CHRIS BENOIT: 1967-2007
Hello, everybody. Tonight's blog was supposed to be all about the ten-year West Valley High School Class of 1997 reunion from over the weekend, but I'll have that for you tomorrow as there is very sad news from the professional wrestling world to report:
The family of WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, which includes his wife Nancy and son Daniel, were all found dead in their Georgia home today. As of now, there are no information as to the cause of their deaths.
Benoit started his wrestling career in his native Canada in the mid-1980's before heading to New Japan Pro Wrestling at the end of the decade and winning his first championship there. A few years later, he joined World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and then WCW again where he was a member of the "Four Horsemen". During his time at WCW, he was World Heavyweight Champion, two times United States Champion, Tag Team Champion twice, and World Television Champion three times.
He would later head to the WW(E)F in 2000, and four years later at Wrestlemania XX, became the World Heavyweight Champion. Other belts he won there included the U.S. Championship (three times), Intercontinental Championship (four), and Tag Team Championships (four). Just recently, he was drafted from the "Smackdown" brand to ECW, and his last match was last week against Elijah Burke.
Benoit will be missed by those who've followed his career over the years, and his sudden passing came just almost two weeks after Sherri Martel's. But for the last few weeks, the WWE came under fire over their storyline involving the "death" of Vince McMahon's on-screen character. Now with the real-life deaths of Martel and now Chris Benoit, that angle has been discontinued.
Once again...because of this, I'll have everything that transpired at my class reunion tomorrow. So long and stray strong.
Hello, everybody. Tonight's blog was supposed to be all about the ten-year West Valley High School Class of 1997 reunion from over the weekend, but I'll have that for you tomorrow as there is very sad news from the professional wrestling world to report:
The family of WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, which includes his wife Nancy and son Daniel, were all found dead in their Georgia home today. As of now, there are no information as to the cause of their deaths.
Benoit started his wrestling career in his native Canada in the mid-1980's before heading to New Japan Pro Wrestling at the end of the decade and winning his first championship there. A few years later, he joined World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and then WCW again where he was a member of the "Four Horsemen". During his time at WCW, he was World Heavyweight Champion, two times United States Champion, Tag Team Champion twice, and World Television Champion three times.
He would later head to the WW(E)F in 2000, and four years later at Wrestlemania XX, became the World Heavyweight Champion. Other belts he won there included the U.S. Championship (three times), Intercontinental Championship (four), and Tag Team Championships (four). Just recently, he was drafted from the "Smackdown" brand to ECW, and his last match was last week against Elijah Burke.
Benoit will be missed by those who've followed his career over the years, and his sudden passing came just almost two weeks after Sherri Martel's. But for the last few weeks, the WWE came under fire over their storyline involving the "death" of Vince McMahon's on-screen character. Now with the real-life deaths of Martel and now Chris Benoit, that angle has been discontinued.
Once again...because of this, I'll have everything that transpired at my class reunion tomorrow. So long and stray strong.
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