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        Tammy and Chris'        
      story is everything.      

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     It was a love story,       
   it was a cautionary tale.    

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    It was a success story.     
    It was a failure story.     

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           [narrator]           
    High school sweethearts,    

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         Chris Candito          
        and Tammy Sytch,        

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  soared to wrestling stardom,  
    fuelled by their talent,    

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     ambition, and devotion     
        to one another.         

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        Anybody who met         
       Chris loved Chris.       

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     You couldn't help it.      

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    From the first time that    
    I saw Chris in the ring,    

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         I knew he had          
      exceptional talent.       

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     He was a natural, and      
      he loved wrestling.       

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    I went from seeing Chris    
     and Tammy backstage to     

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     seeing them as two of      
      the biggest stars.        

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    But as Tammy's star rose    
      higher and brighter       

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     than Chris', the bond      
    between the young lovers    

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      was put to the test.      

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   Tammy was the first female   
       internet sensation       

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   in professional wrestling.   

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       And, when she came       
       onto the scene...        

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      she took all of the       
    attention away from him.    

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  Until a series of devastating 
     injuries and ill-fated     

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       choices sent them        
   hurtling towards disaster.   

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   There was substance abuse.   

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    There was alcohol abuse.    

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       There were rumours       
         of infidelity.         

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       If you are fucking       
     around with a top guy,     

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     have enough decorum to     
    shut your fucking mouth.    

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       They were the two        
       cleanest kids that       

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           you could            
       possibly imagine.        

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       What has happened?       

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        What's happened         
         to these two?          

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    I know my son loved her.    

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           Loved her.           

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     As addicted to opioids     
        as Chris became,        

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     his biggest addiction      
         was to Tammy.          

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       Tammy's legacy in        
       wrestling is both        

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      a meteoric rise and       
       a meteoric fall.         

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       What happened was        
       bound to happen.         

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    You don't live like that    
        and not go away         

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   without paying the piper.    

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               ♪                

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  If you would've came down to  
   13-year-old Chris Candito    

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      and said, "Listen,        
    you're gonna die at 33,     

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      but you're gonna be       
      a WWF champion..."        

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     [Indistinct shouting]      
    Phineas, wait a minute!     

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    "You're gonna have more     
   belts than you can count.    

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     You're not gonna have      
     kids or get married,       

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   but you'll be a wrestling    
      star who's gonna be       

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    remembered by the people    
    and by other wrestlers."    

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        And I'll win one        
       for Candito, baby!       

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        "Do you accept?"        
      He would say, "Yes."      

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       You know, like he        
        took what came.         

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      I'm Johnny Rae, also      
    known as Johnny Candito.    

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      I'm Chris Candito's       
       younger brother.         

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                               ♪

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      This is the office.       

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   This is where he concocted   
       all of the, ah...        

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         his wrestling          
        ideas and stuff.        

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   My brother hung this fan,    

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      that's why I haven't      
         taken it down.         

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        He's got all the        
         old pictures.          

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     I mean, just, there's      
       stuff everywhere.        

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   And, in Chris' spare time,   

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         he would draw          
       wrestling in here.       

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        Wish there was          
        a date on this.         

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       This is probably         
    before I was even born.     

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      'Cook', is what me,       
          my family,            

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        everybody in the        
 neighbourhood calls him, Cook. 

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       When I was a, when       
         I was a baby,          

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     I couldn't say Chris.      
      I called him Cook.        

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       It kind of stuck.        

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   So, he started the Eastern   
   Kids Wrestling Federation.   

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    He took this platter...     

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    that was, that was left     
 behind at somebody's wedding.  

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   And, yeah, so he just made   
   this out of a weight belt.   

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     It looks like a legit      
        wrestling belt,         

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        and he made it          
        when he was 13.         

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   Like, how the fuck do you    
    make that at 13, right?     

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      Him and his friend,       
       Scott, would say-        

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     Chris would say, "I'm      
  sleeping at Scott's house."   

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    Scott would tell his mom    
    he's sleeping over here.    

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      And the two of them,      
         they were 13,          

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      they'd get on a bus,      
        go to Brooklyn,         

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     and they would wrestle     
      at the Galaxian Bar.      

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   You know, then they would    
     take a bus back home       

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     the next morning and,      
           you know,            

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         wash off their         
         gig marks and          

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 come back home like they were  
 just at a regular sleep over.  

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        Like, that's how        
       determined he was.       

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    Oh, way behind my back.     

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        I had no clue he        
        was doing that.         

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  I wouldn't have allowed it.   

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     It was not my dream or     
      wish for him at all.      

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          Hi, my name           
         is Peggy Rae,          

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            and I'm             
      Chris Candito's mom.      

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    He was confident that he    
    was gonna be a wrestler.    

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     It was what he wanted      
        for his future,         

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         that's what he         
         wanted to do.          

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          He was in a           
       wrestling match at       

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        Madison Regional        
          High School.          

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     And, I went to watch       
     the match that night.      

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     I think he was working     
      with Johnny Hotbody.      

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  And, Johnny Hotbody had him   
        in a headlock,          

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      and he's like, "Hey,      
        dude, you know,         

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      check out the blonde      
         in the front."         

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               ♪                

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      I actually saw Tammy      

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     while I was sitting in     
         the bleachers.         

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       And I said to him,       
          "Oh, my God,          

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    I saw this girl and she     
   was all dressed in white,    

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         and she looked         
         so heavenly."          

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     And, he told me that,      

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       "Yeah, Mom, I met        
        that girl too.          

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     Actually, we all went      
      back to her house."       

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      The 'Girl In White'       
     was Tamara Lynn Sytch,     

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  a bright high school student  
     preparing for college,     

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    unaware that her life was   
   about to take a sharp turn.  

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      When Chris and Tammy      
        started dating,         

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         they were very         
        into each other.        

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     Together all the time.     

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       And he would say,        
     "Mom, Tammy's coming.      

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        Please be nice."        
     I was always pleasant.     

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     That relationship was      
     his other obsession.       

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  He actually had a prom date.  
         She was just-          

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       Tammy was just an        
   acquaintance at that time,   

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        but he left the         
      prom with the girl,       

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      and she was sitting       
   there in her convertible.    

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               ♪                

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   And, he left the date, and   
    got in the car with her.    

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               ♪                

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         Which I didn't         
      think was very nice.      

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           [Laughing]           

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               ♪                

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       I thought, in the        
        very beginning,         

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      that she was lovely.      

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               ♪                

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        After graduating        
        from high school,       

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  Chris does everything in his  
   power to establish himself   

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   in the wrestling business.   

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        My brother was          
    constantly on the phone     

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     trying to get booked,      
       driving to shows.        

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    Even if he's not booked,    
        he's still gonna        

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      drive there and see       
       if he can get on.        

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      And, he wanted to go      
       to Smoky Mountain,       

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         he was calling         
         Jim Cornette.          

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     He started sending me      
      VHS tapes of all of       

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       his matches on the       
      independent circuit.      

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     I saw a lot of natural     
    talent in Chris Candito.    

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       I'm Jim Cornette.        

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     I was the promoter of      
   Smoky Mountain Wrestling,    

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      and I'm the one who       
   brought Chris Candito and    

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        Tammy Sytch to          
     mainstream wrestling.      

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  The drawback for me bringing  
        Chris Candito to        

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    Smoky Mountain Wrestling    
    was that I couldn't pay     

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     him enough to justify      
      asking this kid...        

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   to move from New Jersey to   
       east Tennessee for       

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   75 bucks a night, 4 times    
      a week or whatever.       

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       At the same time,        

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      Tammy had never been      
     involved in wrestling.     

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   She was Chris' girlfriend.   

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    She would go and do some    
    ringside photography or     

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       just support him.        

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       But I was looking        
        at her, I said,         

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       "There's something       
           about her,           

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      she's got charisma.       
   She's a very pretty girl,    

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      but she seems quick       
       and intelligent."        

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            Finally,            
         I got an idea.         

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         What if Tammy          
         was a manager?         

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    What if she could talk?     
    I don't know, can she?      

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         I'm not sure,          
  she's never done it before.   

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      But if she can talk,      

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     then I could pay them      
      both a little bit.        

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     So, I called him and       
     pitched him the idea.      

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    And I said, "You're not     
     gonna leave school."       

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     So, he applied to the      
    University of Tennessee     

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       and got accepted.        

