Chris Candito
Christopher B. Candito was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Candido. Candido is a one time world champion, having held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once. In addition, he held several championships in professional wrestling promotions such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and The World Wrestling Federation. Candido had two runs with Xtreme Pro Wrestling. The first was in 2000, and he won the XPW World Heavyweight Championship before leaving for WCW. The second run was from late 2002 until the company's final show in 2003. Also Candido and Tammy Sytch wrestled in Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council in 2003 feuding with Eddie Primo Colon and in addition held the WWC World Television title. (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeated Elix Skipper and Petey Williams and Mikey Batts in a six-man tag team match. At the Destination X (2005) preshow, Candido and Andy Douglas defeated Lex Lovett and Buck Quartermain. On the March 18 episode of Impact, Candido and The Naturals faced Dustin Rhodes and America's Most Wanted in a losing effort. Candido competed in his final match at Lockdown (2005) when Candido and Lance Hoyt faced Apolo and Sonny Siaki in a losing effort during the match Candido broke his leg when Siaki landed on it after a flying dropkick early in the match. The injury would lead to Candido dying of acute pneumonia on April 28, 2005. His last performance was taped to air later in the week, he was featured on an episode of TNA Impact! after his death, wheelchair bound, where he helped The Naturals win the NWA World Tag Team Championship. At TNA LockDown on April 24, 2005, Candido fractured both his tibia and fibula and dislocated his ankle during a steel cage match with Lance Hoyt against Apolo and Sonny Siaki. He underwent surgery the next day to have titanium plates and screws inserted into his leg. He was at the following Impact! tapings managing The Naturals to defeat America's Most Wanted to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship. On April 28, 2005, Candido felt ill and his condition worsened during the day. He collapsed in the evening and was rushed to the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was diagnosed with pneumonia. Doctors drained his lungs, but Candido died soon afterwards. He was 33 years old. His brother Johnny, reported that Candido died due to a blood clot, a complication from surgery. In a 2016 interview Johnny Candido would reveal that Chris did not die from a blood clot, but rather acute pneumonia. This death had a profound effect on fellow wrestlers such as CM Punk, who in 2014 voiced his concern of a post-elbow surgery clot similar to that of Candido. TNA subsequently held the Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament in his honor in late 2005. In 2009, he was inducted into the Hardcore Hall of Fame. Candido's Hardcore Hall of Fame banner in the former ECW Arena.
Known For
Credits
- 2015 · ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3 as Chris Candido
- 2013 · ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2 as Chris Candido
- 2013 · Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling as Himself
- 2011 · The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn as Chris Candido
- 2007 · Life In The Fast Lane as
- 2006 · TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments as Chris Candido
- 2006 · Legends Never Die as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · TNA Lockdown 2005 as Chris Candido
- 2005 · TNA Destination X 2005 as Chris Candido (Ringside)
- 2004 · NEW Renegades Rampage as Chris Candido
- 2004 · WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling as Chris Candido
- 2004 · Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles as Chris Candido
- 2002 · MLW Reloaded as
- 2001 · 4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show as
- 2001 · XPW: The Revolution Will Be Televised! as Self
- 2000 · WCW Slamboree 2000 as Chris Candido
- 2000 · WCW Spring Stampede 2000 as Himself
- 2000 · XPW: Baptized in Blood as
- 1999 · ECW November to Remember 1999 as Chris Candido
- 1999 · ECW Fan Cam: October 23, 1999 as Chris Candido
- 1999 · ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999 as Chris Candido
- 1999 · ECW CyberSlam 1999 as Chris Candido
- 1999 · The Best of Taz: Survive if He Lets You! as Chris Candido (Ringside)
- 1999 · ECW House Party 1999 as Chris Candido
- 1998 · ECW November To Remember 1998 as Chris Candido
- 1998 · ECW Fan Cam: September 17, 1998 as Chris Candido
- 1998 · ECW Heat Wave 1998 as Chris Candido
- 1998 · ECW A Matter of Respect 1998 as Chris Candido
- 1998 · ECW It Ain't Seinfeld as Chris Candido
- 1998 · ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998 as Chris Candido
- 1998 · The Best of Shane Douglas as Chris Candido (Ringside)
- 1998 · 1st Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show as
- 1998 · ECW Fan Cam: March 7, 1998 as Chris Candido
- 1998 · ECW Living Dangerously 1998 as Chris Candido
- 1998 · ECW CyberSlam 1998 as Chris Candido
- 1998 · ECW House Party 1998 as Chris Candido
- 1998 · WCW Thunder as Chris Candido
- 1997 · ECW November To Remember 1997 as Chris Candido
- 1997 · ECW Fan Cam: October 31, 1997 as Chris Candido
- 1997 · Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary as
- 1997 · ECW As Good As It Gets as Chris Candido
- 1997 · ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk as Chris Candido
- 1997 · ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997 as Chris Candido
- 1997 · ECW Born To Be Wired as Chris Candido
- 1997 · ECW Wrestlepalooza 1997 as Chris Candido
- 1997 · ECW Barely Legal 1997 as Chris Candido (Interview)
- 1997 · ECW Fan Cam: March 22, 1997 as Chris Candido
- 1997 · ECW CyberSlam 1997 as Chris Candido
- 1997 · ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997 as Chris Candido
- 1997 · ECW Crossing The Line Again as Chris Candido
- 1997 · WWE Action Zone! as Bodydonna Skip
- 1996 · ECW Fan Cam: December 21, 1996 as Chris Candido
- 1996 · ECW Fan Cam: December 20, 1996 as Chris Candido
- 1996 · ECW Holiday Hell 1996 as Chris Candido
- 1996 · Best Of Raw • Volume One as Skip
- 1996 · ECW Fan Cam: November 23, 1996 as Chris Candido
- 1996 · ECW November to Remember 1996 as Chris Candido
- 1996 · ECW High Incident as Chris Candido
- 1996 · WWE SummerSlam 1996 as Bodydonna Skip
- 1996 · WWE In Your House 9: International Incident as Bodydonna Skip
- 1996 · WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies as Bodydonna Skip
- 1996 · WWE WrestleMania XII as Bodydonna Skip
- 1996 · WWE Royal Rumble 1996 as Bodydonna Skip
- 1995 · WWE Survivor Series 1995 as Bodydonna Skip
- 1995 · WWE SummerSlam 1995 as Bodydonna Skip
- 1995 · Blood, Brawls and Grudges as Chris Candido
- 1994 · The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament as Chris Candido
- 1994 · SMW Night of The Legends as Chris Candido
- 1993 · SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993 as Chris Candido
- 1993 · SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993 as Chris Candido
- 1993 · NWA Grandslam as
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Skip
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Chris Candido
- 1986 · WWF Wrestling Challenge as Skip