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#4 Vince McMahon cancels his "Limo explosion" angle in light of the Benoit family tragedy
On June 25, 2007, police discovered the bodies of Chris Benoit, his wife, and their child at their home in Fayetteville, Georgia. Benoit had missed WWE's weekend events without any notice, and the company had informed the police about the same. He was scheduled to take on CM Punk for the ECW Title at the Night of Champions PPV. The upcoming edition of RAW was canceled and WWE instead presented a 3-hour tribute to Benoit.
The episode saw Vince McMahon coming out in an empty arena and announcing the tragic news. Vince added that WWE's original plans for the show were to advance the storyline where he was 'killed' in a limo explosion, but it had been canceled due to what happened in real life. Vince further stated that the show would be WWE's way to pay tribute to Benoit for his contributions to the business.
Immediately after the horrifying details of the tragedy came out, Vince McMahon cut another promo soon after and stated that Benoit won't be mentioned again on WWE TV, and that the night would mark the first step of the "healing process".
