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The Wrestler Murders : The True Story of Chris and Nancy Benoit
Chris and Nancy Benoit were one of the many American couples who met and formed a relationship through their professional wrestling careers. Chris was a wrestling veteran of 22 years, and had held 22 championships across various promotions such as WWE, WCW, NJPW and ECW. He had been a headline act and a world champion on a number of occasions.
Nancy Benoit was a valet and model for the ECW and WCW during the mid 1990s, under the simple ring names “Fallen Angel” and “Woman.” She had previously been married to Jim Daus and Kevin Sullivan, whom she had met during her time with Florida Championship Wrestling. After an on-screen relationship, an affair and her divorce from Sullivan, she married Chris Benoit in 2000. She was his manager, and the pair had a child together, named Daniel.
But their marriage was not a happy one. In 2003, just three years after their marriage, Nancy filed for divorce citing that the couple’s marriage was ‘irrevocably broken’ and that she had been treated with cruelty by her husband. She dropped the suit, as well as a restraining order against Chris; but just a few years later she, her husband and their child were found dead in the family home in a double murder suicide.
Nancy Benoit was a valet and model for the ECW and WCW during the mid 1990s, under the simple ring names “Fallen Angel” and “Woman.” She had previously been married to Jim Daus and Kevin Sullivan, whom she had met during her time with Florida Championship Wrestling. After an on-screen relationship, an affair and her divorce from Sullivan, she married Chris Benoit in 2000. She was his manager, and the pair had a child together, named Daniel.
But their marriage was not a happy one. In 2003, just three years after their marriage, Nancy filed for divorce citing that the couple’s marriage was ‘irrevocably broken’ and that she had been treated with cruelty by her husband. She dropped the suit, as well as a restraining order against Chris; but just a few years later she, her husband and their child were found dead in the family home in a double murder suicide.
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39 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 8, 2017
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August 13, 2018
A very well written book
This is first book I've read by this author and it won't be my last. There's a lot of info in between the covers of this small book.
For those who follow the wrestling mania and all of the hype surrounding it, you'll enjoy reading this. There's been a lot of misinformation about the murders/suicide of Chris Benoit and his family, but this author gives you the truth of what happened.
This is first book I've read by this author and it won't be my last. There's a lot of info in between the covers of this small book.
For those who follow the wrestling mania and all of the hype surrounding it, you'll enjoy reading this. There's been a lot of misinformation about the murders/suicide of Chris Benoit and his family, but this author gives you the truth of what happened.
June 13, 2020
Tragedy
This was a horrific crime. I had just seen him shortly before this happened. I think that weekend a perfect storm occurred in his brain. Between the decades of head trauma, drugs and alcohol, he snapped mentally. I think he knew he was dangerous but probably had no one to confide in so that he could get help. She probably thought she could get out. Daniel probably never knew his mom was dead, in the house. This crime still breaks my heart.
This was a horrific crime. I had just seen him shortly before this happened. I think that weekend a perfect storm occurred in his brain. Between the decades of head trauma, drugs and alcohol, he snapped mentally. I think he knew he was dangerous but probably had no one to confide in so that he could get help. She probably thought she could get out. Daniel probably never knew his mom was dead, in the house. This crime still breaks my heart.
December 26, 2018
A collected insight.
Short, but gives a decent overview of what remains a disturbing tragedy.
The WWE has much to answer for.
Such a waste of life.
Short, but gives a decent overview of what remains a disturbing tragedy.
The WWE has much to answer for.
Such a waste of life.
January 6, 2019
Very good informative book
Awesome book very informative book wish it were longer but if looking for a good quick read this is it
Awesome book very informative book wish it were longer but if looking for a good quick read this is it
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