Christopher Michael Benoit was a Canadian 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. Both of his world title reigns were represented by the Big Gold Belt: Benoit is one of four men to have held the Big Gold Belt in both WCW and WWE, alongside Bill Goldberg, Booker T and Big Show. He is also a record-tying five-time WCW/WWE United States Champion, having held the championship twice in WCW, and three times in WWE. The twelfth WWE Triple Crown Champion and seventh WCW Triple Crown Champion, he 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 subsequently hanged himself on June 24, 2007. Since Benoit's suicide, numerous explanations for his actions have been proposed, including brain damage, steroid abuse, and a 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 Vengeance: Night of Champions, which again did not come to fruition due to his death that night.
Movie | Owen Hart of Gold | Chris Benoit | 2015-12-08 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2013 | Chris Benoit (archive footage) | 2013-01-27 |
Movie | The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment | Chris Benoit | 2013-11-18 |
Movie | The True Story of WrestleMania | Chris Benoit | 2011-03-13 |
Movie | WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History | (archive footage) | 2011-08-23 |
Movie | Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology | Chris Benoit | 2010-04-06 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2008 | Chris Benoit (archive footage) | 2008-01-27 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2007 | Himself | 2007-02-18 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2007 | Himself | 2007-01-28 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 23 | Himself | 2007-04-01 |
Movie | WWE: The Ladder Match | Himself | 2007-06-05 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2007 | Himself | 2007-04-29 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2007 | Chris Benoit | 2007-05-27 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 22 | Chris Benoit | 2006-04-02 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2006 | Himself | 2006-05-21 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2006 | Himself | 2006-02-19 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2006 | Himself | 2006-01-29 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2006 | Himself | 2006-10-09 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2006 | Himself | 2006-12-17 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2006 | Himself | 2006-11-26 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2005 | Himself | 2005-05-01 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 21 | Himself | 2005-04-03 |
Movie | WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship | Chris Benoit | 2005-01-25 |
Movie | WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 | Himself | 2005-01-09 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2005 | Himself | 2005-07-24 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2005 | Himself | 2005-01-30 |
Movie | ECW One Night Stand 2005 | Himself | 2005-06-12 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2005 | Chris Benoit | 2005-11-27 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2005 | Himself | 2005-08-21 |
Movie | WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be | 2005-11-14 | |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2005 | Himself | 2005-12-08 |
Movie | Hardcore Homecoming: November Reign | Himself | 2005-11-01 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2005 | Himself | 2005-10-09 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2004 | Himself | 2004-04-18 |
Movie | WWE Bad Blood 2004 | Himself | 2004-06-13 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania XX | Himself | 2004-03-14 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2004 | Himself | 2004-01-25 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance 2004 | Himself | 2004-07-11 |
Movie | The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro | Himself | 2004-02-03 |
Movie | WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW | Chris Benoit (archive footage) | 2004-11-16 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2004 | Himself | 2004-08-15 |
Movie | WWE Taboo Tuesday 2004 | Himself | 2004-10-19 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2004 | Himself | 2004-11-14 |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2004 | Himself | 2004-09-12 |
Movie | Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story | 2004-09-19 | |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2003 | Himself | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | WWE Wrestlemania XIX | Chris Benoit | 2003-03-30 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2003 | Chris Benoit | 2003-01-19 |
Movie | WWE: Rey Mysterio - 619 | Himself | 2003-05-27 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2003 | Chris Benoit | 2003-02-23 |
Movie | WWE Insurrextion 2003 | Chris Benoit | 2003-06-07 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2003 | Himself | 2003-10-19 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2003 | Himself | 2003-11-16 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2003 | Himself | 2003-08-24 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance 2003 | Himself | 2003-07-27 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance 2002 | Chris Benoit | 2002-07-21 |
Movie | WWE Wrestlemania X8 | 2002-03-17 | |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2002 | Chris Benoit | 2002-08-25 |
Movie | WWE King of the Ring 2002 | Chris Benoit | 2002-06-23 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2002 | Chris Benoit | 2002-10-20 |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2002 | Chris Benoit | 2002-09-22 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2002 | Chris Benoit | 2002-11-17 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2002 | Chris Benoit | 2002-12-15 |
