World Wrestling Entertainment continues to distance themselves as far from Chris Benoit as possible. We reported earlier today that the WWE’s Shopzone merchandise website has pulled all merchandise related to Chris Benoit. Searches for Benoit’s name in the website’s search engine are returned “discontinued.” Benoit’s name has been removed to the degree that the listing for the DVD of Wrestlemania XX now reads, “Triple H defends his World Heavyweight Championship against Shawn Michaels.”
As details of this tragedy have emerged, WWE.com has removed all the tributes and other Benoit-related articles leaving only the main graphic on the home page linking to the WWE’s Official Press Release about the Benoit tragedy that goes out of its way trying to convince the readers that the deaths had nothing to do with steroids, roid rage or wrestling. WWE.com still has not revealed the further information relating to both the investigation and the cause of death that the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department had requested WWE.com not release. WWE.com has also removed Chris Benoit’s superstar profile from the site, while the link to his profile on the update post resolves to the same page.
