King of the Ring

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Stone Cold Steve Austin, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Early life and career, Stone Cold Steve Austin - World Championship Wrestling, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Extreme Championship Wrestling, Stone Cold Steve Austin - World Wrestling Federation, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Austin 3:16, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Feud with the Hart Foundation, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Austin vs. McMahon, Stone Cold Steve Austin - 2001 to 2002, Stone Cold Steve Austin - World Wrestling Entertainment, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Return to the ring, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Trivia, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Wrestling facts, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Finishing and signature moves, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Managers, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Championships and accomplishments, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Championship succession, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Books

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Stone Cold Steve Austin - Finishing and signature moves. As Stone Cold Steve Austin Stone Cold Stunner (Three quarter facelock jawbreaker) Lou Thesz Press Bionic Spinebuster (Spinebuster) Axe handle elbow drop Mudhole stomping Mounted punches Piledriver As The Ringmaster Million Dollar Dream (Cobra clutch) As "Stunning" Steve Austin See also:

Stone Cold Steve Austin, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Early life and career, Stone Cold Steve Austin - World Championship Wrestling, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Extreme Championship Wrestling, Stone Cold Steve Austin - World Wrestling Federation, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Austin 3:16, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Feud with the Hart Foundation, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Austin vs. McMahon, Stone Cold Steve Austin - 2001 to 2002, Stone Cold Steve Austin - World Wrestling Entertainment, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Return to the ring, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Trivia, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Wrestling facts, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Finishing and signature moves, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Managers, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Championships and accomplishments, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Championship succession, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Books

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Soon after walking out on WWF, the company would change its name from WWF to WWE in an unrelated legal fight with the World Wildlife Fund. The company's slogan for the brand name change, "Get the F Out!" was perceived by some as a jab at Austin leaving the company. The Rock used the line in a WWE vignette about the name change, further fueling such speculation. In February 2003, he returned to WWE, mainly in a non-wrestling role. Austin was finally defeated by the Rock at WrestleMania XIX. Afterwards Austin became "Sheriff" for RAW, m ...

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Stone Cold Steve Austin, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Early life and career, Stone Cold Steve Austin - World Championship Wrestling, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Extreme Championship Wrestling, Stone Cold Steve Austin - World Wrestling Federation, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Austin 3:16, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Feud with the Hart Foundation, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Austin vs. McMahon, Stone Cold Steve Austin - 2001 to 2002, Stone Cold Steve Austin - World Wrestling Entertainment, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Return to the ring, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Trivia, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Wrestling facts, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Finishing and signature moves, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Managers, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Championships and accomplishments, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Championship succession, Stone Cold Steve Austin - Books

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Leon White - Finishing moves. Avalanche Chokeslam (Chokeslam to an opponent seated on the top rope) Vader Bomb (Powerbomb) Vadersault (Moonsault) Vader Crush (Japan) / Vader Bomb (USA) (Corner slingshot splash) Leon White - Signature moves. Face Eraser (Standing wheelbarrow facebuster) Vader Attack (Bell clap) Chokeslam Big splash Running avalanche Short-arm clothesline ...

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Leon White, Leon White - Career Before Wrestling, Leon White - Independent Wrestling Promotions, Leon White - New Japan Pro Wrestling, Leon White - World Championship Wrestling, Leon White - World Wrestling Federation, Leon White - All Japan Pro Wrestling, Leon White - Pro Wrestling NOAH, Leon White - NWA-TNA, Leon White - Dream Stage Ent./Hustle-1, Leon White - World Wrestling Entertainment, Leon White - Wrestling facts, Leon White - Finishing moves, Leon White - Signature moves, Leon White - Managers, Leon White - Quotes, Leon White - Championships and accomplishments, Leon White - Cameos, Leon White - Fist Of The North Star

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Before becoming a wrestler, Calaway had intended to become a professional basketball player. Mark Calaway began his wrestling career in 1984 by training and wrestling at the Dallas Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas, with Fritz Von Erich's World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW). He would later go on to wrestle in the United States Wrestling Association (USWA), winning the USWA Heavyweight and USWA Texas Heavyweight Championship before signing with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in late 1989. During the mid to late 1980s, Calaway used a num ...

