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#1 Chris Benoit's murder-suicide, WWE's reaction
Prior to the tragedy in which Chris Benoit ended his life, he was considered one of the best in-ring wrestlers. A technically gifted wrestler that matched the levels of Bret Hart and Kurt Angle, the latter of whom considered Benoit one of the three best technical wrestlers of all time. Benoit was a top champion in both WCW and WWE, as well as winning the inaugural Super J-Cup in NJPW.
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Benoit got his start in wrestling after receiving training from Stu Hart in the legendary Hart Dungeon. Benoit wrestled for the Hart family's Stampede Wrestling promotion before touring Japan. Benoit would eventually wrestle for both ECW and WCW, becoming a part of the reformed Four Horseman stable alongside Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Brian Pillman.
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In January 2000, Benoit would win his first WWE World Championship after defeating Sid Vicious, but he would vacate the belt a day later and would sign for WWE alongside Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, and Eddie Guerrero. Later that same month, Benoit and the others appeared in the front row of an episode of RAW is War. In 2004, Benoit would win his first and only WWE World title after defeating Shawn Michaels and Triple H in the Main Event of WrestleMania XX.
In 2007, Benoit was set to become the ECW Champion at Vengeance but missed the lead up to the event as a result of a family emergency. After missing further events, WWE requested the police check up on Benoit and they discovered the bodies of Benoit, his wife Nancy, and his youngest son Daniel. With the details of the event unclear, WWE programming ran a tribute to the former World Champion on Monday Night RAW.
However, once it was made public that Benoit had murdered his wife and child before killing himself, WWE quickly erased Benoit from their records and are yet to mention his name on a single broadcast since. WWE has also gone as far as removing Benoit's name in any listing on the WWE Network.
