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'''Chris Candido''' (], ] – ], ]), also known as '''Skip''', was an ] ] best known for his participation in the ] ] known as ''']''' with ], and his girlfriend and ] ]. '''Chris Candido''' (], ] – ], ]), also known as '''Skip''', was an ] ] best known for his participation in the ] ] known as ''']''' with ], and his girlfriend and ] ].

He was most successful during his tenure with ], although he had a short stint in ] in 2000. He worked for ] before his death at the age of 33 as a result of a ], just days after an in-ring accident in which he badly injured his ankle and lower leg.

==Career==
Chris Candido started wrestling at the age of 16 on the ]. He had grown up loving professional wrestling due to his grandfather, "Popeye" Chuck Richards, being a wrestler. While he was still in ], he met ].

Candido debuted in the ], a ] operated by his trainer, ]. After winning several titles, he moved on to ], where he had his first real success, winning the Television, United States Junior Heavyweight and Tag Team titles. He was managed by his girlfriend, then known as "Tamara Murphy Fytch." At the same time, Candido also worked for ]. At just 22, he won a tournament to become the new ].

The ] signed Candido and his girlfriend in 1995 and renamed them '''Skip''' and Sunny respectively, giving them the ] of a fitness obsessed couple, The Bodydonnas which featured the handsome Candido frequently flexing his enormous biceps. Though Candido's success was overshadowed by the popularity of Sunny, he eventually gained a tag team partner Zip (]), and went on to win the WWF Tag Team titles at ] in a tournament final against their nemeses, ]. Candido left the WWF in 1996, possibly because of friction between him and the ]. He later claimed that both Prichard and he disliked the gimmick.

As part of Extreme Championship Wrestling, Candido was a member of the ] which consisted of him, ] (the leader of the group), and, first ], his old Smoky Mountain tag team partner, then ]. Candido also enjoyed a seven-month Tag Team title reign with ], with the champions constantly bickering with one another. Tammy left the WWF soon after Candido, and followed him to ECW, resuming her position as his manager. In addition to being a performer, he was also the travel agent for the company, responsible for booking plane flights.

Candido, along with Tammy departed from ECW at the end of 1999. Candido appeared briefly with ] before signing with ] in 2000, competing (and winning gold) in the cruiserweight division. He was part of the New Blood, the ] formed by ], to oppose the older, more powerful wrestlers dominating the promotion. Candido left WCW in late 2000, allegedly as a result of drug abuse by his girlfriend. A syringe containing ] was found in the women's restroom and ] told management that it was Tammy's. Tammy volunteered to take a ] and passed, but was released nonetheless. Tammy's well-known history of drug abuse did not help her case, nor did the fact that Kimberly Page was the wife of ], a good friend of Eric Bischoff's. Candido would leave WCW soon after.

Candido then wrestled for numerous independent promotions and toured ], winning several regional titles. At one point he and Tammy relocated to ] for eight months to work for the ]. In January 2004 he gave up drugs after his addiction to ] led to him suffering a heart attack.

Candido's career underwent something of a revival in early 2005, as he was hired by ]. He regularly competed in six-man tag matches with his allies, ], and was a founding member of ]. Candido had meetings with WWE official ] in 2004, and had speculated that a successful tenure in TNA could lead to his being rehired by the WWE.

==Death==
On ], ] at '']'', Candido fractured both his ] and ] and dislocated his ankle when ] landed awkwardly on his leg while performing a ]. He underwent surgery on ], ] to have steel plates and screws inserted into his leg. He was expected to be out of action for approximately six to eight weeks, but that did not stop him from appearing at the tapings on ], ] for the ], ] episode of '']''. There, he helped ] defeat ] to regain the ].

