Editing Chris Benoit (section)

== Early life ==
Benoit was born in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], the son of Michael and Margaret Benoit. He grew up in [[Edmonton|Edmonton, Alberta]], from where he was billed throughout the bulk of his career.<ref name="bitchute.com"/> He had a sister who lived near Edmonton.<ref>Mentioned by his father in an interview with [[Larry King]] on [[CNN]].</ref>

During his childhood and early adolescence in Edmonton, Benoit idolized [[Dynamite Kid|Tom "Dynamite Kid" Billington]]<ref name="lunney">{{cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive2000/jan14_ins.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629093200/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive2000/jan14_ins.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 29, 2012 |title=Benoit inspired by the Dynamite Kid, Crippler adopts idol's high-risk style |author=Lunney, Doug |access-date=May 10, 2007 |date=January 15, 2000}}</ref><ref name="maxim">{{cite web |url=http://www.maxim.com/entertainment/last-days-chris-benoit |title=The Last Days of Chris Benoit |last=Lewis |first=Michael |date=November 14, 2007 |website=[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]] |access-date=September 15, 2016 |archive-date=September 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925003015/http://www.maxim.com/entertainment/last-days-chris-benoit |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Bret Hart]];<ref name="maxim"/><ref name="bretdvd">{{cite AV media |year=2005 |title=[[Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be]] |medium=DVD |time=59 & 118 minutes |publisher=[[WWE Home Video]] |quote=Growing up as a fan, and once I began wrestling, I always looked up to him; I always emulated him [...] Bret Hart, the man that I spent so many years looking up to, idolizing; he was somewhat of a role model to me.}}</ref> at twelve years old, he attended a local wrestling event at which the two performers "stood out above everyone else".<ref name="lunney"/> Benoit trained to become a professional wrestler in the [[Hart wrestling family|Hart family]] "[[Hart Dungeon|Dungeon]]", receiving education from family patriarch [[Stu Hart]]. In-ring, Benoit emulated both Billington and Bret Hart,<ref name="lunney"/><ref name="bretdvd"/> cultivating a high-risk style and physical appearance more reminiscent of the former<ref name="lunney"/> (years later, he adopted Hart's own "[[Sharpshooter (professional wrestling)|Sharpshooter]]" hold as a finishing move).{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}