Chris Candito

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Age

Movies

Born: March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005
From: Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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.

Works

77 films

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3

20159.2

WWE SummerSlam 1995

19956.7

The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn

20118.0

ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999

19991.0

ECW Crossing the Line Again 1997

19973.3

NWA Grandslam

1993

WWE SummerSlam 1996

19967.8

WWE Survivor Series 1995

19958.4

WWE In Your House 9: International Incident

19967.8

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

19966.0

ECW Heat Wave 1997

1997

WWE WrestleMania XII

19967.0

ECW A Matter of Respect 1998

1998

TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments

200610.0

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2

20139.0

ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk

1997

ECW November to Remember 1999

199910.0

ECW Wrestlepalooza 1997

1997

Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles

200410.0

WCW Spring Stampede 2000

20009.5

Aar Ya Paar

19974.6

Blood, Brawls and Grudges

1995

ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997

19978.0

Legends Never Die

2006

ECW It Ain't Seinfeld

19989.0

ECW November To Remember 1998

19987.0

ECW CyberSlam 1997

19978.0

WCW Slamboree 2000

200010.0

WWE Sunny

19978.0

ECW House Party 1998

19987.0

Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling

20138.0

ECW November to Remember 1996

19962.3

The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament

1994

WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies

19968.4

ECW CyberSlam 1998

199810.0

ECW As Good As It Gets

19978.0

ECW Fan Cam: December 21, 1996

1996

TNA Destination X 2005

20058.0

ECW Heat Wave 1998

19989.5

ECW House Party 1999

1999

4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show

2001

ECW Born To Be Wired

1997

TNA Lockdown 2005

20058.0

The Best of Taz: Survive if He Lets You!

1999

ECW Fan Cam: March 22, 1997

1997

Best Of Raw • Volume One

1996

ECW Barely Legal 1997

19978.0

ECW Living Dangerously 1998

19989.0

WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling

20046.4

ECW November to Remember 1997

19974.5

SMW Night of The Legends

19946.0

ECW Fan Cam: May 2, 1997 (Barely Legal II)

1997

ECW CyberSlam 1999

19997.0

ECW High Incident

1996

SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993

1993

ECW Holiday Hell 1996

19961.0

ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997

1997

ECW Fan Cam: March 7, 1998

1998

ECW Fan Cam: April 4, 1997

1997

Life In The Fast Lane

2007

MLW Reloaded

2002

ECW Fan Cam: December 20, 1996

1996

XPW: The Revolution Will Be Televised!

20018.0

ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998

19987.0

Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary

1997

SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993

1993

The Best of Shane Douglas

1998

NEW Renegades Rampage

2004

ECW Fan Cam: October 23, 1999

1999

ECW Fan Cam: May 16, 1997

1997

ECW Fan Cam: November 23, 1996

1996

ECW Fan Cam: May 3, 1997

1997

ECW Fan Cam: September 17, 1998

1998

WWE Action Zone!

1997

ECW Fan Cam: October 31, 1997

1997

XPW: Baptized in Blood

20009.0

1st Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show

1998