WCW Boston, Round 2, Match 3: #5 Chris Benoit vs. #28 Mr. Kennedy
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This should be a walk in the park for benoit, as everytime he goes for a submission, Kennedy has to take 6 months off. If Benoit can stay off the internet during that time and not read about how amazing Kennedy is and feel about 6 inches tall, he'll win in a walk. Kennedy is the epitome of living off potential. HE HAS NEVER WON A DAMN THING! THe US title reign he had was when the belt somehow was more worthless than it is now. People will want to talk about how he beat all these world champions etc. How many of those were world title matches? How many world titles has Kennedy won? The same amount of times that he's had a classic match: ZERO. Vote for Benoit.
I have a feeling these two had a match at some point. I might just be thinking about Eddie Guerrero having his last match with Kennedy.
Anyway, I'm sure that someone can come up with a reason to vote Kennedy. Sure, Benoit was a world champion, but he wasn't a very good one. He never took on anyone of Batista's calibre, that's for sure. Kennedy did.
Vote Kennedy.
Anyway, I'm sure that someone can come up with a reason to vote Kennedy. Sure, Benoit was a world champion, but he wasn't a very good one. He never took on anyone of Batista's calibre, that's for sure. Kennedy did.
Vote Kennedy.
Chris Benoit. Easy choice, in my opinion. Benoit's was so much more awesome then Kennedy could ever dream of being, and if they were to meet in their primes, Kennedy would've gotten destroyed.
If this were a "Promo" match, then Kennedy would definitely win, but since it's not, dude doesn't stand a chance against a wrestler the caliber of Benoit.
If this were a "Promo" match, then Kennedy would definitely win, but since it's not, dude doesn't stand a chance against a wrestler the caliber of Benoit.
Thriller Ant
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Benoit wins this with little to no trouble. Kennedy has done little to nothing is his career, while Benoit held the Big Gold Belt in both WWE and WCW, and was about to become ECW champion when he died. The Crippler will take advantage of all of Kennedy's injuries, and will do everything in his power to re-injure him even worse than before. By the time Benoit is done, Kennedy will be begging for the match to end.
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Kennedy is good on the mic but I never found his wrestling skills that impressive. Benoit can have a good match with anybody and while Kennedy has beaten numerous world champions, Benoit has beaten them as well. Benoit locks on the Crossface and makes Kennedy submit.
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
these two have had a match before, and Benoit needed the help of the Deadman to put Kennedy away, If this is suppose to be a walk in the park for Benoit then why did he need Takers help the last time they met?
Same old shit different match, seems like the only negitive thing anyone can dig up on Kennedy is the fact that's gets hurt, dude injuries fucking happen, if you are going to use that argument to knock someone out of the tourny than Stone Cold, HBK, Edge, Batista, and Taker should all be out aswell, seeing as they all seem injury prone as fuck too
Yeah, especially considering how 90% of the IWC claims he's overrated
Somebody please explain to me how the fuck a guy can be overrated if everyone calls him overrated?, technically then wouldn't that make him underrated?
I guess winning MITB doesn't mean anything anymore...
So when a title is being defended regularly and constantly featured on TV, it's worth less than it is when it's not?
Because he did
Mighty NorCal
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I would be suprised if Kennedy gets one vote. No one, in actual real sound conscience can say Kennedy is half the preformer Benoit was. Name an area of pro wrestling. Benoit is better. Dont be ridiculous. vote Benoit.
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That is the 2nd part of the match between Kennedy and Benoit for the US title. The match itself was pretty equal til Undertaker showed up and then Benoit got the W. Personally, Benoit in his prime, takes out the injury prone Kennedy. But it's not a squash or an easy victory as that match proved.
That is the 2nd part of the match between Kennedy and Benoit for the US title. The match itself was pretty equal til Undertaker showed up and then Benoit got the W. Personally, Benoit in his prime, takes out the injury prone Kennedy. But it's not a squash or an easy victory as that match proved.
LOL at Team Kennedy in here as usual.
If you feel like voting for a guy taht one MITB, only to lose it two weeks later and do absolutely nothing with it, go on ahead. If you want to vote for a guy taht was trusted with the US Championship, go on ahead.
I'll be voting for the guy that won a WCW Championship, a World Heavyweight Championship in the Main Event of an Anniversary Wrestlemania, a guy that won the Royal Rumble starting at #1, a guy that has won said US Titles on 5 separate occasions in two different companies, a 3 time WCW TV Champion, and a 4 time Intercontinental Champion. I mean, if you want to vote for that 1 time US Champion over that resume, feel free.
Chris Benoit accomplished more in his career before he made it stateside then Kennedy ever could have hoped for. If you guys honestly at this point feel Kennedy is going to win more world titles then Benoit, then you're probably the only ones. Two > Zero.
If you feel like voting for a guy taht one MITB, only to lose it two weeks later and do absolutely nothing with it, go on ahead. If you want to vote for a guy taht was trusted with the US Championship, go on ahead.
