Chris Benoit

Chris Benoit, born Christopher Michael Benoit on May 21, 1967, was a Canadian professional wrestler whose career lasted 22 years and took him through the World Wrestling Federation and World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling. Known as The Crippler and The Rabid Wolverine, he held 30 championships, was a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, and is counted as both a WWE and a WCW Triple Crown Champion. He won the 2004 Royal Rumble from the number one spot and won the world title in the main event of WrestleMania XX. Critics such as Dave Meltzer ranked him among the finest technical wrestlers of all time, but his legacy is overshadowed by the June 2007 killing of his wife and young son and his own death, an episode that prompted wide discussion of brain injury and the health of wrestlers.