WWE Releases Benoit Text Messages

286. I think that anyone who is saying anything bad about Chris Benoit should be ashamed of themselves!!! I bet close to none of you have watched 1 match of his. What gives you the right to talk badly about anyone you dont know? I am a very supportive fan of his, but I am not saying that what he did was right or anything like that. Im just trying to say that obvisiously he had some problems. And to people that are saying that TMZ should not report this is wrong. Fans like me go to this site to get information about this because its reliable.

Posted at 8:35PM on Jun 27th 2007 by Danielle

287. Stick to Paris Hilton and other clowns. This is not gossip, it is pure trash to publish. Harvey Levin, stop this madness. This is too far. Murder/suicide is not part of the gossip page. This makes TMZ look as phony as Vince McMahon.

Posted at 8:38PM on Jun 27th 2007 by John DeBusk

288. This is nothing more than another chunk of celeb dirt to be dug up!! Good for you for bringing as many fact to light as you can!! Go TMZ!!

Posted at 7:31AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Bill Carrington

289. Darwinism at it's finest!!!!

Posted at 7:31AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Bill Carrington

290. Well I guess fame and fortune can't protect or shelter people from their problems. Everyone
has an opinion about why he did it but the only person who could tell us is gone........ I feel sorry for the rest of the family left behind and hope they can find some happiness in their memories of better times past.

Thank you TMz for reporting this story and for giving me a place to speak my mind

Posted at 11:15PM on Jun 27th 2007 by doug

291. to #278 nukewife

THANK YOU
u have restored some of my faith in the human race there is hope for us yet people

to all the people on here sprouting venom i cannot believe some of the things u people are saying what gives u the right to judge this man or anyone else for that matter

to chris benoit why?

Posted at 12:39AM on Jun 28th 2007 by annoyed

292. First of all, I am also a former professional wrestler of 22 years who knows and has worked and trained with many of the boys. I'm sorry, but knowing Chris... this was not him and I don't think he did it... I think he too was a victim along with Nancy and Daniel. I believe there was another party involved and this was set up to look like a murder suicide or that his family was murdered in his presence and subsequently took his own life for who he loved the most was gone and through his grief ... he felt he had nothing to live for. I also believe that the text messages were a distress call.

Now for a real twist... I think anyone who is looking for answers should be asking the WWE as they seem to know it all and without a positive I.D. from the Police Call to them at 4:00PM on Monday, the WWE was quick to post the victims names on their site. Where were any confirming stories from any reliable news source.. there were NONE.. for quite some time... (a little odd don't you think??) . Let's for one minute say that someone... anyone was found dead in the Benoit House (other than the family), Do you not think that would have been National news... Hell... News agencies go out of their way to cover less important stories.. When these Reliable News Agencies started confirming the find ... where did their sources come from ??? Read all the clips people.... right up until and after midnight .... all of the reliable News Agencies got their stories from the WWE. Before anyone in the Papers, News Agencies mentioned that it may be a Double Suicide Murder...... the WWE had on their site that it was. They seem to know everything.... for they told everyone.

Now come the next thing that should be considered and looked at seriously by the public at large and some of the information below is also listed above (just wanted you to know so you don't think I'm repeating myself ... in fact what is below is from a post I put into News.com yesterday and I feel that everyone should give this some thought) Let's not all go out to lynch the dead guy ... not unless we are sure and from knowing him ... I'm not sure.. especially with what I have below this line

The time lines here are all wrong.

Bodies found at 2:30PM on Monday by the police who were asked to attend the house on a "Welfare Check" (concern by the WWE). At 4:00PM, the WWE gets a phone call fro the Fayetteville Police indicating that they had entered the Benoit House and found 3 deceased bodies ("one male, one female and 1 child"). No names were given nor could they as positive I.D. needs to be established. They also didn't give the sex of the child. Shortly thereafter and before anything was on the news, the WWE had rescheduled the entire Raw Show for a 3 hour tribute to Benoit. This included digging up tapes back to WCW and interviewing other Wrestlers. Again, all of this was done before the News Sources had released any information. Now I don't know how much any of you know about television and radio news rooms but they too hunger to be the first to broadcast a Breaking Story (Great for ratings). All News Rooms operate and Monitor Scanners for Police, Fire and Ambulance. They should have been on scene shortly after the bodies were found and the radio calls went out.

When the Reports were finally released to the News Agencies, where did all the reports to them come from?? WWE sources released all the information to the press.... (all of them). In fact, it was also the WWE who first released the information on the Double Murder Suicide on the WWE Site... again prior to any reliable news source.

Sorry.... things here don't add up. Vince and the crew were able to change and produce and announce an entire 3 hour tribute broadcast including taping interviews from all the wrestlers... remember too that once the WWE found out about the bodies and after confirming Identities (sometime after 4:00PM), he (Vince) took the time to first tell the other wrestlers of the deaths before rescheduling and producing the evening roster change including digging up all old match tapes including editing, plus pre taping interviews with other wrestlers and all of this before the first reliable news agency story came out with information supplied by the WWE.

Again...... Any official News Source would have been on scene to give the report live and would have had that information through Scanner sources and would have at least reported 3 bodies being found at the Benoit House and didn't have to give names and say they were waiting for confirmation of their Identities.... but nothing. They didn't even have to confirm who they were at that point. After all, we are talking the home of a Celebrity. And any Dead person found in a Celebrity's House is News.

