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CHRIS BENOIT
Chris Benoit was born on
May 21, 1967, in Montreal. He was trained by Stu
Hart in the infamous Hart Family Dungeon. He
grew up idolizing the Dynamite Kid and based his
ring style off of Dynamite's. He made his debut
in 1995 wrestling in the Canada based Stampede
Wrestling promotion. In real life, he is married
to Woman. She was a valet in ECW and WCW.
Japan, WCW, & ECW:
Benoit gained famed in Japan where he wrestled
as Pegasus Kid and Wild Pegasus. He parlayed
this fame into a brief stint in WCW in the early
'90s. In 1994, he became a regular in ECW. He
gained the nickname the "Canadian Crippler" when
he broke Sabu's neck in a move gone terribly
wrong. He quickly became a top star in ECW and
WCW resigned him in 1996.
WCW - The Four Horsemen
& Kevin Sullivan:
In a case of art imitating life, Kevin
Sullivan's wife Woman left him and went to
Benoit's side. Benoit then became a member of
the Four Horsemen. In 2000, Benoit became the
WCW World Champion. However, he left WCW the day
after winning the title because he didn't like
the direction the company was headed in and felt
that he couldn't trust the new head booker,
Kevin Sullivan, with his career due to their
history.
The Radicalz:
Benoit left WCW with Eddie Guerrero, Dean
Malenko, and Perry Saturn. They formed a group
called the Radicalz. Benoit found success
quickly in the WWF and would main event a PPV
with the Rock less than six months later. His
main event match against Steve Austin and Chris
Jericho at King of the Ring 2001 would be his
final match for almost a year due to a neck
condition he needed to have surgery on.
Brand Jumping:
When he returned to the ring in March 2002,
he was property of RAW. A few months later, he
jumped over to SmackDown! where he stayed until
winning the 2004 Royal Rumble. After winning the
Rumble, he took his guaranteed WrestleMania
title shot to RAW. At WrestleMania XX, Chris
Benoit left the building as the World
Heavyweight Champion.
Champion & Beyond:
While champion, he also won the tag team
titles with Edge. He had to defend both titles
on some nights. He would lose the World Title a
few months later to Randy Orton at SummerSlam.
Since then, Chris was drafted to SmackDown!
where he quickly became US Champion. After
taking a sabbatical of several months, Chris
regained the U.S. Championship within a week of
his return.
ECW, WCW, & WWE/WWF
Title History:
WWF/WWE
World Heavyweight Championship
3/14/04 WrestleMania XX - beat Triple H and
Shawn Micheals
Intercontinental Title
4/2/00 WrestleMania 2000 - beat Chris Jericho &
Kurt Angle
5/8/00 Raw - beat Chris Jericho
12/10/00 Armageddon - beat Billy Gunn
7/29/02 Raw - beat Rob Van Dam
U.S. Title
8/21/05 SummerSlam - beat Orlando Jordan
2/19/06 No Way Out - beat Booker T
10/13/06 SmackDown - beat Ken Kennedy
World Tag Team Title
5/21/01 Raw - with Chris Jericho beat Steve
Austin & Triple H. This is the match where
Triple H tore his quad muscle.
4/19/04 Raw - with Edge beat Ric Flair & Batista
10/19/04 Taboo Tuesday - with Edge beat La
Resistance
WWE Tag Team Title
10/20/02 No Mercy - with Kurt Angle beat Edge &
Rey Mysterio to win the tournament for the new
title
(Sources: WWE.com, Pro
Wrestling Illustrated Almanac, & Obsessed with
Wrestling)
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