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Irvin Muchnick | 264 pages | 03 Dec 2009 | ECW Press,Canada | 9781550229028 | English | , Canada double-murder and suicide - Wikipedia

But, by the turn of the century his story turned tragic, and ended in a horrifying murder-suicide that rattled the community. The series follows his rise and fall in wrestling which ended with him murdering his wife and child and his death by suicide. The episodes, debuting on March 24 and 25, include new information and commentary from fellow wrestlers who knew Benoit well, but for those unaware about the story, the details alone are a shocking tale all on its Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail. Born in Canada inChris Benoit was a legend in the community. From an early age, he honed in on the idea of being a wrestler after seeing a match as a year-old. He trained with fellow big-name wrestlers, including . Eventually, he launched a career that would earn 22 major wrestling titles. At 18, he started his career and worked his way through the circuit, as well as New Japan World Wrestling before debuting in World Championship Wrestling in Over the course of the next 15 years, Benoit became one of the most prolific wrestlers in the sport, jumping between the televised sports' two biggest organizations—WCW and the World Wrestling Federation WWF. In terms of his tactical style and fan base, he's of the most accomplished wrestlers Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail the game. InBenoit married his second wife, Nancy. They had one child together in In the early years of his marriage, Nancy filed for a divorce from the wrestler and got a restraining order, citing that he had exhibited violent behavior around the home. At the time, the marriage was said to be " irrevocably broken ," though eventually she decided to drop both the divorce suit and restraining order. Back on the wrestling scene, Benoit was taking steroids and testosterone that were not approved for WWE use. Several other WWE wrestlers were found to have been using the same illegal steroids, and at the time, the abuse and the dangers of these drugs became a major story in professional wrestling. By June 25,Benoit had missed a number of events scheduled to take place over the weekend prior. The WWE requested a welfare check on the then year-old Benoit. She had died from asphyxiation. Their son was also found, also dead, apparently strangled. Benoit placed a Bible next to each of their bodies. The scene where authorities discovered Benoit's body was most haunting; the wrestler was hanged on a lat pulldown machine, with a Bible lying on the weight machine beside him. There were also allegedly 10 empty beer cans and an empty bottle of wine. Authorities determined that the murders and suicide were committed over the course of three days. Autopsy results showed that Benoit might have drugged his son with Xanax before the murder, rendering him unconscious beforehand. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. The Real Chadwick Boseman. KMazur Getty Images. Related Stories. This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. George Napolitano Getty Images. Justin Kirkland Justin Kirkland is a writer for Esquire, where he focuses on entertainment, television, and pop culture. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail and similar content at piano. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. More From TV.

Chris Benoit was a pro wrestler who, one summer day indecided to murder his wife, Nancy, and their 7-year-old son, Daniel. He followed these horrible acts up by killing himself. Why did he do it? Or did he just outright snap? And once he did it, how did the WWE handle it? Or the wrestling media? Or the mainstream media? He does a great job Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail at least trying to get answers to questions that may be impossible to ever fully get to the bottom of. Muchnick has a long history of exposing the truth behind pro wrestling. At the time, I thought he was just an Internet troll who accidentally managed to be right about something, and the chapter devoted to him here did nothing to convince me otherwise. What Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail can criticize Muchnick for, though, is the fact that at some points, the book can get pretty boring and tedious to read. Time is of the essence when it comes to getting a drug addicted friend or loved one into a drug rehab programbecause delaying treatment raises the risks of more tragic results. Buy it at Amazon. RSS feed. If the timeline the book presents is correct they knew what had happened several hours before the show went live. Now I have no idea what kind of show they could have aired that would have been appropriate given the circumstances, but they apparently knew what happened and aired the tribute anyway. Comment by Geoff J. Reply here. Comment by Eric L. Comment by Rod Lott. I remember reading the same thing — not in this particular book, but in an article. Click here to cancel "reply". You may find.

