History Wrestling / ChrisCandido

Christopher Barrett Candito (March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Spring Lake, UsefulNotes/NewJersey under the name Chris Candido. He started his career as a teenager, training under his grandfather Chuck "Popeye" Richards, working for [[Wrestling/LarrySharpe "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe]]'s World Wrestling Association in New Jersey, It was during this time that he met and fell in love with Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch, who would be both his onscreen valet/manager and RealLife girlfriend and later wife. Candido first got noticed while wrestling in Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} Eastern Championship Wrestling]] as a member of the TagTeam the Suicide Blondes, who would have two runs with the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html NWA ECW Tag Team Titles]] until Candido left the promotion. He then turned up in Wrestling/JimCornette's Wrestling/{{SMW}}, which is where Sytch, under the name "Tammy Fytch", made her television debut. Candido would go on to hold every title in SMW and also won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Title]] that was vacated after Wrestling/ShaneDouglas had won it and thrown it down and proclaimed himself to be the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]]. In 1995, Candido and Sytch arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as the [=Bodydonnas=], Skip and Sunny, doing an [[WrestlingDoesntPay evil fitness trainers gimmick]]. Sunny would lead Skip and Zip (Dr. Tom Prichard) to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] in 1996 before the team broke up in the fall and Candido returned to ECW. While there, he and Wrestling/LanceStorm would win a [[MeleeATrois Three-Way-Dance]] for the ECW World Tag Team Titles over the Champs Doug Furnas and Phil [=LaFon=] and Wrestling/BallsMahoney and Axl Rotten. After losing the belts to Wrestling/{{Sabu}} and Wrestling/RobVanDam, Candido and Storm would feud into late 1998 until personal issues led to Candido taking time off. He would have a feud with [[Wrestling/{{Tazz}} Taz]] in 1999 before he and Sytch, who had [[PutOnABus departed WWE in June 1998]], left for the independents. They would spend a few months in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, where Candido would win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WCW World Cruiserweight Title]] in Spring 2000, before leaving. He eventually turned up in Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2005. Sadly, just when it seemed like he finally had his life on the right track, he would suffer injuries to his leg in a cage match at the ''TNA [=Lockdown=]'' [=PPV=], and while the surgery was successful, a blood clot developed in his leg after he flew to a TNA TV taping post- surgery and he passed away from complications on April 28, 2005.

Christopher Barrett Candito (March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Spring Lake, UsefulNotes/NewJersey under the name Chris Candido. He started his career as a teenager, training under his grandfather Chuck "Popeye" Richards, working for [[Wrestling/LarrySharpe "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe]]'s World Wrestling Association in New Jersey, It was during this time that he met and fell in love with Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch, who would be both his onscreen valet/manager and RealLife girlfriend and later wife. Candido first got noticed while wrestling in Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} Eastern Championship Wrestling]] as a member of the TagTeam the Suicide Blondes, who would have two runs with the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html NWA ECW Tag Team Titles]] until Candido left the promotion. He then turned up in Wrestling/JimCornette's Wrestling/{{SMW}}, which is where Sytch, under the name "Tammy Fytch", made her television debut. Candido would go on to hold every title in SMW and also won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Title]] that was vacated after Wrestling/ShaneDouglas had won it and thrown it down and proclaimed himself to be the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]]. In 1995, Candido and Sytch arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as the [=Bodydonnas=], Skip and Sunny, doing an [[WrestlingDoesntPay evil fitness trainers gimmick]]. Sunny would lead Skip and Zip (Dr. Tom Prichard) to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] in 1996 before the team broke up in the fall and Candido returned to ECW. While there, he and Wrestling/LanceStorm would win a [[MeleeATrois Three-Way-Dance]] for the ECW World Tag Team Titles over the Champs Doug Furnas and Phil [=LaFon=] and Wrestling/BallsMahoney and Axl Rotten. After losing the belts to Wrestling/{{Sabu}} and Wrestling/RobVanDam, Candido and Storm would feud into late 1998 until personal issues led to Candido taking time off. He would have a feud with [[Wrestling/{{Tazz}} Taz]] in 1999 before he and Sytch, who had [[PutOnABus departed WWE in June 1998]], left for the independents. They would spend a few months in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, where Candido would win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WCW World Cruiserweight Title]] in Spring 2000, before leaving. He eventually turned up in Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2005. Sadly, just when it seemed like he finally had his life on the right track, he would suffer injuries to his leg in a cage match at the ''TNA [=Lockdown=]'' [=PPV=], and during his recovery he contracted pneumonia and passed away on April 28, 2005.

