Editing Chris Benoit (section)

=== New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1986–1999) ===
Upon arriving to [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW), Benoit spent about a year training in their "New Japan Dojo" with the younger wrestlers to improve his abilities. While in the dojo, he spent months doing strenuous activities like push-ups and floor sweeping before stepping into the ring. He made his Japanese debut in 1986 under his real name. In 1989, he started wearing a mask and assuming the [[Ring name|name]] The Pegasus Kid. Benoit said numerous times that he originally hated the mask, but it eventually became a part of him. While with NJPW, he came into his own as a performer in critically acclaimed matches with luminaries like [[Jushin Thunder Liger]], [[Shinjiro Otani]], [[Eddie Guerrero|Black Tiger]], and [[El Samurai]] in their junior heavyweight division.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

In August 1990, he won his first major championship, the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]], from Jushin Thunder Liger. He eventually lost the title in November 1990 (and in July 1991 in Japan and in November 1991 in Mexico, his [[Luchas de Apuestas|mask]]) back to Liger,<ref name="Titles"/> forcing him to reinvent himself as Wild Pegasus. Benoit spent the next couple years in Japan, winning the [[Best of the Super Juniors]] tournament twice in [[Best of the Super Juniors#1993|1993]] and [[Best of the Super Juniors#1995|1995]]. He went on to win the [[Super J-Cup (1994)|inaugural]] [[Super J-Cup|Super J-Cup tournament]] in 1994, defeating Black Tiger, [[Gedo (wrestler)|Gedo]], and [[The Great Sasuke]] in the finals. He wrestled outside New Japan occasionally to compete in Mexico and Europe, where he won a few regional championships, including the [[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship|UWA Light Heavyweight Championship]]. He held that title for over a year, having many forty-plus minute matches with [[Villano III]].{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}