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#3 vs Chris Benoit (SmackDown - December 2003)
Due to obvious reasons (due to the wrestler involved), this match is something WWE might not even acknowledge ever happening. But the fact remains that John Cena tapped out to Chris Benoit during a #1 contender's match for the WWE title during an episode of SmackDown in December 2003.
A match that was meant to decide the then WWE Champion Brock Lesnar's opponent after a messy Battle Royal finish the previous week, John Cena and Chris Benoit put on a solid match with Cena battling an injured right arm.
The ending of the match saw Big Show cause a distraction that led to Benoit applying his famous Crippler Crossface on Cena, who immediately tapped-out, making Chris the #1 contender for the WWE title.
Cena then went on to have a program with the Big Show for the United States Championship that culminated at WrestleMania 20, with Cena winning his first title in WWE.
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