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Mark Calaway, Mark Calaway - Early career, Mark Calaway - World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment, Mark Calaway - The Phenom, Mark Calaway - The American Bad Ass, Mark Calaway - The Return of The Deadman, Mark Calaway - WrestleMania winning streak, Mark Calaway - Wrestling facts, Mark Calaway - Nicknames, Mark Calaway - Managers, Mark Calaway - Finishing moves, Mark Calaway - Signature moves, Mark Calaway - Incarnations, Mark Calaway - Championships and accomplishments, Mark Calaway - Championship succession, Mark Calaway - Personal life

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Ted DiBiase - Finishing and signature moves. Million Dollar Dream (cobra clutch) Million Dollar Buster (half nelson legsweep) Million Dollar knee lift Million Dollar fist drop Flying back elbow drop Sleeper hold Ted DiBiase - Managers. Sherri Martel Sapphire Virgil Ted DiBiase - Nicknames. < ...

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Ted DiBiase, Ted DiBiase - Career, Ted DiBiase - Mid-South Wrestling, Ted DiBiase - World Wrestling Federation, Ted DiBiase - World Championship Wrestling, Ted DiBiase - Retirement, Ted DiBiase - Wrestling facts, Ted DiBiase - Finishing and signature moves, Ted DiBiase - Managers, Ted DiBiase - Nicknames, Ted DiBiase - Quotes, Ted DiBiase - Championships and accomplishments, Ted DiBiase - Championship succession, Ted DiBiase - Books

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ECW was founded in 1992, under the name Eastern Championship Wrestling, and upon its foundation, it was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance. After owner Tod Gordon had a bad falling out with head booker "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, Gordon called upon Paul Heyman. Gordon called Heyman because Heyman was Eddie Gilbert's closest confidant. Gordon wanted Heyman to help him book a big show called Ultra Clash '93 (on September 18, 1993) at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia. Some people have accused Heyman of stabbing Eddie Gilbert ...

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Extreme Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Extreme Championship Wrestling - History, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tommy Dreamer Versus Raven, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Dudley Family Reign, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Steve Austin Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - WWF Cross-Promotion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Crucifixion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Mass Transit, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Barely Legal, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Justin Credible Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The FTW Heavyweight Championship, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Mike Awesome Title Controversy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - XPW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - TNN, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Bankruptcy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tod Gordon takes on WWE, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW in WWF, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Alliance, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Rise and Fall of ECW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Reunion shows, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW One Night Stand, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Hardcore Homecoming, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Books, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Final champions, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Famous crowd chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Wrestler-specific chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General performer chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Trademarks

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Joanie Laurer is the only woman to have held the WWE Intercontinental Championship (which she held three times), the first woman to hold a WWE Championship besides the WWE Women's Championship (Various women held the now-defunct WWE Hardcore Championship at brief times), and the first woman to compete in the Royal Rumble match and King of the Ring tournament. Before joining the World Wrestling Federation, Laure ...

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Joanie Laurer, Joanie Laurer - Wrestling career, Joanie Laurer - Finishing and signature moves, Joanie Laurer - Modeling and acting career, Joanie Laurer - Movies, Joanie Laurer - Championships and accomplishments, Joanie Laurer - Books

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Laurer has modeled nude, notably for Playboy; the issue which featured a pictorial of her was one of the ten best selling issues in the magzine's history. In 2002, following her departure from WWF/WWE, Laurer also appeared in a softcore porn video produced and distributed by Playboy, entitled "Joanie Laurer: Nude Wrestling Superstar". In her autobiography, If Only They Knew, Laurer revealed that her breast implants were custom made after she complained to her plastic surgeon that their largest implants didn't suit her frame in ...

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Joanie Laurer, Joanie Laurer - Wrestling career, Joanie Laurer - Finishing and signature moves, Joanie Laurer - Modeling and acting career, Joanie Laurer - Movies, Joanie Laurer - Championships and accomplishments, Joanie Laurer - Books

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Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Alliance. Soon after ECW closed, Heyman was hired by the WWF as an on-air character and writer. During The Invasion, the former ECW wrestlers "reformed" ECW with the storyline being Stephanie McMahon as the owner. Along with the WCW (with Shane McMahon being the owner) they joined together to form The Alliance. Heyman and Stephanie McMahon brought together the Du ...