Christopher Barrett Candito (March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Spring Lake, UsefulNotes/NewJersey under the name Chris Candido. He started his career as a teenager, training under his grandfather Chuck "Popeye" Richards, working for [[Wrestling/LarrySharpe "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe]]'s World Wrestling Association in New Jersey, It was during this time that he met and fell in love with Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch, who would be both his onscreen valet/manager and RealLife girlfriend and later wife. Candido first got noticed while wrestling in Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} Eastern Championship Wrestling]] as a member of the TagTeam the Suicide Blondes, who would have two runs with the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html NWA ECW Tag Team Titles]] until Candido left the promotion. He then turned up in Wrestling/JimCornette's Wrestling/{{SMW}}, which is where Sytch, under the name "Tammy Fytch", made her television debut. Candido would go on to hold every title in SMW and also won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Title]] that was vacated after Wrestling/ShaneDouglas had won it and thrown it down and proclaimed himself to be the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]]. In 1995, Candido and Sytch arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as the [=Bodydonnas=], Skip and Sunny, doing an [[WrestlingDoesntPay evil fitness trainers gimmick]]. Sunny would lead Skip and Zip (Dr. Tom Prichard) to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] in 1996 before the team broke up in the fall and Candido returned to ECW. While there, he and Wrestling/LanceStorm would win a [[MeleeATrois Three-Way-Dance]] for the ECW World Tag Team Titles over the Champs Doug Furnas and Phil [=LaFon=] and Wrestling/BallsMahoney and Axl Rotten. After losing the belts to Wrestling/{{Sabu}} and Wrestling/RobVanDam, Candido and Storm would feud into late 1998 until personal issues led to Candido taking time off. He would have a feud with [[Wrestling/{{Tazz}} Taz]] in 1999 before he and Sytch, who had [[PutOnABus departed WWE in June 1998]], left for the independents. They would spend a few months in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, where Candido would win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WCW World Cruiserweight Title]] in Spring 2000, before leaving. He eventually turned up in Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2005. Sadly, just when it seemed like he finally had his life on the right track, he would suffer ultimately fatal injuries in a cage match at the ''TNA [=Lockdown=]'' [=PPV=], and complications from the surgery led to his death on April 28th.

As usual, you can find the basics about his life and career at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Candido The Other Wiki]].

* DownerEnding: His death at 33.
** And he had finally gotten ahold of his life and was turning it around and was getting praise and working his butt off in TNA to help the company and being a mentor to the younger wrestlers on there as well makes it all sadder.

* {{Cuckold}}: Due to how many people knew about Tammy's affair with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at the time, many saw him as this. Especially as they belived he knew but didn't do anything about it. [[ProtectionFromEditors Though considering that this was]] Wrestling/TheKliq...

* RealSongThemeTune:
** The Suicide Blondes used Music/{{INXS}}'s "Suicide Blonde," of course, and Candido also used it in SMW.
*** He later used Music/{{Extreme}}'s "Get the Funk Out" in SMW
** During his second run in ECW, he used Music/{{ACDC}}'s "Back in Black"

!!! "These are No Gimmick Needed Tropes":

