Christopher Michael Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler. During his career, Benoit worked for major promotions including Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment. Benoit is a two-time world champion: a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and a one-time World Heavyweight Champion in WWE. Both of his world title reigns were represented by the Big Gold Belt: Benoit is one of only four men to have held the Big Gold Belt in both WCW and WWE, alongside Goldberg, Booker T and Big Show. He is also a record-tying five-time WCW/WWE United States Champion, having held the championship twice in WCW, and three times in WWE. He is the twelfth WWE Triple Crown Champion and sixth WCW Triple Crown Champion; he is the second of five men in history to achieve both the WWE and WCW Triple Crown Championships. Benoit was also the 2004 Royal Rumble winner, joining Shawn Michaels as the only men to win a Royal Rumble as the number one entrant. 

May 21st, 1967 in Montreal  /  Died:   Jun 25th, 2007 - aged 40, found dead in his home