Rate The Wrestler - Day 44 - "The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit

[Funky Fly]

Hey yo. Once again, I'm your DJ for the evening, as Helmsphere battles it out with a stomach virus. Yesterday was my first time running the show and the wrestler being rated was none other than Alex Wright, who scored a 73. Other wrestlers to achieve this score include Low Ki and Steve Corino.

Anywho, today's wrestler is a personal favourite of mine. And no, it's not because he's Canadian, no, it's not because he used to live in my home town of Edmonton. It's because he is one of the 3 best technical wrestlers who can still go. He is the former WCW World Heavyweight Champion, he is the former WWE World Heavywight Champion, he is the Canadian Crippler, he is the Rabid Wolverine, he is the master of the Crippler Crossface, he is Chris Benoit.

Happy voting, yo.

Day 1: Bret Hart (96)
Day 2: Chris Jericho (91)
Day 3: Rob Van Dam (78)
Day 4: Diamond Dallas Page (80)
Day 5: Low Ki (73)
Day 6: A.J Styles (89)
Day 7 : Rey Mysterio Jr. (81)
Day 8: Owen Hart (95)
Day 9: Ultimo Dragon (84)
Day 10: Raven (87)
Day 11: "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith (84)
Day 12: The Hurricane (76)
Day 13: Brian Pillman (92)
Day 14: John Bradshaw Leyfield (46)
Day 15: Taz (82)
Day 16: Bob "Hardcore" Holly (34)
Day 17: Christian (83)
Day 18: Ric Flair (87)
Day 19: Jeff Jarrett (65)
Day 20: Shawn Michaels (92)
Day 21: Ricky "Dragon" Steamboat (90)
Day 22: Kevin Nash (61)
Day 23: Jushin Lyger (88)
Day 24: Brock Lesnar (78)
Day 25: Sting (91)
Day 26: Lex Luger (55)
Day 27: Curt "Mr. Perfect" Henning (91)
Day 28: Andre The Giant (80)
Day 29: Vader (78)
Day 30: Jim "The Anvil" Niedhart (66)
Day 31: Scott Hall (83)
Day 32: Big Vito (60)
Day 33: Hollywood Hulk Hogan (82)
Day 34: Jerry Lynn (83)
Day 35: Kurt Angle (96)
Day 36: Mick Foley (88)
Day 37: Steve Corino (73)
Day 38: Randy Orton (82)
Day 39: Kane (84)
Day 40: John Cena (77)
Day 41: Doink The Clown (78)
Day 42: Arn Anderson (92)
Day 43: Alex Wright (73)

Current Top 10 Leaderboard
1.Bret Hart, Kurt Angle (96)
2. Owen Hart (95)
3. Brian Pillman, Shawn Michaels, Arn Anderson (92)
4. Chris Jericho, Sting, Curt Henning (91)
5. Ricky Steamboat (90)
6. AJ Styles (89)
7. Jushin Lyger, Mick Foley (88)
8. Ric Flair, Raven (87)
9. Ultimo Dragon, British Bulldog, Kane (84)
10. Christian, Scott Hall, Jerry Lynn (83)

[Innovator]

10, huge Crippler mark and simply the best technical wrestler in the WWE.

[Funky Fly]

Ring ability: 10
Overness: 9
Work rate: 10
Politics: 9.5 (as much as I'm glad he left WCW the way he did, since they really dogged him, it was his responsibility to job the title first)
Mic skill: 7
Overall rank: 9.1

[John la Rock]

8.5

simply because of his in-ring skills, IMO there's no way he can get a 9 because he really lacks charisma and promo skills

[blueskies]

8.5

[DaveWadding]

9.9

[Lara Emily]

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MOTHERFUCKER

[BigDaddyCool]

He is an overrated pile of boring crap. The Church of Bischoff hates him. 6.8

[Mister Sinister]

Ability: 10
Look: 9
Mic Skills: 7.5
Finisher:10
Potential: 9

Overall: 9.1

[KayfabeMan]

6.5

He has definitely provided some great matches with the likes of Booker (not the WWE crap - the WCW matches) and such, and was great in Japan and ECW. Not too hot 4 the WWE stuff recently - and while before he didn't get enough credit, now he seems to get too much.

