History Awesome / ChrisBenoit

* His 2003 Royal Rumble Match against Wrestling/Kurt Angle. The match itself was good, but the CMOA was the standing ovation he received after he LOST the match.

* His WWE Championship match on ''[[=SmackDown!=]]'' in 2003 against Wrestling/BrockLesnar. First, it was his second match of the night as he had to earn the opportunity to be No. 1 contender in match against Wrestling/JohnCena, with he won by making Cena tap out. Second, as it was a few weeks after the Survivor Series match mentioned above, the crowd was chanting to Lesnar "You Tapped Out" when he came out as Lesnar had earlier vowed to never tap out again after the first time with Wrestling/KurtAngle, and making a vow for that night to make Benoit tap out. Third, the match itself with Benoit and Lesnar trying to tear each other apart for over 10 minutes. After failing to pin Lesnar after his signature diving headbutt and failing to lock in the crossface twice, after Lesnar accidentally knocks out the referee with Benoit's body, Benoit finally locks in the crossface and makes Lesnar tap, but since the referee is down he does not win. After trying to wake up the referee, Benoit gets caught by Lesnar and get a F-5 for his trouble with the referee finally waking up and starting the count, only to kick out at 2. Lesnar, since the referee is still on the ground trying to recover, then goes to get a steel chair and hit Benoit's right leg, to which Benoit cries in pain and to top it off Lesnar debuts his Brock Lock/Strench Muffler submission, the match ends after Benoit refuses to tap out and passes out from the pain. Benoit may not have won that night but he left Lesnar's vow unfulfilled, had a WrestlingMonster like Lesnar cheat to win, tapped Lesnar out again and was such a {{Determinator}} that he refused to give up that he got a standing ovation when he finally got up to walk out.

* His Royal Rumble win in 2004, starting at #1, lasting 61 minutes, 30 seconds and eliminating the biggest people in the match: Mark Henry, [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]], Wrestling/{{Rhyno}}, Matt Morgan, [[Wrestling/MattBloom A-Train]] and finally Wrestling/TheBigShow. He could ''not'' have been made to look like a bigger [[Badass]] in that match.

* His WWE Championship match on ''[[=SmackDown!=]]'' in 2003 against Wrestling/BrockLesnar. First, it was his second match of the night as he had to earn the opportunity to be No. 1 contender in match against Wrestling/JohnCena, with he won by making Cena tap out. Second, as it was a few weeks after the Survivor Series match mentioned above, the crowd was chanting to Lesnar "You Tapped Out" when he came out as Lesnar had earlier vowed to never tap out again after the first time with Wrestling/KurtAngle, and making a vow for that night to make Benoit tap out. Third, the match itself with Benoit and Lesnar trying to tear each other apart for over 10 minutes. After failing to pin Lesnar after his signature diving headbutt and failing to lock in the crossface twice, after Lesnar accidentally knocks out the referee with Benoit's body, Benoit finally locks in the crossface and makes Lesnar tap, but since the referee is down he does not win. After trying to wake up the referee, Benoit gets caught by Lesnar and get a F-5 for his trouble with the referee finally waking up and starting the count, only to kick out at 2. Lesnar, since the referee is still on the ground trying to recover, then goes to get a steel chair and hit Benoit's right leg, to which Benoit cries in pain and to top it off Lesnar debuts his Brock Lock/Strench Muffler submission, the match ends after Benoit refuses to tap out and passes out from the pain. Benoit may not have won that night but he left Lesnar's vow unfulfilled, had a WrestlingMonster like Lesnar cheat to win, tapped Lesnar out again and was such a [[Determinator]] that he refused to give up that he got a standing ovation when he finally got up to walk out.

* Benoit's victory and post-match celebration with Wrestling/EddieGuerrero at ''[=WrestleMania=] 20'' is the prime example. Certainly helped by the fact that it was probably the best match of the year, and one of the best of Benoit's career. Plus, if you were to tell a Website/{{WrestleCrap}} board member that Chris Benoit would cleanly beat TripleH and ShawnMichaels at Wrestlemania XX back in 2003, he would've died of laughter.

* His Royal Rumble win in 2004, starting at #1, lasting 61 minutes, 30 seconds and eliminating the biggest people in the match: Mark Henry, [[JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]], Wrestling/{{Rhyno}}, Matt Morgan, A-Train and finally Wrestling/TheBigShow. He could ''not'' have been made to look like a bigger badass in that match.

