10 WWE Stars Who No-Showed Events
These 10 WWE stars didn't turn up for work
4. Chris Benoit
Up until the weekend beginning June 22, 2007, Chris Benoit was considered a model professional within the wrestling industry.
Few worked harder than the Rabid Wolverine, who had managed to keep up with WWE’s insane itinerary for years, even after undergoing surgery to repair a broken neck. It struck his co-workers as odd, then, when he didn’t show up to a house show in Beaumont, Texas on June 24.
He had told people in the WWE office that he wouldn’t be able to get there because he had been tending to his family, who were experiencing a severe case of ‘food poisoning’.
It was uncharacteristic of Benoit, though he assured WWE personnel that he would focus his efforts on getting to Houston for the Vengeance pay-per-view the next night.
He didn’t make that event, either, which set alarm bells ringing backstage.
On the night, WWE made the call to replace Benoit with John Morrison, who went on to beat CM Punk for the vacant ECW Title.
The altered title match soon became of very little consequence when the true reason for Benoit’s no-shows emerged.
