Those Booker/Benoit matches are some of my all time favorites! They seemed like legit competition, for sure. My buddies and I had so many Booker vs Benoit matches while playing WCW/NWO Revenge, back in day. Fun, fun times!

@chrisd7439

4 жыл бұрын

Same used to spam those Chops with Benoit

@kevinhousen2791

4 жыл бұрын

DDP was my guy. Just loved that Diamond cutter.

@BrianAwesome

4 жыл бұрын

I remember that they mimiced the 7 series with wCw Benoit, when Booker feuded with John Cena in the best of 5 series.

@justafanofnerdculture7602

4 жыл бұрын

kevin housen Most definitely, brutha! He was one of my favorites also, plus you could execute the diamond cutter 3 different ways.

@kevinhousen2791

4 жыл бұрын

@@justafanofnerdculture7602 Strong whip into the turnbuckle do the taunt and then the DDP.

It feels so good to see Chris get so much praise in this era. Respect to Booker for having the balls.

@rebeltvr6046

9 ай бұрын

As a wrestler, Benoit was a master, just like Book. I think everyone knows that.

Exactly Book!!! This is beautiful! You’re matches against Benoit was legendary especially the best of 7 series in the Ruthless Aggression era! Must never be forgotten! He was one of the best wrestlers if not the best of all time.

@jamirimaj6880

3 жыл бұрын

actually the WWE version was kinda dumbed down compared to the WCW version

@josephhaynes8960

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamirimaj6880 Truth

Those matches will always be apart of my childhood, growing up watching Booker T and Benoit in their prime, was something special that I could never get back.

@bwburksiii15

4 жыл бұрын

#facts

@ahardcorejedi2968

3 жыл бұрын

Back then, they were our heros-who knew that we'd be looking at them today outside of wrestling loving who they are in and out of the ring. I wish Eddie, and chris were still here and the ugly situation may have never transpired ( Eddie's passing in MY OWN Opinion, was the main ignition in starting Chris down a bad road, he lost his "soul best mate."

Benoit was amazing for sure Top 10 of all time No doubt

@kenarco3765

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely 💯💯💯

@LanceDa510

4 жыл бұрын

He so overrated. People use to boo him because he was so boring.

@ScarfaceFranckRibery

4 жыл бұрын

Best wrestler ever u mean

@robertodimas7429

4 жыл бұрын

@@LanceDa510 you dont know the true art of wrestling

@cjcotton3118

4 жыл бұрын

André you don’t know wrestling to call Chris Benoit. They call him the best technical wrestler to do it

Thank u Booker for showing the crippler some respect 💪🏿💪🏿

You have had a lot of classic moments with Chris in both companies!

@RealityOfWrestling

4 жыл бұрын

Really did

Booker is realist dude in wrestling!

Yes those matches was Awesome Booker T

BENOIT VS BOOKER T EPIC

My and my brother said in our teenage years that your rivalry with Chris was the best thing we had ever seen from watching your two in your wcw days! We’re 32 and 33 now so imagine having that type of impact on kids!

Never heard anyone say bad things about Chris up until the tragedy. Damn shame his legacy is tarnished.

@RealityOfWrestling

4 жыл бұрын

Danny changed it all :(

@kenarco3765

4 жыл бұрын

Well despite the Double murder Chris benoit as a Pro wrestler is Pure gold.

@starbreaker269

4 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Lockhart I heard he was a bully backstage and wasnt on good terms with the miz

@starbreaker269

4 жыл бұрын

@@draganlojanicich2604 benoit was apparently one of the locker room leaders along with bob holly and jbl And he modeled himself after his idol so it isnt far fetched

@brianchapman8531

3 жыл бұрын

Benoit was 2nd favorite wrestler ever, behind Bret. He's arguably the greatest in-ring tactician ever, but after hearing the details of the murder in Dark Side of the Ring, fuck that guy!

I’m glad to hear Booker say that because I been saying for years everyone who wrested The Crippler it was their best match. Look at the matches between him and Kurt Angle there the best matches ever

I was waiting every week on that best of seven series Grade A entertainment.

I remember the chop Benoit got him with in the corner. That was the loudest I ever heard.

@Chessbox09

3 жыл бұрын

Which one?😆

@sleazyfellow

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chessbox09 in one of this best of 7 series. Like a literal sweat cloud in the air after the chop hit and booker went down.

@DarrylBlackberry

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chessbox09 in WCW

Booker T is brilliant.

I love that Booker T isn’t afraid to talk about Chris. He knows the person that did those terrible things was gone before those things happened.