** There's more - the night before at Judgement Day, Benoit wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match with Wrestling/KurtAngle ''and'' took part in a Tag Team Turmoil match later that night; then he wrestled the tag title match on ''RAW''; and the next night at the ''[=SmackDown!=]'' tapings, due to Triple H's GameBreakingInjury mentioned above, Benoit took part in a TLC match as well. [[GameBreakingInjury Which is the match where he broke his neck]].
* ''Bad Blood 2004'' saw Chris (the reigning World Heavyweight Champipn at the time) team up with fellow Canadian Wrestling/{{Edge}} to challenge La Resistance for the World Tag Team Championship. After winning by disqualification (in which a title cannot change hands), {{Wrestling/Kane}} (the no. 1 contender for the World Title who would face Benoit later that same night) brutally attacks both Benoit and Edge. Despite which, he manages to defeat Kane later that night, winning his second match of the night.

* Just before Benoit left WCW for WWE he was booked to win the World Heavyweight Title at Souled Out 2000 as an incentive to get him to stay. Since he wanted to leave because of Kevin Sullivan being put back on the booking team, Benoit wasn't satisfied. Popular lore says that the morning after winning the WCW World Title, Benoit went into the office of Bill Busch (then executive producer of WCW Monday Nitro,) asked for his release, took the belt, and ''dropped it into Busch's trash can!'' Would anyone else have the level of balls it took to say you wanted out with a statement like that?
* His greatness is OlderThanYouThink: a good CMOA candidate came during the Super J Cup in April 1994. A short history for you: New Japan Pro Wrestling (The company Benoit was working for at the time) was in doubt as to whether light-heavyweights could draw money, but they agreed to host a one-night tournament as a test. If it went well, they'd continue to wrestle in NJPW. If not, they'd be pushed to the undercard, if not cut entirely. Fast forward to the finals of the tournament, where Benoit finds himself against The Great Sasuke, a man he cannot communicate with, is openly hostile to foreigners, doesn't even work for NJPW, and has just come off a grueling 20 minute war against NJPW's ace, Jushin Liger. With the fate of his division resting on his shoulders, Benoit and Sasuke create a 5 star classic that steals the show on what has been called the best single night in the history of pro wrestling by a number of critics. It should go without saying that Benoit was victorious.
* Then there was the time where after he and Perry Saturn lost he called out the cliques backstage who monopolize the top spots, sick and tired of the politics.
* His 2003 Royal Rumble Match against Kurt Angle. The match itself was good, but the CMOA was the standing ovation he received after he LOST the match.

* When he and the rest of the Radicalz first came over to the WWE, Benoit ended up having a fallout with the rest of the group. They challenged him to a Gauntlet Match, which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin much like its name implies]] requires a solo wrestler to RunTheGauntlet against several oopponents. Despite being outnumbered three to one, and having to fight each of his opponents without a rest, Benoit still came out on top.

* His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4_aKZ3Fg1w match against]] Wrestling/{{Rhyno}} on the May 28th, 2001 episode of ''RAW'' is awesome enough, but the highlight of the match is it's ending; which has Benoit countering a Gore into the Crossface ''with broken ribs''. ''[[Main/{{HSQ}} AND HE MAKES THE MAN-BEAST TAP]]''. '''''[[Main/{{HSQ}} WITH BROKEN RIBS]]'''''.

** Furthermore, both wrestlers were heels at the time, and heel vs. heel matches usually don't get much of a reaction from crowds, much less a standing ovation.

* His tearful remembrance of EddieGuerrero on the ''Raw'' tribute show to Eddie.

* His 2003 Royal Rumble Match against Kurt Angle. The match itself was good, but the CMOA was the standing ovation he received after he LOST the match.

*** Not to mention that the 2004 Royal Rumble Match is considered the greatest Rumble Match of all time, and even received a 5 star rating from wrestling critics J.D. Dunn and Scott Keith.

* Benoit's victory and post-match celebration with Wrestling/EddieGuerrero at ''[=WrestleMania=] 20'' is the prime example. Certainly helped by the fact that it was probably the best match of the year, and one of the best of Benoit's career. Plus, if you were to tell a Website/{{WrestleCrap}} board member that Chris Benoit would cleanly beat TripleH at Wrestlemania XX back in 2003, he would've died of laughter.

Okay, before his PaterFamilicide, it's hard to deny that Chris Benoit was an AWESOME wrestler.

Okay, before his PaterFamilicide, it's hard to deny that Chris Benoit was an AWESOME wrestler. Here's some of his awesome moments to remind you that as much as he committed the MoralEventHorizon, Benoit's wrestling career was a good one.

* His Royal Rumble win in 2004, starting at #1, lasting 61 minutes, 30 seconds and eliminating the biggest people in the match: Mark Henry, [[JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]], Rhyno, Matt Morgan, A-Train and finally TheBigShow. He could ''not'' have been made to look like a bigger badass in that match.