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The Benoit murder-suicide in was one of the most shocking stories of the year, and a seminal event in the history of wrestling. It laid bare the devastating prevalence of steroids and its effects on users. In order to tackle the whole story, dig up the facts, and connect the dots, Irvin Muchnick gives the most sensational scandal in pro wrestling history the full true The Benoit murder-suicide in was one of the most shocking stories of the year, and a seminal event in the history of wrestling. In order to tackle the whole story, dig up the facts, and connect the dots, Irvin Muchnick gives the most sensational scandal in pro wrestling history the full true-crime treatment in Chris and Nancy. Muchnick — the author of Wrestling Babylon and a co-author of Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport — has parsed public records and interviewed dozens of witnesses, inside and outside wrestling, to put together the first thorough and authoritative events of the gruesome June weekend in Fayette County, , during which World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Chris Benoit murdered his wife Nancy and their seven-year-old son Daniel, before proceeding to kill himself. But this book goes beyond the crime itself to answer some of the most important questions behind it. The ebook edition includes a new introduction that looks at recent events in sports, and further contextualizes the story of Chris Benoit and the figures surrounding his career. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 7. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. My blood turned cold and my skin broke out in goosebumps. I couldn't believe what I was seeing Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder- suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail quickly logged onto the internet to validate that this was real and not some twisted storyline up until their recent change to a more PG rated product there was very little off limits I remember tuning into Monday Night Raw, WWE's flagship show, on June 25th to find it was a tribute show to WWE superstar Chris Benoit who had been found dead earlier that day along Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail his wife and young son. I couldn't believe what I was seeing and quickly logged onto the internet to validate that this was real and not some twisted storyline up until their recent change to a more PG rated product there was very little off limits in terms of WWE storylines including such topics as necrophilia, gay rape, wrestlers being covered in excrement and, ironically, the week previous to June 25th's episode the murder of WWE chairman Vince McMahon. Unfortunately, this was no storyline. It's unfortunate that in my tenure as a wrestling fan that a whole bunch Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail my favorite wrestlers have died while still young including such greats as David Smith aka 'The British Bulldog', aka 'Mr Perfect' and more recently . What's even more unfortunate is that the passing of these lives occurred without much scrutiny from the media in general. All that changed with the Benoit tragedy. If you're not familiar with Chris Benoit, or somehow missed the media explosion following the murder-suicide, he was regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of his era. He was a former WWE champion and looked upon as being a role model to fans and younger wrestlers learning their craft. Outside the squared circle he was known as a very humble and reserved man who always found time to pose for pictures, and sign autographs, for his fans. I found this a very difficult book to read due to the fact I was a big Chris Benoit fan and knowing what he done to his wife and child sickens me to my stomach. However, such crimes are not committed on a whim and I wanted to know more about the timeline of events and what might have led to such a tragedy. This book was the perfect source for such information. The book itself is split into fourteen Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail each dealing with a particular topic related to the events that unfolded on that fateful weekend in June. Each chapter relays the officially stated facts pertaining to the particular topic it is dealing with and Muchnick's investigation into those facts. It soon becomes apparent that those "facts" are sometimes nothing of the sort and he exposes such things as inconsistencies Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail the police reports, information that was overlooked and a possible WWE cover up of the timeline to limit damage to their public image. The investigation by Mr Muchnick is very much a thorough one although I felt some information would have been better left out of the book. Even though it might appear that this was true, and may have led to further instability in Benoit's already unstable marriage, there wasn't enough evidence to support this theory as concrete fact. Yes, the diva's phone number might well have appeared on Benoit's cell records but that doesn't necessarily mean they were having an affair. Although intriguing I also felt that the chapter Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail the Wikipedia hacker was more filler than it was anything substantial in relation to the investigation. As for the rest of the book it was very well thought out and evidence was presented, as required, in relation to the case that Muchnick built throughout the text. Ultimately, the reader is left with many unanswered questions that we will never know the