[Gouda]

:foc: People giving Bentoit a 6. He deserves more from his wrestling ability alone.

Ring ability: 10
Overness: 9 (He gets loud pops but not as loud as some others)
Work rate: 10
Charisma: 8.5
Finisher: 10 (I LOVE submission finishers. Especially Bentoit's)
Mic skill: 8 (I think when actually given the chance he's not TOO bad. It fits his character at the least.)
Memories/Potential: 10 (Lots of potential. All someone needs to do is... tear HHH's quad again. :shifty: )

Overall: 9

[Tiken]

Ring ability: 9.5
Overness: 10
Work rate: 10
Charisma: 8
Finisher: 10
Mic skill: 8.5
Potential: 9
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Overall: 9

[Aussie Skier]

Ring ability: 10 - simply one of the best wrestlers in the WWE at the moment. Together with Angle and Guerrero.
Overness: 9 - he is very over, but doesnt compare to Cena and Eddie
Work rate: 10 - w/out a doubt
Charisma/ mic skill: 8.5 :y: doesnt get enuff credit in this respect
Finisher: 10 - not the best finisher, but love how the crossface can be put on at any time. would like him to win more matches with the flying headbutt...he looks great doing the headbutt!
Entrance music: 10 - love it, love it!

9.5 - GO WOLVERINE!

[Sephiroth]

9.5

[LK]

9.5

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Ring ability: 9.5
Overness: 8
Work rate: 10
Politics: 9
Mic skill:7.5
Overall rank: 8.8

[Kapoutman]

Wrestling: 10
Work Rate: 10
Charisma/Mic Skills: 9
Entertainment: 10

Overall: 9.75, rounded to 9.8

[Bad Company]

6.5

He has definitely provided some great matches with the likes of Booker (not the WWE crap - the WCW matches) and such, and was great in Japan and ECW. Not too hot 4 the WWE stuff recently - and while before he didn't get enough credit, now he seems to get too much.
:y:

[Lara Emily]

6.5

He has definitely provided some great matches with the likes of Booker (not the WWE crap - the WCW matches) and such, and was great in Japan and ECW. Not too hot 4 the WWE stuff recently - and while before he didn't get enough credit, now he seems to get too much.

Yep because those matches 3 way dance matches with HBK and HHH, matches with Orton, Angle, the shit load of tag matches from 2003, his matches with Jericho, Eddie, Austin, Rock, tag matches with Jericho were just no big deal. :wtf:. 6.5 unless you put a hge onus on mic skills is pretty silly. Especially given that you acknowledge great matches of the past and last time I checked the ratings are on overall careers not current form.

Each to their own I suppose I just disagree with your reasoning.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>9</font>

[Mr. Nerfect]

9. Benoit's not perfect, nor is he an icon, but he's right up there in ring skills. His work ethic, effort and ring skills really get him a high rank in my book.

[davidbowie]

first post : 9.5 (mic skills are just not up there enough to be perfect)

[KayfabeMan]

Yep because those matches 3 way dance matches with HBK and HHH, matches with Orton, Angle, the shit load of tag matches from 2003, his matches with Jericho, Eddie, Austin, Rock, tag matches with Jericho were just no big deal. :wtf:. 6.5 unless you put a hge onus on mic skills is pretty silly. Especially given that you acknowledge great matches of the past and last time I checked the ratings are on overall careers not current form.

Each to their own I suppose I just disagree with your reasoning.

Maybe it is just me, because it seems that I've been watching wrestling a lot longer than most here and have seen more matches, etc... - that I feel a bit spoiled from watching wrestlers that were better than most of today's guys.