Christopher B. Candito (1972-2005) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Spring Lake, UsefulNotes/NewJersey under the name Chris Candido. He started his career as a teenager, training under his grandfather Chuck "Popeye" Richards, working for [[Wrestling/LarrySharpe "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe]]'s World Wrestling Association in New Jersey, It was during this time that he met and fell in love with Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch, who would be both his onscreen valet/manager and RealLife girlfriend and later wife. Candido first got noticed while wrestling in Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} Eastern Championship Wrestling]] as a member of the TagTeam the Suicide Blondes, who would have two runs with the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html NWA ECW Tag Team Titles]] until Candido left the promotion. He then turned up in Wrestling/JimCornette's Wrestling/{{SMW}}, which is where Sytch, under the name "Tammy Fytch", made her television debut. Candido would go on to hold every title in SMW and also won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Title]] that was vacated after Wrestling/ShaneDouglas had won it and thrown it down and proclaimed himself to be the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]]. In 1995, Candido and Sytch arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as the [=Bodydonnas=], Skip and Sunny, doing an [[WrestlingDoesntPay evil fitness trainers gimmick]]. Sunny would lead Skip and Zip (Dr. Tom Prichard) to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] in 1996 before the team broke up in the fall and Candido returned to ECW. While there, he and Wrestling/LanceStorm would win a [[MeleeATrois Three-Way-Dance]] for the ECW World Tag Team Titles over the Champs Doug Furnas and Phil [=LaFon=] and Wrestling/BallsMahoney and Axl Rotten. After losing the belts to Wrestling/{{Sabu}} and Wrestling/RobVanDam, Candido and Storm would feud into late 1998 until personal issues led to Candido taking time off. He would have a feud with [[Wrestling/{{Tazz}} Taz]] in 1999 before he and Sytch, who had [[PutOnABus departed WWE in June 1998]], left for the independents. They would spend a few months in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, where Candido would win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WCW World Cruiserweight Title]] in Spring 2000, before leaving. He eventually turned up in Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2005. Sadly, just when it seemed like he finally had his life on the right track, he would suffer ultimately fatal injuries in a cage match at the ''TNA [=Lockdown=]'' [=PPV=], and complications from the surgery led to his death on April 28th.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Despite being a heel for most of his career, most people who talk about Candido reflect on what a decent guy he was.

* {{Joisey}}

* OlderHeroVersusYoungerVillain: The vastly younger villain to Carlos Colon, who was sixty years old when he and Candido feuded over the WWC Television Title.

'''Christopher B. Candito''' (1972-2005) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Spring Lake, UsefulNotes/NewJersey under the name '''Chris Candido'''. He started his career as a teenager, training under his grandfather Chuck "Popeye" Richards, working for [[Wrestling/LarrySharpe "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe]]'s World Wrestling Association in New Jersey, It was during this time that he met and fell in love with Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch, who would be both his onscreen valet/manager and RealLife girlfriend and later wife. Candido first got noticed while wrestling in Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} Eastern Championship Wrestling]] as a member of the TagTeam the Suicide Blondes, who would have two runs with the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html NWA ECW Tag Team Titles]] until Candido left the promotion. He then turned up in Wrestling/JimCornette's Wrestling/{{SMW}}, which is where Sytch, under the name "Tammy Fytch", made her television debut. Candido would go on to hold every title in SMW and also won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Title]] that was vacated after Wrestling/ShaneDouglas had won it and thrown it down and proclaimed himself to be the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]]. In 1995, Candido and Sytch arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as the [=Bodydonnas=], Skip and Sunny, doing an [[WrestlingDoesntPay evil fitness trainers gimmick]]. Sunny would lead Skip and Zip (Dr. Tom Prichard) to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] in 1996 before the team broke up in the fall and Candido returned to ECW. While there, he and Wrestling/LanceStorm would win a [[MeleeATrois Three-Way-Dance]] for the ECW World Tag Team Titles over the Champs Doug Furnas and Phil [=LaFon=] and Wrestling/BallsMahoney and Axl Rotten. After losing the belts to Wrestling/{{Sabu}} and Wrestling/RobVanDam, Candido and Storm would feud into late 1998 until personal issues led to Candido taking time off. He would have a feud with [[Wrestling/{{Tazz}} Taz]] in 1999 before he and Sytch, who had [[PutOnABus departed WWE in June 1998]], left for the independents. They would spend a few months in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, where Candido would win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WCW World Cruiserweight Title]] in Spring 2000, before leaving. He eventually turned up in Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2005. Sadly, just when it seemed like he finally had his life on the right track, he would suffer ultimately fatal injuries in a cage match at the ''TNA [=Lockdown=]'' [=PPV=], and complications from the surgery led to his death on April 28th.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: He was a heel for the majority of his career.