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Extreme Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Extreme Championship Wrestling - History, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tommy Dreamer Versus Raven, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Dudley Family Reign, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Steve Austin Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - WWF Cross-Promotion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Crucifixion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Mass Transit, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Barely Legal, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Justin Credible Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The FTW Heavyweight Championship, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Mike Awesome Title Controversy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - XPW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - TNN, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Bankruptcy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tod Gordon takes on WWE, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW in WWF, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Alliance, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Rise and Fall of ECW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Reunion shows, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW One Night Stand, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Hardcore Homecoming, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Books, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Final champions, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Famous crowd chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Wrestler-specific chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General performer chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Trademarks

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Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW One Night Stand. Main article: ECW One Night Stand After WWE acquired Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), many stars of ECW and WCW started wrestling for other professional wrestling promotions such as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). For the first time since the WWF Survivor Series pay-per-view event in 2001, WWE organized a show featuring ECW wrestlers: ECW One Night Stand. Rob Van Dam had previously suggested to Vince Mc ...

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Extreme Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Extreme Championship Wrestling - History, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tommy Dreamer Versus Raven, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Dudley Family Reign, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Steve Austin Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - WWF Cross-Promotion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Crucifixion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Mass Transit, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Barely Legal, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Justin Credible Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The FTW Heavyweight Championship, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Mike Awesome Title Controversy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - XPW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - TNN, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Bankruptcy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tod Gordon takes on WWE, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW in WWF, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Alliance, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Rise and Fall of ECW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Reunion shows, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW One Night Stand, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Hardcore Homecoming, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Books, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Final champions, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Famous crowd chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Wrestler-specific chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General performer chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Trademarks

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WWE Undisputed Championship (2001-2002) King of the Ring (1993-2002) WWE European Championship (1997-2002) WWE Hardcore Championship (1998-2002) OVW Hardcore Championship (2000 - 2001) OVW Light Heavyweight Championship (1999-2001) WWE Light Heavyweight Championship (1981-2001) WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1991) WWF Women's Tag Team Championship (1983-1989) WWF New Japan Martial Arts Championship (1978-1985) WWF Juni ...

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World Wrestling Entertainment, World Wrestling Entertainment - Early history, World Wrestling Entertainment - World Wide Wrestling Federation, World Wrestling Entertainment - World Wrestling Federation, World Wrestling Entertainment - The Golden Age, World Wrestling Entertainment - Monday Night Wars, World Wrestling Entertainment - The Montreal Screwjob, World Wrestling Entertainment - WWF Attitude, World Wrestling Entertainment - The death of Owen Hart, World Wrestling Entertainment - Business advances, World Wrestling Entertainment - The end of the Attitude Era, World Wrestling Entertainment - World Wrestling Entertainment, World Wrestling Entertainment - The Brand Extension, World Wrestling Entertainment - Championships

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Adam Copeland - Nicknames. "Mr. Money-in-the-Bank" "The Rated R Superstar" Adam Copeland - Finishing and signature moves. Spear Edgecution (Impaler DDT) Edgeucator (Inverted Cloverleaf Leg-lace Crab) One Man Con-Chair-To (Sandwich Chairshot) Edge-O-Matic (Sitout Rear Mat Slam) Downward Spiral (Reverse STO) Missile Dropkick Electric Chair Bo ...

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Adam Copeland, Adam Copeland - Career, Adam Copeland - The Brood and The New Brood, Adam Copeland - Tag Team Champions, Adam Copeland - Singles star, Adam Copeland - Mr. Money-in-the-Bank, Adam Copeland - WWE Champion, Adam Copeland - Personal information, Adam Copeland - Profile, Adam Copeland - Managers, Adam Copeland - Quotes, Adam Copeland - Nicknames, Adam Copeland - Finishing and signature moves, Adam Copeland - Championships and Accomplishments, Adam Copeland - Championship Succession

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There were three distinctive fans that were always in the front row at ECW shows. They were commonly known as Sign Guy, Hat Guy, and Faith No More Guy. They gained their respective nicknames because Sign Guy always had different creative signs with him, Hat Guy always wore a straw hat and a Hawaiian shirt , and Faith No More Guy looked a lot like "Big" Jim Martin, the former guitarist for rock band Faith No More. Hat Guy and Faith No More Guy were also in the front row of Shane Douglas's recent ECW nostalgia event, Hardcore Homecoming. Numerous other fans were regular staples of the shows in Philad ...

