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Chris Benoit  Chris Benoit Championships and accomplishments Extreme Championship Wrestling 1-time World Tag Team Champion (w/ Dean Malenko) New Japan Pro Wrestling 1-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Stampede Wrestling 4-time British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Champion 4-time Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Champion (1-time w/Bif Wellington) World Championship Wrestling 1-Time WCW World Heavyweight Champion 2-time WCW United States Champion 3-time WCW World Television Champion 2-time WCW World Tag Team Champion World Wrestling Entertainment 1-time World Heavyweight Champion 4-time WWE Intercontinental Champion 2-time WWE United States Champion 3-time WWE World Tag Team Champion (w/ Chris Jericho and twice w/Edge) 1-time WWE Tag Team Champion (w/ Kurt Angle) 1-time WWF Light Heavyweight Champion as The Pegasus Kid 2004 Royal Rumble winner Other Titles 1993 Top of the Super Junior tournament 1994 Super J Cup tournament 1995 Best of the Super Junior tournament Wrestling Observer Newsletter He is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 2003) 1994 Best Technical Wrestler 5 Star Match: vs. Great Sasuke (Super J Cup '94) 1995 Best Technical Wrestler 1998 Most Underrated Wrestler 2000 Most Outstanding Wrestler 2000 Best Technical Wrestler 2002 Match of the Year (with Kurt Angle vs Edge and Rey Mysterio) 2003 Best Technical Wrestler 2004 Most Outstanding Wrestler 2004 Feud of the Year (vs Triple H and Shawn Michaels) 2004 Best Technical Wrestler 2004 Best Brawler Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him # 69 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003. He also won three PWI Awards in 2004. He won Wrestler of the Year, Feud of the Year (vs. Triple H) and Match of the Year (vs. Shawn Michaels and Triple H) PWI ranked him # 1 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of 2004. Records Chris Benoit is the first person to retain the World Heavyweight Championship belt in an Iron Man Match, as he successfully defended the title against Triple H on the July 26, 2004 edition of RAW. Shawn Michaels won the WWF World Championship at Wrestlemania 12 in an Iron Man Match against Bret Hart. Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle were the first WWE Tag Team Champions in WWE Smackdown! They lost to Edge and Rey Mysterio. Chris Benoit has held every major title in WWE except the WWE and European Championships. Chris Benoit became the second person to win the Royal Rumble match with the #1 draw. The first was Shawn Michaels in 1995. Chris Benoit won the Royal Rumble match in 2004, by eliminating Big Show last. Chris Benoit is the third shortest WWE World Heavyweight Champion, behind the late Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio, at a billed height of 5 ft 10 in. Benoit is 5 ft 8.5 legitimately. Chris Benoit is the second lightest WWE World Heavyweight Champion (behind Rey Mysterio), at a billed weight of 220 pounds (100 kg.) Chris Benoit had the record for staying in a Royal Rumble the longest time, up to the 2006 Royal Rumble match. In the Royal Rumble 2004 (which he won), he stayed in there for 61:34, surpassed by Rey Mysterio's 62:15. Chris Benoit won the WWE United States Championship in 25.5 seconds, the shortest match held for that title that resulted in the championship changing owners. Chris Benoit was the first person to end a WrestleMania main event match by defeating them using a submission move. Chris Benoit Championships and accomplishments Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Host 'server.full-effect.com' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server in /home/chrisben/public_html/Championships.php on line 186 cant connect | |