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FOXNews.com also has learned, through widely posted Web reports, that former pro wrestler Sherri Martel, who was found dead on June 15, was linked to former wrestler Kevin Sullivan — ex-husband of Nancy Benoit.
Benoit met his wife, Nancy Daus-Sullivan, when her then-husband, match booker Kevin Sullivan, thought up a script that had Benoit and his wife involved in a relationship as part of an ongoing WCW story line. Benoit and Daus began spending more time together and eventually, in 1997, Daus divorced Sullivan and became engaged to Benoit. Benoit and Sullivan were by then embroiled in a high-profile rivalry. Nancy Benoit helped manage her husband's career from their home in Atlanta.
Sullivan, who was also a wrestler, booked and lost a retirement match to Benoit on July 13, 1997. It is often joked that "Kevin Sullivan booked his own divorce," according to reports. As a booker, Sullivan reportedly caused Nancy to quit wrestling when she refused to appear topless in an angle Sullivan created for a pay-per-view.
Chris didn't choke his son, he had him die with his own son's carbon monoxide. That kind of death is not traumatic as it can be by being choked. In my mind Chris must have gone up to his kid proposing the plastic bag as an innocent game. I don't think Chris wanted his son to suffer or even realize he was dying. By what I know, dying the way his son died is not painful. You run out of oxygen and start inhaling carbon monoxide till you fall into a deep sleep to go to death.
--Even worse for WWE, Ballard said there are reports that contradict the information Daniel Benoit was suffering from Fragile X syndrome. Ballard said a source with access to Daniel's medical records shows no mention of any mental or physical impairment. Reports from his teacher also contradicted the claim, saying he was prepared this year to go into first grade on par with the other students in his class.
--There are other articles in the son by Kevin Engstrom, including noting deaths of 24 wrestlers that have worked for WWE in the past having passed away, with quotes from Jacques Rougeau, who said 20 years ago the wrestlers didn't know the consequences of steroids and today they do. I want to say again that as someone who has written about this subject for 25 years and both feared and predicted this high death rate long before it happened, that steroids are an issue, but don't simplify the issue to steroids. And don't simplify the issue to wrestling because other cultures have wrestlers who work just as hard or harder, and work harder schedules, and even use steroids, yet they don't have the same level of young deaths. I think it's that the U.S. wrestlers made more money and thus had greater access to some drugs, which weren't just steroids. There is another article by Shannon Vanraes quoting a 21-year-old independent wrestler who uses steroids at one point but later stopped.
My understanding is it was 3rd party, hired and paid for by the WWE.Who administered the tests? More importantly who paid for them?