I'll be voting for the guy that won a WCW Championship, a World Heavyweight Championship in the Main Event of an Anniversary Wrestlemania, a guy that won the Royal Rumble starting at #1, a guy that has won said US Titles on 5 separate occasions in two different companies, a 3 time WCW TV Champion, and a 4 time Intercontinental Champion. I mean, if you want to vote for that 1 time US Champion over that resume, feel free.
Chris Benoit accomplished more in his career before he made it stateside then Kennedy ever could have hoped for. If you guys honestly at this point feel Kennedy is going to win more world titles then Benoit, then you're probably the only ones. Two > Zero.
How could Benoit not win this one? Benoit beats Kennedy at everything in the ring. All Kennedy as over Benoit is his mic skills and I seriously doubt that will do shit to Benoit. Benoit is like a bulldog and will enver back down from a fight so why would he back down here?
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
A.) He won it on April 1st, and lost it on May 7th, where the fuck do you get two weeks?
B.)He wasn't able to do anything with it cause he got hurt, that's not his fault, no more than it was Edge's fault for getting hurt a couple months later while WHC
You do realize this could go either way, both were US champ
Too bad WWE doesn't acknowledge any of that anymore
And I shall, at least Kennedy is entertaining
Benoit spent 4 years in Canada and was in Japan for 5 years, Kennedy career is going on 4 years now, I would hope Benoit would accomplish more in 9 years than what Kennedy has in 4 years
I have never liked Benoit, and the whole murder debacle hasn't increased his stock in my eyes one bit. I like Kennedy for reasons that I cannot explain, but I'm going to look at the facts for this match.
Benoit won the Royal Rumble and subsequent championship at a time when the WWE roster was weak. The fact that his reign on Raw overlaps those of Eddie Guerrero and JBL on Smackdown completely proves this point. He then went on to lose the championship cleanly to a 24 year old heel. I cannot think of a time that a face has lost a major WWE title more pathetically ever.
His WCW reign is practically non existant, and came in the middle of WCW's devalu-a-thon. It was given to him so the Radicalz would stay, and they did not.
That leaves us with the reams of mid card titles that Benoit won, and comparing them to Kennedy's one. Firstly, you have to consider that Kennedy has been wrestling for about 15 years less than Benoit had when he died, so it is perhaps to be expected that he'd have won more.
That being said, Kennedy lost to Benoit in his prime, albeit thanks to the Undertaker.
Kennedy should lose this match, but not because he has acheived less than Benoit, he should lose because he never found a way to beat Benoit. Kennedy managed to beat the big names by things like countout and disqualification, but Benoit is technically savvy enough to keep him grounded and in the ring, and thus unable to create a DQ or countout situation. I think I could be swayed on this, but I have to say that at the moment I will be voting Benoit.
Benoit won the Royal Rumble and subsequent championship at a time when the WWE roster was weak. The fact that his reign on Raw overlaps those of Eddie Guerrero and JBL on Smackdown completely proves this point. He then went on to lose the championship cleanly to a 24 year old heel. I cannot think of a time that a face has lost a major WWE title more pathetically ever.
His WCW reign is practically non existant, and came in the middle of WCW's devalu-a-thon. It was given to him so the Radicalz would stay, and they did not.
That leaves us with the reams of mid card titles that Benoit won, and comparing them to Kennedy's one. Firstly, you have to consider that Kennedy has been wrestling for about 15 years less than Benoit had when he died, so it is perhaps to be expected that he'd have won more.
That being said, Kennedy lost to Benoit in his prime, albeit thanks to the Undertaker.
Kennedy should lose this match, but not because he has acheived less than Benoit, he should lose because he never found a way to beat Benoit. Kennedy managed to beat the big names by things like countout and disqualification, but Benoit is technically savvy enough to keep him grounded and in the ring, and thus unable to create a DQ or countout situation. I think I could be swayed on this, but I have to say that at the moment I will be voting Benoit.
Just taking a chance to re-iterate what I said in Kennedy's draft thread.
This is a guy that barely beat Miz in Round 1, and you seriously think he's going to beat Benoit?
This is one of the rare matches, where a finisher in the first 5 minutes will end it. The Crippler Crossface lives up to it's name. Kennedy never wrestles again, or at least we can hope.
It's...Baylariat!
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I'm with NorCal. Benoit would give him three German Suplexes, then Kennedy calls it a career...A CAREER!
Seriously, Kennedy isn't the wrestler everyone thinks he is. He didn't really do very much during his time in the squared circle. Benoit did. Not to mention Benoit was trained by Stu Hart in the dungeon. Kennedy was trained in OCW under Jim Cornette and Al Snow.
Benoit terrorizes Kennedy in a near squash.
Seriously, Kennedy isn't the wrestler everyone thinks he is. He didn't really do very much during his time in the squared circle. Benoit did. Not to mention Benoit was trained by Stu Hart in the dungeon. Kennedy was trained in OCW under Jim Cornette and Al Snow.
