Chris Benoit
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| Ring name(s) | Chris Benoit Pegasus Kid Wild Pegasus |
| Billed height | 5 ft. 10 in. (178 cm) |
| Billed weight | 234 lb. (106 kg) |
| Born | May 21 1967 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | June 24 2007 (aged 40) Fayetteville, Georgia, U.S.[1] |
| Billed from | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Trained by | Stu Hart, New Japan Dojo |
| Debut | November 22 1985 |
Christopher Michael Benoit (May 21, 1967 - June 25, 2007) was a Canadian professionel wrestler. He is best known for wrestling in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Chris, his wife Nancy, and their 7-year-old son Daniel were found dead in their Fayetteville, Georgia home on June 25 2007.
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[change] Career
During his youth in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he was trained by Stu Hart. He wanted to become a wrestler because of Tom Billington, the Dynamite Kid. Chris Benoit began his career in 1985 in Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion. 1989 Stampede Wrestling closed, and Chris went to wrestle in Japan for NJPW. He wore a mask and called himself Pegasus Kid.
In 1990, he won his first major championship, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, from Jushin Liger. He later lost the title (and his mask) to Liger, He changed his name to Wild Pegasus. As Wild Pegasus he won the Super Juniors tournament in 1993 and 1995.
Benoit left Japan to wrestle in Germany and Mexico. In 1994 he began working for ECW. In ECW he dropped the name Wild Pegasus. After an accident that broke Sabu's neck, he became known as "The Crippler" Chris Benoit.
Benoit worked For WCW staring in 1995. In 1998, he had a feud with Booker T. They fought in a "Best-of-seven-series" for the WCW World Television Championship. Booker won but he would end up loosing the title to Finlay. This fued helped both mens careers.
[change] WWE
In 2000 Benoit began wrestling for the WWE. In 2004 he took part in the Royal Rumble. He entered first and won when he eliminated The Big Show. After winning the Royal Rumble, he fought for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. At WrestleMania XX, he fought against Shawn Michaels and champion Triple H. Benoit won this match by makeing Triple H submit to the Crippler Crossface. At the end of this event, Benoit celebrated in the ring with the WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero. This is looked at as the biggest win in Benoit's Career.
On the June 11 episode of RAW, Benoit was drafted from SmackDown! to ECW as part of the 2007 WWE Draft. Benoit won his first ECW match teaming up with CM Punk and defeating Elijah Burke and Marcus Cor Von.
On June 19, 2007, Benoit wrestled his last match. He beat Elijah Burke in a match to decide who would face CM Punk for the ECW World Championship at Vengeance. Benoit did not appear at the house shows during the weekend of June 23th. He told WWE officials that his wife and son were sick due to food poisoning. When he did not show up for the pay-per-view, viewers were told that it was because of a "family emergency." Johnny Nitro took his place in the title match. Nitro won the match and became ECW Champion.
[change] Promotions
Benoit worked for many different wrestling companies:
- Calgary Stampede Wrestling (CSW)
- Universal Wrestling Association (UWA)
- Coninental Wrestling Association (CWA)
- New Japanese Professional Wrestling (NJPW)
- Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW)
- World Championship Wrestling(WCW)
- World Wrestling Association (WWA)
- World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
[change] Titles
- WWE Tag Team Title: (1x)
- WWE World Tag Team Title: (3x)
- WWE United States Title: (5x)
- WWE Intercontinental Title: (4x)
- WWE Title: (1x)
- WWE World Heavyweigt Title: (1x)
- WWE Royal Rumble Title: (1x)
- WCW Heavyweight Title: (1x)
- WCW United States Title: (2x)
- WCW Television Title: (3x)
- WCW Tag Team Title: (2x)
- ECW Tag Team Title: (1x)
- CWA Tag Team Title: (1x)
- Stampede Wrestling Tag Team Titles: (4x)
- Stampede Heavyweight Title: (4x)
- UWA Light Heavyweight Title: (1x)
- NJPW Super J Cup Tournament Title: (2x)
- NJPW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: (1x)
[change] Awards
- Best Technical Wrestler award: (1994)
- Five Star Match award: (1994)
- Best Technical Wrestler award: (1994)
- Best Technical Wrestler award: (1995)
- Most Underrated Wrestler award: (1998)
- Best Technical Wrestler award: (2000)
- Most Outstanding Wrestler award: (2000)
- Match of the Year award: (2002)
- Best Technical Wrestler award: (2003)
- Rank 69# of 500 other Wrestlers award: (2003)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame: (2003)
- Best Brawler award: (2004)
- Best Technical Wrestler award: (2004)
- Feud of the Year award: (2004)
- Match of the Year award: (2004)
- Most Outstanding Wrestler award: (2004)
- Rank 1# of 500 other Wrestlers award: (2004)