Just a little curious on that one .... Time line almost indicates that the WWE was aware of this at least the day before to have been able to produce that Memorial Show for Monday night... I mean, It even takes at least 2 hours in time to produce a half hour news broadcast.

I really feel that the WWE knows a lot more than they are letting on and either knew what was going to happen in advance .... orrrrrrrr......... ????

Now to cap this all off...... Why this big 3 hour tribute now??? Taking Vince's Storyline away, canceling the evening event??? All out of Vince and WWE Character...... When Owen got Killed during a show, Guerrero prior to a show.... were the shows stopped for a tribute?? (a 3 hour tribute)?? NO.... those shows went on with tribute clips or mentions in them...

I smell a herring and that herring is that someone knows a lot more than what they've told everyone else who has told the rest of us.

Proof is always in the pudding.

Posted at 10:01AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Bronx Attitude

293. I think that he was going through some serious issues way b4 this happened no one took the time to read the signs and now 3 people are dead because of it. Its sad really I hope that people learn from this and if u see that someones is down try to make sure everything is ok because it could be more than u think

Posted at 2:26AM on Jun 28th 2007 by RameyGirl86

294. 282. "I don't think benoit even did it". Posted by LT83

And, santa really comes down the chimney and the easter bunny hops in your yard and leaves you candy eggs too.

Get over the denial. The facts and evidence show Chris Benoit murdered his wife and kid. He's no hero but a murderous monster. There's going to be a huge paper trail leading back to Chris; including his buying steriods mail order and even human growth hormones for his kid too. The animal even shot his kid up with human growth hormone. What kind of man would endanger their child like that??? A very very sick one

Posted at 8:12AM on Jun 28th 2007 by wtf

295. I am just saddened by all this.
I know what he did is horrific but I can't help but feel like someone missed the clues until it was too late to help them.. I don't say this to play the blame game it is Clearly Benoits burden to bear he is the culprit in this and did the best thing he could do and killed himself but that he did kill himself instead of just them and then acting like the world is mad to believe he would do such a thing is testament to his deplorable mental state.

I feel so bad for his grown children and more even for the other Pro Wrestlers and the up and coming young wanna bees and my own Son and Grandson who are devastated by this.
My grandson who we've been telling since birth and TV and Movies are pertend just assumes that is the case and can't understand why Everyone is talking about it instead of just the wrestling world..
He even told my son who are beside himself..
it's ok Uncle ... it's only TV it's pretend."
Sadly it is not pretend it is frighteningly real and horrifyingly sad.

God bless and protect the souls of those who died needlessly at the hands of a distraught....I guess in the end..madman.

Chris you break our hearts..some deal with it with Anger..some with disbelief..some with theories but all with regret .

Posted at 12:50PM on Jun 29th 2007 by SuzannaSinister

296. I think the question about using "my physical address" still needs to be looked at and not brushed off as his using a PO Box for mail.

> The text messages were sent to WWE friends/co-workers (addressed to "C, S"...whom I assume to be Chavo Guerrero and someone else).
> Chavo was one of his best friends and has spent nights at Benoit's house...he knows where his house is.
> Even if not directed to Chavo, I would have to assume WWE would know where Benoit's house was.
> Why was the same message sent 4 times, with 1 of them being a little different?
> At the end of the day the bottom line is...society and people these days have gotten more and more deteriorated. Every single person in the world has personal demons, add extra stress to that, add being a celebrity to that, add constant mental/physical highs/lows, add (likely) drugs that have negative psychological effects..........unfortunately we (human beings) are not as strong mentally and physically as we would like to believe. We all need to stop, take a breath, and realize that the world needs some help from each other and try and turn around the downward spiral that we're on.

Posted at 8:28AM on Jun 28th 2007 by jEnsmo

297. ps: Why did his text message state the dogs were enclosed and the police said it took them a while to get into the house due to the dogs walking around freely? Did someone else go there before the cops?

Posted at 8:31AM on Jun 28th 2007 by jEnsmo

298. lot of notes. but for me it looks, like somebody else has been on the pool, so a hanging man must not mean, that he hang himself.
sorry for my english, i'm german

Posted at 11:33AM on Jun 28th 2007 by jens

299. 294. Vince never said it was steriods, in fact if you morons would learn to read you see that Vince has said he doesn't think steroids had anything to do with it. Posted at 9:09AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Kathy

Vince is simply trying to cover his butt by making claims it wasn't steroids. Vince has a great deal of $$$$ to lose and needs to try and keep the WWE image polished and clean. And, Vince is trying desperately to avoid an investigation into the rabid steroid use in the WWE.

Facts are that Chris is linked to buying steroids via an illigal mail order ring, and the investigators have documents and receipts. And, the fact is that gross steroid abuse does cause roid rage and induced psychosis.

Of course Vince doesn't want roids linked to Chris's killing rampage because it would also link it back to the WWE and their inability to properly prevent gross steroid abuse.

Posted at 9:42AM on Jun 28th 2007 by petes sake

300. No Vince is not trying to cover his butt. Do you even know the man??? Didn't think so. I do!!! Grow-up and get a real life. With people like you makes no difference what Vince does, he is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Morons like you know nothing about what really goes in the wrestling world....people like you just like to point fingers you wouldn't know the truth if it hit you in face. People like you have your mind made up and the truth be damned and aren't going to change, this will be the last post I make on Benoit, because people like you just aren't worth the energy and time....besides that I have enough stress dealing with the loss of my step-son last week. Grow-up and let the dead rest in peace.

Posted at 10:57AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Kathy