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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)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Chris Benoit Story
- Operation Ragin Cajun
- Operation Rajun Cajun
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953-08-18
Discography
- Heavier Than Yesterday1977
- Christmastime1983
- This Side Up1986
- Freedom at Midnight1987
- Every Step of the Way1988
- Urban Daydreams1988
- Waiting for Spring1989
- Can You Imagine1990
- Inner Motion1990
- Shadows1991
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,770
- Total plays
- 8,556
Tags
Christopher Michael Benoit (May 21, 1967 – June 25, 2007), was a Canadian professional wrestler, who last wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand. He was world renowned for his technical abilities, hard work, and physicality in the ring. In the span of his career, he has held championships in numerous promotions, including WWE's World Heavyweight Championship and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The tracks listed here were his entrance themes. <a href="https://w
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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
- Mass
- 105
- Image
- Chris Benoit in the Ring.jpg
- Height
- 180
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Chris Benoit
- date of birth
- 1967-05-21
- date of death
- 2007-06-24
- start of work period
- 1985-11-22
- end of work period
- 2007-06-24
- name in native language
- Christopher Michael Benoit
- short name
- Chris Benoit
- pseudonym
- Wild Pegasus
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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.