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          And I said,           
      "Well, that's great.      

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       Yeah, you can take       
     that little road trip.     

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   And, go see Mr. Cornette,    

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         as long as you         
         go to school."         

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     Yeah, I thought it was     
      gonna be temporary.       

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      Of course, he had to      
      wear a baby bonnet.       

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          [Off-screen]          
        [Laughing] What?        

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           [Laughing]           

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  [Announcer] And he gets that  
    baby bonnet, count of 2-    

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            And no!             
          Ah, can't...          

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      Like, wrestling just      
       makes me so crazy.       

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         They make up           
       these stories so,        

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     there was Christopher      
       walking around in        

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         a baby bonnet          
         and a diaper.          

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[Announcer] The Suicide Blonde, 
        Chris Candito!          

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       I guess it makes         
     sense to some people.      

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        It made no sense        
         at all to me.          

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      Oh, Chris was such a      
      student of the game,      

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   and he understood that it    
     took more than great       

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     moves or a great match     
         to get 'over'.         

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       He realized he had       
       to be a character.       

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     My name is Mick Foley.     

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       I am a three-time        
         WWE champion.          

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        I'm known as the        
       'Hardcore Legend'.       

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     And I was a colleague      
     of Chris and Tammy's.      

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       It's just more fun       
        to be a bad guy.        

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    Bad guys have more fun.     

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        He embraced the         
        heel mannerisms.        

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     He liked to be a jerk.     

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  He was one of the best jerks  
   I've seen in our business.   

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      Though Chris relishes     
      playing the bad guy,      

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   it's Tammy who is destined   
   to be the ultimate villain.  

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   We were in east Tennessee    
       in the early 90s,        

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      and it was a highly       
       republican area.         

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 Everybody hated the Clintons.  

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        He's president.         

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   Hillary has tons of heat     
   with all the republicans.    

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 I suppose I could have stayed  
  home and baked cookies and    

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      had teas, but what I      
      decided to do was to      

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     fulfill my profession,     
           which is-            

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    I saw an opportunity to     
    basically piss off every    

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     republican and every       
  hillbilly in east Tennessee   

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    and surrounding states.     

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        This young lady         
        is Tammy Fytch.         

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    Now, the Smoky Mountain     
    Wrestling attorneys have    

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   advised us to let her have   
  her say here on the program.  

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     And I gave her notes.      

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   I said, "Here, this is the   
      story we'd like you       

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        to tell on your         
        first interview.        

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   Put it in your own words,    
    make it sound natural."     

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             Tammy?             

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    My name is Tammy Fytch,     
   of the New England Fytchs.   

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        I'm sure you've         
         heard of us.           

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           One take.            
       One take, she did.       

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       Mrs. Clinton has         
      proven that a woman       

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   can do anything she wants.   

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     Here is this woman who     
      idolizes the person       

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   that they all can't stand.   

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     And she was coming to      
    Smoky Mountain Wrestling    

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      because she demanded      
       equal opportunity.       

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  At any rate, the reason I'm   
     here today is because      

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     I have filed a sexual      
     discrimination lawsuit     

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         against Smoky          
      Mountain Wrestling.       

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         And the people         
        hated that shit.        

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      [Booing & shouting]       

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        She leaned into         
         the idea that          

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         she could make         
        people hate her.        

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       She wasn't scared        
         of it at all.          

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      I'm ready to become       
       the first lady of        

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   Smoky Mountain Wrestling.    

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    Hi, This is Tammy Fytch,    

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       and I'm here with        
         Tammy's Tips.          

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    You'll be amazed at how     
       I can make Margie        

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       into an acceptable       
          human being.          

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     Tune in next week for      
     more of Tammy's Tips.      

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      I'll make something       
        out of you yet.         

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           As soon as           
      she was on screen...      

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    she lit it up, you know,    

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         like she just          
        popped onscreen.        

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    And Jim Cornette put her    
       in a perfect spot        

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     because she was that.      

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       She wasn't playing       
         a part either.         

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        That was Tammy.         

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  My name is Dr. Tom Prichard,  

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   and I was Chris Candito's    
   tag team partner in WWE.     

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       It's time to get         
       down to business.        

