WWE’s 10 Greatest Canadian Wrestlers of All Time
By Tim Sherry
WWE.com
4. Chris Benoit
Yes, Chris Benoit did an absolutely vile thing that ended with him taking 2 lives as well as his own. No excuses. But if we’re just focusing on the wrestler, Benoit was without question one of, if not the best technical wrestler to ever step in a WWE ring. “The Crippler” was a master tactician, blending hard-hitting brutality with beautiful technique. What Benoit lacked in personality, he made up for with pure intensity and it seemed like every time he worked a match, it had the potential for 5-star brilliance.
Hailing from Montreal, Benoit spent his first 10 years in the business traveling from country to country cultivating his craft. He found permanent success in the WCW from 1995-2000 before jumping ship to the WWE where he engaged in epic feuds with the likes of Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, and The Rock to name a few and cemented his legendary status with a World Heavyweight Championship victory in the main event of Wrestlemania XX.
That would be Benoit’s only world title win in the WWE but he also captured the Intercontinental title 4 times, the tag titles also 4 times, and the United States title 3 times. “The Crippler” was one of the best of all time and his execution was nearly perfect. There was only one person to be better in that category and he also happens to be Canadian. But we’ll get to that.