Rest in Peace Chris.  
 
You will be greatly missed

This is what was posted on WWE.com:
 
World Wrestling Entertainment is deeply saddened to report that today Chris Benoit and his family were found dead in their home. There are no further details at this time, other than the Benoit family residence is currently being investigated by local authorities.
 
Tonight’s Raw on USA Network will serve as a tribute to Chris Benoit and his family. WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family’s relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy.
 
Chris Benoit and his family were found dead today in their home.
 
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I just hope they stray away from the bogus Vince is dead story and give Benoit the respect he deserves.
 
 

Quote from GarvinStomp on Jun 25^th, 2007, 7:54pm:

 
Sadly, it's not a work
 
But if I was a cynic I'd say:
 
Those of you who weren't gonna watch the 3 hour worked 'McMahon tribute', will probably now watch the real 'Benoit tribute'
 
Is he really dead? Tune in at 9PM EST on the USA Network to find out!!

dammit
 
2 of the best technical wrestlers gone before their due
 
half the radicals ....
 
Thsi is truly crappy news
 
Bad enough with Eddy but now Chris
 
I am truly shocked and at a loss except all my prayers to the Benoit family...

WELL UNFORTUNETLY AS WEALL KNOW NOW AS KURT ANGLE WOULD SAY, AND I MEAN NO DISRESPECT BY THIS...IT'S DAMN true!  I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ARE FACING THIS AGAIN...I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN ROBBED OR SOMETHING,HE WAS A TRUE GREAT, AND DON'T FORGET WOMAN, SHE SET THE STAGE AS WELL FOR THOSE TO COME, SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL....MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO ALL WHO ARE SADDENED BY OUR TRAGIC LOSS AND ALL THE RUMORS THAT ARE ALREADY FLOATING AROUND ABOUT THE CAUSES OF THERE DEATHS??????? GOD HELP US ALL
 
P.S.   JEFF, CHRIS DOES HAVE TWO MORE SONS WHO I THINK THE ARE REPORTING ARE IN CANANDA, FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE/RELATIONSHIP, NOT SURE OF THERE AGES

If this is true, it is even a sadder ending. I won't fully believe this until more details are available. I really hope this is not true.
 
I have been a fan of Benoit's for 16 years ever since I saw him wrestle Jushin Liger for the first time. The second time I saw him was teaming with, ironically enough, Beef Wellington, against Liger and Pillman, which was a great match. When WCW signed him in 93', I was excited. He had a good debut match with Brad Armstrong on the Clash, and then had that bout with Scorpio at Superbrawl 3, which at the time, was one of the best matches I had ever seen. At the time, I remember I couldn't understand why no one talked about this match, because I thought it was Pillman-Liger level. I was marking out for his team with Bobby Eaton, and was irritated that WCW didn't push that team harder. My favorite memory of him in ECW was his match with Al Snow at ECW Arena. When he returned to WCW in 1995, he had many great matches with Eddie, Dean, Finlay, and even Sullivan. The best memory he gave me though was at the 2000 Pillman Memorial show. Not because I met him and got a photo with him, but because he had the show stealer with Regal, which is still the best pro wrestling match I have ever seen live, from an in-ring standpoint. I remember being slightly disappointing that Regal would be his opponent going into it, as I didn't appreciate Regal's ability as anything more than a "solid" worker. That match made me a fan of Regal, and greatly upped my opinion of his ability. He had a lot of great matches in WWE. I watched the RAW special tonight. I never saw that ladder match with Jericho before, but what aired was tremendous. The 04' Rumble which he won I had never seen before either, and it looked really good. I loved the Liger highlites also. I thought WWE did the best job they could with this show under the circumstances.
 
Benoit has been consistently great for the past 17 years in the ring. He always gave 100%. It was easy to take Benoit for granted since he's been on national tv every week for the past 11 years, but it just shows how great he was. He never slowed down.
 
I'd like to remember Benoit as the ultra talented worker that he was. I don't want to think of him as someone capable of killing his wife and son, so I hope this is not the case. It would explain though why he had a "family emergency" and missed the PPV. I want to hear more details.

I will say this..and i dont care whether I offend someone for saying what I'm about to, but I will anyways:
 
If it's found out to be true that it is indeed a "murder/suicide", as they're calling it, then I have 0 respect for Chris and all he's accomplished. IF it's true(which it very much looks like it is), then he's a piece of JD Costello for killing his wife and ESPECIALLY his kid. I'm sorry, but you don't kill a little kid.
 
So, save the "Chris was such a warm and caring guy" & "Chris was a legend" speeches for someone else...he's a child killer and a murderer, end of story!  That trumps EVERYTHING HE'S EVER DONE IN A RING.

I am now hearing from Yahoo that the investigation is now a homicide so more to come I'm sure
 
Jeff

I couldn't believe it, when I turned to RAW last night, and see a picture of Chris Benoit, and the years underneath, my eyes nearly popped out of my head, I went What The F**K?!?!
 
I think they did the right thing by dropping the Mr. McMahon thing, and having Vince come out and open the show.
 
Chris was always one of my favourites, it seemed that no matter what was going on in wrestling, you could always rely on him to provide some solid wrestling action and put on an entertaining match.
 
May Chris, Nancy and Daniel rest in peace.

Sadly, I have to report that CNN, ESPN & ABC all reported just after noon today (6/26/07), that according to authorite's Chris Benoit strangled his wife, smothered his son and then hanged himself in his home gym. Further toxicology reports are pending at this time.
 
Before anyone jumps on this and makes Chris out to be Satan reincarnated, let's all remember we have no idea what was going on in his mind.  Or what what may have been going on in his personal life, that would have pushed him over the edge.

I noticed that WWE isnt allowing people to be able to click on Chris Benoit's name in the WWE Title Histories on WWE.com  to see how he won the belt and to see any info about the storyline at the time when he won the belt.

Biff was found the day Benoit killed himself. I seem to remember someone on one of the radio shows saying that they hadn't been in contact in recent years (I may be wrong about that)