What if Chris Benoit did not die? Benoit commited suicide on the 25th of June 2007, which was the same date as Night of Champions 2007, that night a CM Punk vs Chris Benoit match was planned for the ECW Championship, it was planned for Benoit to win but when he didn't show up to the arena and John Morrison (Johnny Nitro at that time) ended up replacing Benoit. Morrison won the title and went on to have the title for a few months and had some great matches with CM Punk on ECW. If Benoit never died Morrison may have never won the title or had his name changed from Johnny Nitro to John Morrison. WWE were impressed with Morrison from this and this may be one of the reasons Morrison is as good as he is now. Morrison went on to team with The Miz which did wonders for both their careers, as they were considered the top team in 2008, if it wasn't for this team The Miz would probably not be in WWE today, now he is one of the top stars of Raw. If Benoit didn't die Morrison would not have been rushed into the ECW title picture he probably be similar to how Cody Rhodes is now, as Morrison was teaming with people like Kenny earlier that month. Possibly WWE didn't have to do much re writing to the storyline they possibly just replaced Morrison with Benoit, so we may have seen what WWE had planned but with Morrison not Benoit. This storyline was good for CM Punks career but I think he would have been as impressive if he wrestled with Benoit. Even though what Benoit did to his family was wrong, he was talented in the ring one of the best technical wrestlers in WWE history.
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