Rating The Champ: Chris Benoit

May 18, 2020
4 min read

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former World Heavyweight Champion, Chris Benoit.

2000

W/ The Radicalz vs. Rikishi & Too Cool (No Way Out) ***
Vs. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho – WWF European & Intercontinental Championships (WrestleMania 2000) ***1/4
Vs. Chris Jericho – WWF Intercontinental Championship (Backlash) ***3/4
Submission: Vs. Chris Jericho – WWF Intercontinental Championship (Judgment Day) ****
Vs. Rikishi (King of the Ring) 1/4*
Vs. The Rock – WWF Championship (Fully Loaded) ****1/4
2/3 Falls: Vs. Chris Jericho (SummerSlam) ***1/2
Vs. Rock vs. Undertaker vs. Kane – WWF Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/2
Vs. Triple H (No Mercy) ****1/4
W/ The Radicalz vs. DX (Survivor Series) **
Vs. Billy Gunn – WWF Intercontinental Championship (Armageddon) **1/2

2001

Ladder: Vs. Chris Jericho – WWF Intercontinental Championship (Royal Rumble) *****
Vs. Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. X-Pac – WWF Intercontinental Championship (No Way Out) ***1/2
Vs. Kurt Angle (WrestleMania X-Seven) ****1/4
Ultimate Submission: Vs. Kurt Angle (Backlash) ****
2/3 Falls: Vs. Kurt Angle (Judgment Day) ****
Tag Team Turmoil (Judgment Day) ***1/2
Vs. Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho – WWF Championship (King of the Ring) ***3/4

2002

Tables: W/ Eddie Guerrero vs. The Dudley Boyz (Vengeance) **1/2
Vs. Rob Van Dam – WWE Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) ***1/4
Vs. Kurt Angle (Unforgiven) ****1/2
W/ Kurt Angle vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio – WWE Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) *****
Elimination: W/ Kurt Angle vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio vs. Los Guerreros – WWE Tag Team Championship (Survivor Series) ***3/4
Vs. Eddie Guerrero (Armageddon) ****

2003

Vs. Kurt Angle – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) *****
Handicap: W/ Brock Lesnar vs. Team Angle (No Way Out) ****
W/ Rhyno vs. Team Angle vs. Los Guerreros – WWE Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania XIX) ***
W/ Rhyno & Spanky vs. John Cena & FBI (Judgment Day) *1/2
Vs. Eddie Guerrero – WWE United States Championship (Vengeance) ****
Vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rhyno vs. Tajiri – WWE United States Championship (SummerSlam) ***1/4
Vs. A-Train (No Mercy) **1/2
W/ Team Angle vs. Team Lesnar (Survivor Series) ***

2004

Vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XX) *****
Vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels – World Heavyweight Championship (Backlash) ****3/4
W/ Edge vs. La Résistance – World Tag Team Championship (Bad Blood) **1/2
Vs. Kane – World Heavyweight Championship (Bad Blood) ****
Vs. Triple H – World Heavyweight Championship (Vengeance) ***3/4
Vs. Randy Orton – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) ****1/2
W/ William Regal vs. Evolution (Unforgiven) ***1/4
W/ Edge vs. La Résistance – World Tag Team Championship (Taboo Tuesday) **
W/ Team Orton vs. Team Triple H (Survivor Series) ***

2005

Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (New Year’s Revolution) ***3/4
MITB Ladder Match (WrestleMania 21) ****3/4
Last Man Standing: Vs. Edge (Backlash) ****1/4
Vs. Eddie Guerrero (ECW One Night Stand) ***1/4
Vs. Orlando Jordan – WWE United States Championship (The Great American Bash) ***1/4
Vs. Orlando Jordan – WWE United States Championship (SummerSlam) N/R (not rated)
Vs. Christian vs. Booker T vs. Orlando Jordan – WWE United States Championship (No Mercy) ***1/4
Vs. Booker T (Survivor Series) ***
Vs. Booker T (Armageddon) ****

2006

Vs. Booker T – WWE United States Championship (No Way Out) ***1/2
Vs. JBL – WWE United States Championship (WrestleMania 22) **1/2
Vs. Finlay (Judgment Day) ****1/4
Vs. William Regal (No Mercy) ****
Vs. Chavo Guerrero – WWE United States Championship (Survivor Series) ***1/4
Vs. Chavo Guerrero – WWE United States Championship (Armageddon) ***