AP - - FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Canadian pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and son were found dead Monday and police said they were investigating the deaths as a homicide. Lt. Tommy Pope of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department in suburban Atlanta said the three were found at their home about 2:30 p.m., but refused to release details. Pope said results of autopsies on Benoit, his wife Nancy, and seven-year-old son Daniel were expected Tuesday.

Chris Benoit is dead? Are you freaking kidding me? The guy was made of iron, how is he dead? Another wrestler is gone, but this time it wasn't drugs or a failing heart due to steroids like we're used to. Police believe it was a homicide and his wife and child were also killed. Amazing that in the same week that the WWE had a story line in which Vince McMahon was "killed", first Sensational Sherri dies and now Benoit. Maybe what is more crazy is that Raw is once again showing these wrestlers remembering a dead friend then fading to black. They've got it down pat when a fellow wrestler dies. The set up a chair and a camera and they line up to remember him.

As a wrestler, Benoit was amazing to watch. He was about a foot shorter than everyone he fought and was awful at doing an interview. He was, however, one of the best technical wrestlers ever. He beat Shawn Michaels and Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XX. He was mentioned in the same breath as Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Ricky Steamboat and other technical masters. In fact, when Bret wanted to do a tribute match to his brother Owen, he picked Benoit to wrestle.

Here's the 2nd half of his classic WrestleMania 17 match against Kurt Angle: