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00:01Tami y Chris' historia es todo.
00:04Es una historia de amor, fue una historia de cuestionario,
00:07fue una historia de success, fue una historia de falla.
00:10High school sweethearts, Chris Candido y Tami Sitch,
00:14soared a wrestling stardom,
00:16fuelled por su talento, ambición y devotión a uno de otros.
00:20Anybody que conocí Chris, loved Chris,
00:23couldn't help it.
00:24From the first time I saw Chris in the ring,
00:26I knew he had excelente talent.
00:28He was a natural, and he loved wrestling.
00:31I went from seeing Chris and Tami backstage
00:34to seeing them as two of the biggest stars.
00:37But as Tami's star rose higher and brighter than Chris's,
00:41the bond between the young lovers was put to the test.
00:44Tami was the first female internet sensation
00:48in professional wrestling.
00:50And when she came onto the scene,
00:53she took all of the attention away from him.
00:56Until a series of devastating injuries and ill-fated choices
01:01sent them hurtling towards disaster.
01:03There was substance abuse.
01:05There was alcohol abuse.
01:07There were rumors of infidelity.
01:09If you are fucking around with the top guy,
01:14have enough decorum to shut your fucking mouth.
01:17They were the two cleanest kids that you could possibly imagine.
01:20What has happened?
01:22What's happened to these two?
01:23I once said to myself, I'd probably die at 36
01:27because I wanted to be just like Marilyn Monroe.
01:29I know my son loved her.
01:33Loved her.
01:34As addicted to opioids as Chris became,
01:39his biggest addiction was to Tami.
01:42Tami's legacy in wrestling
01:44is both a meteoric rise and a meteoric fall.
01:49What happened was bound to happen.
01:51You don't live like that
01:52and not go away without paying the piper.
02:02Candido's going for his top rope power bomb.
02:05He calls it the blonde bombshell name
02:07for his significant other, Sonny.
02:08If you would have came down to 13-year-old Chris Candido
02:11and said, listen, you're gonna die at 33,
02:15but you're gonna be a WWF champion.
02:19You're gonna have more belts than you can count.
02:23You're not gonna have kids or get married,
02:26but you'll be a wrestling star
02:27who's gonna be remembered by the people
02:30and by other wrestlers.
02:31How about win one for Candido, baby?
02:33Do you accept?
02:33He would say, yes.
02:35You know, like he took what came.
02:40I'm Johnny Ray, also known as Johnny Candido.
02:43I'm Chris Candido's younger brother.
02:48This is the office.
02:49This is where he concocted all of the,
02:52his wrestling ideas and stuff.
02:56My brother hung this fan.
02:59That's why I had me taking it down.
03:01He's got all the old pictures.
03:03I mean, just, there's stuff everywhere.
03:07In Chris's spare time,
03:09he would draw wrestling
03:12in here.
03:13I wish there was a date on this.
03:15This is probably before I was even born.
03:18Cook is what me, my family,
03:19everybody in the neighborhood calls him Cook.
03:21When I was a, when I was a baby,
03:23I couldn't say Chris.
03:24I called him Cook.
03:25It kind of stuck.
03:27So he started the Eastern Kids Wrestling Federation.
03:31He took this platter that was, that was left behind at somebody's wedding.
03:37And yeah.
03:37So he just made this out of a weight belt.
03:40It looks like a legit wrestling belt.
03:42And he made it when he was 13.
03:44Like how the fuck do you even make that at 13?
03:45Right?
03:45Like him and his friend Scott would say,
03:49Chris would say, I'm sleeping at Scott's house.
03:51Scott would tell his mom he's sleeping over here.
03:54And the two of them, they were 13,
03:56they'd get on a bus, go to Brooklyn,
03:58and they would wrestle at the Galaxian bar.
04:01You know, then they would take a bus back home the next morning
04:05and, you know, wash off their gig marks and come back home
04:08like they were just like at a regular sleepover.
04:10Like that's how determined he was.
04:14So he was sort of starting his wrestling career like behind your back.
04:17Oh, way behind my back.
04:19I had no clue he was doing that.
04:21I wouldn't have allowed it.
04:22It was not my dream or wish for him at all.
04:26Hi, my name is Peggy Ray and I'm Chris Candida's mom.
04:31He was confident that he was going to be a wrestler.
04:34It was what he wanted for his future.
04:36That's what he wanted to do.
04:40He was in a wrestling match at Madison Regional High School
04:44and I went to watch the match that night.
04:48I think he was working with Johnny Hotbody
04:50and Johnny Hotbody had him in a headlock.
04:53And he's like, hey dude, you know, check out the blonde in the front.
04:59I actually saw Tammy while I was sitting in the bleachers
05:03and I said to him, oh my God, I saw this girl
05:07and she was all dressed in white and she looked so heavenly.
05:11And he told me that, yeah, Mom, I met that girl too.
05:14Actually, we all went back to her house.
05:17The girl in white was Tamara Lynn Sitch,
05:20a bright high school student preparing for college,
05:24unaware that her life was about to take a sharp turn.
05:27When Chris and Tammy started dating,
05:29they were very into each other, together all the time.
05:32And he would say, Mom, Tammy's coming, please be nice.
05:35It was always pleasant.
05:38That relationship was his other obsession.
05:41He actually had a prom date.
05:44She was just, Tammy was just an acquaintance at that time,
05:47but he left the prom with the girl
05:48and she was sitting there in her convertible.
05:54And he left the date and got in the car with her.
06:01Which I didn't think was very nice.
06:05I thought in the very beginning that she was lovely.
06:11After graduating from high school, Chris does everything in his power
06:15to establish himself in the wrestling business.
06:18My brother was constantly on the phone, trying to get booked, driving to shows.
06:22Even if he's not booked, he's still going to drive there and see if he can get on.
06:25And he wanted to go to Smokey Mountain and he was calling Jim Cornette.
06:29He started sending me VHS tapes of all of his matches on the independent circuit.
06:34I saw a lot of natural talent in Chris Candido.
06:38I'm Jim Cornette. I was the promoter of Smokey Mountain Wrestling.
06:42And I'm the one who brought Chris Candido and Tammy Sitch to mainstream wrestling.
06:47The drawback for me bringing Chris Candido to Smokey Mountain Wrestling
06:51was that I couldn't pay him enough to justify asking this kid
06:55to move from New Jersey to East Tennessee for $75 a night, four times a week or whatever.
07:02At the same time, Tammy had never been involved in wrestling.
07:06She was Chris's girlfriend.
07:07She would go and do some ringside photography or just support him.
07:12But I was looking at her. I said, there's something about her.
07:15She's got charisma. She's a very pretty girl, but she seems quick and intelligent.
07:20Finally, I got an idea.
07:23What if Tammy was a manager?
07:26What if she could talk? I don't know. Can she? I'm not sure.
07:30She's never done it before. But if she can talk, then I could pay them both a little bit.
07:34So I called him and pitched him the idea.
07:38And I said, you're not the one to leave school.
07:40So he applied to the University of Tennessee and got accepted.
07:44And I said, well, that's great.
07:46Yeah, you can take that little road trip and go see Mr. Cornette as long as you go to school.
07:53Yeah, I thought it was going to be temporary.
07:55Of course, he had to wear a baby bonnet.
07:58What?
07:59And he gets that baby bonnet count of two and no.
08:02That's why wrestling just makes me so crazy.
08:05They make up these stories. So there was Christopher walking around in a baby bonnet and a diaper.
08:11The suicide blind Chris Candido.
08:14I guess it makes sense to some people. It made no sense at all to me.
08:20Well, Chris was such a student of the game and he understood that it took more than great moves or
08:25a great match to get over.
08:28He realized he had to be a character.
08:31My name is Mick Foley. I am a three time WWE champion. I'm known as the hardcore legend. And I
08:38was a colleague of Chris and Tammy's.
08:41It's just more fun to be a bad guy. Bad guys have more fun.
08:46That cat is in that bag. Oh, no.
08:49He embraced the heel mannerisms. He liked to be a jerk. He was one of the best jerks I've seen
08:58in our business.
08:59Though Chris relishes playing the bad guy, it's Tammy who is destined to be the ultimate villain.
09:05The way I fell into the business, Jim Cornette asked me to work for him. And I was in college.
09:10I was a pre-med student. I wanted to be a plastic surgeon.
09:12And I was like, this is his thing. You know, I'm in school to be a doctor. But I was
09:16like, all right, it might be fun. I'll make a couple extra bucks. And that's how I fell into it.
09:20We were in East Tennessee in the early 90s. And it was a highly Republican area. Everybody hated the Clintons.
09:27He's president. Hillary has tons of heat with all the Republicans.
09:32I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas. But what I decided to do was
09:36to fulfill my profession, which I am.
09:38I saw an opportunity to basically piss off every Republican and every hillbilly in East Tennessee and surrounding states.
09:45This young lady is Tammy Fitch. Now, the Smoky Mountain Wrestling attorneys have advised us to let her have her
09:51say here on the program.
09:52And I gave her notes. I said, here, this is the story we'd like you to tell on your first
09:57interview. Put it in your own words. Make it sound natural.
10:01Tammy? My name is Tammy Fitch. Of the New England Fitches, I'm sure you've heard of us.
10:06One take. One take she did.
10:09Mrs. Clinton has proven that a woman can do anything she wants.
10:12Here is this woman who idolizes the person that they all can't stand. And she was coming to Smoky Mountain
10:20Wrestling because she demanded equal opportunity.
10:23At any rate, the reason I'm here today is because I have filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit against Smoky Mountain
10:30Wrestling.
10:32And the people hated that shit.
10:41She leaned into the idea that she could make people hate her. She wasn't scared of it at all.
10:47I'm ready to become the first lady of Smoky Mountain Wrestling.
10:51Hi, this is Tammy Fitch and I'm here with Tammy's Tips.
10:54You'll be amazed at how I can make Margie into an acceptable human being.
10:58Tune in next week for more of Tammy's Tips. I'll make something out of you yet.
11:02As soon as she was on screen, she lit it up, you know, like she just popped on screen.
11:09And Jim Cornette put her in a perfect spot because she was that.
11:14She wasn't playing a part either. That was Tammy.
11:17My name is Dr. Tom Pritchard and I was Chris Candido's tag team partner in WWE.
11:24Stay behind us. It's time to get down to business.
11:26Chris with stars in his eyes and this love for this one woman that he's going to spend the rest
11:31of his life with.
11:32Why wouldn't you want to be with your partner?
11:35From the time they first came to Tennessee, they were inseparable.
11:38They rode together. They lived together, obviously.
11:41They seemed to be the most romantic, loving couple.
11:45You know, Tammy had no idea that wrestling was going to pan out for her.
11:49She thought it was something that Chris was going to do.
11:51And then actually it made it all the more surprising when she got over quicker than he did.
11:58They're obviously insecure about the masculinity.
12:02In early 1995, Tammy's charisma and Chris's dynamic wrestling style catch the attention of the WWF.
12:10Signing with the company, the pair finally achieved their ultimate dream.
12:15My relationship with Chris and Tammy was obviously as a mentor as well as a boss.
12:22But I genuinely believed in both of their talents and I wanted to see them succeed even past my promotion.
12:29He said, yeah, I'm going to go wrestle for the WWF, which I thought was, well, okay, so you did
12:34make it.
12:35That means you're dropping out of school, but I guess you did make it.
12:39His ultimate dream was getting to the WWF and being a top talent.
12:44He attained his goal, and a lot of people just never attained their goal, and he did it without any
12:51encouragement from me.
12:53Tammy, from the beginning, was ready to conquer the world.
12:56And she didn't care who knew it, didn't care what anybody thought about it.
13:01Yes, I do think with the success, her head grew pretty big.
13:07But the transformation that she was undergoing personally inside and underneath all that was even more remarkable and honestly much
13:19more dangerous.
13:27Hi, I'm Skip.
13:28And I'm Sonny.
13:30And we're the Body Donnas.
13:31At that time, a lot of people in WWE were vocations.
13:37They were Mounties, they were IRS agents, they were repo men.
13:42I love my job!
13:44They made them fitness gurus.
13:48The Body Donnas.
13:50Chris was the young, jacked guy that would work out and she was the pretty girl that would exercise along
13:57with him.
13:57Come on, get up and work, work, work, work, work!
13:59He would have been much more comfortable being himself, but he, I think he just thought of it as a
14:05rite of passage.
14:06See where it goes, and it went.
14:08I mean, they won the tag titles.
14:10Slap, slap, slap, no, no, no, no!
14:12What is happening there?
14:14Did you see, did you, did you just see what's finished?
14:17Wait a minute, three dollars!
14:18When they added the tag partner and they made Tom Pritchard, who had, you know, long, curly hair that he
14:24was a big fan of, shave his head.
14:26And I'm like, they should have just called me. It's like I had the hair already.
14:31Hi, I'm Lance Storm, a professional wrestler who worked with Chris and Tammy in Smoky Mountain Wrestling as well as
14:38Extreme Championship Wrestling.
14:43I could have been Zip, yeah. Although in hindsight, being 20-20, thank God they didn't.
14:49It sucked! It was horrible! It was the worst goddamn time of my life! Shit!
14:55Just, it was rotten. It was a rotten gimmick. And that's what got Chris Candido off on the wrong foot
15:02with the fans in the WWF, is they saw this as preliminary foolishness.
15:07And they weren't mad at Tammy anymore because she wasn't this bitchy heel manager, she was this girl doing jumping
15:15jacks and she's pretty, so they started loving her.
15:18She was amazing on the mic, she was amazing as a manager, she was amazing at any damn thing in
15:26the business that you could possibly ask of her.
15:30I am Terry Reynolds, former diva, manager, wrestler.
15:36Oh!
15:38She was, back in the day, the most downloaded female on AOL. And if you don't know what AOL is,
15:47well, it was back in the day, like way, like back when, when Christ was born, we had AOL.
15:54Anyway, she was gorgeous. She just, she had it all.
15:58Viewer discretion is advised.
16:00She went from a 19-year-old kid to a 24-year-old sex symbol.
16:08I think it timed well with, you know, the explosion of the internet and all of a sudden it's, you
16:14know, everyone's downloading sexy pictures of attractive women.
16:18Hit it, boys!
16:19And Tammy was just hitting at the right time as this new sex symbol character on wrestling television.
16:27And there was a lot of teenager, younger boys that thought that was a pretty damn good thing.
16:32In the beginning, a lot of people liked Tammy because she could come across as very charming.
16:37But once you got to know her, you understood that was just a front. And Tammy was all about Tammy.
16:45I had heard Tammy was divisive. I always liked Tammy. I understood she was ambitious. Like, that's not a negative.
16:54But it can be if you're a woman in a man's business.
16:57So there was one time on television before they had taken her off the road as the body Donna's manager.
17:04Henry and Phineas Godwin, the pig farmers, they carried a slop bucket around and they would dump the slop over
17:12the head of their opponents and people would cheer and they just love it.
17:16Henry's got the slop!
17:17On a particular night, I remember the Godwins coming in, putting the bucket down in the locker room and said,
17:24Guys, the bucket is going on Tammy tonight. So don't anybody do anything in this bucket. And you can imagine.
17:37There must have been DNA from 20 different people in there.
17:42Tammy seemed to have heat in the dressing room. I don't know why. If cockiness was a penalty, then we
17:52wouldn't have much of a business.
17:57Everybody needs to have the performer's ego. Yes, you must have an ego, no doubt.
18:02Tammy didn't lack an ego, but she went off the rails because she didn't know how to control it.
18:09Tammy skyrockets to fame as one of the first female megastars in the WWF.
18:15But her rise to the top is plagued by a culture of drugs and alcohol.
18:19Soon, she's caught up in the hard partying lifestyle.
18:23Well, at the time that Tammy and Shawn Michaels started their liaison, I didn't know about it originally.
18:31Most people didn't. Then the rumors started circulating and then it started to become more of an out in the
18:38open thing.
18:39She's mesmerized by Shawn Michaels. Will she come into the ring?
18:43In the mid-90s, Shawn Michaels, the Heartbreak Kid, was the top star in the WWF.
18:49He was the champion. He defeated Bret Hart in 1996 at WrestleMania and carried the belt through the end of
18:571997.
18:59I think Michaels did it because he could and he could get away with it.
19:02You know, I'm feeling awfully random. You know that?
19:05Uh-oh.
19:06Can you feel it? You want to feel me?
19:07Oh, yeah. I can feel it.
19:08All right.
19:08Did Chris find out about Shawn and Tammy?
19:10I don't know if he actually caught him red-handed, but how could you not know is my point.
19:16Of course he knew. Everybody knew. I have to believe that he knew it and just could not accept it.
19:25Oh, my goodness!
19:27She was a little girl that just wanted to be loved and, you know, being loved by the top guy
19:32felt a whole lot better than being loved by, you know, her boyfriend that was down here, I assume.
19:41If Shawn Michaels hadn't been Shawn Michaels and he got sideways with Chris Candido, Chris Candido would have broke him
19:48in 15 pieces and shoved him up his own ass.
19:51But Chris wasn't going to do that because Michaels is a big star. This is Chris' dream to work for
19:58the biggest promotion.
19:59He took it and he internalized it, I think.
20:04My brother and Tammy had an altercation in a hotel. It was too much. I couldn't watch my brother get
20:13treated like that, so I grabbed him, I threw him out of the room, into the hallway.
20:19He's trying to fight to get back in. I'm not letting him. I'm like, dude, let's get in the car
20:23and let's get the fuck out of here.
20:25And he's like, I can't do that, dude. And he's like, dude, I brought her into this business, it's my
20:29responsibility to take care of her.
20:30I'm like, that's bullshit, dude. Like, let's get the fuck out of here. And he's like, I can't do it.
20:35We were together for, it was almost the seven year mark. And it was like, I had the itch. You
20:41know what I mean? I was kind of tired of being in the same thing.
20:43And, um, so we split up for a little while and that's when I was seeing Shawn. Nothing was ever
20:48talked about, nothing was ever brought up.
20:50That's why, like, to this day, I always wonder, did he know everything? Did he not know?
20:56If he knew, he just loved me so much, he just ignored it. You know what I mean? I would
21:00love to know, but I'll never know.
21:03Chris Candido's undeniable talent isn't enough to make him a top star in the eyes of the company.
21:08After falling down the ranks of the WWF, a serious injury makes his prospects even worse.
21:15He was in Madison Square Garden.
21:19He came back to the dressing room.
21:22He said, no, I got a hurt neck. Well, they found out that it was more than hurt, it was
21:26broke.
21:27And this kid's going out there busting his ass.
21:31You know, having a broken neck, aching back, everything else in life.
21:36Somebody says, here, try this. Well, if one's good, six must be even better.
21:42My brother never touched a drink, a drug, anything until he was in WWF.
21:51And it was out of necessity, it was pain, he was hurt, he broke his neck.
21:54I was surprised when I heard that Chris had fallen into that trap.
21:59Because he'd always been, was so clean, didn't even drink.
22:03It started for pain, obviously, but then it became, he could use it to just go to sleep and forget
22:10about it.
22:11And I think he used it for his emotions at times, yes.
22:21While Tammy Sitch revels in the fame and excitement of being on top in the WWF,
22:27Chris Scandido finds himself squeezed out and even bullied by the toxic culture of the locker room.
22:32He wasn't well-liked by a few key people in the locker room.
22:38And life can be really tough for somebody who's not well-liked by the key people in the locker room.
22:44Battling injuries and frustration with his mid-card status,
22:47Chris leaves the WWF in search of the main event spotlight
22:51and joins the hardcore and controversial extreme championship wrestling.
22:56Paul Heyman was in charge of ECW.
22:59Chris knew he would be well-utilized there.
23:02And he was.
23:08The thing that the fans liked about Chris was that he was a throwback to an old-time wrestler.
23:14He was exciting and fast and strong and he could talk and he looked good.
23:19That in-ring portrayal was the best thing that Chris Candido ever did.
23:27There's the blonde bomb from the top!
23:29It's like, and people think we're, and we were insane, but it's like, in ECW, when we were working, it's
23:34like, his finisher was the blonde bombshell, the powerbomb off the top rope.
23:39And depending on which one of us won, we would give the other one the powerbomb off the top rope
23:44every night.
23:47There it is, the blonde bombshell!
23:49And he had injuries from these bumps.
23:52I remember there was one time, in the middle of the night, his back was bothering so much, they caved
23:55in and took him to the hospital.
23:57And when they went in and first looked at his back, the doctor looked at him and said, well, I
24:00need to see the accident report.
24:01And Chris was like, what do you mean?
24:03He's like, well, you were in a car accident, right?
24:04He's like, no.
24:06They're like, well, how did your back end up this messed up?
24:08And he's like, um, I wrestled professionally.
24:10The fans for that 90s grunge era loved that kind of shit.
24:16And as a result, all those guys crippled themselves.
24:20Had to face the reality of breaking my neck twice!
24:23And that fed the drug use that most of the people involved on the ECW roster were already heavily involved
24:31with.
24:33Somas were a drug of choice for a lot of wrestlers, especially in the 90s and 2000s.
24:41It's a muscle relaxer, heavy duty muscle relaxer.
24:44They're really great for back pain.
24:46The intended use for Somas is take one or two with food.
24:51And, however, if you take six, seven, chew them up, swallow them, and it's like insta, I was going to
25:01say insta-drunk, but it's not drunk.
25:03It's like, it's like a euphoric state is pretty much what it is.
25:07It seems to me like people can be addicted with one prescription with 30 pills.
25:13By the time that week is up, you can be an addict.
25:19Tammy, she didn't have any of that problem.
25:22It was the jack-offs that she was going out and partying with.
25:26They're all drinking, they're all doing Somas.
25:28She didn't have any of those issues, she just started doing it socially.
25:32Tammy's meteoric rise in the WWF hits a sudden obstacle with the arrival of Sable.
25:38A new diva who quickly outshines Tammy in the eyes of both the company and the fans.
25:44Shut up, I'm reading.
25:45In the hopes of revitalizing her career, Tammy joins Chris at ECW as his on-screen manager.
25:52But her struggles with substance abuse continue, affecting her performance in the ring.
25:57She would, walking on her high heels, her ankles would be vibrating and shaking and she'd be stumbling and the
26:03audience noticed it on her entrance.
26:05Joey, take a look at that front row, that ringside area, it smells like alcohol.
26:11He's a fat boy!
26:13As Chris and Tammy's drug use spirals out of control, it becomes impossible to ignore, both for audiences and ECW
26:21owner Paul Heyman.
26:22Let me tell a few jokes, let me get on the floor and do the curly shoving.
26:25There's no more jokes now.
26:27There's no more fun and games, no more joking around.
26:30To keep their jobs in ECW, Tammy agrees to film a provocative tell-all video as directed by Paul Heyman.
26:38My first drink was at home, when there were no more pills to make you go to sleep.
26:46It was disheartening.
26:48As their friend, I'm watching it, sitting there going, this is not productive.
26:53This is not going to help these kids in any way.
26:55I was hoping I wouldn't wake up this morning.
26:58Tell me about this. Describe that thing.
27:03The worst feeling in the world.
27:06I was mad at Heyman for a long time.
27:09Actually, still, I could work up getting mad at him now for doing that.
27:13But it was all because Paul thought people will watch this, it'll get ratings.
27:17Well, they'll watch two dogs fucking on the side of the road too, Paul, but I wouldn't have put it
27:21on my television.
27:23I don't think it did anyone any favors.
27:26Now, the right answer would have been that their time off, they had gone to rehab and got everything worked
27:32out and we had the triumphant story on the return, but that's not what happened.
27:45As their alcoholism and soma addictions grow more severe, Chris and Tammy's domestic problems escalate to a whole new level
27:54of intensity.
27:55I would see something really crazy, just crazy insanity.
27:59Like she's pulling knives out of the butcher block.
28:02Like, he's running away and then she's locked in the car and then he picks me up from high school
28:09the next day and he's like,
28:10Oh dude, uh, uh, Tammy's waiting for you to put together your bedroom set.
28:14And he's like wondering why I'm not stoked to go put together a bedroom set.
28:18And we just never talked about it.
28:19We just slipped it under the rug and that was it.
28:26Chris would be in the ring, wrestling.
28:31And Tammy would be somewhere else with somebody else in the back.
28:37While he's in the ring.
28:41While he's in the ring.
28:42You have to want to stop.
28:44You have to want to get better.
28:46And I don't think, I don't think either one of them knew how to live any other way at that
28:52time.
28:52While serving their suspension from ECW, Paul Heyman keeps Chris and Tammy on the payroll by assigning them office jobs.
29:00Including arranging travel plans for other wrestlers on the road.
29:04My brother had this American Express card and he would book the boys flights in hotel rooms and then get
29:11reimbursed with cash.
29:13He'd do it, get reimbursed with cash.
29:14And then he stopped getting reimbursed with cash.
29:17What Chris and Tammy don't know is that ECW is struggling with crippling debt.
29:22As the promotion crumbles, the couple is stuck with a massive bill for tens of thousands of dollars in unreimbursed
29:30ECW expenses.
29:31So they ended up in huge, huge debt and ultimately ended up losing their home.
29:40So that was a horrible time for them.
29:44His drug use was probably as bad as it ever was.
29:48We knew of pharmacies that were corrupted and we could go there and get 120 somers every other day, you
29:55know.
29:56So we were at this pharmacy and we were waiting, waiting, waiting.
30:00And all of a sudden he goes, oh no.
30:03And he has a seizure and he bites his tongue and he's coughing up blood.
30:07And I'm holding him trying to get his eyes to like look at me, you know.
30:12So they call the ambulance.
30:15And when you come out of a seizure, you don't know what you're saying.
30:19They're like, sir, sir, what day is it?
30:22Sir, what day is it?
30:23I'm like, move out of the way, ask him something he knows.
30:25I'm like, cook, how many times did Ric Flair win the NWA title?
30:28He's like 16.
30:30I'm like, all right, he's alive.
30:32Then when you go to the hospital and you, you know, go ahead, I'm like, you're in the hospital.
30:38And he'd be like, I'm in the hospital, get the fuck out of here.
30:40Dripped the things out of his arm and we'd go.
30:44After years of uncertainty, Chris and Tammy receive an invitation to join an independent wrestling promotion in Puerto Rico
30:51with the hope of revitalizing their careers.
30:53However, things quickly take a turn for the worse.
30:57We get there.
30:58The buildings are decrepit.
30:59A lot of them are outside.
31:01No running water.
31:03You get hit in the head with nine volt batteries as you walk in at a locker room.
31:08People go up to the concession stands, buy a cup of soda, drink it, fill it with pee, pour it
31:12on your head as you walk in the locker room.
31:13Whether you're a heel or a baby face, it doesn't matter.
31:15I had wealth on my head from nine volt batteries night after night.
31:18The access in Puerto Rico to Somos was very easy.
31:22You know, it was well known where you could go to get Somos, just like that.
31:28I heard Chris was struggling.
31:30Ah, man, I heard it was bad.
31:33People just say, you know, dude, if I go out, I want to leave a good looking corpse, you know,
31:38blonde, tan, and you know, I want to, like, live fast, die young.
31:43I'm like, dude, don't fucking say that shit.
31:45He needed to change.
31:47I think he even knew, you know, that he needed to change, and it's not time to throw in the
31:52towel and just, you know, stay there and fucking die.
31:59One day, you know, we were sitting there, having our lunch, and he's like, man, you know, the guys on
32:07the indies right now fucking, you know, he's like, they really get under my skin.
32:10He's like, you know, they don't look like professional athletes. He's like, you know, when I was 17, 18, I
32:15was, I was already big, muscular.
32:17I was, I was going to Smokey Mountain. I was making moves. I was doing all this stuff.
32:21I'm like, yeah, dude, that's why you were a standout. That's why you made it, numbnuts.
32:26And he's like, he's like, man, I really, I really fucked everything up.
32:32And I was like, dude, no, you didn't. Like, you're, you're, you're 32, 31. Let's get back on fucking track.
32:39And he's like, yeah, dude, fuck it.
32:43It was at that point that his love for wrestling overcame his addiction to the psalmist.
32:56Chris gets clean and undergoes intense training to regain his fighting form. With Tammy by his side, he returns to
33:04the mainland to join a new wrestling promotion called Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
33:08Back on television, he's determined to work his way to the top of the industry.
33:13What I noticed from Chris Kessel is being reinvigorated, getting that drive back. And you could see it in his
33:21eyes. I could see it in his work.
33:24He was as happy as he was when he first got signed to WWF. Like, he had that same happiness.
33:30Like, like, dude, he was like glowing, you know?
33:33The thing he just said, he's like, dude, like, I'm, I'm really sorry for all the stuff that you saw
33:39at such a young age, you know? I apologize.
33:41He's like, I shouldn't have like, you know, put you in that situation. I'm just like, dude, you were a
33:46baby too. You know, you were 23, 24.
33:49I had heard at that point he had cleaned up and he certainly seemed like Smokey Mountain Chris Candido again.
33:57There was a camera in the ring and he tried to bump to get away from it. And that got
34:03his boot hung up a little bit in the canvas when he was trying to bump it and his shin
34:10broke.
34:13And right away, he, he wanted to stand up, but he couldn't. He got out of the ring and they,
34:21they took him to the hospital and I'm fucking freaking out. I'm here, you know?
34:27I, I call his phone and he's just like, he's like, dude, I can't believe I left the ring. He's
34:32like, I just couldn't stand up, you know?
34:34He's like, I'm just like fucking embarrassed that I left the ring. Like I shouldn't have done that.
34:41I talked to him on Monday and he said, Hey, I'm about to go in the doctor. I'll call you
34:49back.
34:49After undergoing extensive ankle surgery, Chris makes a surprise appearance at a TNA event just two days later.
34:57He then boards a flight home, unaware of the tragedy that awaits.
35:01Everybody saw the horrendous injury that I sustained in lockdown.
35:05On Wednesday, he flew home and he called me Wednesday night.
35:10And he's like, Oh mom, I, I just don't feel good.
35:14I said, well, Chris, you probably shouldn't have flown home.
35:17You just, you just need to go to bed.
35:20And that was the last time I talked to him.
35:24All I know was he, he was, he was fine on the phone talking to me.
35:28You know, the two of us were chatting, you know, last thing we said to each other was, Hey, love
35:33you, bro.
35:33Love you too.
35:34It was the next morning that I get a call that Cook's in the hospital.
35:40I go in there and I see him like laid on a hospital bed and I get on top of
35:47him like I've done a million times.
35:48And I'm like, cook, cook, cook, you know, I'm like, yo, wake up, wake up.
35:53And, you know, I'm trying to like open his eyes and shit.
35:56And then when I, I was trying to grab, once I grabbed his hand, I realized he passed away because
36:04the blood stopped flowing.
36:05And I was like, holy shit, like, it was fucking, I got, I, it was the worst experience of my
36:15entire life.
36:19I just go walking and, uh, I found a church and when I said a couple of prayers and then,
36:25uh, yo, sorry, hold on.
36:31The last interaction I had with Chris.
36:36Sorry.
37:00Everything was off.
37:01Everything, didn't it?
37:03Yeah, just fucked.
37:04And, uh, I got home and Tommy Drummer called me.
37:08I said, Chris is dead.
37:10I said, Chris who?
37:11It couldn't be Candido.
37:12I just talked to him Monday.
37:14I said, Candido.
37:15He started crying.
37:17So I'm like, God.
37:20And I hung up, he hung up, and I started crying.
37:33Yeah, dude, I don't really break up, you know, but that, that image is, is freaking stuck with me.
37:43Doctor comes in, kneels down in front of me and says, sorry, he's gone.
37:46I said, what?
37:48I said, you're sorry, he's gone?
37:50I said, you were going to, what are you talking about?
37:52Gone where?
