Benoit vs. Booker T feud in WCW

[The Naitch]

summary please

[The One]

Best of 7 series to get a shot at Fit Finley's TV Championship...some of the best WCW matches ever.

[Joey Slugs]

Here you go:

Around April 1997 Benoit started wrestling against Booker T for the TV title. In the first two matches the time limit ran out. So Benoit and Booker T met at Spring Stampede in a match without a time limit to deternmine the winner. During the match it looked like Benoit was going to win since he had the Crippler Crossface on Booker T and he was tapping out, but the referee was knocked out. As Benoit was getting the referee up Booker T nailed him with the Harlem Sidekick to the victory. But that however wasn't the end to the Benoit/Booker T feud.


Benoit won the TV title at a house show, but a day latter he lost it back to Booker T. But one day after that Benoit once agian won the title at the Profiles in Pain pay-per-listen show. But once again the next day at another house show Benoit lost the title back to Booker T. A day after that on Nitro Benoit caused Booker T to lose the title to Fit Finaly. The next week Benoit defeated Booker T in a match to decide who was going to get the title shot at Slamboree. However during the match Booker T came to ring side and caused Benoit to lose to Fit Finaly. After that Benoit and Booker T had a best of seven series to decide who would get the title shot against Finaly at the Great American Bash.


For most of the series Benoit lead, but somehow they became tied going into the seventh match. Before the match however Bret Hart offered Benoit a spot in nWo Hollywood. The match was a hard one, but near the end it looked like Booker T was going to win, until Bret Hart came down with a chair, and hit Booker T with it. The ref didn't see it so he started counting Booker T out, but Benoit who did see it told the ref what happened. As a result Benoit lost the match on a DQ. But it wasn't the end yet. Later in the show Booker T came out and said he didn't want to win the match that way and wanted one last match with Benoit to decide the true winner of the best of seven. Benoit and Booker T faced off at the GAB and the winner would face Finaly later that night for the title. Booker T won the match in another hard battle and later when on the reclaim the title.


The next night on Nitro Benoit called Booker T to the ring to congratuate Booker T, but a jumpy Stevie Ray got mad at Benoit and jumped him. As Booker T tried to pull his brother away, Mongo, who was out for months with a ingury, ran to the ring to save Benoit. The reformation of the 4 Horsement had begun.

[Corkscrewed]

Wow, crazy. I only knew the general summary, but that sounds awesome!

Nice to reminisce back when wrestling angles and feuds were well thought out and integrated into each other.

[hb2k]

Basically, after tempers flared following a couple of matches featuring the two, Chris Benoit did a promo explaining his true purpose - he wanted to have sex with Booker T's wife. but not just any kind of sex, but that kind of...beastiality sex....that perverted sex with her. You see, Benoit had a fetish for guttersluts....

Just kidding, nobody would be as stupid as to put a serious wrestler in a storyline like that.

[KayfabeMan]

This started off as a good thread.

Then someone came and ruined it. Not pointing any fingers though.












I meant Corkscrewed of course :shifty:

[KayfabeMan]

Yeah, the BO7 Series was TREMENDOUS.

I still have all the matches on tape, and a few of their matches that aren't from that series. Awesome stuff. Both guys really stepped up to the plate when WCW did what WWE isn't smart enough to do - GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO SHINE. Awesome :y:

[OssMan]

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