It is hard to believe that it has been almost three years since the shocking death of Chris Benoit rocked the wrestling world. Benoit killed his wife and child in his Atlanta home over a weekend before committing suicide on June 24, 2007. The three-year anniversary of that tragedy is this upcoming Thursday.
During that weekend, Benoit was supposed to be in Houston for Vengeance: Night of Champions. At the event, Benoit was scheduled to face CM Punk for the vacant ECW World Championship. With Benoit being a no-show, Morrison, then known as Johnny Nitro, took his place in the bout and became the champion.
It has been stated that, had he competed that night, Benoit would have become the ECW World Champion. The win for Nitro wa...
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