The general wrestling fans are so used to seeing garbage matches, one after another, that when they see a normal match, or one slightly above, it's made out to be a masterpiece.

I am rating his career overall, but just because you had 3 or 4 star matches in the past doesn't mean that you deserve a ten. Just like a guy like Flair, in his prime (or even up until 94, 95, 96) I'd have given him a 10. But when you look at his stuff today, and see what he has done to his name and legacy, it is hard to give him a high score.

To me, Benoit at this point is simply a slightly above average worker, who is possibly putting on better matches than the others on the programs he is on, but who isn't the best worker / wrestler alive, like he is made out to be.

Like you said, to each their own, and I support everyone's scores (except for Molly Fan's 2's :lol: ), because their definitely entitled to pose an opinion and keep the board fun :)

[PorkSoda]

9

[The Fugitive]

8.75.

[SuperSlim]

the dude deserves a 10... I would give him more if I could but since 10 is the max then it's 10.

the guy is gold. stayed with the business all those years despite the way they treated him.

[Semetery]

9, I'd give him ten but he seems to be gettin' a little too 'samey' atm.

[Xero]

Ring Ability: 10
Overness: 7 (WWE fucked him over in the overness department)
Work Rate: 10
Politics: 10
Finishers: 9
Mic/Charisma: 7.5
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Overall: 8.91 rounded up to 9

[Hardkore Kidd J]

10 :y:

[Gone Mad]

9, no matter who's in the match, he can just about always give the crowd a good match. All the lowers the score is his mic skills, which in this day and age is valuable, and occassional uninteresting storylines that are given to him which insinuates to many that he is .."boring".

[123 kid]

9

[Mayo]

9.7, he doesn't get 10 only because of his lack of promo skills

PROVE ME WRONG!

[Boondock Saint]

9.999999

[Sickboy]

9

[Loose Cannon]

9.5.

[Joe Kerr]

9.5

[Loose Cannon]

Maybe it is just me, because it seems that I've been watching wrestling a lot longer than most here and have seen more matches, etc... - that I feel a bit spoiled from watching wrestlers that were better than most of today's guys.

The general wrestling fans are so used to seeing garbage matches, one after another, that when they see a normal match, or one slightly above, it's made out to be a masterpiece.

See, I totally disagree with you there. I've been watching since mid 80's, so don't hold me to anything before that, although I have seen quite a few stuff before that. IMO, I think today's workers are much better then say WWF's workers from the 80's-96. Now I would say the top workers during that time were HBK, Bret, Owen, Dibiase, Steamboat, Roberts, Perfect, Von Erich, Dynamite, Hall, Savage, Flair, Santana. There is probably more, but that's off the top of my head. Now these batch of guys were putting on classic matches.

Now if you look at all the other talent back then (and these might have been nice guys, but I'm basing this strickly on wrestling ability) Typhoon, "The Goon," Battlecat, Babyface Doink, Brooklyn Brawler, Beefcake, JYD, Koko B. Ware, Warlord, Barbarian, Hogan, Warrior, Yokozuna, Lex Lugar, Nash, Taker, Boss Man, Hercules, Roma, etc........The list just goes on and on. AND REMEMBER: STRICKLY WRESTLING ABILITY. Not Overness, character, promo skills or ticket sales I'm basing this on. There were a lot of crap matches back then. And especially on those superstars and early Raw shows when they brought in no names to face established guys. You don't get that today...ever.

Today you have your Benoits, Angle, Eddie, Jericho, HBK, Xtian, Edge, RVD, Mysterio, HHH, Orton, Chavo, Haas, Benjamin, Booker and Edge who I consider your best workers. Probably missing people

But I just think all the others like Cena, Hurricane, Hardy, Big Show, Nunzio, Londo, Kidman, etc...are just so much better then say "The Goon," Kamala, Giant Gonzolez, Repo Man, etc...in terms of wrestling ability.

