Chris Benoit

A playable professional wrestler character featured in WCW and WWE video games during the late 1990s and 2000s.

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Games

1997–2000

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About

Chris Benoit appears as a playable roster member in wrestling titles such as WCW vs. the World (1997) and WCW/nWo Thunder (1999). He also features as a playable driver in the vehicular combat spin-off WWE Crush Hour and is the subject of the UMD video release Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story (2005).

During his tenure in World Championship Wrestling, his digital counterpart in WCW vs. the World showcased a hybrid style of Japanese junior heavyweight wrestling and power moves, reflecting his real-world international career. By the time of WCW nWo Thunder, his character's moveset evolved to feature his signature diving headbutt and German suplexes, capturing his rise in the promotion's upper-midcard.

His inclusion in WWE Crush Hour represented a departure from traditional wrestling simulations. In this title, his character operated a heavily armored, silver muscle car equipped with a specialized "super weapon" that reflected his aggressive in-game persona. The 2005 UMD release, Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story, utilized the PlayStation Portable's proprietary format to deliver a documentary and match compilation directly to handheld console users, bridging the gap between gaming hardware and sports entertainment media. Due to the tragic events surrounding his death in 2007, these specific software releases represent a closed era of licensing, as the character was permanently excluded from all future interactive entertainment products and retrospective digital re-releases.