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The best Canadian of 2004
The SLAM! Readers and SLAM! Wrestling staff make their year-end picks
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Best Canadian Wrestler
Oh Canada, what a year it was. Just about every Canadian on a major
roster held a title belt this year, with some distinguishing themselves by having
career years. This was not an easy pick for most.
What We Thought
Jason Clevett - Chris Benoit. All the reasons why he was the best
wrestler make Benoit the obvious choice. Still, Canadians have been proudly
represented in both the indies and in bigger companies. It’s awesome that so many
talented Canadians are getting opportunities to show the world what we already
know: Canadians totally rule.
Yves Leroux - Chris Benoit. How can you vote for anyone else than
Chris Benoit? Edge made a valiant effort, but only in the last third of the
year.
Bob Kapur - Chris Benoit. See comments for Best Male Wrestler
Corey David Lacroix - Petey Williams. He was given the chance to
show what he can do in the ring and delivered. He is the break-out talent of
2004 with his crisp execution, capped with the finisher of the year, The
Canadian Destroyer. The sky's the limit for this great athlete.
Jon Waldman - Chris Benoit. This was another close one in my eyes,
as Trish or Chris Jericho could have taken the title; but when it comes right
down to it, no Canadian born grappler had a better year than Benoit. The Rabid
Wolverine showed that this "vanilla midget" could pop a crowd bigger than
most wrestlers simply by going out and wrestling night in and night out. Big
props also go out to Christian, who was easily the most improved Canadian
wrestler this year.
What Our Readers Thought:
6. Best Canadian Wrestler
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Graph |
Count |
Percent |
| Chris Benoit |
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919 |
63.5 |
| Chris Jericho |
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247 |
17.1 |
| Edge |
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110 |
7.6 |
| Petey Williams |
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44 |
3.0 |
| Christian |
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39 |
2.7 |
| Trish Stratus |
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30 |
2.1 |
| Rene Dupree |
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14 |
1.0 |
| Gail Kim |
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10 |
0.7 |
| Other |
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9 |
0.6 |
| -- Blank -- |
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23 |
1.6 |
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