Chris Benoit Royal Rumble: Did Chris Benoit ever win the Royal Rumble?

Christopher Michael Benoit, a Canadian professional wrestler, was born on May 21, 1967. During his 22-year career, he worked for various pro-wrestling promotions, including the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Japan, and Stampede Wrestling in Canada.

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Benoit began his career in Stu Hart’s Stampede Wrestling promotion in 1985. From the start, similarities between Benoit and Billington were obvious, as Benoit adopted many of his moves, such as the diving headbutt and the snap suplex; the homage was completed with his initial billing as “Dynamite” Chris Benoit. According to Benoit, in his first match, he attempted the diving headbutt before learning how to land correctly and had the wind knocked out of him; he said he would never do the move again at that point.

His debut match was a tag team match on November 22, 1985, in Calgary, Alberta, where he teamed with “The Remarkable” Rick Patterson against Butch Moffat and Mike Hammer, which Benoit’s team won after Benoit pinned Moffat with a sunset flip. On March 18, 1988, Benoit won the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship against Gama Singh.