Movie | WWE Rebellion 2002 | Chris Benoit | 2002-10-22 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania X-Seven | Himself | 2001-04-01 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2001 | Chris Benoit | 2001-02-25 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2001 | Himself | 2001-01-21 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2001 | Himself | 2001-04-29 |
Movie | WWE InVasion | Chris Benoit | 2001-07-22 |
Movie | WWE Insurrextion 2001 | Chris Benoit | 2001-05-01 |
Movie | WWE King of the Ring 2001 | Himself | 2001-06-24 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2001 | Himself | 2001-05-20 |
Movie | WWE Insurrextion 2000 | Chris Benoit | 2000-05-06 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2000 | Himself | 2000-05-21 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2000 | Himself | 2000-04-30 |
Movie | WCW Souled Out 2000 | Himself | 2000-01-16 |
Movie | WWE King of the Ring 2000 | Chris Benoit | 2000-06-25 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 2000 | 2000-04-02 | |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2000 | Chris Benoit | 2000-02-27 |
Movie | WWE Rebellion 2000 | Chris Benoit | 2000-12-02 |
Movie | WWF Fully Loaded 2000 | Chris Benoit | 2000-07-23 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2000 | Himself | 2000-11-19 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2000 | Chris Benoit | 2000-12-10 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2000 | Himself | 2000-08-27 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2000 | Himself | 2000-10-22 |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2000 | Himself | 2000-09-24 |
Movie | WCW Spring Stampede 1999 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1999-04-11 |
Movie | WCW Uncensored 1999 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1999-03-14 |
Movie | WCW Souled Out 1999 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1999-01-17 |
Movie | WCW The Great American Bash 1999 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1999-06-13 |
Movie | WCW SuperBrawl IX | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1999-02-21 |
Movie | WCW Fall Brawl 1999 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1999-09-12 |
Movie | WCW Starrcade 1999 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1999-12-19 |
Movie | WCW Bash at The Beach 1999 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1999-07-11 |
Movie | WCW Mayhem 1999 | Himself | 1999-11-21 |
Movie | WCW Halloween Havoc 1999 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1999-10-24 |
Movie | WCW Road Wild 1999 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1999-08-14 |
Movie | WCW Uncensored 1998 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1998-03-15 |
Movie | WCW Souled Out 1998 | Chris Benoit | 1998-01-24 |
Movie | WCW SuperBrawl VIII | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1998-02-22 |
Movie | WCW Slamboree 1998 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1998-05-17 |
Movie | WCW World War 3 1998 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1998-11-22 |
Movie | WCW Spring Stampede 1998 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1998-04-19 |
Movie | WCW The Great American Bash 1998 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1998-06-14 |
Movie | WCW Spring Stampede 1997 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1997-04-06 |
Movie | WCW Uncensored 1997 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1997-03-16 |
Movie | WCW SuperBrawl VII | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1997-02-23 |
Movie | WCW Slamboree 1997 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1997-05-18 |
Movie | WCW The Great American Bash 1997 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1997-06-15 |
Movie | WCW Starrcade 1997 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1997-12-28 |
Movie | WCW Fall Brawl 1997 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1997-09-14 |
Movie | WCW World War 3 1997 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1997-11-23 |
Movie | WCW Bash at The Beach 1997 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1997-07-13 |
Movie | WCW Road Wild 1997 | Chris Benoit | 1997-08-09 |
Movie | WCW Bash at the Beach 1996 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1996-07-06 |
Movie | WCW The Great American Bash 1996 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1996-06-16 |
Movie | WCW Slamboree 1996 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1996-05-19 |
Movie | WCW Hog Wild 1996 | Himself | 1996-08-10 |
Movie | WCW World War 3 1996 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1996-11-24 |
Movie | WCW Starrcade 1996 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1996-12-29 |
Movie | WCW Halloween Havoc 1996 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1996-10-27 |
Movie | WCW Fall Brawl 1996 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1996-09-15 |
Movie | ECW Double Tables | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1995-02-04 |
Movie | NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea | "Wild Pegasus" Chris Benoit | 1995-04-28 |
Movie | WCW World War 3 1995 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1995-11-26 |
Movie | WCW Starrcade 1995 | "Crippler" Chris Benoit | 1995-12-27 |
Movie | WCW SuperBrawl III | Himself | 1993-02-21 |
Movie | WCW Slamboree 1993 | Himself | 1993-05-23 |
Series | ECW Hardcore TV | 1993-04-06 | |
Series | Saturday Night's Main Event | 1985-05-11 |
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