Great words Booker, RESPECT you all day long,I'm digging you mate, 👍👍,superb and Chris should never be forgotten.

Damn, I wanted to check out the beard, check out the shine, check out the gloss

@antoniocalhoun7816

4 жыл бұрын

Prince G-MO dude promotes the hell outta that man lol

@chrisd7439

4 жыл бұрын

You gotta click on a Rick Ross video this ain't it

@demariusoliver9434

4 жыл бұрын

Lol,haha

@BrianAwesome

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh, just look up some Isaac Hayes videos.

I remember looking at Benoit matches and was like damn this guy makes wrestling 👀 so real. He made it looked really easy to watch. RIP CB🙏

@EJDD1233

3 жыл бұрын

RIP? Are you serious? After what he did?

@skillzv

3 жыл бұрын

@@EJDD1233 I know what he did was wrong, but he was really great at his craft.

@seanlamar29

3 жыл бұрын

@@EJDD1233 srfu

@TribalChief9000

2 ай бұрын

​@@skillzvbut his soul never gonna rest in peace its a reality you know so just rip nancy and daniel people forget they don't have any choice he had but

They brought the best out of both each other

@RealityOfWrestling

3 жыл бұрын

💯

I liked Benoit so much and so did the fans. The flying headbutt the crippler crossface he did those so well. Daniel Bryan reminds me of him as he did those moves so I’m pretty sure he was a Benoit fan to. He’s also the main reason why the wellness program exists today and why they cracked down on steroid use.

@pk_1

4 жыл бұрын

There’s similarities but never compare Daniel Bryan with Benoit!

@cmbrock1

4 жыл бұрын

pk_1 I didn’t compare them I said he reminds me of him because he did the two finishing moves that Benoit did.

@franklingoodwin

4 жыл бұрын

@@pk_1 Daniel Bryan is a better wrestler than Benoit was though

@cmbrock1

4 жыл бұрын

Tha Real Mccoy he didn’t copy them from Benoit theirs no holds or moves that hasn’t been done before it’s just different names for them.

@franklingoodwin

4 жыл бұрын

@Tha Real Mccoy and Benoit copied the diving headbutt from the Dynamite Kid (and it ended badly for both of them). I personally don't want Daniel Bryan doing the diving headbutt at all

We need a Booker T DVD box set or a best of on the WWE network

@NotoriousCurtis

4 жыл бұрын

Yea but they wouldn't be able to show his matches with Benoit. Those were some of his best matches.

@demariusoliver9434

4 жыл бұрын

@@NotoriousCurtis right smh

@NotoriousCurtis

4 жыл бұрын

@@demariusoliver9434 Ik man so disappointing and also the Kurt Angle dvd they released in 2017 was good but his matches with Benoit were missing and Chris was Kurt's best opponent hands down.

@baggiesboy

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting 20 years for his DVD set. I doubt we will get it now. I don’t get why he never had one when you look how many sets rock, triple h, cena got. So many great matches you could put on there

@rebeltvr6046

2 жыл бұрын

For sure.

Chris was always one of my favorites since WCW day.

Royal Rumble 2004 is the greatest Rumble imo. Sadly no one talks about it.

@jrod132

3 жыл бұрын

In your opinion it is but it's not the the great royal rumble matches are 1992, 2001, 2005, and 2007. The 2004 match was good but 1992, 2001, 2005, and 2007 are better

@konsciouskid86

3 жыл бұрын

@@jrod132 very true

No doubt about that. That series was fire 🔥

Best way to do it organically off the feel of the crowd. Have a finish and paint the picture to make it mean something.

That best of seven series was awesome. It carried on for 2 weeks. Benoit helped show fans Booker T could really wrestle. You knew Benoit could wrestle but could Booker T, on that level Go move for move hold for hold with the master of the Crippler Cross face. And he did. I'm going to watch all seven right now.

Those Booker/Benoit matches are some of my all time favorites! They seemed like legit competition, for sure. My buddies and I had so many Booker vs Benoit matches while playing WCW/NWO Revenge, Back in day. Fun, fun times.

That Best of 7 series Booker T vs. Benoit is one of my favorite matches in WCW, but hardly anyone talks about it.

Benoit was one of my favorite wrestlers, his tenacity was unmatched!! I appreciate you saying that Booker!

Thank you for sharing Booker T

Book and Benoit, two of the best of all-time.

Those matches with Chris Benoit were absolutely iconic and I was lucky enough to be in attendance in Baltimore for Great American Bash 1998.

