Chris benoit defeats billy gunn and booker t and bradshaw and charlie haas and chris jericho and christian and ernest miller and goldberg and john cena and kane and kurt angle and mark henry and matt hardy and matt morgan and mick foley and nunzio and randy orton and rene dupree and rhyno and rico and rikishi and rob van dam and. Both men left it all in the ring with seven entertaining matches with a title shot for the television championship on the line. Booker t 2 after a few matches in a row where the guys just came out hot and blew through the match, they worked a much more methodical effort here. Booker was mostly dominant, but benoit comes back, locks in the sharpshooter and switches into the crippler crossface for the us title winner and new united states champion. Booker t vs chris benoit wcw thunder 04 06 1998 youtube. Muhammad hassan vs jbl vs chris benoit vs booker t vs the undertaker vs christian smackdown championship match smackdown 06. World cruiserweight champion, disco inferno bill goldberg vs.
With chris benoit, randy orton, mark calaway, john layfield. Booker tc vs chris benoit booker tries to put one over on the fans, saying hell forfeit the us title, but attacks benoit and the match begins. He is also the owner and founder of the independent promotion reality of wrestling row in texas city, texas booker is best known for his time in world championship wrestling wcw, the world. Over a threeday period between june 22 and 24, 2007, chris benoit, a 40yearold veteran canadian professional wrestler employed by world wrestling entertainment wwe and living in fayetteville, georgia, killed his wife nancy benoit and suffocated their 7yearold son, daniel, before hanging himself. Booker admitted that its a touchy subject because benoit murdered his. Wwe backstage panelist booker t remembers chris benoit and how a series of struggles before him made him recognized among fans. When he returned to wcw in october 1995, wcw modified his ring name to. Chris benoit vs booker t vs christian vs orlando jordan video dailymotion industry journalist dave meltzer considered him one of the top 10, maybe even the top 5, alltime greats. This is a list the two series that were fought between chris benoit and booker t in a best of seven series match for the wcw world television championship in 1998 and the wwe united states championship in 2005. Eventually like the dynamite kid, chris would climb the ropes and he would nail the patent flying headbutt, but booker t was done yet and he wasnt giving up as he kicked out twice from the pin attempts. Wwe hall of famer booker t says chris benoit put him on.
Benoit began wearing booker t down whether it was with devastating knife edge chops or working on the right knee of booker ts. Booker t remembers best of seven series with chris benoit. Matchguide chris benoit wrestlers database cagematch. Booker was inducted into the wwe hall of fame on april 6, 20, by his brother, lash huffman stevie ray. Booker t remembers chris benoit and how he made it recognized. Booker t vs chris benoit wcw thunder 28 05 1998 youtube. T vs chris benoit at wcw great american bash youtube. Chris benoit vs booker t vs christian vs orlando jordan video. Jbl vs undertaker vs chris benoit vs christian vs muhammad hassan vs booker t smackdown 30. It was the best i ever did, the best a lot of people have ever seen. This is a segment from the hall of fame with booker t and brad gilmore airing monday, tuesday and wednesday on espn 97. Chris benoit and arn anderson vs giant and kevin sullivan, wcw bash at the beach 1996.
Booker also remembered his matches with chris benoit in wcw as his definite favorites. Paul heyman, the head booker of ecw at the time, came up with the idea of continuing the crippler moniker for benoit. However, benoit knew he would have to keep one eye firmly planted on sharmell. Uncaged track listing, johnny gargano vs andrade full match. Wcw chris jericho vs scott steiner rare theme duration. Chris benoit vs booker t vs christian vs orlando jordan. Wwe booker t and chris benoit vs mnm smackdown 2005 part 1 2 marvin hernandez. Booker t credits chris benoit for putting him on the map, says hes done. You can support the development of the website and database backend via patreon. Hogan and the nwo were hugging the world heavyweight championship belt with the other main eventers chasing it so the many midcarders and.
Chris benoit v booker t best of seven series match pro. Wcw the great american bash 1997 diamond dallas page vs. This is a list the two series that were fought between chris benoit and booker t in a best of. Robert booker tio huffman born march 1, 1965, better known by his ring name booker t, is an american professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter and color commentator signed with wwe. Autopsy results showed that benoits wife was murdered first as she was bound at the feet. He was also the royal rumble winner, joining shawn michaels as the only two men. Booker t credits chris benoit for putting him on the map, says. However, had booker t won at wrestlemania xix would triple h have looked weak and thus chris benoits victory one year later might have been less sweet. The best of seven was epic in so many different ways because he put me on the map as a wrestler. Chris benoit vs randy orton sub for booker t 2 youtube.
From that point until his departure from ecw, he was known as crippler benoit. If you buy stuff from amazon using this link, we receive a minor promotional bonus. The wcw had a stacked roster in 98 and all the titles had a certain prestige value. Wwe booker t and chris benoit vs mnm smackdown 2005 part 1. I mean triple h was the first heel to retain the title at wrestlemania 16 in 2000 and subsequently built himself as the heel who was hard to defeat. After the controversial finish to their match on friday night smackdown, the playing field was leveled for booker t and chris benoit at survivor series. Booker t vs chris benoit wcw thunder 04 06 1998 michal g. Displaying items 1 to 12 of total 12 items that match the search parameters. The best of seven with benoit is vividly in my brains, seared in my brain.