History Wrestling / ChrisBenoit

* CanadaEh: He was born and raised in Alberta, Canada.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Wasn't a very big man, but could still German-Suplex even guys as big as Viscera.[[note]]A ScaryBlackMan whose mass was in the same league as Wrestling/TheBigShow's and Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}'s.[[/note]]

** Chris himself wanted to be one in his beginnings, getting the first in-ring name of "Dynamite" Chris Benoit in honor to his childhood idol Wrestling/DynamiteKid.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Benoit's death, and the circumstances surrounding it, was one of the factors that led to the death of {{Kayfabe}} as it had been up to that point. It was also one of the factors in the "PG Era" starting to really gain momentum in WWE as a way to distance the company from the tragedy.

* UseYourHead: If ever there was a Deconstruction.

** David Benoit, Chris' elder son and the only survivor member of his family, wants to be a wrestler and, even more, getting the name of "Chris Benoit Jr." in-ring, according to [[https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/10741858/wwe-david-chris-benoit-murder/ this interview]] for [[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Sun]] and later taking part in the 2-episode about his father in ''Series/DarkSideOfTheRing'', showing how he has reenchanted of wrestling thanks to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling.

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Chris was never the same after Eddie Guerrero died. It's generally agreed upon that Eddie's death is a big part of why that weekend in Fayetteville happened (with Benoit's own journals confirming it), though how much in comparison to the multitude of injuries, drug abuse, and deaths of other friends of his that also played a part is something we'll never really know. ''The Dark Side of the Ring'' also showed that another cause could be the strict agenda he had in WWE these years, where getting a rest (or a retirement as his wife Nancy would wanted) and a proper mourning would have prevented the tragedy we all know.

Christopher Michael Benoit (May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) spent his youth idolizing wrestlers such as fellow Canadian [[Wrestling/BretHart Bret "The Hitman" Hart]]. In 1985, at the age of eighteen, Benoit made his wrestling debut in Canada's Stampede Wrestling and made his way all the way down to the tip of North America, wrestling in the Mexican-based Lucha Libre Internacional, Wrestling/{{AAA}}, and Wrestling/{{CMLL}}.

Christopher Michael Benoit (May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) spent his youth idolizing fellow Canadian wrestlers such as [[Wrestling/BretHart Bret "The Hitman" Hart]] and [[Wrestling/DynamiteKid the Dynamite Kid]]. In 1985, at the age of eighteen, Benoit made his wrestling debut in Canada's Stampede Wrestling and made his way all the way down to the tip of North America, wrestling in the Mexican-based Lucha Libre Internacional, Wrestling/{{AAA}}, and Wrestling/{{CMLL}}.

Punk's opponent that night was Wrestling/JohnMorrison. Benoit no-showed the event.

* BittersweetEnding: Despite the horrifying tragedy surrounding Chris Benoit. By 2020, the shattered families of Benoit, Guerrero and Toffoloni managed to reconcile with one another and started a new path in life. Seeing David (the son of Chris Benoit), Chavo (nephew of Eddie Guerrero) and Sandra Toffoloni (sister of Nancy Benoit) hugging one another was a massive TearJerker moment.

** And, of course, there's the time he and Chris Jericho tore Triple H's quad. Definitely a ''[[JustForPun Game]]'' [[JustForPun Breaking Injury]].

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Chris was never the same after Eddie Guerrero died. It's generally agreed upon that Eddie's death is a big part of why that weekend in Fayetteville happened (with Benoit's own journals confirming it), though how much in comparison to the multitude of injuries, drug abuse, and deaths of other friends of his that also played a part is something we'll never really know. ''The Dark Side of the Ring'' also showed that another cause could be the strict agenda he had in WWE these years, where getting a rest (or a retirement as his wife Nancy would wanted) and a proper mourning would avoid the tragedy all we know.

** [[Characters/WWECommentators Matt Striker]] would go on to talk about how he was bullied by Benoit for no other reason than to make an example of him for the others to follow. Benoit had actually complimented Striker for his commitment to wrestling as a whole but told him that in front of others he would treat him like trash.
** [[Wrestling/MikeBucci ECW Wrestler Nova]], who wrestled in WWE as Simon Dean once told a story of how Benoit and JBL pounded on ring announcer [[Characters/WWECommentators Justin Roberts's]] hotel door so violently that he prayed Justin was not in there because he was afraid what they would do to him.

Benoit no-showed the event.

* DueToTheDead: He adapted Wrestling/EddieGuerrero's ThreeAmigos suplex combo after the latter's death.

* TragicBromance: He and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero were very close friends and died within three years of each other (Eddie in November 2005, Chris in June 2007).