5 best world title celebrations in WWE history

#2 Chris Benoit/Eddie Guerrero - WrestleMania XX

A celebration fit for champions

Unlike the others mentioned on this list, it’s very unlikely you’ll ever see this emotional celebration on WWE programming ever again. The only place you’d be able to access it is the WWE Network thanks to it being, for the most part, uncensored. Chris Benoit beat Shawn Michaels and Triple H in the main event of WrestleMania XX and became World Heavyweight Champion.

He got to this point by winning the 2004 Royal Rumble, another thing you’ll seldom hear mentioned on current programming. The WWE switched brands so as not to interfere with the current Guerrero storyline. They needed two massive main events, two big champions and this was the best way to do it.

The triple threat match was actually a fantastically worked match and Triple H took the loss to Benoit, tapping out to the Crippler Crossface, which was a record in itself, as it was the first time a main event of WrestleMania had ended via submission.

We’ve talked about the emotion that wrestlers go through when they win titles but Benoit took it to a different level. As the confetti came down and his good friend Eddie Guerrero came down as WWE Champion to celebrate with him, tears filled Benoit’s face as he realised he had made it to the top of the mountain. Someone else, who was never supposed to make it that far.

It was an emotional moment for the fans and the wrestlers alike. I don’t condone what Benoit did in his personal life, but there is no doubt he was a phenomenal wrestler, he deserved this win and due to the raw emotion and feeling in his celebration (and the confetti) it gets a place on this list.