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Chris Benoit
Sign in to saveAlso known as Christopher Michael Benoit, The Pegasus Kid, Wild Pegasus, The Rabid Wolverine, The Crippler, Toothless Aggression
Canadian professional wrestler and murderer (1967–2007)
Film & TV
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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…
Known for
- WWE's Most Wanted Treasures — Chris Benoit (archive footage)2021
- HOCKEY — Self (archive footage)2020
- Hot WWE News DVD — Benoit (archive footage)2019
- Dark Side of the Ring2019
- WWE: WrestleMania Monday — Chris Benoit2017
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2 — Himself2014
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 — Himself2014
- WWE Royal Rumble 2013 — Chris Benoit (archive footage)2013
- WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology — Himself2013
- The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment — Self2013
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Michael Benoit , ( 1967-05-21 ) May 21, 1967, Montreal , Quebec, Canada
- Died
- June 24, 2007 (2007-06-24) (aged 40), Fayetteville, Georgia , U.S.
- Cause of death
- Suicide by hanging
- Spouses
- Martina Benoit ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1997 ) Nancy Benoit ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. November 23, 2000</span>"}]]}'>2000 ; died June 22, 2007</span>"}]]}'>2007 )
- Ring name s
- Chris Benoit, The Pegasus Kid, Wild Pegasus
- Billed height
- 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
- Billed weight
- 229 lb (104 kg)
- Billed from
- Edmonton , Alberta (1985–2004) Atlanta , Georgia (2004–2007)
- Trained by
- Bruce Hart , Stu Hart , Mike Hammer, Tokyo Joe , Tatsumi Fujinami , New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- Debut
- November 22, 1985
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Montreal
- Place of death
- Fayetteville
- Spouse
- Nancy Benoit
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide
- Mass
- 105
- Image
- Chris Benoit in the Ring.jpg
- Height
- 180
- Number of children
- 3
- Significant event
- Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide
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- Commons category
- Chris Benoit
- date of birth
- 1967-05-21
- head coach
- Stu Hart
- date of death
- 2007-06-24
- manner of death
- Suicide
- medical condition
- chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- start of work period
- 1985-11-22
- end of work period
- 2007-06-24
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- name in native language
- Christopher Michael Benoit
- short name
- Chris Benoit
- pseudonym
- Wild Pegasus
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Michael Benoit (/bəˈnwɑː/ bə-NWAH; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler who worked for various promotions during his 22-year career. Despite his accomplishments, he is more generally known for murdering his wife and youngest son before committing suicide.
Bearing the nicknames The (Canadian) Crippler alongside The Rabid Wolverine throughout his career, Benoit held 30 championships between the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW – all United States), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW – Japan), and Stampede Wrestling (Canada). Benoit was a two-time world champion, having reigned as a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and a one-time World Heavyweight Champion in WWE; he was booked to win the ECW World Championship at Vengeance: Night of Champions, which was held the night of his death. Benoit was the twelfth WWE Triple Crown Champion and the seventh WCW Triple Crown Champion, and the second of four men in history to achieve both the WWE and the WCW Triple Crown Championships. He was also the 2004 Royal Rumble winner, joining Shawn Michaels and preceding Edge as one of the three men to win the Royal Rumble match as the number one entrant. Benoit headlined multiple pay-per-views for WWF/WWE, including a victory in the World Heavyweight Championship main event of WrestleMania XX in March 2004.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chris Benoit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.