Last night WWE paid tribute to Chris Benoit in a 3 hour special.  Today they will be attempting to come to grips with a shocking and tragic truth. 

It is believed that Chris Benoit first killed his wife in what may have been a moment of rage.  He may have even accidentally killed her during a meltdown.  His mental state must have continued to deteriorate because they believe he waited a day and then killed his son.  On the third day he killed himself.

It's hard to believe.  I don't even watch wrestling but I did know who Chris Benoit was.  Since I wasn't ever really a fan of his, his career accomplishments don't really mean much to me.  During the 3 hour tribute though, no one had a bad word to say about him.  I mean, I guess it would have been crazy sounding if they did since he had just died, but all of WWE seems to remember him as a kindhearted person who loved his family very much.

That's what's hard to grasp.  What happened with Chris Benoit to make him turn from family man and loved and respected athlete to wife and child killer?  I keep saying in my head that there's no way he could have done this, but the police seem pretty confident that he did.

He apparently sent some troubling text messages to Jerry Lawler over the weekend and then missed several appointments and cancelled his Sunday night performance.  His bizarre behavior is what prompted someone to call the police and ask them to go check the home.

There are rumors that there was a suicide note, but that has not been confirmed publicly by the police yet.  Of course autopsys haven't even been done, but there does seem to be a clear picture of what happened.

It's all very sad.  My heart goes out to the Benoit family and especially the children Chris left behind who have lost their Dad, stepmom and half brother.

I just saw a picture of Chris Benoit and all I can say, with great sadness, is WHY Chris?  Why?