Atlanta- [The Daily Advertiser]- World Wrestling Entertainment professional wrestler Chris Benoit and his family were found dead Monday at their residence.
The wrestler was found with his wife, Nancy, [aka Woman] and his son, Daniel. Police have not released details, but have reported the residence is currently under investigation.
WWE will continue with their live broadcast of their weekly show, RAW, tonight at 8 p.m. on USA. WWE officials said a tribute to Benoit is planned for the show.
RAW will be making a stop in the Cajundome on July 9.
Benoit, a Canadian-born wrestler, had stints in WWE, as well as World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling. He was 40 years old.
From wrestlingnews.com: I find myself awfully numb typing this. With sadness, we have to report the unfortunate news that Chris Benot (40), wife Nancy (43), and son Daniel (7) were found dead in their Atlanta home. Chris’ other two children were in and are still in Canada at the time of their passing.
No further details are available at this time. The only news coming from Georgia Police, is that the ‘family was not shot to death’. I know that statement sounds cold. But it does rule out one speculation that is running rampant surrounding their deaths. Once an update is available, we will post it here on the website and hotline.
Tonight WWE will air a three hour tribute to the life of Chris Benoit. Raw, Smackdown, and ECW stars as well as several legends will be onhand.I am hopeful that Vince McMahon will be standing on the runway paying tribute as well and his storyline is dropped. And if it is dropped, there wont be one person at all in and out of wrestling that would have a problem with it.
We have already updated the hotline (718-303-4444) if anyone wants to call. Myself, Joey, and Kevin spent the entire 30 minutes (main greeting and option 1) on this story and celebrating the life of Chris Benoit.
We invite everyone to listen to our Minority Report Webcast tonight at 11:15PM EST as we tribute Chris Benoit as well. Call in and express your memories of Chris, as well as Nancy aka Woman.
Everyone here at the site and webcast send along our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and fans of Chris Benoit, and Nancy.