Chris Benoit

An awesome match, dubbed the Owen Hart Tribute Match as it was staged in Kansas City as Bret’s goodbye to his brother. It’s filled with the kind of stuff you just never saw on Nitro – ring psychology, mutual respect, a total lack of bullshit storyline developments and other ga-ga, and a clean finish. The wrong guy went over, but really it didn’t matter in this case. Chris Benoit tapped to the Sharpshooter at about the 20 minute mark, on a TV match, filling me, however temporarily, with hope for the future of the promotion. Two weeks later, Russo was in, and that hope ... Read Full Story

Phillippe Astin, M.D., the family physician who prescribed anabolic steroids to Chris Benoit in the year prior to the Benoit double murder-suicide, is going to trial on March 16, 2009. Many will be surprised to learn that in the final 175-count federal indictment, there is not a single charge related to anabolic steroids. Press coverage demonized Dr. Phil Astin as the doctor who prescribed steroids to Chris Benoit . If steroids were to blame for the Benoit tragedy, the evil doctor who gave them to Benoit must also be held responsible. Federal prosecutors, who initially felt the prescribing of steroids was a “major issue” ... Read Full Story

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NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — The personal doctor to a pro wrestler who killed himself, his wife and their 7-year-old son pleaded guilty Thursday Read Full Story

Wrestler Chris Benoit 's hard knocks in the ring turned the tragic star into a crazed killing machine, according to new tests. The former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion took his own life after killing his wife and son at the family home in June - and now toxicology results show the fighter was deeply troubled. Read more! Read Full Story