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Extreme Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Extreme Championship Wrestling - History, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tommy Dreamer Versus Raven, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Dudley Family Reign, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Steve Austin Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - WWF Cross-Promotion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Crucifixion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Mass Transit, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Barely Legal, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Justin Credible Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The FTW Heavyweight Championship, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Mike Awesome Title Controversy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - XPW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - TNN, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Bankruptcy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tod Gordon takes on WWE, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW in WWF, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Alliance, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Rise and Fall of ECW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Reunion shows, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW One Night Stand, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Hardcore Homecoming, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Books, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Final champions, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Famous crowd chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Wrestler-specific chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General performer chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Trademarks

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Extreme Championship Wrestling - General chants. E-C-W! used in the promotion when something "extreme" or "hardcore" was going on, it is now used for memorable moves by wrestlers who originally had a connection to the league. (Usually sounds like or shortened to "E-C-Dub!") Philly sucks! employed by New York City-based fans, claiming to be more wild than the Philly fans. Fuck New York! employed by Philadelphia-based fans, striking back at the "Philly sucks!" chant.See also:

Extreme Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Extreme Championship Wrestling - History, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tommy Dreamer Versus Raven, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Dudley Family Reign, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Steve Austin Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - WWF Cross-Promotion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Crucifixion, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Mass Transit, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Barely Legal, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Justin Credible Period, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The FTW Heavyweight Championship, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Mike Awesome Title Controversy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - XPW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - TNN, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Bankruptcy, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Tod Gordon takes on WWE, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW in WWF, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Alliance, Extreme Championship Wrestling - The Rise and Fall of ECW, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Reunion shows, Extreme Championship Wrestling - ECW One Night Stand, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Hardcore Homecoming, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Books, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Final champions, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Famous crowd chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Wrestler-specific chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - General performer chants, Extreme Championship Wrestling - Trademarks

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Ted DiBiase, Ted DiBiase - Career, Ted DiBiase - Mid-South Wrestling, Ted DiBiase - World Wrestling Federation, Ted DiBiase - World Championship Wrestling, Ted DiBiase - Retirement, Ted DiBiase - Wrestling facts, Ted DiBiase - Finishing and signature moves, Ted DiBiase - Managers, Ted DiBiase - Nicknames, Ted DiBiase - Quotes, Ted DiBiase - Championships and accomplishments, Ted DiBiase - Championship succession, Ted DiBiase - Books

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Jason Reso - Championship succession. ...

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Jason Reso, Jason Reso - Early career, Jason Reso - World Wrestling Entertainment, Jason Reso - Edge and Christian, Jason Reso - Singles competition, Jason Reso - Captain Charisma, Jason Reso - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Jason Reso - Finishing and signature moves, Jason Reso - Championships and accomplishments, Jason Reso - Championship succession, Jason Reso - Personal life

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Two weeks after being granted their release from WCW, Benoit, Malenko, Saturn and Guerrero made their WWF TV debuts on Raw, coming out of the crowd to attack the New Age Outlaws. They were dubbed The Radicalz. After the group turned heel, Benoit was quickly put into a feud with Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle, and in April 2000 he won his first championship in the WWF, the Intercontinental Title. Because of how often he defended his WWF Intercontinental Title, Chris Benoit has been called the "fightingest" Intercontinental Champion in WWF histo ...

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Chris Benoit, Chris Benoit - Early Career, Chris Benoit - Extreme Championship Wrestling, Chris Benoit - World Championship Wrestling, Chris Benoit - World Wrestling Entertainment, Chris Benoit - The Return, Chris Benoit - World Heavyweight Champion, Chris Benoit - Return to SmackDown!, Chris Benoit - Additional facts, Chris Benoit - Nicknames, Chris Benoit - Previous managers, Chris Benoit - Finishing and signature moves, Chris Benoit - Trademarks, Chris Benoit - Personal life, Chris Benoit - Trivia, Chris Benoit - Championships and accomplishments, Chris Benoit - Championship succession, Chris Benoit - Records

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Benoit's time in WCW was defined by highs and lows. He quickly was made a member of the reformed Four Horsemen in 1996, alongside Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Brian Pillman. A strikingly real feud with Kevin Sullivan (due to the fact that Benoit was having a real affair with Sullivan's wife, Woman, mirroring the storyline started by Sullivan himself where Benoit had an affair with Woman, they were even told to hold hands in public to fool everyone) and several matches on the hunt for the U.S. Title highlighted much of 1996, but with the rise ...

