History Wrestling / Kanyon

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kanyon The Other Wiki]] has a good writeup on his career.

* BadassGay: It wasn't made explicit until the latter years of his career

A little public service announcement that we at Wiki/TVTropes would be very remiss not to make here: If you're feeling suicidal, ''please'' [[UsefulNotes/SuicidePrevention get help immediately.]] Talk to a loved one at the very least and let them know how you're feeling. [[YouAreNotAlone There]] ''[[YouAreNotAlone is]]'' [[YouAreNotAlone help out there]], no matter what you might believe.

Unfortunately, Kanyon committed suicide on April 2, 2010 after years of suffering with UsefulNotes/BipolarDisorder.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: In WWF. After being one of the few WCW guys to actually get air time during the [=InVasion=], Kanyon simply disappeared. He made a one night return where he attempted to ambush The Undertaker at Paul Heyman's behest and got beaten within an inch of his life instead. After that he worked dark matches both as Kanyon and Mortis but never appeared on TV again and was eventually released.

* GameBreakingInjury: Suffered an [=ACL=] tear in a dark match with Wrestling/RandyOrton on October 29, 2001.

* WrestlingDoesntPay: Men at Work had a construction worker gimmick.

After Wrestling/{{WWE}} bought WCW in March 2001, Kanyon was brought in as part of the WCW[=/=]Wrestling/{{ECW}} [=InVasion=][=/=][=Alliance=] storyline. During this time, [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]] Wrestling/BookerT awarded Kanyon the US Title, and he and [=DDP=] defeated the APA ([[Wrestling/RonSimmons Faarooq]] and [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]]) for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] before losing them 12 days later to Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Kane}}. After leaving WWE in 2004, he competed in many independent promotions around the U.S. and Canada.

* CatchPhrase: See the page quote, also used [[Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage "BANG!"]] as [[TakeThat "Positively" Kanyon]]

* FinishingMove: (as Mortis): The Flatliner (second-rope Samoan Drop), the DOA (Reverse STO); (as Kanyon): the Flatliner/I'm Better Than You (Reverse STO); (as [[TakeThat "Positively" Kanyon]]): The [[Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage Kanyon Cutter]]

* PowerStable: (in Wrestling/{{WCW}})
** [[Wrestling/{{Raven}} Raven's Flock]][[note]]Last person to join and the only one to not walk away after Saturn defeated [=Raven=] at ''WCW Fall Brawl 98'', which "freed" the Flock (Wrestling/BillyKidman turned face on Raven during the match, and Saturn's win freed Sick Boy, Wrestling/{{Lodi}} and Wrestling/ScottyRiggs.)[[/note]]
** The New Blood (initially led by Wrestling/VinceRusso and Wrestling/EricBischoff with Wrestling/JeffJarrett as the focus before the group fell apart.)

->''[[CatchPhrase WHO'S BETTER THAN KANYON?]]''

Christopher Morgan Klucsarits (January 4, 1970 – April 2, 2010) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Sunnyside, Queens, NY]], best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WCW}} under the names Mortis and Kanyon from 1997-2001. The Mortis [[TheGimmick gimmick]] was based on the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' characters Reptile and Scorpion as part of the Blood Runs Cold feud with Wrestling/{{Glacier}}. After the feud ended, Mortis dropped the mask and gimmick and became Kanyon. He held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] twice with Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage and Wrestling/BamBamBigelow as the Jersey Triad in 1999. Prior to WCW, he had also wrestled for Wrestling/JimCornette's [[Wrestling/{{SMW}} Smoky Mountain Wrestling]], Wrestling/{{ECW}}, and WWE as a TV {{Jobber}}.

