Chris Benoit is dead

Ghostshadow said:

It's very sad. When I was into wrestling I liked him. No one knows what's happened yet, may never know, the toxicity report hasn't come back yet, he might have been doped up and blacked out or something. I really can't call some one a jerk, it's unfortunate that it happened and it's really sad he did it to his wife and child. There has to be a reason though. I don't think the guy would have done it "just because". There has to be something more to it.

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Ready for rampant (but respectful) speculation and amateur psychology from a non-wrestling fan?

Toxicology results aren't in. They found prescriptions in the house, but no steroids. A.) I'd keep my 'roids away from the house so the kid doesn't find needles. B.) Testosterone is prescribable, isn't technically a "steroid", causes muscle gain, and increases aggression.

He bound his wife. She was strangled. That means he was afraid of her getting away, calling for help. Which means she had reason to run. They fight, he hits her once and she goes down. He knows if she reports him, he's going to jail and is ruined. Strangulation is personal - he didn't hate her, but she couldn't tell on him.

Suicide is commonly brought on by guilt. He calmed down, saw what he did, and mulled it over. He couldn't live with it, so he decided to end it. That would leave his son alone, so he smothered him, probably in his sleep. I read there were no signs of struggle - so the fight with the wife was quick, and the kid didn't run or fight back. The whole "they'll be all alone" reasoning is narcissistic, but not that uncommon. He was protecting his son in his own delusional way.

He hanged himself from exercise equipement. Fairly ironic, but it also had supports and cords that he knew could hold his weight. Hanging yourself and having the pipe or rope break is for suckers. A gallows drop breaks your neck and is quick. Most exercise equipment isn't tall enough to get enough drop. He would've died slowly from strangulation - something he coud've probably stopped by standing upright or grabbing at the beam and pulling himself up. He REALLY wanted to die.

So I think he flipped out initially and killed his wife, but was probably calm (but distraught) for the next few days.

I'm not defending the guy - he was obviously horribly off-balance and did despicable things. I'm just saying the strange progression of his last weekend isn't taht strange if you can consider the combination of high aggression, a large ego, and the ability to benchpress a truck. I'm sorry this happened.

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Tigwldr said:

There are many drugs that can make you not remember anything. I have a really good friend and use to be coworker. He was staying out late at night partying. Been doing it for about 3 months. Jacked up on Cocaine come home take a shower and drive to work. Hadn't been to sleep in days. Came home one night tweeked out. Butchered his wife with a meat cleaver, called 911, and sat on the front porch waiting on them to get there. He still says today he doesn't remember any of it. Said the last thing he remembers was pulling over on the side of the road and doing another bump to get him through the rest of the night so he wouldn't be late for work. Was the cocaine laced? No one knows. But he now has 4 kids living with grandma and grandpa and there not going to be around for ever. They are pretty old. Hopefully they will live long enough to see all the kids graduate. Drugs do different things with different people.

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