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        Chris with stars        
        in his eyes and,        

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  this love for this one woman  
        that he's gonna         

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        spend the rest          
       of his life with.        

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     Why wouldn't you want      
    to be with your partner?    

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       From the time they       
    first came to Tennessee,    

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     they were inseparable.     
      They rode together,       

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      they lived together,      
           obviously.           

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          They seemed           
         to be the most         

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           romantic,            
         loving couple.         

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      You know, Tammy had       
     no idea that wrestling     

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          was going to          
        pan out for her.        

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  She thought it was something  
    that Chris was gonna do.    

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  And then, actually, it made   
  it all the more surprising    

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       when she got over        
      quicker than he did.      

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   They're obviously insecure   
    about their masculinity.    

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         In early 1995,         

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      Tammy's charisma and      
         Chris' dynamic         

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      wrestling style catch     
    the attention of the WWF.   

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    Signing with the company,   

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    the pair finally achieve    
     their ultimate dream.      

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   My relationship with Chris   
         and Tammy was,         

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    obviously, as a mentor,     
      as well as a boss.        

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   But I genuinely believed     
   in both of their talents,    

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        and I wanted to         
       see them succeed,        

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    even past my promotion.     

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  He said, "Yeah, I'm gonna go  
     wrestle for the WWF,"      

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   which I thought was, well,   
   okay, so you did make it.    

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       That means you're        
    dropping out of school,     

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        but I guess you         
         did make it.           

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     His ultimate dream was     
      get into the WWF...       

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    and being a top talent.     

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     He attained his goal.      

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   And, a lot of people just    
   never attain their goal.     

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   And he did it without any    
    encouragement from me.      

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            Tammy,              
      from the beginning,       

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          was ready to          
       conquer the world.       

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        And didn't care         
         who knew it,           

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    didn't care what anybody    
       thought about her.       

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      Yes, I do think with      
       the success, her,        

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        her head grew...        

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   her head grew pretty big.    

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     But the transformation     
    that she was undergoing,    

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     personally, inside and     
      underneath all that       

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        was even more...        

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   remarkable, and honestly,    
     much more dangerous.       

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        -Hi, I'm Skip.          
        -And I'm Sunny.         

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   And we're The Body Donnas.   

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 At that time, a lot of people  
    in WWE were vocations.      

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      They were Mounties,       
     they were IRS agents,      

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      they were repo men.       

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       I love my job! Ha!       

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         They made them         
         fitness gurus.         

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        The Body Donnas.        

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  Chris was the young, jacked   
   guy that would work out,     

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        and she was the         
          pretty girl           

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      that would exercise       
        along with him.         

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   Come on, get up and work,    
    work, work, work, work!     

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  He would have been much more  
   comfortable being himself,   

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    but he, I think he just     
         thought of it          

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     as a rite of passage.      

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       See where it goes,       
         and it went...         

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        I mean, they won        
        the tag titles.         

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     [Indistinct shouting]      
        No, no, no, no!         

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         -What is this?         
         -Look at this!         

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      Did you see- did you      
     just see what Phineas-     

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         Wait a minute!         
           Three, no!           

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    When they added the tag     
     partner and they made      

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     Tom Prichard who had,      
  you know, long, curly hair,   

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   that he was a big fan of,    
 shave his head, and I'm like,  

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        they should have        
        just called me.         

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       It's like, I had         
       the hair already.        

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     Hi, I'm Lance Storm,       
    a professional wrestler     

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        who worked with         
        Chris and Tammy         

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       in Smoky Mountain        
          Wrestling,            

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      as well as Extreme        
    Championship Wrestling.     

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        [Crowd chatter]         

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         I could have           
        been Zip, yeah.         

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     Although, in hindsight     
      being 20/20, I mean,      

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     thank God they didn't.     

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           It sucked!           
        It was horrible!        

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     It was the worst God       
     damn time of my life!      

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             Shit!              

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      Just, it was rotten-      
    it was a rotten gimmick.    

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        And, that's what        
      Chris Candito off on      

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    the wrong foot with the     
      fans in the WWF is        

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        they saw this as        
    preliminary foolishness.    

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    And, they weren't mad at    
     Tammy anymore because      

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     she wasn't this bitchy     
         heel manager.          

