris Benoit's death, Michael Benoit agreed to Nowinski's offer to have his son's brain analysed by the same neurosurgeons. On September 5, 2007, Julian Bailes, the chief of neurosurgery at <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a>, conducted a news conference in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> to announce the results of Benoit's postmortem brain examination.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"When the (Sports Legacy Institute) approached Michael Benoit about testing Chris' brain as part of the Sports Legacy Project, our goal was to determine if there was evidence of CTE caused by repeated trauma to the head sustained during Chris Benoit's career. We have now confirmed multiple concussions are part of his medical history, along with clinical symptoms associated with CTE. Because my SLI colleagues and I have found evidence of CTE in the brains of four former professional football players, we felt an examination of Chris Benoit's brain may bring awareness to CTE's existence outside of boxers and football players. The findings of CTE in Chris Benoit suggest that there may be a common syndrome among athletes who suffer multiple head injuries in contact sports."<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In December 2009, nearly thirty months after Benoit's death, Omalu confirmed to <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Outside_the_Lines" title="Outside the Lines">Outside the Lines</a></i> that the death of a second WWE wrestler, <a href="/wiki/Test_(wrestler)" title="Test (wrestler)">Andrew Martin</a> (a.k.a. Test), was attributed to CTE. Bailes told ESPN, "When we announced our findings about Chris, some in the media said it was 'roid rage. We said at the time the real finding was that repeated head trauma was the cause. With Andrew Martin as the second case, the WWE and the sport in general have to ask themselves, 'Is this a trend?' The science tells us that jumping off ten-foot ladders and slamming people with tables and chairs is simply bad for the brain."<sup id="cite_ref-OTL_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OTL-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WWE noted the research was new at the time but released the following statement to ESPN for <i>Outside the Lines</i>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"While this is a new emerging science, the WWE is unaware of the veracity of any of these tests, be it for Chris Benoit or Andrew Martin. Dr. Omalu claims that Mr. Benoit had a brain that resembled an 85-year-old with Alzheimer's, which would lead one to ponder how Mr. Benoit would have found his way to an airport, let alone been able to remember all the moves and information that is required to perform in the ring."<sup id="cite_ref-OTL_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OTL-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In the decade following the broadcast, postmortem brain research on numerous deceased wrestlers diagnosed findings consistent with CTE. Wrestlers diagnosed in postmortem research include <a href="/wiki/Axl_Rotten" title="Axl Rotten">Axl Rotten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balls_Mahoney" title="Balls Mahoney">Balls Mahoney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Snuka" title="Jimmy Snuka">Jimmy Snuka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mr._Fuji" title="Mr. Fuji">Harry Fujiwara (Mr. Fuji)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Bass_(wrestler)" title="Ron Bass (wrestler)">Ron Bass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Balls_Mahoney_CTE_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balls_Mahoney_CTE-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, the NFL and groups representing 18,000 former players agreed to a $765 million settlement compensating players in regards to head injuries, specifically concussions.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Influenced by the NFL decision, over sixty professional wrestlers and representatives of deceased wrestlers joined by attorney Konstantine Kyros filed a class-action lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. The litigation claims the company concealed the risks of injury in wrestling, specifically CTE.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> United States District Judge <a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Lynne_Bryant" title="Vanessa Lynne Bryant">Vanessa Lynne Bryant</a> dismissed the lawsuits in September 2018, saying the Benoit tragedy did not cause WWE to recognize a link between CTE and wrestling but stated: "The circumstances surrounding Mr. Benoit's death were so tragic and so horrifying that it would have been reasonable for his fellow wrestlers to follow news developments about him and about CTE, through which they could have deduced that they were at risk of developing CTE and sought medical opinions about risks to their own health."<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit</a> rejected an appeal in September 2020 and the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">United States Supreme Court</a> declined to hear the case in April 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Steroids_debate">Steroids debate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Steroids debate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Steroids were found in the Benoit household, leading some media organizations to hypothesize that a steroid-induced rage may have been the cause of Benoit's actions, as some doctors have linked steroid use to uncontrollable anger, among other psychological issues which include <a href="/wiki/Paranoia" title="Paranoia">paranoia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eye_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eye-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WWE released a press-statement, challenging the "roid-rage" claims. One part of the statement reads: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"The physical findings announced by authorities indicate deliberation, not rage. The wife's feet and hands were bound and she was <a href="/wiki/Asphyxia" title="Asphyxia">asphyxiated</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Authorized_King_James_Version" class="mw-redirect" title="Authorized King James Version">Bible</a> by each is also not an act of rage."<sup id="cite_ref-sensational_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sensational-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Prosecutors in <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> investigated the deliveries Benoit received from Signature Pharmacy and MedXLife.com, which sold steroids and HGH over the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">internet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-assume_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-assume-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Terence Kindlon, the lawyer for MedXLife co-owner Gary Brandwein, denied allegations that his client's company sold steroids to Benoit.