On ], ] Candido died from a blood clot at the age of 33. Chris was taken to the hospital and was told that he had ] and that his lungs had to be drained of fluid. Twenty minutes after he was administered local anesthesia to perform the fluid drain, Chris died of a ] in his leg. The blood clot was caused from the altitude pressure on his plane flight home from the wrestling event where he suffered the injury. Chris's long time girlfriend Tammy Sytch is contemplating a lawsuit against the hospital, which had treated Chris immediately after his injury, for negligence. According to Tammy, the hospital never told Chris not to fly while he was recovering from his injury. The results of Candido's ] were sealed by his family on ], ] as he was declared dead in ] where autopsies are not on the public record. His brother, ], claimed the next day that Chris had died of acute pneumonia and not a blood clot as was originally presumed by insiders. Tammy confirmed in a recent interview with RF Video that he indeed died of the blood clot. Because she was never legally married to Chris, she was not allowed any input as to his funeral arrangements. According to Tammy, Chris's parents decided to have Chris cremated against her wishes.

Candido's funeral was in New Jersey. Draped over his casket during his ] was one of the ] title belts. This served as inspiration for the ], which ran in August and September 2005 to commemorate him.

TNA gave a ] for him at '']''. A pre-recorded bit at the beginning of the pay-per-view showed an unfolded steel chair in the middle of the ring, carrying his trademark towel, his wrestling boots, one of the Tag Team title belts, and a photo of him. During the show, The Naturals brought a yellow towel out with them to symbolize Chris Candido. They gave the towel to Candido's family at '']'' when they came to watch the winners of the Candido Tournament fight in a four-way tag-team match for the Tag Team Championship, which The Naturals successfully defended.

WWE recognized his death by publishing a full-page photo of him in the July 2005 issue of ] Magazine as well as mentioning it on both ] and SmackDown! that week. At '']'', ECW paid tribute to Candido as well as other ECW stars who had died in recent years by showing a music video of clips from the deceased star's days in ECW. The crowd were also chanting "Chris Candido" during ]'s match against ] at the same event.

==Wrestling facts==
] up in a ] during an episode of ]]]
*'''Finishing and signature moves'''
:*'''''Blonde Bombshell''''' (])
:*]
:*'''''] Jam''''' (])
:*''Suicide-plex'' (])
:*]
:*]

*'''Managers'''
:*Sonny Blaze
:*Cloudy / Jimmy Shoulders
:*]

*'''Nicknames'''
:*"Hard Knox"
:*"No Gimmicks Needed"
:*"Mr. Charisma"
{{-}}

==Championships and accomplishments==
*''']'''
:*] (]) – with ] (1), ] (1), and ] (1)

*'''Home Wrestling Federation'''
:*HWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) (Dedicated)

*'''Independent Superstars of Pro Wrestling'''
:*ISPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

*'''Jersey Championship Wrestling'''
:*JCW Television Championship (1 time)

*''']'''
*'''World'''
:*] (])
*'''National'''
:*] (1 time) – with Tommy Cairo
*'''Regional'''
:*] (1 time)
:*NWA New Jersey Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
:*NWA North Jersey Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

*'''Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling'''
:*PCW United States Championship (1 time)

*''']'''
:*PWI ranked him # '''358''' out of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
:*Winner of the ] award in 2005

*''']'''
:*SMW U.S. Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
:*] (2 times)
:*] (2 times) – with ]

*'''United Wrestling Alliance'''
:*UWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

*'''USA Extreme Wrestling'''
:*UXW United States Championship (2 times)

*''']'''
:*] (])

*'''World Wrestling Association'''
:*] (1 time)
:*WWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
:*WWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chris Evans

*''']'''
:*] (1 time)

*''']'''
:*] (]) – with ]

*''']'''
:*Most Underrated Wrestler (1995)

*''']'''
:*XPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)


==References== ==References==
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* {{imdb name|id=0133754|name=Chris Candido}} * {{imdb name|id=0133754|name=Chris Candido}}


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Chris Candido
File:Candido-nwatag.jpg
BornMarch 21, 1972
Spring Lake, New Jersey
DiedApril 28, 2005
Matawan, New Jersey
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Skip
Chris Candido
Billed height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Billed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Billed fromSpring Lake, New Jersey
Trained byLarry Sharpe
Debut1988

Chris Candido (March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005), also known as Skip, was an American professional wrestler best known for his participation in the World Wrestling Federation tag team known as The Bodydonnas with Zip, and his girlfriend and valet Sunny.

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