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Chris Benoit

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Chris Benoit

May 21, 1967 – Jun 24, 2007186 titles 175 movies · 11 TV
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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.

Also known as

Benoit · "The Crippler" Chris Benoit · "Crippler" Chris Benoit · The Pegasus Kid · "Wild Pegasus" Chris Benoit

Born

May 21, 1967 – Jun 24, 2007

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Roles across career

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1972 1 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1992 2 title(s)

1993 6 title(s)

1994 5 title(s)

1995 12 title(s)

1996 10 title(s)

1997 11 title(s)

1998 10 title(s)

1999 17 title(s)

2000 14 title(s)

2001 11 title(s)

2002 10 title(s)

2003 11 title(s)

2004 14 title(s)

2005 12 title(s)

2006 8 title(s)

2007 9 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2009 1 title(s)

2010 3 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2013 5 title(s)

2014 2 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2019 2 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2021 1 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)