* His victory, with ChrisJericho, over StoneColdSteveAustin and TripleH ([[GameBreakingInjury Who tore his quad during the match]] [[{{Determinator}} but still continued to wrestle]]) for the WWF Tag Team Title in May of 2001. Again, a Match of the Year favorite by many.
** There's more - the night before at Judgement Day, Benoit wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match with KurtAngle ''and'' took part in a Tag Team Turmoil match later that night; then he wrestled the tag title match on ''{{RAW}}''; and the next night at the ''{{SmackDown}}'' tapings, due to TripleH's GameBreakingInjury mentioned above, Benoit took part in a TLC match as well. [[GameBreakingInjury Which is the match where he broke his neck]].
* ''Bad Blood 2004'' saw Chris (the reigning World Heavyweight Champipn at the time) team up with fellow Canadian {{Edge}} to challenge La Resistance for the World Tag Team Championship. After winning by disqualification (in which a title cannot change hands), {{Wrestling/Kane}} (the no. 1 contender for the World Title who would face Benoit later that same night) brutally attacks both Benoit and Edge. Despite which, he manages to defeat Kane later that night, winning his second match of the night.

* Then there was the time where after he and Perry Saturn lost he called out the kliqs backstage who monopolize the top spots, sick and tired of the politics.
* His 2003 Royal Rumble Match against KurtAngle. The match itself was good, but the CMOA was the standing ovation he received after he LOST the match.

Okay, before his PaterFamilicide, it's hard to deny that ChrisBenoit was an AWESOME wrestler. Here's some of his awesome moments to remind you that as much as he committed the MoralEventHorizon, Benoit's wrestling career was a good one.

* Benoit's victory and post-match celebration with EddieGuerrero at ''[=WrestleMania=] 20'' is the prime example. Certainly helped by the fact that it was probably the best match of the year, and one of the best of Benoit's career. Plus, if you were to tell a {{Wrestlecrap}} board member that ChrisBenoit would cleanly beat TripleH at Wrestlemania XX back in 2003, he would've died of laughter.

* Can believe nobody has mentioned the 2003 Royal Rumble Match against KurtAngle, the match itself was very good but the CMOA was the standing ovation he received after he LOST the match

* Benoit's victory and post-match celebration with EddieGuerrero at ''[=WrestleMania=] 20'' is the prime example. Certainly helped by the fact that it was probably the best match of the year, and one of the best of Benoit's career. Plus, if you were to tell a {{Wrestlecrap}} board member that ChrisBenoit would cleanly beat TripleH at Wrestlemania XX back in 2003, he would've died of laughter. Also:

* His Royal Rumble win in 2004, starting at #1, lasting 61 minutes, 30 seconds and eliminating the biggest people in the match: Mark Henry, [[JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]], Rhyno, Matt Morgan, A-Train and finally TheBigShow. He almost literally could ''not'' have been made to look like a bigger badass in that match.
*** Not to mention that the 2004 Royal Rumble Match is considered the greatest Rumble Match of all time, and even recieved a 5 star rating from wrestling critics J.D. Dunn and Scott Keith.

* Benoit's victory and post-match celebration with EddieGuerrero at ''[=WrestleMania=] 20'' is the prime example. Certainly helped by the fact that it was probably the best match of the year, and one of the best of Benoit's career. Plus, if you were to tell a {{Wrestlecrap}} board member that ChrisBenoit would cleanly beat TripleH at Wrestlemania XX back in 2003, they would've died of laughter. Also:

* There's more - the night before at Judgement Day, Benoit wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match with KurtAngle ''and'' took part in a Tag Team Turmoil match later that night; then he wrestled the tag title match on ''{{RAW}}''; and the next night at the ''{{SmackDown}}'' tapings, due to TripleH's GameBreakingInjury mentioned above, Benoit took part in a TLC match as well. [[GameBreakingInjury Which is the match where he broke his neck]].

* ''Bad Blood 2004'' saw Chris (the reigning World Heavyweight Champipn at the time) team up with fellow Canadian {{Edge}} to challenge La Resistance for the World Tag Team Championship. After winning by disqualification (in which a title cannot change hands), {{Wrestler/Kane}} (the no. 1 contender for the World Title who would face Benoit later that same night) brutally attacks both Benoit and Edge. Despite which, he manages to defeat Kane later that night, winning his second match of the night.

* ''Bad Blood 2004'' saw Chris (who was both one half of the World Tag Team Champs and thw World Heavyweight at the time) team up with fellow tag team champ {{Edge}} to beat La Resistance. After winning, {{Wrestler/Kane}} (the no. 1 contender for the World Title who would face Benoit later that same night) brutally attacks both Benoit and Edge. Despite which, he manages to defeat Kane later that night, winning his second match of the night.