** [[Wrestling/{{Raven}} Raven's Flock]][[note]]Last person to join and the only one to not walk away after Saturn defeated [=Raven=] at ''WCW Fall Brawl 98'', which "freed" the Flock (Wrestling/BillyKidman turned face on Raven during the match, and Saturn's win freed Sick Boy, Lodi and Scotty Riggs.)[[/note]]

Christopher Klucsaritis (1970-2010) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Sunnyside, Queens, NY]], best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WCW}} under the names Mortis and Kanyon from 1997-2001. The Mortis [[TheGimmick gimmick]] was based on the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' characters Reptile and Scorpion as part of the Blood Runs Cold feud with Wrestling/{{Glacier}}. After the feud ended, Mortis dropped the mask and gimmick and became Kanyon. He held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] twice with Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage and Wrestling/BamBamBigelow as the Jersey Triad in 1999. Prior to WCW, he had also wrestled for Wrestling/JimCornette's [[Wrestling/{{SMW}} Smoky Mountain Wrestling]], Wrestling/{{ECW}}, and WWE as a TV {{Jobber}}.

!!! "Whose tropes are better than Kanyon's? NOBODY'S"

** As Mortis: Wrestling/{{Glacier}} and Ernest "The Cat" Miller

* {{Joisey}}: As a member of the Jersey Triad

* ManlyGay

'''''[[CatchPhrase WHO'S BETTER THAN KANYON?]]'''''

'''Christopher Klucsaritis''' (1970-2010) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Sunnyside, Queens, NY]], best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WCW}} under the names '''Mortis''' and '''Kanyon''' from 1997-2001. The Mortis [[TheGimmick gimmick]] was based on the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' characters Reptile and Scorpion as part of the Blood Runs Cold feud with Wrestling/{{Glacier}}. After the feud ended, Mortis dropped the mask and gimmick and became Kanyon. He held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] twice with Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage and Wrestling/BamBamBigelow as the Jersey Triad in 1999. Prior to WCW, he had also wrestled for Wrestling/JimCornette's [[Wrestling/{{SMW}} Smoky Mountain Wrestling]], Wrestling/{{ECW}}, and WWE as a TV {{Jobber}}.

'''Christopher Klucsaritis''' (1970-2010) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Sunnyside, Queens, NY]], best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WCW}} under the names '''Mortis''' and '''Kanyon''' from 1997-2001. The Mortis [[TheGimmick gimmick]] was based on the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' characters Reptile and Scorpion as part of the Blood Runs Cold feud with Wrestling/{{Glacier}}. After the feud ended, Mortis dropped the mask and gimmick and became Kanyon. He held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] twice with Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage and Wrestling/BamBamBigelow as the Jersey Triad in 1999. After Wrestling/{{WWE}} bought WCW in March 2001, Kanyon was brought in as part of the WCW[=/=]Wrestling/{{ECW}} [=InVasion=][=/=][=Alliance=] storyline. During this time, [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]] Wrestling/BookerT awarded Kanyon the US Title, and he and [=DDP=] defeated the APA ([[Wrestling/RonSimmons Faarooq]] and [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]]) for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] before losing them 12 days later to Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Kane}}. He committed suicide on April 2, 2010 after years of suffering with UsefulNotes/BipolarDisorder. Prior to WCW, he had also wrestled for Wrestling/JimCornette's [[Wrestling/{{SMW}} Smoky Mountain Wrestling]], Wrestling/{{ECW}}, and WWE as a TV {{Jobber}}. After leaving WWE in 2004, he competed in many independent promotions around the U.S. and Canada.

* DownerEnding: He suffered bipolar disorder, went into depression, and committed suicide with a bottle of antidepressants.

* TagTeam: Men at Work (with Mark Starr and with Mike Winner)

* BadassGay

** (in OVW): The Revolution (led by Doug Basham and also featuring Damaja [WWE's Danny Basham], Rob Conway, Big Bad John [Heidenreich], Mike Hard[[note]]Mike Howell, aka Wrestling/{{ECW}}[=/=]Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s Jack Dupp or Mike Maverick in [[Wrestling/MattHardy the]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Hardyz]]' OMEGA promotion[[/note]], [[Wrestling/MuhammadHassan Mark Magnus]], [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Queen Victoria]][[note]]Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s Tara[[/note]] and Jackie Gayda.)

* ArchEnemy: (as Mortis): Wrestling/{{Glacier}}, Ernest "The Cat" Miller; (as Kanyon): Perry Saturn, Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, Buff Bagwell

* {{Heel}}: Was this as Mortis and at various times in WCW, and was this his entire time in WWE.