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    She was this girl doing     
       jumping jacks and        

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     she's pretty, so they      
      started loving her.       

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        She was amazing         
         on the mike.           

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        She was amazing         
         as a manager.          

356
00:15:22,855 --> 00:15:26,792
     She was amazing at any     
   damn thing in the business   

357
00:15:26,825 --> 00:15:29,828
    that you could possibly     
          ask of her.           

358
00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:32,197
      I am Terri Runnels.       

359
00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:36,502
          Former diva,          
       manager, wrestler.       

360
00:15:36,535 --> 00:15:38,037
              Oh!               

361
00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:40,606
            She was,            
        back in the day,        

362
00:15:40,639 --> 00:15:44,843
      the most downloaded       
        female on AOL.          

363
00:15:44,877 --> 00:15:47,613
     And if you don't know      
     what AOL is, well...       

364
00:15:47,646 --> 00:15:50,049
   [Laughing] It was back in    
      the day, like way-        

365
00:15:50,082 --> 00:15:53,986
     like, back when Christ     
     was born, we had AOL.      

366
00:15:54,019 --> 00:15:56,722
            Anyway!             
       She was gorgeous.        

367
00:15:56,755 --> 00:15:58,791
           She just,            
        she had it all.         

368
00:15:58,824 --> 00:16:01,126
 Viewer discretion is advised.  

369
00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,330
        She went from a         
       19-year-old kid...       

370
00:16:04,363 --> 00:16:09,134
        to a 24-year-old        
          sex symbol.           

371
00:16:09,168 --> 00:16:11,570
        I think it timed        
      well with, you know,      

372
00:16:11,603 --> 00:16:13,238
         the explosion          
        of the internet,        

373
00:16:13,272 --> 00:16:15,040
      and all of a sudden,      
         it's you know,         

374
00:16:15,074 --> 00:16:18,210
  everyone's downloading sexy   
 pictures of attractive women.  

375
00:16:18,243 --> 00:16:19,845
         Hit it, boys!          

376
00:16:19,878 --> 00:16:23,582
  And, Tammy was just hitting   
 at the right time as this new  

377
00:16:23,615 --> 00:16:27,019
    sex symbol character on     
     wrestling television.      

378
00:16:27,052 --> 00:16:30,422
    And, there was a lot of     
  teenage or younger boys that  

379
00:16:30,456 --> 00:16:32,658
      thought that was a        
    pretty damn good thing.     

380
00:16:32,691 --> 00:16:35,728
   In the beginning, a lot of   
   people liked Tammy because   

381
00:16:35,761 --> 00:16:38,263
     she could come across      
       as very charming.        

382
00:16:38,297 --> 00:16:41,567
 But once you got to know her,  
  you understood that was...    

383
00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,102
         just a front.          

384
00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:45,504
         And Tammy was          
        all about Tammy.        

385
00:16:45,537 --> 00:16:47,573
       I had heard Tammy        
         was divisive.          

386
00:16:47,606 --> 00:16:50,109
     I always liked Tammy.      

387
00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:52,378
      I understood she was      
       ambitious, like...       

388
00:16:52,411 --> 00:16:54,346
     that's not a negative.     

389
00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:57,683
   But it can be if you're a    
  women, in a man's business.   

390
00:16:57,716 --> 00:17:00,953
   So, there was one time on    
   television before they had   

391
00:17:00,986 --> 00:17:05,024
   taken her off the road as    
   The Body Donnas manager.     

392
00:17:05,057 --> 00:17:08,227
       Henry and Phineas        
   Godwinn, the pig farmers.    

393
00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:10,863
      They carried a slop       
      bucket around and,        

394
00:17:10,896 --> 00:17:14,066
 they would dump the slop over  
  the head of their opponents   

395
00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:15,934
    and people would cheer,     
    and they just loved it.     

396
00:17:15,968 --> 00:17:18,237
     Henry's got the slop!      

397
00:17:18,270 --> 00:17:19,905
     On a particular night,     

398
00:17:19,938 --> 00:17:22,207
        I remember the          
      Godwinns coming in,       

399
00:17:22,241 --> 00:17:23,976
    putting the bucket down     
   in the locker room, said,    

400
00:17:24,009 --> 00:17:27,713
     "Guys, the bucket is       
    going on Tammy tonight,     

401
00:17:27,746 --> 00:17:32,084
      so don't anybody do       
   anything in this bucket."    

402
00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:33,952
      And you can imagine.      

403
00:17:33,986 --> 00:17:36,221
     [Indistinct shouting]      
          Oh, no, no!           

404
00:17:36,255 --> 00:17:38,390
     [Indistinct shouting]      

405
00:17:38,424 --> 00:17:39,725
      And there must have       
         been DNA from          

406
00:17:39,758 --> 00:17:42,394
          20 different          
        people in there.        

407
00:17:42,428 --> 00:17:46,265
   Tammy seemed to have heat    
     in the dressing room.      

408
00:17:46,298 --> 00:17:48,600
       I don't know why.        

409
00:17:48,634 --> 00:17:51,837
  If cockiness was a penalty,   

410
00:17:51,870 --> 00:17:54,006
     then we wouldn't have      
      much of a business.       

411
00:17:54,039 --> 00:17:57,443
     [Screaming & shouting]     

412
00:17:57,476 --> 00:18:00,345
    Everybody needs to have     
     the performer's ego.       

413
00:18:00,379 --> 00:18:02,314
       Yes, you must have       
       an ego, no doubt,        

414
00:18:02,347 --> 00:18:04,016
    and Tammy didn't lack...    

415
00:18:04,049 --> 00:18:08,087
     an ego. But, she went      
     off the rails because      

416
00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:09,588
        she didn't know         
       how to control it.       

417
00:18:09,621 --> 00:18:12,591
    Tammy skyrockets to fame    
      as one of the first       

418
00:18:12,624 --> 00:18:15,327
        female megastars        
          in the WWF.           

419
00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:17,129
     But her rise to the top    
          is plagued by         

420
00:18:17,162 --> 00:18:19,465
       a culture of drugs       
          and alcohol.          

421
00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:23,535
    Soon, she's caught up in    
  the hard, partying lifestyle. 

422
00:18:23,569 --> 00:18:25,471
       Well, at the time        
        that Tammy and          

423
00:18:25,504 --> 00:18:27,773
         Shawn Michaels         
        started their...        

424
00:18:27,806 --> 00:18:31,543
     liaison, ah, I didn't      
   know about it originally.    

425
00:18:31,577 --> 00:18:33,312
      Most people didn't.       
             Then,              

426
00:18:33,345 --> 00:18:36,515
      the rumours started       
     circulating, and then      

427
00:18:36,548 --> 00:18:39,218
   it started to become more    
  of an out in the open thing.  

428
00:18:39,251 --> 00:18:42,221
  [Announcer] She's mesmerized  
       by Shawn Michaels!       

429
00:18:42,254 --> 00:18:43,722
         Will she come          
         into the ring?         

430
00:18:43,755 --> 00:18:46,058
In the mid 90s, Shawn Michaels, 
      the Heartbreak Kid,       

431
00:18:46,091 --> 00:18:49,294
          was the top           
        star in the WWF.        

432
00:18:49,328 --> 00:18:51,330
      He was the champion.      

433
00:18:51,363 --> 00:18:54,500
    He defeated Bret Hart in    
    1996 at WrestleMania and    

434
00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:59,471
    carried the belt through    
        the end of 1997.        

435
00:18:59,505 --> 00:19:01,373
    I think Michaels did it     
       'cause he could,         

436
00:19:01,406 --> 00:19:02,808
        and he could get        
         away with it.          

437
00:19:02,841 --> 00:19:05,410
     You know, I'm feeling      
 awfully randy, you know that?  

438
00:19:05,444 --> 00:19:06,678
        Can you feel it?        

439
00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:08,413
        Oh, yeah, I can,        
         I can feel it.         

440
00:19:08,447 --> 00:19:10,516
       Did Chris find out       
     about Shawn and Tammy?     

441
00:19:10,549 --> 00:19:13,051
      I don't know if he,       
   if he actually caught 'em    

442
00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:16,855
   red-handed, but how could    
   you not know, is my point.   

443
00:19:16,889 --> 00:19:18,991
       Of course he knew.       
        Everybody knew!         

