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In 2007, Chris Benoit killed his wife Nancy, their son Daniel and himself, creating one of the darkest moments in professional wrestling history. WWE aired a tribute show for him, unaware that he was responsible. The moment also saw company scrapping the storyline of Vince McMahon\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
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Former WWE star Jimmy Wang Yang, who was on the roster at the time, recalled the situation and said he no longer cared about Chris Benoit\u2019s wrestling skills because of his actions. On Cheap Heat Productions,<\/a> he said, \u201cI don\u2019t care anything about his wrestling ability now. What he did disqualifies him, to me, as a wrestler. I remember that meeting we had in Corpus Christi, Texas. The week before, Vince got blew up by the limo, so we had the memorial service at Corpus Christi. So they bring us into the arena, and I sit down, and this is kind of a crazy story.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m looking around and I look behind me, and Bruce Campbell is right behind me, Army of Darkness. I was like, \u2018Oh my god! Bruce Campbell! I f*cking love you!\u2019 Oh, sorry for cussing too much, but, \u2018I love you! I love Army of Darkness, Ash, Evil Dead, all of this stuff! I wanna talk to you right after this.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI turn around, and Vince is there, and all of a sudden I hear Vickie Guerrero screech, like, \u2018Oh my god, no!\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh shit, what the f*ck?\u2019 Sorry for cussing again. Then I turn around, and Vince announced what happened, like, \u2018They found Chris dead, his wife and his kid.’\u201d<\/p>\n Jimmy Wang Yang initially struggled to process the news. He said he even tried to convince himself that the deaths might have been caused by a robbery. \u201cI looked directly to Brian Kendrick, and looked at him, and it was like, \u2018Yep, he finally did it huh? He finally snapped and did that horrible act.\u2019 We both thought the same thing from our previous experience with him.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cBut, after that, I was like, \u2018No, I don\u2019t wanna think that, he did have this mansion in Atlanta, maybe somebody robbed him and killed him and his family.\u2019 It was crazy mixed emotions at that time. And then, the next day, they say we\u2019re gonna do a tribute show to Chris the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMy gut felt weird. I\u2019m like, \u2018I don\u2019t know if I wanna do a tribute match to Chris Benoit. I need to see some more facts about what happened and all that kind of stuff.\u2019 Then, during the day, all that stuff, things started to leak out.\u201d<\/p>\n As details emerged, he no-showed SmackDown and was later cleared by WWE despite initial trouble. \u201cAnd I no-showed SmackDown, because I didn\u2019t want to be part of anything associated with what happened, I said, \u2018I\u2019m not going.\u2019 And I didn\u2019t go to SmackDown, I no-showed SmackDown because I just didn\u2019t feel comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI had a bad feeling about what happened. I no-showed SmackDown, kinda got in trouble, but then it got cleared after everything came out. I just didn\u2019t wanna be part of it. \u201cPersonally, I don\u2019t give a shit what wrestling matches he did or all this other stuff. I don\u2019t care. The last thing he did, that sticks with me, so yeah.\u201d [H\/T: Wrestletalk<\/a>]<\/p>\n The post WWE Star No-Showed SmackDown Over Bad Feeling About Chris Benoit Tribute Show<\/a> appeared first on Wrestlezone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Former WWE star Jimmy Wang Yang says he felt uneasy about participating in Chris Benoit\u2019s tribute SmackDown show. In 2007, Chris Benoit killed his wife Nancy, their son Daniel and himself, creating one of the darkest moments in professional wrestling history. WWE aired a tribute show for him, unaware that he was responsible. 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