@RealityOfWrestling

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! :)

These matches set the standard so high, few have made it all the way to the top. These matches are beyond classic, they are icons. Wish everyone could have seen them!

I remember this series like it was yesterday. These matches put him on the map as a singles wrestler. I remember the Monday Night wars and this is ONE OF THOSE MATCHES, I had to see.

@RealityOfWrestling

3 жыл бұрын

Thank Marc

That was great wrestling

My favorite wcw rivalry remember watching them as a kid

@brianstone3722

4 жыл бұрын

Same here loved that series even as a kid

Yes Book !!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Chris. Benoit must be in the wwe hall of fame for his wrestling career . He a legend

@franklingoodwin

4 жыл бұрын

Never gonna happen, and neither should it

@RealityOfWrestling

4 жыл бұрын

Jose Alba never going to be able to happen. A great lesson that you can change your legacy in one day

I love this. Not bringing up at all the horrible things that happened in Benoits household. Just talking purely of him when he was a wrestler. Because majority of us know by now that, that was not the real actions of the man Chris Benoit himself. His brain literally turned to mashed potatoes the days of those unspeakable events. There wasn't anything left of his brain at the time clearly and I really do wish he and Eddie retired earlier especially Chris. Just a shame he couldn't get the help he needed for his obvious brain injury and its so horrible that his wife and young son had to go through that it's disgusting. But I respect, Booker that you can recount story's of you and Chris so peacefully without going down that route that's so cool man.

2:03 yes u were because u made me watch u wrestling.. thats a true wrestler.. with his own fighting style makes u watch him wrestle

Yeah, I was in seventh grade during the best of 7 series, and I remember vividly being a mark for that series. They played it very intensely, like veins bulging, trembling, just staring at each other like they were mega pissed.

Yes! The best of 7 were classic matches and they do not get talked about enough.

One of my favorite wrestling moments for sure great work for both and not mentioned enough

It feels so good to hear Benoit applauded.

This was 100% for me the turning point. Mysterio was my guy in WCW from 96. I liked Booker, but the best of 7 made me LOVE Booker.

@RealityOfWrestling

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro’

Anybody that watched Benoit, even before his "prime" or "peak" success knows he was absolutely one of the best EVER

No doubt Benoit was the TOTAL PACKAGE in ring! In many ways, he took what Dynamite Kid did to the next level. He wasn't a carbon copy of Dynamite. Took what he did the next level. And that's SAYING A LOT!!! He had literally HAD IT ALL IN RING!!! Technical skills, brawling, and pound for pound power in spades! He was also an elite high flyer too. BUT he used the other attributes I mentioned to wear down his opponents. And then would amp up the aerial shit if it called for it! And he came across as a legit badass on top of it!!! So when u combine ALL THAT SHIT, he manufactured ENOUGH IT FACTOR to be a world heavyweight champ in WCW and WWE. He didn't need to be flamboyant, a big guy, or over the top on the mic to get on that level! It was HUGE for the Horsemen to get him and Pillman at the time they did. They needed some elite younger star power in the group. Just wish Pillman could have lasted much longer with the Horsemen!

@karlparratt1730

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree. He was a poor mans version of the Dynamite Kid, and I believe Chris Benoit is in the top 5 wrestlers ever. That is how good the Dynamite kid was. Look at the speed and athletic ability of Dynamite, look at how real he made it seem. Dynamite is the greatest ever. Benoit idolised Tommy Billington and tried to emulate him. Shame what happened in the end with Benoit because his talents don't get talked about enough. Great wrestler

@reefbreaker9350

2 ай бұрын

​@@karlparratt1730no he was way better than dynamite kid. Benoit gained his wrestling skills mostly from the japanese dojo

@karlparratt1730

2 ай бұрын

@@reefbreaker9350 He was a cheap imitation of the Dynamite Kid, and Benoit is still in my top 5 of all time Greatest. The Dynamite Kid is the best to do it. Go back and watch, a lot of his greatest stuff isn't even on film. Way more intense and athletic than Benoit. Bret has been in with both of them plenty of times and he says Dynamite.

As a wrestler myself this tidbit of information is amazing.

The first program Benoit should have had after Wrestlemania 20 was with Booker T!!

Have to agree with Booker his and Benoit best out of 7 was the best out of his career,hands down

@RealityOfWrestling

3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite memories

Those were awesome matches

Love you Booker T, classy dude!

Glad to see Chris Benoit being acknowledged in a good light. Even the fans cheered which makes the blackout more sad.

