4. Benoit Was Scheduled To Fight For The ECW Championship
It might have been lost in the shuffle, but before Chris Benoit’s horrific murder-suicide, he was scheduled to wrestle for the ECW World Championship at the ECW Pay Per View, Vengance. Benoit was unable to attend the show, claiming a family emergency prevented him from making it to the arena. When asked further, he stated that his wife and son both had food poisoning and were vomiting up blood. Benoit was replaced by Johnny Nitro in the main event, who won the championship that night. There is no definite sign that it would have been Benoit winning the title that night, but given all the circumstances around his death, it was clear that wrestling was the last thing on Benoit’s mind.
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