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Line 106: After defeating Guerrero, [[Alvin Burke, Jr.\|Montel Vontavious Porter]] (MVP) claimed that he was the best man to hold the US title, so he challenged Benoit for the title at [[WrestleMania 23]], where Benoit retained.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/wrestlemania23.html\|title=WrestleMania 23 Results\|accessdate=2007-05-14}}</ref> Their rivalry continued with similar results again at [[WWE Backlash#2007\|Backlash]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/backlash07.html\|title= Backlash 2007 Results\|accessdate=2007-05-14}}</ref> At [[WWE Judgment Day#2007\|Judgment Day]], however, MVP gained the upperhand and the title in a two-out-of-three falls match. On the [[June 11]] edition of ''RAW'', Benoit was drafted from ''SmackDown!'' to ''ECW'' as part of the [[WWE Brand Extension\|2007 WWE Draft]], after losing a match to [[Franklin Lashley\|Bobby Lashley]]. Benoit won his [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)\|ECW]] debut match teaming up with [[CM Punk]] and defeating [[Elijah Burke]] and [[Monty Brown\|Marcus Cor Von]] by disqualfication. With Lashley's draft to RAW, the ECW World Championship was vacated. Benoit then defeated Elijah Burke to be a contender for the vacated Championship and will face fellow contender CM Punk at Vengeance. However, Chris Benoit was replaced by [[Johnny Nitro]] for the ECW Championship match at Vengeance, as Benoit was not there due to personal issues, stemming from the death of his wife Nancy. <!-- DO NOT ADD WEEK BY WEEK EVENTS, RUMORS OR SPECULATION. THIS INCLUDES ANNOUNCED MATCHES THAT HAVE NOT YET OCCURRED. WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A NEWS SITE BUT AN ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA. Please see the articles "Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not" and "Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles" for more information. --> ==In wrestling==