Remember watching tht 7 series when i was a kid in the 90's.Mind blowing!!!,.Best Series of american wrestling i've ever seen.To this day.

Chris, Kurt, Eddie, Jericho, Rey

@Mr.Amazing1694

4 жыл бұрын

Add Bret & Owen to that list also

@eastwaters4082

4 жыл бұрын

Shawn too.

@christophernicholson20

4 жыл бұрын

How can you forget Ric flair and Sting and Taker you can't forget those three

@xanderpacino97

3 жыл бұрын

In terms of pure wrestling kurt and beniot were 2 of the very best in wwe history my top 5 would be 1. Chris beniot 2.kurt angle 3.hbk 4.undertaker 5. Daniel bryan

The greatest that can’t be mentioned

This is the series that got me into wrestling. Had no idea what I was watching or that I would still be into it at 31. Did something to me.

I remember those matches I enjoyed them

I was in attendance for 1 of the 7 matches. A Nitro from (Evansville, Ind)1998. Was a fan of both wrestlers going into the match and came away with both of them being on my must watch/fav lists

@RealityOfWrestling

3 жыл бұрын

Wow’ very cool Jokerz

Loved that Best of 7 series in WCW. Both Benoit and Booker were at the top of their game Major kudos to Booket for recognizing how good Benoit was.

@RealityOfWrestling

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim for the years of support

Their best of 7 in WCW AND WWE were amazing.

Benoit was my favourite ❤️

best of 7 - best match. Also loved Benoit vs Kurt Angle.

The WWE should’ve had something like that between Buddy Murphy and Alister Black,instead of Black sweeping the series.

@chrisd7439

4 жыл бұрын

They're trying to put black over which is confusing because buddy almost beat Roman 🤔

@prince_sach50

4 жыл бұрын

ikr

he meant da Vinci

Best of Seven = Epic

This best of 7 was got me into watching wrestling

@RealityOfWrestling

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

As bad as the Chris Benoit story ended the man was a very good wrestler Benoit the wrestler should be in the HOF

@eidderfnoraa3647

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely not. Because Benoit the wrestler is still the Benoit who took out his entire family and himself. Sadly, his last few days overshadowed his accomplishments in life and he deserves no glory in death. Anyone wanting him inducted into the HOF imo isn’t thinking it through completely.

@mike8pow

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah tell that to Scott hall who killed somebody and still a hall of famer Google it

@irvinmorales1409

3 жыл бұрын

@@mike8pow Dude, Scott Hall killed a guy in self defense and it was obvious he was traumatized by it. As much of a Benoit fan I was, his actions overshadow anything he ever did in the ring.

And, to think, we couldn't dare have this best of 7 in today's wrestling because the fans bitch and moan about rematches when wrestlers have two matches against each other. Fans today just don't understand how great old school wrestling was.

Never payed much attention to the best of seven series they had in WWE. I thought there was no way they could top there outstanding best of 7 series in WCW. After all these years I might go back and watch all 14 again on WWE Network but that will be some slog. 😂

Proud to be a Benoit fan. People should stop saying he is murderer blah blah. If Chris Benoit son David can move on (FYI he was the most affected person from that tragedy) why not us?

@Deathpool_04

4 жыл бұрын

You can’t blame people for saying he’s a murderer since it’s true but yeah, it does annoying when people would only come into Benoit related things jams constantly bringing it up to Benoit fans as if they didn’t already know that. I don’t forgive him or excuse what he did. I’m not sure how he was as a person but as a wrestler, he was one of the greats. I will always hate what he ended up doing at the end of his life. Nobody in their right minds liked what he did in his last days.

@Ram-by3lr

4 жыл бұрын

@@Deathpool_04 I just people & WWE move on just like Chris's son David. We all know Chris wasn't a born murderer and shit happens. It wasn't him. Having said that I hope all 3 are in better place now.

