Biography on chris benoit
- Christopher Michael Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler.
- Christopher Michael Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler.
- Chris Benoit.
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Chris Benoit
Canadian professional wrestler (1967–2007)
| Chris Benoit | |
|---|---|
Benoit in February 2006 | |
| Birth name | Christopher Michael Benoit |
| Born | (1967-05-21)May 21, 1967 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | June 24, 2007(2007-06-24) (aged 40) Fayetteville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide by hanging |
| Spouse(s) | Martina Benoit (m. 1988; div. 1997) |
| Children | 3 (2 living; 1 died 2007) |
| Ring name(s) | Chris Benoit The Pegasus Kid Wild Pegasus |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 229 lb (104 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Atlanta, Georgia Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Trained by | Bruce Hart[2][3][4] Stu Hart Mike Hammer Tokyo Joe Tatsumi Fujinami New Japan Pro-Wrestling[5] |
| Debut | November 22, 1985[6] |
Christopher Michael Benoit (bə-NWAH; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career, but is
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Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide
2007 familicide
| Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide | |
|---|---|
Benoit in February 2006 | |
| Location | Fayetteville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 33°23′36″N84°31′15″W / 33.393450°N 84.520699°W / 33.393450; -84.520699 |
| Date | June 22–24, 2007 (EDT) |
Attack type | Murder–suicide, familicide, uxoricide, filicide, pedicide |
| Weapons | Strangling cord |
| Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Victims | |
| Perpetrator | Chris Benoit, aged 40 |
| Motive | CTE, abuse of steroids, alcohol and emotional issues |
Over a three-day period between June 22 and 24, 2007, Chris Benoit, a 40-year-old Canadian professional wrestler employed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), murdered his wife Nancy and their seven-year-old son, Daniel, before hanging himself at their residence in Fayetteville, Georgia, United States. Autopsy results showed that Nancy was murdered first, having died of asphyxiation on the night of June 22.[1]
Daniel, who also died of asphyxia, was killed as he was lying sedated in his bed on the morni
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Muchnick, Irvin. Chris & Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death, The Ultimate Historical Edition. ECW Books, 2021. Pp. 280. $26.95 CAD paperback.
Reviewed by Łukasz Muniowski
Chris Benoit was my favorite wrestler.
Chris Benoit murdered his wife and son, and then took his own life.
These two truths seem impossible to reconcile, with the former overshadowing the latter. Fond memories of the “Canadian Crippler” beating bigger and stronger opponents in the ring fade in light of what happened during the last weekend of June 2007. Irvin Muchnick’s book, Chris & Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death, softens the blow, exposing Benoit as an addict, control freak and, at least at times, chauvinist. The author explains the wrestler’s actions through the culture of the WWE, which he puts in the context of the 2016 US presidential election. The reason? The close ties between the WWE’s Vince and Linda McMahon and Donald Trump; Linda McMahon
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