answers to due to the case being closed and many people involved refusing to speak further about the incident. One of those bigger unanswered questions, in my opinion, was why WWE wrestler was at the scene of the crime but later denied being there at all? However, Muchnick does make it clear that multiple explanations are the likely cause of Benoit snapping including prolonged use of performance enhancing drugs which WWE knew about but chose to look the other waydepression and trauma inflicted upon the brain. The biggest unanswered question though is how Mr McMahon sleeps comfortably of a night knowing the role that his company has played in the deaths of many its performers as well as Chris Benoit and his family? Normally I give ratings to books but given the subject matter I don't think it would be appropriate to rate this book. Feb 08, Oliver Bateman rated it really liked it. Muchnick has done good investigative work over the years -- Wrestling Babylon is a real treat, and articles Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail "Pimping Iron" are true classics -- but here he gives the impression he's entered "Charlie Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail from It's Always Sunny tries desperately to find out where the mail is going" territory. Muchnick, like my good friend Anthony Roberts with whom Muchnick co-authored a piece years agois a government document-gathering machine, and he puts those skills on display here, giving us as detail Muchnick has done good investigative work over the years -- Wrestling Babylon is a real treat, and articles like "Pimping Iron" are true classics -- but here he gives the impression he's entered "Charlie Day from It's Always Sunny tries desperately to find out where the mail is going" territory. That said, this is an amazing work of investigative journalism that even has a commemorative DVD filled with all the files Muchnick pulled in the course of writing it. Jul 19, Kristin Kritters Ramblings rated it liked it Shelves: kritter-reviewedebook. Irvin Muchnick paints a great picture of all sides of the story providing details of the events that took place. I appreciated how he set the book up with all the information the reader needs to know about the weekend and then goes to evaluate how this whole happening could have been prevented. Before reading, I stood on the fence as to the complete involvement of steroids in causing the murder-suicide. Now after reading it, I am firmly and completely still on the fence. As to my opinion, I beli Irvin Muchnick paints a great picture of all sides of the story providing details of the events that took place. As to my opinion, I believe that obviously having drugs in his system, this can not be denied and they probably helped fuel the situation. Although, upon hearing how he calculated his own suicide with weights, I think there was some thought put into it and the "roid rage" theory would not enable him to have pure thoughts. The part where I am firmly off the fence is the involvement and cover up by the WWE. I believe Muchnick and I are on the same side of the fence in stating that the WWE had great responsibility to reprimand Benoit when he failed numerous drug and steroid tests. As well, after reading the book and the detailed timelines of the weekend, Vince McMahon and the WWE went to great lengths to cover their names, instead of helping with the investigation. I was beyond disappointed when I read their take on the timeline of events. Jan 21, The Book Hermit rated it it was amazing Shelves: wrestling. A very sad story of the business and the deaths of its performers. I do not think all the answers will ever be known. Jun 23, Vince Cooper rated it liked it. What did you like least? I liked the details explained through the history of events, which were presented fairly despite the Author's bias against pro wrestling and especially WWE. The portions I did not like were the Author's inability to let his bias go and the poor presentation that a conspiracy exists. What was your reaction to the ending? No spoilers please! As the book was based on true events with some spin by the Authorthere were no surprises at the ending. If this book were a movie would you go see it? I would not have an interest in watching a movie about this book or about the events in this book, but I know there has been ideas pitched for making a movie about Benoit. There is zero chance that movie is accurate if it's ever made. Any additional comments? This book would have been much better is presented strictly in a factual manner. The Author has a long bias against pro wrestling and could have presented the information without showing that bias. Perhaps it would have given the book more credibility because most of the information in the book is well presented and accurate. Jan 01, Andrew rated it it was ok. An incredibly well researched book that Too much of the content is about whether WWE knew Benoit had murdered his family and committed suicide before they aired their tribute episode. They probably had some assumptions, but Chris and Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-suicide and Pro Wrestlings Cocktail to go with looking at his wrestling legacy for a couple hours. It was absolutely the wrong choice but not one that's enthralling to An incredibly well researched book that It was absolutely the wrong choice but not one that's enthralling to read for all that long. I'm super critical with how WWE treats their "independent contractors" and their nauseating self- serving charity efforts but I just can't fault them for what they chose to do that night.