Chris Benoit
- Acting
- May 21, 1967 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- June 24, 2007
Biography
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
Filmography
- WWE's Most Wanted Treasures · Chris Benoit (archive footage)
- HOCKEY · Self
- Hot WWE News DVD · Benoit (archive footage)
- Dark Side of the Ring
- WWE: WrestleMania Monday · Chris Benoit
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 · Self
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2 · Self
- The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment · Self
- WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology · Self
- WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden · Chris Benoit
- Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection · Chris Benoit
- WWE Royal Rumble 2013 · Chris Benoit (archive footage)
- The Top 100 Moments In Raw History · Chris Benoit
- WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History · (archive footage)
- The True Story of WrestleMania · Chris Benoit
- WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber · Chris Benoit
- Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology · Chris Benoit
- Chris Benoit: The Aftermath · Self
- Batista - I Walk Alone · Chris Benoit
- WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship · Chris Benoit
- WWE: The Ladder Match · Self
- WWE One Night Stand 2007 · Chris Benoit (Lumberjack)
- WWE Judgment Day 2007 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Backlash 2007 · Chris Benoit
- Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen · Self
- WWE WrestleMania 23 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Hall of Fame 2007 · Chris Benoit
- WWE No Way Out 2007 · Chris Benoit, Stunts
- WWE Royal Rumble 2007 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Armageddon 2006 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Survivor Series 2006 · Chris Benoit
- WWE No Mercy 2006 · Self
- WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
- WWE Judgment Day 2006 · Chris Benoit
- WWE WrestleMania 22 · Chris Benoit
- WWE No Way Out 2006 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Royal Rumble 2006 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Armageddon 2005 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Survivor Series 2005 · Chris Benoit
- WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be
- WWE No Mercy 2005 · Chris Benoit
- WWE SummerSlam 2005 · Chris Benoit
- ECW One Night Stand 2005 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Backlash 2005 · Self
- WWE WrestleMania 21 · Chris Benoit
- WWE: Wrestlemania Recall · Chris Benoit
- WWE Royal Rumble 2005 · Chris Benoit
- WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship · Chris Benoit
- WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 · Chris Benoit
- WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW · Chris Benoit (archive footage)
- WWE Survivor Series 2004 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Taboo Tuesday 2004 · Chris Benoit
- Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story · Self
- WWE Unforgiven 2004 · Chris Benoit
- WWE SummerSlam 2004 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Vengeance 2004 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Bad Blood 2004 · Chris Benoit
- WWE: Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story · Self
- Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story
- WWE Backlash 2004 · Chris Benoit
- WWE WrestleMania XX · Chris Benoit
- The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro · Self
- WWE Royal Rumble 2004 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Survivor Series 2003 · Chris Benoit
- WWE No Mercy 2003 · Chris Benoit
- WWE SummerSlam 2003 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Vengeance 2003 · Chris Benoit
- WWE: Rey Mysterio - 619 · Self
- WWE Judgment Day 2003 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Wrestlemania XIX · Chris Benoit
- WWE: Raw 10th Anniversary · Chris Benoit
- WWE No Way Out 2003 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Royal Rumble 2003 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Armageddon 2002 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Survivor Series 2002 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Super Tuesday · Chris Benoit
- WWE Rebellion 2002 · Chris Benoit
- WWE No Mercy 2002 · Chris Benoit
- WWE Unforgiven 2002 · Chris Benoit