Comments on: Like Being Hit With a Sledgehammer

By: Phil Saunders

Phil Saunders — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:14:50 +0000

There were some interesting conspiracy theories for a while, but the latest information suggests that this seems to be a simple matter of “terrible coincidence” and Wikipedia vandalism.

By: jsp

jsp — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:23:12 +0000

Knowing your affection for both wrestling and Wikipedia, I thought you might be interested in this story, which I believe refers to this revision, at 04:01 (GMT?) on Mon 25 Jun.

Of course, the IP address in question (69.120.111.23) has been used for some tasteless edits in the past…

Speaking of tasteless, seeing the words “mainstream” and “press” precede TMZ.com gives me the shivers.

By: Phil Saunders

Phil Saunders — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:06:39 +0000

In all fairness, before Tuesday night’s ECW broadcast the chairman of the company had this to say:

Last night on Monday Night Raw, the WWE presented a special tribute show, recognizing the career of Chris Benoit. However, now some 26 hours later, the facts of this horrific tragedy are now apparent. Therefore, other than my comments, there will be no mention of Mr. Benoit tonight. On the contrary, tonight’s show will be dedicated to everyone who has been affected by this terrible incident. This evening marks the first step of the healing process. Tonight, the WWE performers will do what they do better than anyone else in the world – entertain you.

The Tribute Show was only shown once and was subsequently removed from all repeat and international schedules.

By: JC

JC — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:26:53 +0000

The only thing that got to me was reading that they were canceling the WWE broadcast one night to show a three hour tribute to Chris Benoit. This seems a little inappropriate to me to show a three hour tribute to a man who murdered his wife and child.