So what I basically saying is the middle or sucky guys in the WWF today are much better workers then the middle or sucky guys then back. So today's show is a much better product based on Wrestling ability then back then.

And that's my two cents.

[King Jericho]

9

[Eunos]

9.5

The only thing that prevents me from giving him that extra 0.5 is his overall Promos could use a little more polishing. Even then he seems to be better at it.

Either way is Benoit is definatly one of todays finest :)

[John la Rock]

It's funny how some people gave Hogan a 2 or 3 in the in ring skill department and they give Benoit a 8 or even a 9 in the charisma/promo skill department!!! :wtf:

A little bias are we not?

[CosaNostra]

9.

As others have said, his mike skills are the only thing holding him back.

[Azriel]

8.8, yeah his mic skills need work.

[V]

Benoit's charisma is when he rips people apart, when he made the rock tap... i'd count that as fucking charisma.. it was as if he was yelling "I AM THE FUCKING MAN"
I'd love to see benoit as an unstoppable heel... anyway..

and his mic/promo skills aren't that bad

9.5, this guy doesn't deserve anything lower than 9, i don't see how people are giving him 6..

[MRAT=VEGETABLES]

9.514376239

[Funky Fly]

One decimal place only, people. I round your answers anyway, so there is no need for 3 places.

[Jonster]

9.1

[Bad Company]

It's funny how some people gave Hogan a 2 or 3 in the in ring skill department and they give Benoit a 8 or even a 9 in the charisma/promo skill department!!! :wtf:

A little bias are we not?
Amen to that.

[Rain Man]

8.5

[Funky Fly]

Yeah, that is somewhat questionable, but G3K said it best, he's most charismatic when he's just destroying a guy.

[Savio]

6

[CosaNostra]

^ :wtf:

[DaveWadding]

Paul "Dumb as a Wall" Carrington strikes again.

[Head]

Ring ability - 10
In ring charisma - 8.6
Stamina - 9.8
Mic skills - 6.3

Overall - 8.7

But I don't feel right giving Benoit a score of anything below a 9.0, so that's what I'll bump it up to.

[Funky Fly]

I know how you feel, head. I feel like bumping him to a 10, like I did with Owen Hart.

[The Answer]

9

[Prettyboi-2k]

8.5

It would certainly be a higher score but i am a huge fan of cHaRiSmA...Benoit does not have alot of it, but he is the "i dont need to gloat because you know i will kick your ass" type wrestler so he is an exception...but charisma, mic skills and non-ring stuff is important

[Batsu]

9.7

He would be a 10, but his mic skills lack if he isn't pissed off. Though, Benoit is pretty good at unintentional, unexpected humor, and he should play to that instead of trying to be Rock, or Austin. Benoit is more charismatic than people give him credit for being, but it is also so subtle that a lot of people don't notice it. Benoit sounds best on the mic or as a character when he's just angry. His barbs at Foley and Kevin Sullivan were classic. If he's calm, he gets nervous... but Benoit had the funniest segment on SmackDown when he said:

"I'm sick of Paul Heyman's crap,
and tonight I'm going to make these two bitches tap.
Word, Life."

imagine the humor of CHRIS BENOIT saying that stuff, and how could you go wrong?

Benoit has "reverse charisma"... and the fans very much seem to respect it now moreso than when he first came into WWE.

and anyone rating him anything below an 8 is on CRACK. That is all.

[Supermark101]

Wrestling: 10
Work Rate: 10
Charisma/Mic Skills: 9
Entertainment: 10

Overall: 9.75, rounded to 9.8


:y:

[asphyXy]

Ring ability: 10
Overness: 8
Work rate: 10
Finisher: 9
Mic skill: 6
Overall: 8.6

[BigDaddyCool]

Beniot is a fag.

[Cool King]

8.5

[GODSON]

1, am on that good stuff because I need all the goodies to take a Benoit match.

[Funky Fly]

Voting closed, bitches.