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Chris Benoit, Chris Benoit - Early Career, Chris Benoit - Extreme Championship Wrestling, Chris Benoit - World Championship Wrestling, Chris Benoit - World Wrestling Entertainment, Chris Benoit - The Return, Chris Benoit - World Heavyweight Champion, Chris Benoit - Return to SmackDown!, Chris Benoit - Additional facts, Chris Benoit - Nicknames, Chris Benoit - Previous managers, Chris Benoit - Finishing and signature moves, Chris Benoit - Trademarks, Chris Benoit - Personal life, Chris Benoit - Trivia, Chris Benoit - Championships and accomplishments, Chris Benoit - Championship succession, Chris Benoit - Records

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Upon his permanent return to the U.S. in 1995, he signed with Extreme Championship Wrestling. In the time he was with ECW, Benoit dropped his Pegasus gimmick for "The Crippler", a reference to a match in which he accidentally broke the neck of Sabu. He would be promoted as one of the finest wrestlers of the day, and just break his opponents in half. Paul Heyman would have him cut these long monologue promos to give him the chance to come out of his shell. Later, he and Dean Malenko won the ECW Tag Team Titles from Sabu and Tasmaniac. ...

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Chris Benoit, Chris Benoit - Early Career, Chris Benoit - Extreme Championship Wrestling, Chris Benoit - World Championship Wrestling, Chris Benoit - World Wrestling Entertainment, Chris Benoit - The Return, Chris Benoit - World Heavyweight Champion, Chris Benoit - Return to SmackDown!, Chris Benoit - Additional facts, Chris Benoit - Nicknames, Chris Benoit - Previous managers, Chris Benoit - Finishing and signature moves, Chris Benoit - Trademarks, Chris Benoit - Personal life, Chris Benoit - Trivia, Chris Benoit - Championships and accomplishments, Chris Benoit - Championship succession, Chris Benoit - Records

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Chris began his career in 1986 in Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion. He won several International Tag Team and British Commonwealth titles there, and had an excellent series of singles matches with Johnny Smith, before Stampede's demise in 1989, and at that point he departed for New Japan Pro Wrestling under the name and mask of The Pegasus Kid, later simply Wild Pegasus. While with NJPW, he came into his own as a performer in matches with luminaries like Jushin Liger, Shinjiro Ohtani, Black Tiger (the late Eddie Guerrero ...

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Chris Benoit, Chris Benoit - Early Career, Chris Benoit - Extreme Championship Wrestling, Chris Benoit - World Championship Wrestling, Chris Benoit - World Wrestling Entertainment, Chris Benoit - The Return, Chris Benoit - World Heavyweight Champion, Chris Benoit - Return to SmackDown!, Chris Benoit - Additional facts, Chris Benoit - Nicknames, Chris Benoit - Previous managers, Chris Benoit - Finishing and signature moves, Chris Benoit - Trademarks, Chris Benoit - Personal life, Chris Benoit - Trivia, Chris Benoit - Championships and accomplishments, Chris Benoit - Championship succession, Chris Benoit - Records

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During the first WWE Draft he was picked by McMahon to be part of the new SmackDown! roster, although still on the injured list. However, when he returned, he did so as a member of the RAW roster. He, and Eddie Guerrero, were then moved to Smackdown during a storyline "open season" on wrestler contracts, with Benoit bringing his newly won Intercontinental championship with him briefly before Rob Van Dam exercised his rematch c ...

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Chris Benoit, Chris Benoit - Early Career, Chris Benoit - Extreme Championship Wrestling, Chris Benoit - World Championship Wrestling, Chris Benoit - World Wrestling Entertainment, Chris Benoit - The Return, Chris Benoit - World Heavyweight Champion, Chris Benoit - Return to SmackDown!, Chris Benoit - Additional facts, Chris Benoit - Nicknames, Chris Benoit - Previous managers, Chris Benoit - Finishing and signature moves, Chris Benoit - Trademarks, Chris Benoit - Personal life, Chris Benoit - Trivia, Chris Benoit - Championships and accomplishments, Chris Benoit - Championship succession, Chris Benoit - Records

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