Isn't it all staged?
Roughly 75% of it is preplanned by "creative", run by Vince for approval, "story boarded" via discussion with retired wrestlers on the payroll who mediate with the active talent who make it televised. Some talent, like Hulk Hogan, wield contract clauses that enable them to appear superhuman while putting in little actual work - based on how much increased gate and buy-rate Vince or any other promoter believes such a prima dona might garner compared to the likely lesser profits without them. It's a business first and foremost.
Chris Benoit was sent to the red-headed stepchild of Vince's empire, ECW, with the mission of reviving it's strength after losing much of it's talent and all of it's appeal to the hardcore-style audience that built it to an independent juggernaut under Paul E. Dangerously. Benoit helped Paul E. gain that legitimacy while he was there in ECW's formative stage - probably wondering where his checks were like most of the other wrestlers there.
In the early 1990s Chris got good checks from Ted Turner in WCW while he mastered his art (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Dean Melenko, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho and more were unaminously behind him). Benoit got the rarified honor of filling the Tully Blanchard position of a revived version of the Four Horsemen.
Chris, Dean and Eddie smelled horse crap when Turner sold his company to people who considered their trade a freak show. They followed Jericho's lead to Vince's WWF/WWE nearly a year before Vince bought out WCW, avoiding the "take it or leave it" deals the wrestlers lucky enough to get offered had to accept. Chris "Ben-Oyt's" (as actual great friend Jericho humorously pronounced) rocket was unstoppable after that. Chris put the better interests of the business, the safety/welfare of his coworkers and mindful training of the newbies above his own concerns without hesitation. I truly hope a decent explanation comes of this. There was a disgruntled ex-husband in the mix...or was the Dungeon Master merely a character. That fight through the bathroom had some really acidic comments between gasps.
Yes, it is all scripted. However, a Title run — even scripted — is sort of a big deal. You’re carrying the standard for whatever brand you’re wrestling for, and have to “step up,” so to speak.