* AffablyEvil

* BadassBeard
* BashBrothers: With DDP

* DemotedToExtra: In WWE.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Mortis and [[Wrestling/BryanClarke Wrath]] were called manager [[Wrestling/JamesMitchell James Vandenberg]]'s "rare oddities."[[note]]Not to be confused with WWE's [[Wrestling/JohnTenta the]] [[Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}} Oddities.]][[/note]]
* DownerEnding: His 2010 suicide.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''Mortis''

** (in OVW): The Revolution (led by Doug Basham and also featuring Damaja [WWE's Danny Basham], Rob Conway, Big Bad John [Heidenreich], Mike Hard[[note]]Mike Howell, aka Wrestling/{{ECW}}[=/=]Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s Jack Dupp or Mike Maverick in [[Wrestling/MattHardy the]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Hardyz]]' OMEGA promotion[[/note]], [[Wrestling/MuhammadHassan Mark Magnus]], [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Queen Victoria]][[note]]Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s Tara[[/note]] and [[Characters/WWEDivas Jackie Gayda]].)

** [[Wrestling/{{Raven}} Raven's Flock]][[note]]Last person to join and the only one to not walk away after Saturn defeated [=Raven=] at ''WCW Fall Brawl 98'', which "freed" the Flock (Kidman turned face on Raven during the match, and Saturn's win freed Sick Boy, Lodi and Scotty Riggs.)[[/note]]

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Mortis and [[Wrestling/AdamBomb Wrath]] were called manager [[Wrestling/JamesMitchell James Vandenberg]]'s "rare oddities."[[note]]Not to be confused with WWE's [[Wrestling/JohnTenta the]] [[Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}} Oddities.]][[/note]]

** (in OVW): The Revolution (led by Doug Basham and also featuring Damaja [WWE's Danny Basham], Rob Conway, Big Bad John [Heidenreich], Mike Hard[[note]]Mike Howell, aka Wrestling/{{ECW}}[=/=]Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s Jack Dupp or Mike Maverick in [[Wrestling/MattHardy the]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Hardyz]]' OMEGA promotion[[/note]], [[Wrestling/MuhammadHassan Mark Magnus]], [[Characters/WWEDivas Queen Victoria]][[note]]Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s Tara[[/note]] and [[Characters/WWEDivas Jackie Gayda]].)

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Mortis and [[Wrestling/AdamBomb Wrath]] were called manager James Vandenberg's "rare oddities."[[note]]Not to be confused with WWE's [[Wrestling/JohnTenta the]] [[Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}} Oddities.]][[/note]]

'''Christopher Klucsaritis''' (1970-2010) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WCW}} under the names '''Mortis''' and '''Kanyon''' from 1997-2001. The Mortis [[TheGimmick gimmick]] was based on the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' characters Reptile and Scorpion as part of the Blood Runs Cold feud with Wrestling/{{Glacier}}. After the feud ended, Mortis dropped the mask and gimmick and became Kanyon. He held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] twice with Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage and Wrestling/BamBamBigelow as the Jersey Triad in 1999. After Wrestling/{{WWE}} bought WCW in March 2001, Kanyon was brought in as part of the WCW[=/=]Wrestling/{{ECW}} [=InVasion=][=/=][=Alliance=] storyline. During this time, [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]] Wrestling/BookerT awarded Kanyon the US Title, and he and [=DDP=] defeated the APA ([[Wrestling/RonSimmons Faarooq]] and [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]]) for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] before losing them 12 days later to Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Kane}}. He committed suicide on April 2, 2010 after years of suffering with UsefulNotes/BipolarDisorder. Prior to WCW, he had also wrestled for Wrestling/JimCornette's [[Wrestling/{{SMW}} Smoky Mountain Wrestling]], Wrestling/{{ECW}}, and WWE as a TV {{Jobber}}. After leaving WWE in 2004, he competed in many independent promotions around the U.S. and Canada.

!!! "'''Whose Tropes Are Better Than Kanyon's? NOBODY'S'''"

* {{Heel}}: From the Mortis gimmick on, this was his usual role.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: Kanyon (who was gay in RealLife) claimed that WWE rejected his idea for him to play an openly gay character that would have none of the [[GorgeousGeorge campy qualities]] usually associated with such a character.