saintpat
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Post by saintpat on Apr 30, 2011 0:49:44 GMT -5
There was that post on Wikipedia like 14 hours before the bodies were discovered, from an IP address in Stamford, Conn., where WWE headquarters are -- saying Benoit missed the PPV because of the death of his wife.
I believe Benoit was in contact by text message with some WWE people during that time.
Does anyone have a good theory about what really went down with that post? I find it hard to believe that someone didn't know something -- maybe not that he had killed his family, but maybe that he had texted someone saying his wife had died.
It's all too much of a coincidence, and if this has ever been explained I guess I somehow missed it.
I'm not looking to stir things up and in absolutely no way do I want to start a thread that turns into a debate about Benoit's merits as a human being or lack thereof -- please lock it if this takes a turn the wrong way, but I am seriously curious about this incident and this forum is probably the best place to find a real answer.
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Post by Hugh Mungus on Apr 30, 2011 1:00:12 GMT -5
Shouldn't this be in the WWE section?
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Apr 30, 2011 1:05:53 GMT -5
I don't remember exactly what happened, but wasn't it traced back to a guy who had posted that based on a rumour he had heard online? If I'm not mistaken, it turned out that he had a history of Wiki vandalism
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Post by Kash Flagg on Apr 30, 2011 1:06:53 GMT -5
Pretty sure the ip went to some college kid who made a rather sick coincidental remark.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Apr 30, 2011 1:06:59 GMT -5
just some guy screwing around. as someone who used to edit on wikipedia (before i got sick of the bulls*** like 95% of the rest of the wrestling fans on there), people do stupid stuff like that for no reason, like this one guy that would mass edit bios of wrestlers saying they died.
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saintpat
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Post by saintpat on Apr 30, 2011 1:08:31 GMT -5
Yeah, but the fact that it was in Stamford, Conn., of all places -- that doesn't make you wonder if he wasn't telling the whole truth?
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Post by Andrew is Good on Apr 30, 2011 1:23:52 GMT -5
Yeah, it was trolling gone wrong. Though it's always good when a troll gets exposed as the anonymity is one reason they act like douches.
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Post by celticjobber on Apr 30, 2011 1:24:07 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure it was just a teenager who was making a sick joke as the excuse for Benoit not being at the PPV that night. It's odd, but coincidental that he was in Stamford, CT.
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Post by Chuckie Finster on Apr 30, 2011 1:50:44 GMT -5
Wiki vandalism happens all the time. This was just a case of wrong place, wrong time for him.
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Post by Oakster on Apr 30, 2011 2:11:19 GMT -5
It was a kid who was eventually interrogated for it:
The moral is don't mess with Wikipedia.
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Post by Craig-UK on Apr 30, 2011 5:23:04 GMT -5
interesting to see the vids of his investigation, its amazing how something that may seem so innocent and joking can quickly turn round and bite you in the ass HARD
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Post by johnnyk9 on Apr 30, 2011 6:25:06 GMT -5
they seem to be so hard on this kid, I feel bad for him
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Post by probable on Apr 30, 2011 9:08:43 GMT -5
Nothing to this, as already stated. Just some young douche being a douche and it bit him in the bottom, only slightly though. Still, I'm sure he'll be living off this story in bars for the rest of his life.
"Do you know who Chris Benoit was?"
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Post by Hugh Mungus on Apr 30, 2011 10:04:56 GMT -5
Welcome to Wikiality (TM of Stephen Colbert). Do any of you think that it's a case of WikialityTM gone wrong?
Didn't that same person try to add some credibility to the storyline by saying that "Meltzer reported it"? And that comment very much put him (Meltzer) in the hotseat?
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Post by Cactus Jack on May 4, 2011 14:58:16 GMT -5
Yup, just a coincidence that he was in Stamford.
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Post by Clarence "Showstealer" Mason on May 4, 2011 20:35:50 GMT -5
But some people will always believe..  |
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