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Name: Chris Benoit
Height: 5 foot 11
Weight: 220 pounds
From: Atlanta, Ga. (originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Finishing Move: Crippler Crossface
Career Highlights: World Heavyweight Champion, WCW Tag Team Champion, WCW United States
Champion, WCW Television Champion, WWE Intercontinental Champion, World Tag Team Champion,
WWE Tag Team Champion


Certainly deserving of his nickname The Rabid Wolverine,
Chris Benoit is known as one of the toughest, most aggressive competitors in WWE.
Benoit got his start training with Stu Hart in the legendary "dungeon" in Calgary.
The dungeon produced numerous other superstars such as Bret Hart,
Owen Hart, the British Bulldog and Chris Jericho to name a few.


Earlier in his career, Benoit wrestled in Japan, ECW and WCW.
It was in ECW that Benoit earned the nickname "The Crippler" when he broke Sabu’s neck.
Benoit was part of a group of Radicalz who jumped from WCW to WWE in early 2000,
along with Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, and Perry Saturn.
Benoit was immediately successful
capturing the Intercontinental Championship within months of his debut.


A major setback in Benoit’s career occurred in 2001 when Benoit had to have neck surgery
which would put him out for an entire year.
Upon returning, Benoit would set his goals on reaching the top.
At this point in Benoit’s WWE career, Benoit had never held WWE
or World Championship gold.
That would soon change after Benoit won the 2004 Royal Rumble.
In an unprecedented move, Benoit found a loophole in his contract
and jumped to RAW to fight for the World Championship at WrestleMania XX.
In a memorable night, Chris Benoit defeated Triple H and Shawn Michaels
in a Triple Threat Match, when he made Triple H tap out to win the World Heavyweight
Championship.
After the match, WWE champion and best friend Eddie Guerrero celebrated
in the ring with Benoit as the show went off the air in a WrestleMania moment.
Chris Benoit returned to SmackDown! as part of the Draft Lottery in June 2005.



CHRIS BENOIT'S TITLE HISTORY
Pegasus Kid (Benoit) def. Jushin Liger for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
on Aug. 19, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan.
Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko def. Sabu & Tasmaniac
for the ECW Tag Team Championship on Feb. 2, 1995, in Philadelphia.
Chris Benoit def. BookerT for the WCW TV Championship
on April 30, 1998, in Augusta, Ga.
Chris Benoit def. Booker T for the WCW TV Championship
on May 2, 1998, in North Charleston, SC.
Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko def. Barry Windham & Curt Hennig
for the WCW Tag Team Championship on March 14, 1999, in Louisville, Ken.
Chris Benoit def. Rick Steiner for the WCW TV Championship
on Sept. 13, 1999, in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Chris Benoit def. Sid Vicious
for the WCW Championship on Jan. 1, 2000, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Chris Benoit def. Kurt Angle & Chris Jericho
for the Intercontinental Championship on April 2, 2000 in Anaheim, Calif.
Chris Benoit def. Chris Jericho
for the Intercontinental Championship on May 8, 2000, in Uniondale, N.Y.
Chris Benoit def. Billy Gunn
for the Intercontinental Championship on Dec. 10, 2000, in Birmingham, Ala.
Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho def. Steve Austin & Triple H
for the World Tag Team Championship on May 21, 2001, in San Jose, Calif.
Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle def. Edge & Rey Mysterio
for the WWE Tag Team Championship on Oct. 20, 2002 in Little Rock, Ark.
Chris Benoit def. Triple H & Shawn Michaels
for the World Heavyweight Championship on March 14, 2004 in New York, N.Y.
Chris Benoit & Edge def. Batista & Ric Flair
for the World Tag Team Championship on April 19, 2004 in Calgary, Alberta.
Chris Benoit & Edge def. La Resistance
for the World Tag Team Championship on Oct. 19, 2004 in Milwaukee, Wisc.