Benoit terrorizes Kennedy in a near squash.
I'm sorry, my attempt at sarcasm didn't go over that well. In that case, I will kneel before the almighty awesomeness that was a 5-6 week run with a briefcase. Epic, truly.
And yet he still didn't do anything with it. So since Benoit died, I could use the, Well he was supposed to be ECW Champion argument?
Except for one actually had a memorable run with his title shots and had good matches.
Too bad I'm Self Edumacated enough to realize what wrestling is without Vinnie Mac and Titan Towers rewriting history. And they are recognized, they just don't have the cool links when you click on them.
And Benoit Entertains me, while Kennedy doesn't, so...
Kennedy debuted in 1999, so I don't know where you're getting four years from that. Kennedy may have debuted and worked for the WWE for four years, but Benoit accomplished more in his first four years then Kennedy could ever of dreamed of. Kennedy is 33, and really has accomplished jack shit.
The matchup is pretty one sided. There is not one thing that Kennedy does better than Benoint. Benoint is smarter, stronger, and more technically sound. It may not be a squash, but I don't think Benoit will have too tough of a time with Mr. Kennedy................................................. Kennedy.
Wow Sam. I'm sorry, but that's the worst argument I've ever seen from you. I usually look forward to your stuff.
Yes, Kennedy had Guerrero's last match. He lost. Also, you tell me Kennedy took on people of Batista's caliber. Who did he beat, exactly? I'm not making a hypothetical question, I actually would like to know and see your argument supported with it.
Chris Benoit's in-ring skill, technicality, strength, and speed are far better than Kennedy's. If this were a battle of mic skills, sure. Kennedy would triumph easily. But it's not.
The Rabid Wolverine takes Kennedy (Kennedy...) out with the Crippler Crossface.
P.S. Kennedy should have already lost in Round 1.
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Kennedy has done next to nothing in the past 4 years while he's been in the WWE. He has a single United States Championship reign that lasted 42 days and that was two and a half years ago. He hasn't done a friggin' thing since. I know a lot of people really love this guy and, while I admit that he's a damn good talker, talking won't get it done when it comes down to the crunch.
Benoit has Kennedy completely outmatched physically and is a much better technical wrestler. As fragile as Kennedy already seems to be, he has little chance hanging with Benoit. Between the suspension and the injuries that keep Kennedy out of the ring, he simply hasn't proven himself. From what I've seen, if Benoit were to give him one really stiff chop, the guy might crack like porcelain. Benoit takes this without much of a fuss. I don't see how Kennedy made it past the 1st round to be quite honest.
Benoit has Kennedy completely outmatched physically and is a much better technical wrestler. As fragile as Kennedy already seems to be, he has little chance hanging with Benoit. Between the suspension and the injuries that keep Kennedy out of the ring, he simply hasn't proven himself. From what I've seen, if Benoit were to give him one really stiff chop, the guy might crack like porcelain. Benoit takes this without much of a fuss. I don't see how Kennedy made it past the 1st round to be quite honest.
I believe this will put all of the pieces together for all to see:
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This was Mr. Kennedy at the height of his kayfabe abilities, in the midst of his defeat of seven former world champions since arriving at Smackdown. Benoit had more or less taken a secondary role with the WWE, opting to instead make superstars, not win championships. And yet, he beats Mr. Kennedy.
Chris Benoit as either The Pegasus Kid, the Four Horseman, the Revolution member, the Radical, or the World Champion, would beat Mr. Kennedy. Too much talent, and too much ability. Not only that, but the Rabid Wolverine's use of submission would affect all of the surgically repaired limbs. Chris Benoit is the master of attacking otherwise obscure injuries. All of Kennedy's injuries are well documented, and could make a man like Chris Benoit salivate. How long could Kennedy's shoulder last in the crossface? I reason Benoit's technical abilities cause for Benoit win after perhaps 14 minutes of solid action.
Good match. Benoit will win, as predicted.
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This was Mr. Kennedy at the height of his kayfabe abilities, in the midst of his defeat of seven former world champions since arriving at Smackdown. Benoit had more or less taken a secondary role with the WWE, opting to instead make superstars, not win championships. And yet, he beats Mr. Kennedy.
Chris Benoit as either The Pegasus Kid, the Four Horseman, the Revolution member, the Radical, or the World Champion, would beat Mr. Kennedy. Too much talent, and too much ability. Not only that, but the Rabid Wolverine's use of submission would affect all of the surgically repaired limbs. Chris Benoit is the master of attacking otherwise obscure injuries. All of Kennedy's injuries are well documented, and could make a man like Chris Benoit salivate. How long could Kennedy's shoulder last in the crossface? I reason Benoit's technical abilities cause for Benoit win after perhaps 14 minutes of solid action.
Good match. Benoit will win, as predicted.
BENOIT has far superior mat skills, technical skills, and with his experience he can beat almost everyone in his prime form with the crippler crosssface. KENNEDY will put up a fight and match will last a good 10 minutes before benoit locks in the crossface for the win.
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