<sup id="cite_ref-assume_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-assume-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brandwein pleaded not guilty to six counts in New York state court related to the criminal sale of a controlled substance.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a report from <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i>, three packages sent to Benoit were from Signature Pharmacy, with the first one in December 2005 to <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio, Texas</a>. The second package was sent on February 13, 2006, to an address in <a href="/wiki/Peachtree_City,_Georgia" title="Peachtree City, Georgia">Peachtree City, Georgia</a>, and the third was sent in July 2006 to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida" title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida">Fort Walton Beach, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This followed eleven wrestlers that were named in a <i>Sports Illustrated</i> steroids investigation that began March 2007, which included Angle, Eddie Guerrero, <a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Rey Mysterio, Jr.">Oscar Guttierez</a> (a.k.a. Rey Mysterio, Jr.), <a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Adam Copeland</a> (a.k.a. Edge) and <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Helms" title="Gregory Helms">Gregory Helms</a>, with Copeland receiving a high amount of steroids.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt stated that "they believe the facts of this crime do not support the hypothesis that 'roid rage' played a role in the murders", citing evidence of <a href="/wiki/Premeditated_murder" class="mw-redirect" title="Premeditated murder">premeditation</a> in addition to the lack of a <a href="/wiki/Toxicology" title="Toxicology">toxicology</a> report, and the fact that the steroids found within Benoit's home were legally prescribed.<sup id="cite_ref-sensational_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sensational-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FoxDEA_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FoxDEA-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gary_I._Wadler" title="Gary I. Wadler">Gary I. Wadler</a>, a former official in the <a href="/wiki/World_Anti-Doping_Agency" title="World Anti-Doping Agency">World Anti-Doping Agency</a>, agreed with McDevitt's statement, saying that "that was a premeditated act and that's not rage".<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Investigators seized both Benoit and Nancy's medical records, as well as records belonging to <a href="/wiki/Mark_Jindrak" title="Mark Jindrak">Mark Jindrak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Holly" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Holly">Hardcore Holly (Robert Howard)</a>, Lex Luger, Rey Mysterio, Jr., <a href="/wiki/Buff_Bagwell" title="Buff Bagwell">Buff Bagwell (Marcus Bagwell)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Grunge" title="Johnny Grunge">Johnny Grunge (Mike Durham)</a>, all of whom were patients of Benoit's doctor, Phil Astin.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toxicology_results">Toxicology results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Toxicology results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the press conference held by the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Georgia Bureau of Investigation">Georgia Bureau of Investigation</a> (GBI) on July 17, 2007, it was announced that three different drugs were found in Nancy's system: <a href="/wiki/Hydromorphone" title="Hydromorphone">hydromorphone</a>, hydrocodone and Xanax. All three drugs were found to be at levels investigators considered normal for therapeutic treatment, as opposed to recreational use or abuse. A <a href="/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content" title="Blood alcohol content">blood-alcohol level</a> was found to be 0.184. Kris Sperry, the medical examiner, added it was impossible to say whether any of the blood findings were due to ingestion of alcohol or the post-mortem process.<sup id="cite_ref-Decomposition_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decomposition-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also ruled out that Nancy was sedated by Benoit before she was murdered.<sup id="cite_ref-AJCToxocResults_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJCToxocResults-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Xanax was found in Daniel's system. District Attorney Ballard noted this was not a drug that would be given to a child under normal circumstances. It was believed that Daniel was sedated before being murdered, with Sperry ruling out that he had died of a <a href="/wiki/Drug_overdose" title="Drug overdose">drug overdose</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AJCToxocResults_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJCToxocResults-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The GBI, however, said in the press conference that it could not perform tests for steroids or HGH on Daniel because of a lack of <a href="/wiki/Urine" title="Urine">urine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Xanax and hydrocodone were found in Benoit's system, at levels investigators called consistent with therapeutic use. Elevated levels of the synthetic anabolic steroid <a href="/wiki/Testosterone_cypionate" title="Testosterone cypionate">testosterone cypionate</a> were found in his urine; investigators believed that the level found suggested it had been taken recently. While testosterone cypionate was found in his urine, there was no evidence of <a href="/wiki/Gamma_hydroxybutyrate" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamma hydroxybutyrate">gamma hydroxybutyrate</a> contrary to speculation.<sup id="cite_ref-AJCToxocResults_100-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJCToxocResults-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Benoit tested negative for blood alcohol.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drug_charges_against_Benoit's_doctor"><span id="Drug_charges_against_Benoit.27s_doctor"></span>Drug charges against Benoit's doctor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Drug charges against Benoit's doctor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phil Astin's attorney, Manny Arora,<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> asked a judge to throw out evidence seized during a raid on Astin's office after the murder–suicide. He claimed the search exceeded authority granted in a <a href="/wiki/Search_warrant" title="Search warrant">search warrant</a> and that police seized other patients' records and three years of bank and computer records.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2008, Astin was charged with overprescribing medication in a case not connected to Benoit.