Shelton J. Benjamin is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, performing on the Raw brand. He is also known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah through their working relationship under the ring name Shelton X Benjamin. Benjamin started his professional wrestling career in WWE’s developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. He then moved to the main roster in 2002 where he formed an alliance with Kurt Angle and Charlie Haas, known as Team Angle. He returned to WWE on SmackDown to team up with Chad Gable in 2017.
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Shelton J. Benjamin is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, performing on the Raw brand. He is also known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah through their working relationship under the ring name Shelton X Benjamin. Benjamin started his professional wrestling career in WWE’s developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. He then moved to the main roster in 2002 where he formed an alliance with Kurt Angle and Charlie Haas, known as Team Angle. During his tenure with the company, he won the Intercontinental Championship three times, the United States Championship once, the WWE Tag Team Championship twice with Haas and the wwe 247 championships three times. He returned to WWE on SmackDown to team up with Chad Gable in 2017. He also works for American promotion Ring of Honor under his real name. Benjamin was a two-sport athlete in college. He won an NJCAA championship in both track and field and collegiate wrestling. After attending junior college, he completed his degree from the University of Minnesota. Benjamin thought about trying to qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics but decided instead to pursue a professional Wrestling career. In 2000, Benjamin signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation and was placed in its developmental territory. He made his WWE television debut on Sunday Night Heat as a face. He joined WWE’s Smack down! brand as a heel on the December 26, 2002 episode of Smackdown! forming an alliance as their mentor known as \”Team Angle\”. Their first televised match together in WWE was on the January 2, 2003 episode ofSmackDown! against Edge and Chris Benoit.
Benjamin then wrestled at several house shows for the main WWE roster and eventually made his TV debut on Saturday Night Heat. On March 22, 2004, Benjamin was drafted to Raw as a part of The Hurt Business alongside MVP, Bobby Lashley and Cedric Alexander. The pair competed together in a Fatal Four-Way match for the Greatest Tag Championship at WrestleMania XX. They lost the titles to Los Guerreros on September 18, 2004 after Benjamin suffered a legitimate knee injury during the match. The two then went on to compete in their first WrestleMania match at Wrestlemania XIX, retaining the WWETag Team Championship in a Triple Threat match against Los Guer reros, and ChrisBenoit and Rhyno. They later lost the title to Eddie Guerrero and his new partner Tajiri in a ladder match on Judgment Day on the June 12, 2005 episode of Raw. Benjamin briefly went to North Carolina State University on a full football scholarship in 1995. After graduation, he served as an assistant wrestling coach at his alma mater and trained with future tag team partner Brock Lesnar. Together, they were known as the \”Minnesota Stretching Crew,\” and they held the OVW Southern Tag team Championship on three occasions. The first two reigns occurred during February and July 2001. They won the title for a third time from Rico Constantino and The Prototype on October 29, 2001. After Lesnar was called up to themain roster in November 2001, Benjamin formed a tag team with Redd Dogg Begnaud called ‘The Dogg Pound’
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