Would you pay tribute to an alleged killer?

In fairness to them, I do not believe the details surrounding the deaths had been reveiled when the thread started.
That guy was obviously one sick puppy.

Bambi wrote:

Obviously "allegedly" is a magic invisible word. :rolleyes:

Agreed

I think this thread is jumping the gun a bit,nothing has been proven, Until it is I believe in innocent until proven guilty.

can't believe you're serious with this thread

ShowUsYourXbox wrote:

Wrestling fans are usually not the smartest people in the world, so im not suprised.

I think your being a little unfair. I think wrestling fans are just stunned.

The wrestling business is dirty and rotten in many ways.

Chris Benoit, the wrestler in question, was a guy you could hold up as a model of why wrestling can be positive and you'd say to your friends "This is why I watch wrestling".

And thats why this is so stunning. He was a hero of mine. I admired everything about the guy and my mind is total mush.

On the topic in question, I don't know if today is the day when there should be a Chris Benoit wrestling appreciation thread. In saying that, I keep flipping and flopping on the subject.

Dragan wrote:

Right now no one knows what is going on. There is no official stance or results going around, only internet rumours and bull****.

Don't know about it only being internet rumours and bull***, it is true that they haven't conclusively declared it a murder suicide but ABC News, who are a pretty authoritative source reported that:

"WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and 7-year-old son were found dead Monday, and police said they were investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide.

Authorites tell ABC News the case was being treated as a murder-suicide, but said that couldn't be confirmed until evidence was examined by a crime lab."

Dragan wrote:

Innocent until proven guilty folks.

Well if you apply this universally then okay, but when another famous sportstar OJ Simpson was reported as having killed his ex-wife and her boyfriend, I don't recall many people showing restraint in condemning him as a killer, even after he was found 'Not Guilty' in the Criminal case. (The only time OJ was found guilty was in a Civil Case, where the level of proof required is much lower). Not defending OJ, just saying that presumptions of innocence shouldn't depend on whether the accused is likeable or not, famous or not, wealthy or not.

If Benoit did kill his wife and child, he shouldn't be looked upon any less severely than any other multiple murderer, just because of his achievements in the wrestling ring. Yet, some fans elsewhere don't want to dwell on or even consider the fact that this tragedy may be of Chris Benoits' own making.

Sympathy for his wife and child, certainly yes, sympathy for the person who may have killed them, well that will have to wait a while till the facts are established.

As for the idea that his past achievements may merit some praise or admiration, even if he is guilty of murder, you don't see many column inches in newspapers in other cases devoted to how this murderer or that was really a nice guy in his previous life. Murder, especially of a child is so heinous a crime, that it pretty much obliterates everything else a person may have done beforehand.

alanmurphy83 wrote:

Can the wrestling talk be kept on the pro wrestling forums. I belive the OP was only sparked by the current events and the reaction to them but the discussion should be kept general and not on this specific case.

The moderators on the wrestling forum are not allowing for balanced discussion on the topic and are locking threads which arent full of glowing tributes.