Again I say even the writer monkeys at WWE couldn’t write a script this outlandish.
An anonymous user operating a computer traced to Stamford, Conn. ” home to World Wrestling Entertainment ” posted an entry to pro wrestler Chris Benoit’s biography on Wikipedia.org announcing the death of his wife Nancy at least 13 hours before police in suburban Atlanta said they found her body along with her husband’s and that of their 7-year-old son, FOXNews.com has learned.
Employees at Wikipedia.org said the posting went live on their site on Monday at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Police, however, said they found the bodies Monday at 2:30 p.m. EDT.
The posting reads: “Chris Benoit was replaced by [[Johnny Nitro]] for the ECW Championship match at Vengeance, as Benoit was not there due to personal issues, stemming from the death of his wife Nancy.” According to a Wikipedia.org report published after FOXNews.com made inquiries, the edit was reversed just under one hour later with the comment:
“Need a reliable source. Saying that his wife died is a pretty big statement, you need to back it up with something.”
If that post was made anywhere besides Stamford I would have said that it was just another Wikipedia vandal who happened to get it right by accident.
And let’s further fuel some conspiracy theories while we’re at it.
In related news, FOXNews.com also has learned, through widely posted Web reports, that former pro wrestler Sherri Martel, who was found dead on June 15, was linked to former wrestler Kevin Sullivan ” ex-husband of Nancy Benoit.
Martel, who had a reputation as one of the top managers in pro wrestling, was found dead at her mother”s home in near Birmingham, Ala., on June 15. She was 49.
Investigators, who have not yet determined Martel’s cause of death, say foul play is not suspected but that Martel did not die of natural causes.
I don’t know what to make of the Wikipedia entry but Sherri Martel’s death is just plain coincidence.
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