'''Christopher B. Candito''' (1972-2005) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Spring Lake, UsefulNotes/NewJersey under the name '''Chris Candido'''. He started his career as a teenager, training under his grandfather Chuck "Popeye" Richards, working for [[Wrestling/LarrySharpe "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe]]'s World Wrestling Association in New Jersey, It was during this time that he met and fell in love with Tammy Lynn Sytch, who would be both his onscreen valet/manager and RealLife girlfriend and later wife. Candido first got noticed while wrestling in Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} Eastern Championship Wrestling]] as a member of the TagTeam the Suicide Blondes, who would have two runs with the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html NWA ECW Tag Team Titles]] until Candido left the promotion. He then turned up in Wrestling/JimCornette's Wrestling/{{SMW}}, which is where Sytch, under the name "Tammy Fytch", made her television debut. Candido would go on to hold every title in SMW and also won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Title]] that was vacated after Wrestling/ShaneDouglas had won it and thrown it down and proclaimed himself to be the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]]. In 1995, Candido and Sytch arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as the [=Bodydonnas=], Skip and [[Characters/WWEDivas Sunny]], doing an [[WrestlingDoesntPay evil fitness trainers gimmick]]. Sunny would lead Skip and Zip (Dr. Tom Prichard) to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] in 1996 before the team broke up in the fall and Candido returned to ECW. While there, he and Wrestling/LanceStorm would win a [[MeleeATrois Three-Way-Dance]] for the ECW World Tag Team Titles over the Champs Doug Furnas and Phil [=LaFon=] and Wrestling/BallsMahoney and Axl Rotten. After losing the belts to Wrestling/{{Sabu}} and Wrestling/RobVanDam, Candido and Storm would feud into late 1998 until personal issues led to Candido taking time off. He would have a feud with [[Wrestling/{{Tazz}} Taz]] in 1999 before he and Sytch, who had [[PutOnABus departed WWE in June 1998]], left for the independents. They would spend a few months in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, where Candido would win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WCW World Cruiserweight Title]] in Spring 2000, before leaving. He eventually turned up in Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2005. Sadly, just when it seemed like he finally had his life on the right track, he would suffer ultimately fatal injuries in a cage match at the ''TNA [=Lockdown=]'' [=PPV=], and complications from the surgery led to his death on April 28th.

* BattleCouple: Despite not really being a wrestler, WCW still Tammy Lynn Sytch tag with Candido. This resulted in Candido losing the Cruiserweight Championship to [[Wrestling/DevonStorm Crowbar]] and Wrestling/DaffneyUnger.

'''Christopher B. Candito''' (1972-2005) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Spring Lake, UsefulNotes/NewJersey under the name '''Chris Candido'''. He started his career as a teenager, training under his grandfather Chuck "Popeye" Richards, working for [[Wrestling/LarrySharpe "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe]]'s World Wrestling Association in New Jersey, It was during this time that he met and fell in love with Tammy Lynn Sytch, who would be both his onscreen valet/manager and RealLife girlfriend and later wife. Candido first got noticed while wrestling in [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling]] as a member of the TagTeam the Suicide Blondes, who would have two runs with the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html NWA ECW Tag Team Titles]] until Candido left the promotion. He then turned up in Wrestling/JimCornette's Wrestling/{{SMW}}, which is where Sytch, under the name "Tammy Fytch", made her television debut. Candido would go on to hold every title in SMW and also won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Title]] that was vacated after Wrestling/ShaneDouglas had won it and thrown it down and proclaimed himself to be the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]]. In 1995, Candido and Sytch arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as the [=Bodydonnas=], Skip and [[Characters/WWEDivas Sunny]], doing an [[WrestlingDoesntPay evil fitness trainers gimmick]]. Sunny would lead Skip and Zip (Dr. Tom Prichard) to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] in 1996 before the team broke up in the fall and Candido returned to ECW. While there, he and Wrestling/LanceStorm would win a [[MeleeATrois Three-Way-Dance]] for the ECW World Tag Team Titles over the Champs Doug Furnas and Phil [=LaFon=] and Wrestling/BallsMahoney and Axl Rotten. After losing the belts to Wrestling/{{Sabu}} and Wrestling/RobVanDam, Candido and Storm would feud into late 1998 until personal issues led to Candido taking time off. He would have a feud with [[Wrestling/{{Tazz}} Taz]] in 1999 before he and Sytch, who had [[PutOnABus departed WWE in June 1998]], left for the independents. They would spend a few months in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, where Candido would win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WCW World Cruiserweight Title]] in Spring 2000, before leaving. He eventually turned up in Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2005. Sadly, just when it seemed like he finally had his life on the right track, he would suffer ultimately fatal injuries in a cage match at the ''TNA [=Lockdown=]'' [=PPV=], and complications from the surgery led to his death on April 28th.

* SoProudOfYou: His reaction to the Naturals defeating America's Most Wanted for TNA's tag team titles, which was the last image of Candido on television.