Candido dropped the title to Dan Severn on February 24, 1995. His title defense matches were mostly held in SMW and on the independent circuit. Candido's reign came at a time when exposure for the National Wrestling Alliance was limited, as there was no national television outlet for the organization's remaining affiliates. On November 19, 1994, Candido won a 10-man tournament, defeating Al Snow, Dirty White Boy, and Tracy Smothers to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, which had been won and immediately vacated by Shane Douglas and ECW that August. Following the second loss, Fytch fired Lee and began exclusively managing Candido. Candido and Lee regained the titles the next day, but lost them for a second and final time on August 8, 1994. They held the titles until August 5, 1994, when they lost to The Rock 'n' Roll Express. On April 23, 1994, Candido and Lee defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express to win the SMW Tag Team Championship. In 1994, Candido formed a tag team with Brian Lee, with Fytch managing the duo. He went on to win the SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship in December 1993 and again in July 1994. In 1992, Candido and Sytch (billed as "Tamara Fytch") were signed by Jim Cornette for his Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion.īetween September and November 1993, Candido won the SMW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship on three occasions, trading the title with Bobby Blaze. They vacated the ECW Tag Team Championship in July 1993 when Candido left the promotion. Wrestling under the Freebird Rule, the Suicide Blondes trio had two stints as the ECW Tag Team Champions in April and May 1993, first defeating Tony Stetson and Larry Winters and then losing the titles to The Super Destroyers, only to regain them the same evening. In 1993, Candido began wrestling for Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he formed a stable called "The Suicide Blonds" with Johnny Hotbody and Chris Michaels. Candido and Rechner trained to wrestle at Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory in Bellmawr, New Jersey, with Candido making his debut in 1986. As a teenager, Candido and his friend Jonathan Rechner began working for independent professional wrestling promotions in New Jersey, setting up the wrestling rings. Sytch would later become his valet.Ĭandido, the grandson of wrestler "Popeye" Chuck Richards, was interested in professional wrestling from an early age. While in high school, he met and fell in love with Tammy Lynn Sytch, and the two began a lifelong relationship. He began using the alternate spelling of "Candido" for his ring name. He started training at age 14 with Larry Sharpe and wrestled for Sharpe's World Wrestling Association. In the course of his career, Candido held professional wrestling championships such as the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, WWF World Tag Team Championship, ECW World Tag Team Championship and WCW Cruiserweight Championship.Ĭandito was the grandson of "Popeye" Chuck Richards, a wrestler for the World Wide Wrestling Federation, as the WWF was known prior to 1979. For much of his career, he performed alongside his real-life partner, Tammy "Sunny" Sytch, who acted as his valet. Candito was best known for his appearances with professional wrestling promotions such as World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Smoky Mountain Wrestling under the ring name Chris Candido, as well as his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation as Skip, one-half of the tag team The Bodydonnas. Christopher Blythe "Chris" Candito (Ma– April 28, 2005) was an American professional wrestler.
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