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Chris Candido, Skip, Bodydonna Skip, "No Gimmicks Needed" Chris Candido
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1972-03-21
- event Death Date 2005-04-28
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.9
- info Birth Place Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey, USA
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NWA Grandslam
1993-04-17
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1st Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
1998-04-29
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WWE Action Zone!
1997-01-01
0
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997
1997-08-17
0
NEW Renegades Rampage
2004-10-02
0
TNA Destination X 2005
2005-03-13
6.2
WWE SummerSlam 1995
1995-08-26
8.5
WWE SummerSlam 1996
1996-08-17
9.5
WCW Spring Stampede 2000
2000-04-16
10
WCW Slamboree 2000
2000-05-07
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Best Of Raw • Volume One
1996-12-01
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ECW Fan Cam: November 23, 1996
1996-11-23
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ECW Fan Cam: December 20, 1996
1996-12-20
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ECW Fan Cam: October 31, 1997
1997-10-31
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ECW Fan Cam: September 17, 1998
1998-09-17
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ECW Fan Cam: October 23, 1999
1999-10-23
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The Best of Shane Douglas
1998-05-01
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The Best of Taz: Survive if He Lets You!
1999-02-01
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4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
2001-09-09
8
Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling
2013-04-20
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ECW Fan Cam: March 7, 1998
1998-03-07
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ECW Fan Cam: December 21, 1996
1996-12-21
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ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997
1997-02-14
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ECW Fan Cam: March 22, 1997
1997-03-22
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Blood, Brawls and Grudges
1995-07-31
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Life In The Fast Lane
2007-11-20
0
TNA Lockdown 2005
2005-04-24
6
SMW Night of The Legends
1994-08-05
10
ECW Heat Wave 1998
1998-08-02
10
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
2004-01-01
10
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
2006-11-21
9
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
2013-07-30
9.2
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3
2015-04-28
8
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
2011-10-11
6.3
WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling
2004-01-20
0
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
1999-05-16
5
ECW November to Remember 1996
1996-11-16
0
ECW House Party 1999
1999-01-16
0
XPW: Baptized in Blood
2000-02-26
10
ECW CyberSlam 1998
1998-02-21
0
Legends Never Die
2006-06-01
0
MLW Reloaded
2002-09-26
0
Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary
1997-10-10
8.4
WWE Survivor Series 1995
1995-11-19
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ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998
1998-05-03
0
ECW It Ain't Seinfeld
1998-05-14
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ECW A Matter of Respect 1998
1998-05-16
6.2
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
1996-01-21
7.1
WWE WrestleMania XII
1996-03-31
8.5
WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies
1996-04-28
10
WWE In Your House 9: International Incident
1996-07-21
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SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993
1993-08-14
0
ECW High Incident
1996-10-26
0
SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993
1993-11-25
1
ECW Holiday Hell 1996
1996-12-07
4
ECW Crossing The Line Again
1997-02-01
8
ECW CyberSlam 1997
1997-02-22
8
ECW Barely Legal 1997
1997-04-13
0
ECW November To Remember 1998
1998-11-01
0
ECW Wrestlepalooza 1997
1997-06-07
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The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament
1994-11-19
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ECW Born To Be Wired
1997-08-08
0
ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk
1997-09-11
8
ECW As Good As It Gets
1997-09-20
3.5
ECW November To Remember 1997
1997-11-30
7
ECW House Party 1998
1998-01-10
0
ECW Living Dangerously 1998
1998-03-01
0
ECW CyberSlam 1999
1999-04-02
10
ECW November to Remember 1999
1999-11-07
0
XPW: The Revolution Will Be Televised!
2001-02-15
7.7
WCW Thunder
1998-01-08
6.7
WWE Raw
1993-01-11
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986-09-07
6.7
WWE Raw
1993-01-11