37:53Where?
37:53You got to walk out?
37:54He's like, no, uh, we lost.
37:56We're like, what do you mean?
37:58I don't comprehend this.
37:59And then that's when they said they found the blood clot.
38:00They said, after the surgery, blood clot formed in his ankle and went to his lungs, which
38:05was causing pneumonia and went to his heart.
38:07And they said, that's nothing they could have done.
38:11By the time I got to the hospital, he was already gone.
38:15I let, I let him down.
38:17Why do you say that?
38:19Because if I knew, I, I, maybe I could have helped him.
38:23Maybe I could have saved him.
38:25Maybe I, I should have been there.
38:27I shouldn't have let him gone through surgery by himself.
38:29You know, you think back on things and you say, maybe if I was there, things would be different.
38:39I miss him.
38:40I miss him all the time.
38:44And I just feel sad that he didn't get the opportunity to enjoy a lot more life because
38:52he had a lot, a lot more life to live.
39:00You know, here's the thing about this whole deal.
39:04They said, this kid never did anything wrong to anybody.
39:07And he finally, he has all those problems.
39:10And then he finally is getting straightened out.
39:12And just when he gets his last chance, it was because he was so dedicated to the wrestling business that
39:24he died.
39:25He could have sat at home and they would have paid him.
39:28But after he had that surgery, he had to get on a plane and go somewhere and you shouldn't fly
39:34after surgery.
39:35You can get blood clots and the altitude and the pressure, whatever.
39:40And that's what happened.
39:41A goddamn broken ankle killed him.
39:46I need a minute.
39:48I'm sorry.
39:49It just, that with Chris, I don't get sentimental about many people.
39:58But then this is part ofство before.
40:25The road that Chris helped pave is now the road most traveled
40:31And I think because of that, he's left a bigger legacy
40:35Even though she was by far the bigger star at her peak
40:39Tammy was that bridge to divas
40:42The road she paved at the time is a road almost no longer traveled
40:48I once heard her say she has no regrets
40:52None, zero, zilch
40:54I don't know if you are a living, breathing human being
40:58That you can truly utter those words and mean them
41:01Because mistakes are regrets, in my opinion
41:07When was the last time you spoke to her?
41:09I think she just got out of jail
41:11Real quick, what's your last name?
41:13Sitch, S-Y-T-Sitch
41:14What's your first name?
41:15Tamara
41:16Okay, what's your middle name?
41:17Glenn
41:18I mean, the way I look at it, did I fuck up?
41:20Sure, I did, absolutely
41:22But you know what?
41:23Shit happens
41:24Life happens
41:25And there's nothing you can do about it
41:26I, unfortunately, didn't know how to cover it up very well
41:29With, you know, seven GUIs
41:31And, you know, a couple of jail stints
41:34You could still always hold out hope
41:36That she'd straighten up
41:38And get her shit together
41:41People do
41:43And then we got the news
41:44And at this point, it's never surprising
41:47But still, it's like, oh boy
41:49You know, she's done it now
41:5049-year-old Tamara Sitch, a former WWE wrestler
41:54Crashed into the back of a car, killing its 75-year-old driver
41:58She's drunk
41:59She has no license
42:01With the multiple DUIs
42:03She has no business being anywhere behind the wheel
42:07And is now charged with DUI manslaughter
42:12Up to 20-something years in prison
42:15She's denying it and denying it and denying it
42:19And when you can't be honest with yourself
42:22You're not going to be honest with anybody else
42:24So I just don't think she's coming out
42:28I hope she doesn't
42:29I don't want her to do any more damage
42:31It was surprising
42:34The way that everything turned out
42:36To see both of them as young people
42:39And then especially to see what happened with Tammy
42:43Tammy changed
42:45Tammy lost track of what was going on
42:49And Tammy lost control of her life
42:52I wouldn't have seen that coming
42:54From the girl I first met
42:56Chris Candido, the real world heavyweight champion
42:59Chris, the last 15 years
43:02I don't think if he'd have lived
43:05If he would have been a significantly different person
43:08Today, Chris would be one of the biggest stars in the business
43:12Because the business is more accepting
43:14Of what Chris offered and what he brought
43:18His legacy
43:20I think if you're happy doing what you're doing
43:25You should just do it
43:28Just do it
43:29If you have a dream
43:30Dream it
43:31Live your dream
43:32Live your life to the fullest
43:34He did more in 33 years than I've done in 73
43:39So he's been everywhere
43:41He's seen so many things
43:43He's had so many life experiences
43:45He was special
43:46He was my special kid
43:49He was special to a lot of people
43:50And I'm thankful for that
43:53And I'm here
43:59I love you
43:59You
44:02Gracias por ver el video.
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