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=== '''Tropes associated with Chris Benoit:''' ===
* [[Alternate Universe Fic]]: Benoit was the star of a popular fan-fic on [[
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Benoit's second WCW run saw him start out in the Cruiserweight Division; eventually, he was made one of the Four Horsemen.
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: The physical similarities between Benoit and his childhood idol, The Dynamite Kid, are eerie. Benoit even performed moves like him, most infamously his snap suplex.
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*** Odds are, you'll never see the diving headbutt used again by a major wrestling organization after that tragedy. Harley Race has gone on record as saying he wished he'd never invented the move.
*** Santino uses a standing variant, but he barely connects with it.
** Benoit himself fell victim to the Crossface in a Wrestlemania match with [[Kurt Angle]]. As the two men grappled, Angle eventually caught Benoit in the Crossface, and Benoit got him back a few moments later when he caught Angle in the Angle Lock.
* [[Game-Breaking Injury]]: Benoit did this quite well, on both ends of the spectrum.
** Best example: someone injured his arm with a chair during the first-ever Money in the Bank at [[Wrestlemania]] 21. He almost won anyway...until Edge hit his injured arm with a chair when he was at the top of the ladder under the briefcase.
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* [[Run the Gauntlet]]: When the Radicalz crossed over to the WWE, Benoit took on and defeated Saturn, Guerrero and Malenko one after another in a Gauntlet match.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Just watch his entrance video. Quite unnerving, considering what happened...
* [[Somewhere a Paleontologist Is Crying|Somewhere A Zoologist Is Crying]]: Benoit, whose nickname in WWE was "The Rabid Wolverine," would often be seen early in his career wearing tights with an image of a ''wolf'' on them. Never mind that wolves and wolverines, despite both being carnivorous mammals, are not even in the same family (wolves being canids, or dogs, while wolverines are closer to bears and weasels).
* [[Squash Match]]: In the summer of 2005, Benoit had a series of these with Orlando Jordan. The first, which lasted 25 seconds, cost Jordan the United States Championship; the subsequent rematches lasted 23.4, 22.5, and 49.8 seconds. This led to a small [[Running Gag]] in which Benoit would test himself on whether he could do something (such as make a cup of coffee or go to the bathroom) faster than he beat Orlando Jordan.
** The reason this happened is because WWE had Jordan beat Benoit semi-cleanly (he used an exposed turnbuckle bolt, but didn't have any outside help). The fan reaction was very, very negative; Jordan hadn't really connected at all, and no one believed that he was anywhere near Benoit's league, so WWE made the decision to give the fans what they wanted.
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*** In a similar move, when WWE released the initial match listing for the Elimination Chamber anthology DVD, the listing for the third Elimination Chamber match - which Benoit was involved in - only mentioned that [[Triple H]] won the match. An updated listing from weeks before the DVD's release showed that the match was listed in full (with Benoit's name), and UK retailer Silvervision confirmed that the match was included in its entirety, making it the first WWE DVD since Benoit's death to include one of his matches. Several lines from the commentary team that painted Benoit in a positive light were edited out (and since Benoit was a face for much of his WWE career, ''all'' of the comments were technically positive unless one of the commentators was playing a heel), but beyond that, no substantial edits were made.
** For the next year following Benoit's death, the Gamefaqs PWB had a running gag of either attributing all of Benoit's accomplishments to his old friend (and fellow Radical) Perry Saturn or simply pretending he didn't exist at all, simply saying that Benoit's title reigns (specifically his World Heavyweight title reign and his final United States title reign) were non-existent, consisting of a vacant title that was vacant for however long those title reigns were. This was mainly to satirize the aforementioned striking of Benoit's name from the record books.
*** Similar to the above, the former [[Wrestlecrap]] message board (now the Freakin' Awesome Network Forums) would replace Benoit's name with [[Bob Holly|Hardcore Holly]] (e.g., <s>Chris Benoit</s> Hardcore Holly won the 2004 Royal Rumble and defeated [[Triple H]] to win the World Heavyweight Championship), and would plaster Holly's face over Benoit's face. (It's also been done with [[Lance Storm]] on account of both being great Canadian technical wrestlers.)
*** Similarly to [[
** The Best of Smackdown DVD set has a video summary for the Fatal 4-Way TLC match from May 2001. Aside from a very short shot at the beginning, [[Chris Benoit]] was edited out. He was Tag Champs with [[Chris Jericho]] at the time. And on top of that, they won the match. The package almost makes you believe that [[Chris Jericho]] beat the Dudleys, the Hardys, and [[Edge]] and [[Christian]] all on his own.
*** Likewise, when the inaugural Money in the Bank match is highlighted either during [[Wrestlemania]] season or in July for the Money in the Bank PPV, Benoit is completely absent from the video packages, with some bizarre camera angles used to ensure his presence is minimized. If you know what color tights he is wearing, you might be able to catch a frame or two where his legs are visible.
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