Chris Benoit
Christopher Michael Benoit was a Canadian-American professional wrestler. During his professional wrestling career, Benoit worked for such major promotions as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE). Among other accolades, Benoit is a two-time world champion: a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and a one-time World Heavyweight Champion in WWE. Benoit is the second of four men in history to achieve both the WWE and WCW Triple Crown Championships. Chris Benoit murdered his wife and son on June 22, 2007 and was subsequently hanged on June 24, 2007. Since Chris Benoit's suicide, numerous explanations for his actions have been proposed, including brain damage, foul play, steroid abuse, carbon monoxide, burglary and even a possible failing marriage. Benoit last performed for WWE on their ECW brand. In 1995, while Benoit was contracted to the original ECW, he was intended to be booked to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship but this was thwarted by work visa problems; twelve years later, Benoit was booked by WWE to win the title at the pay-per-view event WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions, which again did not happen due to the family's death that night.
KNOWN FOR
CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Raw
6.8
Dark Side of the Ring
8.235
Saturday Night's Main Event
8.2
WWE SmackDown
7.5
WCW Thunder
7.9
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
8.6
ECW Extreme Fancam
10
Raw
6.8
WWE Tough Enough
7.4
ECW Hardcore TV
7.1
Movies
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
0
WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!
0
WWE Survivor Series 2005
8.8
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
7.459
ECW One Night Stand 2005
8.6
1st Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
0
2nd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
0
ECW 3-Way Dance
6
World Wrestling Peace Festival
0
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
7.611
WWE SummerSlam 2002
8.3
WWE SummerSlam 2003
8
WWE Survivor Series 2002
8.8
WWE Survivor Series 2003
8.1
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
8.4
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
6.964
WWE SummerSlam 2004
8.6
WWE Survivor Series 2004
8.6
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
7.982
WWE WrestleMania 22
8.3
WWE WrestleMania 23
8.2
WWE WrestleMania XX
8.4
WWE WrestleMania 21
8.3
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
7.758
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
7.3
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
8.117
AAA When Worlds Collide
0
WWE No Way Out 2006
7.4
Chris Benoit: The Aftermath
0
WWE Backlash 2007
7.5
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
7.3
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
8.5
WWE No Way Out 2001
8.2
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
8.8
WWE Unforgiven 2000
7.2
WWE Survivor Series 2006
7.1
WWE Backlash 2000
7.5
WCW Souled Out 1999
0
WCW SuperBrawl IX
0
WCW Uncensored 1999
0
WCW Spring Stampede 1999
10
WCW Slamboree 1999
8
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
0
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
10
WCW Road Wild 1999
6
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
1
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999
10
WCW Mayhem 1999
0
WCW Starrcade 1999
0
WCW Souled Out 2000
0
WWE No Way Out 2000
7.3
Hot WWE News DVD
10
WWE Insurrextion 2000
5
WWE Judgment Day 2000
7.8
WWE King of the Ring 2000
8
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
8.6
WWE SummerSlam 2000
7.4
WWE No Mercy 2000
6
WWE Survivor Series 2000
8
WWE Rebellion 2000
6
WWE Armageddon 2000
7.615
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
8.8
WWE Backlash 2001
8
WWE Insurrextion 2001
8.2
WWE Judgment Day 2001
6.5
WWE King of the Ring 2001
6.7
WWE Vengeance 2004
7.7
WWE Unforgiven 2004
8.2
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2004
7.2
WWE Backlash 2005
8
WWE SummerSlam 2005
7.2
WWE No Mercy 2005
7.6
WCW SuperBrawl III
0
WWE Vengeance 2002
7.2
WWE Armageddon 2005
7
WCW Slamboree 1993
10
WWE Unforgiven 2002
6.4
WWE No Mercy 2002
7.5
WWE Rebellion 2002
6.4
WWE Armageddon 2002
5.8
WWE Judgment Day 2006
7
WWE No Way Out 2003
8
WWE Judgment Day 2003
7.2
WWE Vengeance 2003
8.7
WWE No Mercy 2003
8.2
WWE No Mercy 2006
7.4
WWE Armageddon 2006
8.1
WWE Backlash 2004
7.5
WWE No Way Out 2007
8.4
WWE Judgment Day 2007
7.3
WWE Bad Blood 2004
8.5
WCW Starrcade 1995
0
WCW Slamboree 1996
0
WCW Hog Wild 1996
0
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
9
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
0
WCW World War 3 1996
6
WCW Starrcade 1996
0
WCW SuperBrawl VII
8.8
WCW Uncensored 1997
6
WCW Spring Stampede 1997
0
WCW Slamboree 1997
0
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
10
WCW Bash at The Beach 1997
9
WCW Road Wild 1997
6
WCW Fall Brawl 1997
0
WCW World War 3 1997
7
WCW Starrcade 1997
6
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
0
WCW Souled Out 1998
10
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
5
WCW Uncensored 1998
10
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
10
WCW Slamboree 1998
8
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
8
WCW World War 3 1998
0
ECW Fan Cam: February 3, 1995
0
WWE Super Tuesday
0
The Best of Eddy Guerrero
0
The Best of Dean Malenko
0
WWE King of the Ring 2002
6
The Best of Taz: Survive if He Lets You!
0
WWE: Rey Mysterio - 619
7
Stu Hart 50th Anniversary Show
0
OVW Christmas Chaos
0
NJPW V-Mania Vol. 3
0
WWE WrestleMania 2000
7.4
WWE: The Ladder Match
8.3
WWE One Night Stand 2007
7.5
WWF Action!
10
WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be
7.8
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
10
WWE: Wrestlemania Recall
0
Batista - I Walk Alone
7
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
10
The Top 100 Moments In Raw History
8
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
10
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
10
WWE: Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story
7
WWE: Raw 10th Anniversary
9
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
7.4
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
8.8
Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
10
Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology
8
WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship
7.3
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
7.9
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
9.2
WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship
10
ECW Extreme Warfare Vol. 1
0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
10
WWE: WrestleMania Monday
10
The True Story of WrestleMania
8.3
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
9.2
WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
8.1
WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW
7.4
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
0
NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
10
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
0
WAR Super J Cup 1995
10
WCW World War 3 1995
0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIV
0
WCW Clash of The Champions XIX
0
ECW's NWA World Title Tournament
0
ECW November to Remember 1994
7.5
ECW Double Tables
0
ECW Return of The Funker
0
NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea
0
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
0
The Rock - Just Bring It!
5.25
HOCKEY
0
ECW Hardcore History
7.5