* His greatness is OlderThanYouThink: a good CMOA candidate came during the Super J Cup in April 1994. A short history for you: New Japan Pro Wrestling (The company Benoit was working for at the time) was in doubt as to whether light-heavyweights could draw money, but they agreed to host a one-night tournament as a test. If it went well, they'd continue to wrestle in NJPW. If not, they'd be pushed to the undercard, if not cut entirely. Fast forward to the finals of the tournament, where Benoit finds himself against The Great Sasuke, a man he cannot communicate with, is openly hostile to foreigners, doesn't even work for NJPW, and has just come off a grueling 20 minute war against NJPW's ace, Jushin Lyger. With the fate of his division resting on his shoulders, Benoit and Sasuke create a 5 star classic that steals the show on what has been called the best single night in the history of pro wrestling by a number of critics. It should go without saying that Benoit was victorious.
* Then there was the time where after he and Perry Saturn lost he called out the kliqs backstage who monopolise the top spots, sick and tired of the politics.
* Can believe nobody has mentioned the 2003 Royal Rumble Match against KurtAngle, the match itself was very good but the CMOA was the standing ovation he received after he LOSE the match

* His Royal Rumble win in 2004, starting at #1, lasting 61 minutes, 30 seconds and eliminating the biggest people in the match: Mark Henry, Bradshaw, Rhyno, Matt Morgan, A-Train and finally TheBigShow. He almost literally could ''not'' have been made to look like a bigger badass in that match.

* ''Bad Blood 2004'' saw Chris (who was both one half of the World Tag Team Champs and thw World Heavyweight at the time) team up with fellow tag team champ {{Edge}} to beat La Resistance. After winning, {{Kane}} (the no. 1 contender for the World Title who would face Benoit later that same night) brutally attacks both Benoit and Edge. Despite which, he manages to defeat Kane later that night, winning his second match of the night.

* His greatness is OlderThanYouThink: a good CMOA candidate came during the Super J Cup in April 1994. A short history for you: New Japan Pro Wrestling (The company Benoit was working for at the time) was in doubt as to whether light-heavyweights could draw money, but they agreed to host a one-night tournament as a test. If it went well, they'd continue to wrestle in NJPW. If not, they'd be pushed to the undercard, if not cut entirely. Fast forward to the finals of the tournament, where Benoit finds himself against The Great Sasuke, a man he cannot communicate with, is openly hostile to foreigners, doesn't even work for NJPW, and has just come off a grueling 20 minute war against NJPW's ace, Jushin Lyger. With the fate of his division resting on his shoulders, Benoit and Sasuke create a 5 star classic that steals the show on what has been called the best single night in the history of pro wrestling by a number of critics. It should go without saying that Benoit was victorious.
* Then there was the time where after he and Perry Saturn lost he called out the kliqs backstage who monopolise the top spots, sick and tired of the politics.

Okay, before his PaterFamilicide, it's hard to deny that Benoit was an AWESOME wrestler. Here's some of his awesome moments to remind you that as much as he committed the MoralEventHorizon, Benoit's wrestling career was a good one.

* Benoit's victory and post-match celebration with Eddie Guerrero at ''[=WrestleMania=] 20'' is the prime example. Certainly helped by the fact that it was probably the best match of the year, and one of the best of Benoit's career. Plus, if you were to tell a {{Wrestlecrap}} board member that Chris Benoit would cleanly beat TripleH at Wrestlemania XX back in 2003, they would've died of laughter. Also:
* His tearful remembrance of Eddie Guerrero on the ''Raw'' tribute show to Eddie.
* His Royal Rumble win in 2004, starting at #1, lasting 61 minutes, 30 seconds and eliminating the biggest people in the match: Mark Henry, Bradshaw, Rhyno, Matt Morgan, A-Train and finally The Big Show. He almost literally could ''not'' have been made to look like a bigger badass in that match.

Okay, before his PaterFamilycide, it's hard to deny that Benoit was an AWESOME wrestler. Here's some of his awesome moments to remind you that as much as he committed the MoralEventHorizon, Benoit's wrestling career was a good one.

* Just before Benoit left WCW for WWE he was booked to win the World Heavyweight Title at Souled Out 2000 as an incentive to get him to stay. Since he wanted to leave because of Kevin Sullivan being put back on the booking team, Benoit wasn't satisfied. Popular lore says that the morning after winning the WCW World Title, Benoit went into the office of Bill Busch (then executive producer of WCW Monday Nitro,) asked for his release, took the belt, and ''dropped it into Busch's trash can!'' Would anyone else have the level of balls it took to say you wanted out with a statement like that?

* Just before Benoit left WCW for WWE he was booked to win the World Heavyweight Title at Souled Out 2000 as an incentive to let him stay. Since he wanted to leave because of Kevin Sullivan being put back on the booking team, Benoit wasn't satisfied. Popular lore says that the morning after winning the WCW World Title, Benoit went into the office of Bill Busch (then executive producer of WCW Monday Nitro,) asked for his release, took the belt, and ''dropped it into Busch's trash can!'' Would anyone else have the level of balls it took to say you wanted out with a statement like that?