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 29, 2009, Astin admitted he illegally prescribed drugs, sometimes without examining the patients first, and pleaded guilty to all 175 counts against him. He was sentenced to ten years in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wikipedia_controversy">Wikipedia controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Wikipedia controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikinews-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler_Chris_Benoit_and_family_found_dead" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Professional wrestler Chris Benoit and family found dead"> Professional wrestler Chris Benoit and family found dead </a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Death_of_Nancy_Benoit_rumour_posted_on_Wikipedia_hours_prior_to_body_being_found" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Death of Nancy Benoit rumour posted on Wikipedia hours prior to body being found"> Death of Nancy Benoit rumour posted on Wikipedia hours prior to body being found </a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit_mystery_editor_confesses:_claims_%22terrible_coincidence%22" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Chris Benoit mystery editor confesses: claims "terrible coincidence""> Chris Benoit mystery editor confesses: claims "terrible coincidence"</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <p>A statement regarding Nancy's death was added to the Chris Benoit <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a> article fourteen hours before police discovered the bodies of Benoit and his family. This seemingly prescient addition was initially reported on <a href="/wiki/Wikinews" title="Wikinews">Wikinews</a> and later on <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>. The article originally read: "Chris Benoit was replaced by <a href="/wiki/John_Morrison_(wrestler)" title="John Morrison (wrestler)">Johnny Nitro</a> for the ECW World Championship match at Vengeance, as Benoit was not there due to personal issues, stemming from the death of his wife Nancy."<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The phrase "stemming from the death of his wife Nancy" was added at 4:01 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> on June 25, whereas the Fayette County police reportedly discovered the bodies of the Benoit family at 2:30 p.m. EDT, 10 hours, 29 minutes later. The <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP address</a> of the editor was traced to <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, which at the time was the location of the <a href="/wiki/Titan_Towers" title="Titan Towers">WWE headquarters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After news of the early death notice reached mainstream media, the anonymous poster accessed Wikinews to explain his edit as a "huge coincidence and nothing more."<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The poster responsible for the edit was later identified as Matthew Greenberg, a then 19-year-old student at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Connecticut" title="University of Connecticut">University of Connecticut</a> in <a href="/wiki/Storrs,_Connecticut" title="Storrs, Connecticut">Storrs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Police detectives "seized computer equipment from the man held responsible for the postings" and called the posting an "unbelievable hindrance" to their investigation, but believed Greenberg was otherwise uninvolved, declining to press charges.<sup id="cite_ref-hindrance_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindrance-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Greenberg had found several rumors online,<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which supported his theory about the Benoit "family emergency" as reported in wrestling news. The IP from which he made the edit was tentatively traced to <a href="/wiki/Vandalism_on_Wikipedia" title="Vandalism on Wikipedia">vandalizing</a> other Wikipedia entries.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath_and_legacy">Aftermath and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Aftermath and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the years following the murder–suicide, it continued to be referred to in the media. <a href="/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(2008)" title="The Great American Bash (2008)">The Great American Bash</a> pay-per-view on July 20, 2008, was the last WWE pay-per-view with a <a href="/wiki/TV-14" class="mw-redirect" title="TV-14">TV-14</a> rating. WWE immediately thereafter <a href="/wiki/PG_Era" title="PG Era">adopted their current TV-PG rating</a>, which resulted in a noticeable toning down of edgy content in its broadcasts. Within a few months, blood was severely toned down, which returned WWE's product to its pre-1997 rule on prohibiting deliberate <a href="/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestling)" title="Blading (professional wrestling)">blading</a> in matches.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The removal of Benoit from WWE media was extensive, with the organization immediately opting to remove any and all references to the wrestler in all of their media. This included significant matches with Benoit's involvement, from pay-per-views including main events. In recent years, WWE has softened its policy, and matches he participated in began to appear on the WWE Network not long after its launch. Despite this, Benoit's name would not appear in any descriptions of the event and searching with his name would yield no results. WWE has also mentioned his name in lists regarding the lineages of titles that he also held, though with no links or biographical information present for Benoit's reigns.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WWE took similar actions with other wrestlers in later years, notably with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Snuka" title="Jimmy Snuka">Jimmy Snuka</a> for his 2015 arrest regarding the death of Nancy Argentino,<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Hulk Hogan following the release of a tape that included Hogan making racist comments (see <i><a href="/wiki/Bollea_v._Gawker" title="Bollea v. Gawker">Bollea v. Gawker</a></i>). As both men were members of the WWE Hall of Fame, the company removed them from the hall.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Journalists and fans compared their removals to the scale of Benoit's. Snuka<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and Hogan eventually had the actions reversed and both were reinstated into the hall, with Hogan being inducted a second time for his work with the nWo in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There have been discussions about whether or not Benoit himself would ever be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. <a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Steve Austin</a> predicted that Benoit, although important to the business, would never be inducted due to his actions.