Why was a tribute given to Chris Benoit?

Question

Benoit is suspected of murdering his wife & 7 year old son before killing himself. Yet, the WWE gave him a tribute. Rick Roode (sic?) died years ago under mysterious circumstances and the WWE didn't give him a tribute. Same goes for manager Miss Elizabeth in an unrelated case. No tribute for her either. Has the WWE now changed it's opinion about controversy to memorialize all deceased wrestlers or is Benoit an exception?

Answer 1

Vince is gunna take it back tonight

Answer 2

The WWE did not know the acusations Monday they were only announced Tuesday. Plus Chris Benoit was one of the best in the WWE. I think he would have deserved the tribute if he wasn't accused of the murder.

Answer 3

They actually started the tribute only hours after learning about the deaths and before it was determined that Benoit was the only suspect in the murders/suicide. I don't think McMahon would have done the memorial had he known the truth from the beginning, because they pulled his page and his merchandise as soon as they found out!

Answer 4

good point. probably because he was a wrestler, and still popular..and the details then were sketchy, they just knew it was a possible murder suicide, but it was being investigated as a homicide, now details are coming out more and they said he killed his wife first, then his kid, then himself by hanging himself with a pulley on his weight room, i heard it was the depression that made him do this, i feel bad for him. the depression was the effect of the steroids he was taking. when people get depressed its like standing outside looking in. no matter how happy or ok you might seem, theres always gonna be this sadness deep inside. and with his best friend passing years earlier, he had nobody to talk to, and get help from.

Answer 5

When the tribute was given, the information relating to what happened wasn't released and WWE didn't know. Either way I feel the wrestler Chris Benoit deserves a tribute.

Answer 6

the individuals in WWE do not understand what befell. they are paying tribute to an marvelous wrestler and albeit nobosy quite knows something yet. It grow to be basically an issue of minutes earlier somebody got here out with something in regards to the demise of benoit and his relatives. in actual actuality that the autopsies at the instant are not envisioned till the following day, so till then no person quite knows what befell to any of them. i think of wwe is doing precisely what they ought to do right now, whether he seems to be a assassin, his spouse and son deserve the honor of this tribute. that's as lots for them as that's for chris.

Answer 7

because it doesn't matter how he or his family died he was a great wrestler and his family deserves respect and admiration for what he did in his life.It sucks but the reality of it is he was a good man man but somewhere across the way he got lost and seriously screwed up in the head. one laps in judgment doesn't make u a bad person that's for him to settle with god not us.I hate it and it's so sad but respect must be made to his family and friend and long time watchers over the last 20 years or whatever.

Answer 8

beacause raw was cancelled and the tribute was taped a couple hours earlier and at that time WWE did not know it was a double murder-suicide.

Answer 9

RAW aired before anyone was aware that Benoit was the guilty party of double murder and suicide.

Answer 10

It wasn't known that he had done this at the time of the tribute.

Answer 11

if the reports are true, it was a cold blooded murder, paying him tribute for serving in wwe is for wwe, i cant watch a funeral for a KILLER