Blog

Chris Benoit Took A New Life Insurance Policy, More:

This is the latest from the Benoit rumor mill. The headline wants you to believe there was some nefarious reason for Benoit taking out the insurance policy, but the article, as short as it is, says otherwise.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter are reporting that Chris Benoit took out a new life insurance policy, which listed his ex-wife and oldest child David, 14, and Megan, 10, as the beneficiaries. Nancy apparently confronted Chris about it and he refused to change it. Nancy also found out that Chris Benoit set up a new bank account in the name of his ex-wife in Edmonton.

Remember kids, dirt sheets, like The Observer, base their business models on rumor and speculation. Which is fine for an upcoming wrestling storyline or a wrestler changing companies, but as far as a real-life murder goes, they need to leave the crime reporting to the professionals. And no, I don’t consider myself a professional.

So to recap from the dirt sheets and irresponsible media, we have 3 motive allegations. “Roid Rage”, the Benoits arguing over Daniel’s Fragile X Syndrome which he may or may not have had, and now the insurance policy.

This just goes to show you just how ridiculous and uninformed not only the wrestling press can be, but the mainstream press as well.

Control issues cited instead of ‘roid rage’ in Benoit killings:

Can we finally drop the whole “roid rage” issue? No. Ok, if you won’t listen to me, how about some expert professionals?

Domestic violence experts downplay the possible role of steroids in the Chris Benoit killings, saying the tragedy was more about Benoit’s anger over control issues at home.

Steroid usage has been linked to angry outbursts called “roid rage,” and depression when usage stops.

But in the case of Benoit, who apparently killed his wife and 7-year-old son during the weekend of June 24 before committing suicide, “that was a premeditated act and that’s not rage,” said Dr. Gary Wadler of New York, who studies the use of drugs in sports.

“I would wonder whether there was some underlying psychiatric abnormality that was unmasked by being on steroids,” he said.

“It’s sort of counterintuitive that he’s raging for three days straight,” said Nancy Grigsby, executive director of the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence. “Unfortunately, it looks like a garden variety domestic violence incident to me. It’s a decision, and they’re actually typically quite calm when they give themselves permission to do what they want to do.”

The killings at the Benoit home occurred over an entire weekend, which does not point to rage, experts said.

Penn State University epidemiologist Charles Yesalis, who has studied steroids for 30 years, said “anabolic steroid rage is a spontaneous behavior. From what I’ve read, the death of Benoit and his family wasn’t spontaneous. I don’t see steroids had much, if anything, to do with this.”

Got it now?

Benoit Used Crippler Hold to Kill His Son:

I’m sorry, but this is idiotic and sensationalist at best.

This is a picture of Chris Benoit applying the Crippler Crossface.

His hands are clearly around the face of his opponent, not the throat. The crossface is designed to injure the opponent’s neck and back, not the throat.

District Attorney Scott Ballard says, “A choke hold was used, rather than hands. There’s no bruising consistent with strangulation by hands.”

The crossface is not a chokehold, hence the word crossface.

Wrestling writer Dave Meltzer adds, “There was bruising consistent with the Crippler Crossface on one arm and Daniel’s face. There were no bruises on his neck.

No offense to Dave Meltzer, but you’re a wrestling writer, not a forensics expert. Consistent does not mean conclusive.

“But police don’t believe, because of the size difference, that the hold was applied exactly as in a wrestling match.”

Somebody wake me up when that comes from a legitimate news source and not a gossip rag or a dirt sheet.

Due to Daniel’s size, I doubt Benoit could have locked his son’s arm between his legs. In my opinion, he used the stereotypical chokehold, using one arm around the throat and using the free arm to apply pressure on the occupied arm.

Was Benoit’s Son Really Sick?:

A source having access to certain of Daniel’s medical reports reviewed those reports, and they do not mention any pre-existing mental or physical impairment. Reports from Daniel’s educators likewise contradict the claims that Daniel was physically undersized.

Uh-huh. A source, you say? That source better watch his ass because if that information is true, leaking that information to the press without the permission of law enforcement violates a number of federal privacy laws whether the patient is deceased or not.

And again I say wake me when this comes from a legitimate news source.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I am in no way excusing what Benoit did. I have dubbed him the Canadian Coward, and I stand by that. However, just because pro-wrestling is involved, let’s not turn this into some conspiracy theory, over-sensationalized crapfest in order to see who can be the first to break a detail about the case whether it’s true or not.

Benoit “loving person,” ex-wife says:

Chris Benoit’s former wife, Martina Benoit, said the star wrestler “was the most loving person anyone could imagine. I love him.”

Reached at her home in Ardrossan, Alberta, Canada, Benoit called reporting of the killings in Fayette County “crap.” She did not elaborate before ending the call.

Maybe to her and their kids, he was, but obviously, he wasn’t to Nancy and Daniel.

Benoit took ‘date-rape drug’:

But in the wake of the lurid events that played out in suburban Atlanta last weekend, the Daily News has learned that another drug may have been part of a deadly cocktail that could have caused Benoit to snap. According to sources familiar with his drug regimen, Benoit was a known abuser of the drug gamma-hydroxybutyrate – or GHB, also known as the “date-rape drug.”

GHB can also be used as a performance-enhancing drug along with steroids. Again, I don’t think Benoit was on the so-called “roid rage”. What he did was methodical. While maybe not in his right mind, I believe he knew what he was doing.

Someone interviewed for the article offers a unique theory.

Trinka Porrata, a retired Los Angeles police detective who is president of the non-profit Project GHB, adds that it is not uncommon for GHB users to add methamphetamine into the mix, and that meth abuse often contributes to bizarre acts involving religion.

“The question everybody asks is, ‘How in the hell could you kill your son?’ Well, in a meth psychosis, your son could be the devil. That can happen quite easily,” says Porrata.

I guess we’ll find out if he’s right when the tox reports come in.

Police rule out hacker as Benoit family killer:

US authorities have dropped an investigation into anonymous Wikipedia entries from America and Australia that posted news of wrestler Chris Benoit’s wife’s murder 14 hours before her body was discovered.

Fayette County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lieutenant Tommy Pope said he could no longer see “any relevance” in investigating the Wikipedia entries.

Can we stop with the conspiracy theories now?