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jericho also stated that Benoit should never be in the hall.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Benoit's eldest son David, however, believes that his father someday will be inducted.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vickie Guerrero, widow of Benoit's best friend and Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a>, has also approved of Benoit being inducted into the hall.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some journalists, fans and wrestlers, including Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a>, have advocated for the inclusion of Nancy into the Hall of Fame for her work in WCW and ECW as a valet and manager.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>In July 2012, the rap group <a href="/wiki/Insane_Clown_Posse" title="Insane Clown Posse">Insane Clown Posse</a> released a music video for the song "<a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit_(song)" title="Chris Benoit (song)">Chris Benoit</a>". The song and music video, however, are not about Benoit himself, but a man's breakdown that is similar to Benoit's.<sup id="cite_ref-freep_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freep-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song and music video include stock footage and a recording of Benoit before his death. A remix with rappers <a href="/wiki/Ice_Cube_(rapper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ice Cube (rapper)">Ice Cube</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scarface_(rapper)" title="Scarface (rapper)">Scarface</a> was later released, with Ice Cube's verse being entirely about Benoit.<sup id="cite_ref-HatchetHerald2_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HatchetHerald2-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HatchetHerald3_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HatchetHerald3-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In a July 2013 interview, Benoit's sister-in-law Sandra Toffoloni stated her belief that a <a href="/wiki/Blackout_(drug-related_amnesia)" title="Blackout (drug-related amnesia)">blackout</a> caused him to murder Nancy. She stated that the medical examiner who examined Benoit's body stated he had only ten more months to live due to an <a href="/wiki/Enlarged_heart" class="mw-redirect" title="Enlarged heart">enlarged heart</a>. Toffoloni also stated that Benoit was contemplating retiring and opening a wrestling school, but decided to continue wrestling due to being in one of the main events at the Vengeance: Night of Champions event.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Biopic" class="mw-redirect" title="Biopic">biopic</a> titled <i>Crossface</i> was announced in 2011, which would have been based on Matthew Randazzo's book <i>Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit and the Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry</i>. 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Evolve">Evolve</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recap shows</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Afterburn" title="WWE Afterburn">Afterburn</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Bottom_Line" title="WWE Bottom Line">Bottom Line</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Week_in_WWE_(TV_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="This Week in WWE (TV show)">This Week in WWE</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Vintage" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Vintage">Vintage</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Wal3ooha" title="WWE Wal3ooha">Wal3ooha</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasonal shows<br /> and specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_No_Mercy" title="WWE No Mercy">No Mercy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Bad_Blood" title="WWE Bad Blood">Bad Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloween_Havoc" title="Halloween Havoc">Halloween Havoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Crown_Jewel" title="WWE Crown Jewel">Crown Jewel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series" title="Survivor Series">Survivor Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NXT_Deadline" title="NXT Deadline">NXT Deadline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_broadcasters" title="List of WWE broadcasters">Broadcasting rights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Home bases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UFC_Apex" title="UFC Apex">UFC Apex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Performance_Center" title="WWE Performance Center">WWE Performance Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amway_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Amway Center">Amway Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_Sail_University" title="Full Sail University">Full Sail University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Field" title="Tropicana Field">Tropicana Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuengling_Center" title="Yuengling Center">Yuengling Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_personnel" title="List of WWE personnel"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: ; text-decoration: inherit;">Personnel</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame" title="WWE Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_WWE_personnel" title="List of former WWE personnel">Former personnel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_WWE_personnel_(A%E2%80%93C)" title="List of former WWE personnel (A–C)">A–C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_WWE_personnel_(D%E2%80%93H)" title="List of former WWE personnel (D–H)">D–H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_WWE_personnel_(I%E2%80%93M)" title="List of former WWE personnel (I–M)">I–M</a></li> <li><a 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Championship Wrestling">Florida Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling" title="Georgia Championship Wrestling">Georgia Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Wrestling_Federation" title="Global Wrestling Federation">Global Wrestling Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heartland_Wrestling_Association" title="Heartland Wrestling Association">Heartland Wrestling Association</a> (video library)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Championship_Wrestling" title="International Championship Wrestling">International Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoky_Mountain_Wrestling" title="Smoky Mountain Wrestling">Smoky Mountain Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_World_Championship_Wrestling" title="History of World Championship Wrestling">history</a></li> <li><i><a 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