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Shelton Benjamin (born July 9, 1975
in Orangeburg, South Carolina) is an American professional wrestler and former
amateur wrestler now working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s RAW
brand.
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Statistics
Stage names
Shelton Benjamin
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 245 lbs.
Born July 9, 1975
Hometown Orangeburg, South Carolina
Trained by Ohio Valley Wrestling
Debut 2000
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Career
Benjamin was Brock Lesnar's tag
team partner (also a wrestling teammate and roommate at The University of
Minnesota) in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). Together they were known as The
Minnesota Stretching Crew and held the OVW Tag Team Titles on three occasions.
After Lesnar was called up to WWE, Benjamin formed a tag team with Redd Dogg
Begnaud (later known as Rodney Mack in WWE) to again hold the OVW Tag Team
Titles.
He joined WWE as a heel along with
Charlie Haas in 2003 as Team Angle, with former Olympic gold-medallist wrestler
and former WWE Champion Kurt Angle as their mentor. After splitting with Angle,
the two referred to themselves as The World's Greatest Tag Team until they were
separated when Benjamin was moved from the company's SmackDown! show to WWE RAW.
Upon arriving on RAW, he was
immediately confronted by the show's top heel, Triple H. Triple H accused him of
laughing when he was transferred to SmackDown! via the Draft Lottery (a
subsequent trade sent Triple H back to RAW the following day). Triple H attacked
Benjamin backstage, which led to a match in which Benjamin scored a tremendous
upset by pinning the former World Heavyweight Champion. Two more victories
followed, and Benjamin quickly became a face singles star.
Benjamin defeated Ric Flair at
Backlash 2004, and continued being pushed as an up-and-coming star. An injury
briefly put Benjamin out of action, but he came back in the fall of 2004,
shortly before the Taboo Tuesday pay-per-view. He was voted in over fourteen
other superstars to get an WWE Intercontinental Championship shot against Chris
Jericho, and succeeded in defeating him for the belt on October 19, 2004,
holding it for eight months.
On November 22, 2004 Benjamin
appeared in a comedy vignette with Trish Stratus and Vince McMahon which
parodied a controversial Monday Night Football incident on November 15 featuring
Desperate Housewives actress Nicolette Sheridan flashing wide receiver Terrell
Owens. After Benjamin rejected Stratus' advances, McMahon appeared and asked
Benjamin if he was unaware that he was an African American, as "everybody knows,
African Americans are attracted to Canadian white women with broken noses."
During his reign as the
Intercontinental Champion, Benjamin has been impressive, defeating challengers
such as Christian and Maven, even successfully retaining the title at Backlash
in a return match with Chris Jericho. With this victory over Jericho, Benjamin
beat Randy Orton's record for reigning the longest as the Intercontinental
Champion. Benjamin would then lost his title to Carlito on June 20, 2005, when
Carlito held the ropes to get the pin.
Finishing and signature moves
T-Bone Powerslam (Exploder suplex)
Benjamin Frostkick (Sidekick)
Flying lariat
Dragon whip
Stinger Splash (Running corner body
splash)
Top rope springboard bulldog
Samoan drop
Championships and accomplishments
World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Intercontinental Champion
October 19, 2004 - June 20, 2005
WWE Tag Team Champion (2)
February 24, 2003 - May 18, 2003
(with Charlie Haas)
July 1, 2003 - September 16, 2003
(with Charlie Haas)
Ohio Valley Wrestling
OVW Tag Team Champion (4)
February 13, 2001 - April 22, 2001
(with Brock Lesnar)
May 15, 2001 - July 14, 2001 (with
Brock Lesnar, vacated due to injury)
October 13, 2001 - November 7, 2001
(with Brock Lesnar)
July 17, 2002 -- (with Redd Dogg
Begnaud, vacated)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Tag Team of the Year Award,
with Charlie Haas (2003)
PWI Top 500 wrestlers: ranked 9th
(2005)
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