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) ***
2007
- W/ The Hardy Boyz vs. MVP & MNM (No Way Out) ***1/4
- Vs. MVP – WWE United States Championship (WrestleMania 23) ***
- Vs. MVP – WWE United States Championship (Backlash) ***
- 2/3 Falls: Vs. MVP – WWE United States Championship (Judgment Day) ***1/4
TOP FIVE
5. Triple H, Shawn Michaels (Backlash 2004)
4. Chris Jericho (Royal Rumble 2001)
3. Edge & Rey Mysterio (No Mercy 2002)
2. Kurt Angle (Royal Rumble 2003)
1. Triple H, Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania XX)
Averag rating per year
- 2000 – 3.11
- 2001 – 4
- 2002 – 3.83
- 2003 – 3.28
- 2004 – 3.64
- 2005 – 3.69
- 2006 – 3.42
- 2007 – 3.13
Overall average rating
3.51/5
Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’llbe looking back at former WWE Champion, Eddie Guerrero.