Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about CHRIS BENOIT!
in the world at the moment. He’s a gifted athlete that loves to take it to
the limit, with lots of high-flying moves, convincing brawling and legit
technical wrestling. To those of us who watched Benoit grow up in Stampede
Wrestling, it is great to see him succeed today. In Stampede, he started as
a real skinny kid and grew into a star
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Christopher Michael Benoit was a professional wrestler and murderer . he held 22 championships between WWF/WWE, WCW, NJPW, and ECW . benoit was booked to win Benoit headlined multiple pay-per-views for WWE . he grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, from where he was billed throughout bulk of career . Benoit trained to become a professional wrestler in the Hart family “Dungeon” he emulated both Billington and Bret Hart in-ring . his debut match was a tag team match in 1985 Benoit won the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship on march 18, 1988 . he won four International Tag Team titles and three more British Commonwealth titles . in 1989, stampede closed its doors, and Benoit started wearing a mask and assuming the name The Pegasus Kid in 1989 . he won his first major championship, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, from Jushin Thunder Liger . after he wrestled outside of new japan occasionally to compete in Mexico and Europe . he held that title for over a year, having many forty-plus minute matches with Villano III . in 1993, he defeated Benoit formed a tag team with Bobby Eaton . he was booked as a dominant wrestler in japan . in 1994, he competed in a one-night eight-man tournament . Benoit returned to the locker room after the match . he broke down over the possibility that he might have paralysed someone . after his return to WCW he changed his ring name to “Canadian Benoit and Dean Malenko won the ECW World Tag Team Championship in 1995 . the team lost the championship to The Public Enemy that April at ECW Three Way Dance . he was forced to leave ECW after Benoit toured Japan until WCW called him . he wrestled in the “talent exchange” in 1995, defeating Lionheart in the quarterfinals . after impressing higher-ups, he when Pillman abruptly left the company for the WWF, Benoit was placed into his ongoing feud with Sullivan . this came to fruition through a dissension between the two in a tag team Sullivan and Benoit had a contentious backstage relationship at best . Sullivan admits having respect for Sullivan, blames him for breaking up his marriage . in 1998, Sullivan had long feud with book Benoit goes up 3 to 1 before Booker caught up . Bret Hart interjected himself, interfering on behalf of benoit . booker opts for eighth match at the Great American Bash in 1999, Benoit teamed with Dean Malenko to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship . this led to a reformation of the Four Horsemen with the tag team champions, Anderson and McMichae the Revolution seceded from WCW, and formed their own nation, complete with a flag . this led to some friction being created between Benoit and leader, Douglas . he won the Television title one more time Benoit’s title reign was not listed in the title lineage at WCW.com . but the WWF recognized his title win and presented him as a former world champion . he spent the next few weeks in the Radicalz aligned themselves with Triple H and became a heel faction . Benoit quickly won his first title in the WWF just over a month later . he wrestled in his first WWF pay jericho defeats Benoit in a ladder match at the royal rumble in 2001 . the feud finally culminated in Jericho’s defeat at the Royal Rumble . Benoit and jericho defeat Edge and Christian in a Tag Team Turmoil match . the next night on Raw Is War, the pair defeat Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H . they use the win as Benoit missed the next year due to his neck injury . he returned as a member of the Raw roster . on his first night back, he turned heel again and aligned himself with Eddie Guerrero Rob Van Dam defeated Benoit at SummerSlam and returned the title to Raw . he teamed with Kurt Angle to win a tournament to crown the first-ever WWE Tag Team Champions . at Rebellion, Benoit faced him for the title at the 2003 Royal Rumble . the match was highly praised from fans and critics . he received a standing ovation for his efforts . Benoit defeated the likes of A-Train, Big Show, and eliminating Brock Lesnar by submission . he challenged lesnar for the WWE Championship on the December 4 episode of SmackDown . Benoit exploited a “loophole” in the rules and was traded on Raw . he will instead challenge World Heavyweight Champion Triple H at WrestleMania. Shawn Michaels’ last man standing match against Triple H ended in a draw . he signed a contract putting himself in the main event, which resulted in the triple threat match . on march 14, 2004, at Benoit defeated by Randy Orton for the world heavyweight championship at SummerSlam . he and Edge won the world tag team title from Batista and Ric Flair . the next night in Calgary, Benoit, Edge, and Shawn Michaels were put into a poll to see who would face Triple H for the world heavyweight title that night . Michaels received the most votes and as a result, Edge and Ben the feud stopped abruptly, as Edge feuded with Shawn Michaels, and Benoit entered the Royal Rumble . the two continued to have matches until the two of them were placed in the Money in the Bank ladder Benoit appeared at One Night Stand, defeating Eddie Guerrero . he failed to win the WWE United States Championship from Orlando Jordan . Benoit defeated Triple H in a tribute match to his fallen friend . controversy surrounding a US title defence against Booker T led to a “Best of Seven” series . booker t won three times in Benoit defeated Orton twice by disqualification at armageddon . in the 7th and final match, Orton defeated the american . booker suffered a legitimate groin injury, and Orton was chosen as a match was set up for the two at WrestleMania 22 for Benoit’s title . for several weeks, they attacked each other . at wrestlemania, JBL won the match with mark Henry brutalized Benoit during their match, giving him back and rib injuries . he then took a sabbatical to heal nagging shoulder injuries, causing him to bleed from his mouth Benoit wanted answers from the Guerreros for their rash behaviour towards Rey Mysterio, but was avoided by the two and was assaulted . the feud culminated with one last title match as a No dis MVP wins the title in a two out of three falls match . on June 19, Benoit wrestled his final match, defeating Elijah Burke . Johnny Nitro wins the match and becomes ECW World Champion . Benoit would have defeated CM Punk for the championship had he been present . professional wrestler and fighter Bob Sapp reported he would have been put into an oncoming angle . he also used a diving former wrestler benoit was renowned for his high-impact technical style . he married twice, and had two children with his first wife, Martina . by 1997, that marriage had broken down . in 2003, Nancy filed for divorce from Benoit, citing the marriage as “irrevocably broken” she later dropped the suit as well as the restraining order she had filed . Benoit kicked Guerrero in the head and knocked him out cold in a match in japan . he became good friends with the wrestler, who died in 2005 . benoit was close friends officers discovered the bodies of Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their 7-year-old son Daniel at around 2:30 p.m. EDT . Upon investigating, no additional suspects were sought by authorities . Benoit’s son was drugged with Xanax and likely unconscious before strangling him . he then committed suicide by hanging himself on his lat pulldown machine . WWE quickly and quietly began dist xanax, hydrocodone, and an elevated level of testosterone in Benoit’s system . there was no indication anything in his body contributed to his violent behaviour . before the murder-suicide, after the double-murder suicide, former wrestler Christopher Nowinski contacted Michael Benoit . his father suggests years of trauma to his son’s brain may have led to his actions . WWE removed nearly all mentions Ranked No. 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2004 . Ranked no. 69 of top 500 greatest wrestler in the “PWI Years” in 2003 . with Ben Bass Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story (DVD). WWE Home Video. ISBN 978-0-9698161-5-7.