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'''Christopher Michael Benoit''' ({{IPA-fr|bəˈnwɑ}}) (May 21, 1967 – [[Circa|c.]] June 24, 2007) was a Canadian [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. Benoit was widely regarded as one of the most popular and gifted technical wrestlers in history.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/benoit.html|title=Chris Benoit profile|publisher=Slam Wrestling|accessdate=2007-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nowpublic.com/chris_benoit_killings_icon_insiders|title=Chris Benoit -- Before The Killings, An Icon To Insiders| accessdate=2008-02-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/229302|title=WWE Canadian wrestler Benoit, wife and son found dead|publisher=Toronto Star|accessdate=2007-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/heyman/article829505.ece|title=Heyman Hustle - Paul Heyman on Chris Benoit: I've no answers and I never will|accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=068f9b38-4b0a-4b26-9e30-2867f415d514&p=2|title=Benoit's Public Image Hid Monster|accessdate=2009-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1563641/20070628/story.jhtml|title=Chris Benoit Fans React With Sadness, Disgust To Apparent Murder-Suicide|publisher=James Montgomery|accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref>
Benoit worked for several major promotions, including [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (CMLL), [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] (ECW), [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] (NJPW), [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), and [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE). Benoit held a total of thirty-two championships during his professional wrestling career, and is recognized by WWE as a two-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|world heavyweight champion]]: a [[List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions|former]] [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] in WCW, and [[List of World Heavyweight Champions (WWE)|former]] [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] in WWE. This renders Benoit one of three men to have held both companies' incarnations of the [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling championship belt)|World Heavyweight Championship belt]], alongside [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] and [[Bill Goldberg]].<ref>http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wcwchampionship/</ref><ref>http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldheavyweight/</ref> He was [[List of professional wrestling terms#B|booked]] to win his third world heavyweight championship, the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Championship]], at WWE's [[pay-per-view]] event [[Vengeance: Night of Champions]] on the weekend of his death.<ref name="stephanie interview">{{cite web|url=http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20081231140942.pdf|format=PDF|title=U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Oversight and Reform - Interview of: Stephanie McMahon Levesque|accessdate=2009-01-03}}</ref> In addition to championships, Benoit also won the [[Royal Rumble (2004)|2004 Royal Rumble]], joining [[Shawn Michaels]] as one of two men to win the [[Royal Rumble#Match|match]] as the number one entrant.<ref>http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/history/1988118/mainevent/</ref>
Over a three-day period ending on June 24, 2007, [[Chris Benoit double murder and suicide|Benoit killed his wife and son and subsequently hanged himself]].<!-- DO NOT CHANGE THIS TO HUNG. "Hanged" is the correct form of the word when referring to death by strangulation. --><ref name="foxnews.com">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286834,00.html</ref><ref name="abcnews.go.com">http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Story?id=3562665&page=1</ref> Since Benoit killed himself, numerous explanations for his actions have been proposed, including concussions,<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3560015&page=1</ref> steroid abuse,<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289649,00.html</ref> and a failing marriage.<ref>http://www.wsbtv.com/news/15281734/detail.html</ref>
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