@Deathpool_04

4 жыл бұрын

Ram I feel so sorry for David because of how he to deal with what his father did and he loved all three of them. I do have to be honest though, it seems like he doesn’t fully understand or grasp what his father did. I don’t blame him for loving his father but he has this hope that his father was just out of it when he did it. We don’t know why he did it. His father for whatever reason, tied up his wife first and strangled her when he pinned pinned her down. I’m not sure if he realized what he did but that doesn’t seem like he was out of it. He also killed his half brother too. I don’t think Benoit killed Daniel because he hated him or something but I think he killed him out of love because he didn’t want him to live the rest o his life knowing his father/hero had killed his mother. He probably thought it would’ve broken Daniel and David is basically living the life that Daniel would’ve where people are constantly bringIng up his father did and saying negative things like “oh he will end up like his dad”. Anyway, it seems like he regretted the decision too because he tried bringing his son back with religious stuff he found on his computer but of course, it couldn’t happen. His dad did some very terrible things and it sucks because we will never know what happened or why he did it. He took that truth to the grave with him. WWE and the people just can’t move on from him and see him in a more positive way because a lot of people would be seeing it as “glorifying as murderer”, especially when he killed a child and how it would be disrespectful to the families that have to grieve over what he did. If Benoit was again that “good person” people thought he was and knew what he did was wrong, he would be fine with how they treat him. If he was a guy who loved the business that much, he wouldn’t want what he did to hurt the business even more. He’d accept not being in the HOF and so on. Everyone moving on from what he did isn’t going to happen anytime soon. I like to think he is heaven but with what he did, I don’t know. Sure, he wasn’t a born murderer and I think if he was ever a “good person”, he would’ve despised that he did something like that but when you kill two innocent people which he still did. especially when one of them is a child, Heaven is going to be very difficult to get into. A lot of things he had may or may not have been twisting his mind though but again, we don’t if it really played a part in what he did. I could only say now is, god rest their souls.

@Ram-by3lr

4 жыл бұрын

@@Deathpool_04 wow that's a longest reply I ever got in my life. You have covered most of things about Benoit tragedy but have you heard Chris got very religious by end of his life. Probably killed Daniel as part of mercy killing act. Death note also found in one of Bible belong to him. Wish we had answers.

@Deathpool_04

4 жыл бұрын

Ram I type a lot of long comments. I just can’t put all of that in a shorter comment. I tried to give my full thoughts and theories about it. I just didn’t want to forget anything that I wanted to you. I do that with a lot of comments. Anyway, yeah, I saw that he got very religious at the end of his life or at least after what he did. His sister in law said he wasn’t really subscribed to any religion but he did seem to believe in something though and if I remember right, he was subscribed to a different religion but I forgot what it was. I think it was a European religion or somewhere around there but I could be wrong.

Matches were fucking epic

🤝🙏

Booker T you had a lot of good matches with Chris Benoit

their matches where up there with any other wrestlers in history

Benoit was probably a top 5 performer in the ring. His legacy of course is tainted because of horrific acts he committed but he was sensational.

Benoit was my favorite wrestler growing up

@TJ-fe7rr

Жыл бұрын

Me too. Just an absolute beast in the ring

Benoit was da truth💯

They tried to re do it for wwe audiences but it wasnt the same for what ever reason. Its not like they suddenly got older but they just didnt click the same.

@kevinhousen2791

4 жыл бұрын

It was the build up. Benoit didn't respect Booker as A singles wrestler. On of the best stories ever told was this Best of 7

@Filthyfinesse

4 жыл бұрын

The WWE redo, Booker was fighting injured.

Chris Benoit is/was the greatest wrestler of all time...

...👊😼😾👍!!!2020

I wonder who the 3 wrestlers would be that Booker would not wanna face in a street fight who could whip him for real. I think Haku would be one of them.

I liked their WWE best of 7 until Booker got injured

@RealityOfWrestling

3 жыл бұрын

They were working on a DVD showing the first series then the new series but the injury happen

Leonardo Dicaprio? Didn't he mean Leonardo Da Vinci?

@xxxmetalslugga5349

4 жыл бұрын

He said Shakespeare Leonardo DiCaprio played Romeo which is a Shakespearean play . Da Vinchi is an artist and inventor who existed more than 100s of years before him

i like and respect booker but i will NEVER applaud the name Chris Benoit

@joeymathew4535

2 жыл бұрын

True - what happened was horrific. However in the ring - Benoit was the best showboat of them all.

And they ran it back in wwe lol

They should have help chris smh

Why did they do seven matches I couldn't even be arsed watching one match let alone seven

God bless a murderer?

@Jj-pb5mo

3 жыл бұрын

Bro he knew Benoit way better than you. He probably knows Benoit wasn’t himself in his final days which is why he said God bless him. And before you start an argument with me, do your research properly on the situation and maybe you ll understand why so many people have sympathy for him and his family

@BRONXBX

3 жыл бұрын

He dies and everyone thinks he was their closes friend and his actual friend's opinions are wrong lol I don't care what they're take on the Benoit situation is if a wrestler that knew him personally says RIP or God Bless then you can't say shit about it lmao

Wrestlers and their fans are so forgiving when it comes to people that murder their families