444
00:19:19,024 --> 00:19:22,561
     I, I really- I have to     
    believe that he knew it,    

445
00:19:22,594 --> 00:19:24,930
         and just could         
         not accept it.         

446
00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:27,166
          [Announcer]           
        Oh, my goodness!        

447
00:19:27,199 --> 00:19:30,068
   She was a little girl that   
  just wanted to be loved and,  

448
00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:33,272
     you know, being loved      
       by the top guy...        

449
00:19:33,305 --> 00:19:37,176
  felt a whole lot better than  
   being loved by, you know,    

450
00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:41,280
     her boyfriend that was     
      down here, I assume.      

451
00:19:41,313 --> 00:19:44,183
    If Shawn Michaels hadn't    
     been Shawn Michaels...     

452
00:19:44,216 --> 00:19:46,752
      and, he got sideways      
      with Chris Candito,       

453
00:19:46,785 --> 00:19:49,188
     Chris Candito would've     
   broke him in 15 pieces and   

454
00:19:49,221 --> 00:19:51,523
         shoved him up          
         his own ass.           

455
00:19:51,557 --> 00:19:55,561
   But, Chris wasn't gonna do   
    that because Michaels is    

456
00:19:55,594 --> 00:19:58,263
   a big star, this is Chris'   
       dream to work for        

457
00:19:58,297 --> 00:19:59,932
     the biggest promotion.     

458
00:19:59,965 --> 00:20:04,703
      He took it, and he        
   internalized it, I think.    

459
00:20:04,736 --> 00:20:08,807
    My brother and Tammy had    
   an altercation in a hotel.   

460
00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,442
    It was too much, I, I...    

461
00:20:10,475 --> 00:20:14,580
  I couldn't watch my brother   
   get treated like that so,    

462
00:20:14,613 --> 00:20:17,416
   I grabbed him, I threw him   
        out of the room         

463
00:20:17,449 --> 00:20:19,484
      into the hallway...       

464
00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:20,586
      He's trying to fight      
        to get back in,         

465
00:20:20,619 --> 00:20:22,754
      I'm not letting him.      
        I'm like, "Dude,        

466
00:20:22,788 --> 00:20:25,324
 let's get in the car and let's 
   get the fuck out of here."   

467
00:20:25,357 --> 00:20:26,892
         And he's like,         
    "I can't do that, dude."    

468
00:20:26,925 --> 00:20:28,660
  He's like, "Dude, I brought   
    her into this business.     

469
00:20:28,694 --> 00:20:30,429
   It's my responsibility to    
      take care of her."        

470
00:20:30,462 --> 00:20:31,797
  I'm like, "That's bullshit,   
         dude." Like,           

471
00:20:31,830 --> 00:20:33,565
    "Let's get the fuck out     
           of here."            

472
00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:35,267
        And, he's like,         
        "I can't do it."        

473
00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:06,331
   Chris Candito's undeniable   
     talent isn't enough to     

474
00:21:06,365 --> 00:21:09,301
   make him a top star in the   
      eyes of the company.      

475
00:21:09,334 --> 00:21:12,204
       After falling down       
      the ranks of the WWF,     

476
00:21:12,237 --> 00:21:15,807
     a serious injury makes     
    his prospects even worse.   

477
00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:19,544
       It was in Madison        
        Square Garden.          

478
00:21:19,578 --> 00:21:22,447
      And, he came back to      
      the dressing room...      

479
00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:23,715
            He said,            
      "I got a hurt neck."      

480
00:21:23,749 --> 00:21:26,385
   Well, they found out that    
    it was more than hurt,      

481
00:21:26,418 --> 00:21:27,953
         it was broke.          

482
00:21:27,986 --> 00:21:31,223
    And this kid's going out    
     there busting his ass.     

483
00:21:31,256 --> 00:21:34,793
   You know, having a broken    
     neck, aching back...       

484
00:21:34,826 --> 00:21:36,995
    everything else in life.    

485
00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:39,398
        Somebody says,          
       "Here, try this."        

486
00:21:39,431 --> 00:21:42,801
      Well, if one's good,      
    six must be even better.    

487
00:21:42,834 --> 00:21:45,971
        My brother never        
        touched a drink,        

488
00:21:46,004 --> 00:21:51,143
       a drug, anything,        
      until he was in WWF.      

489
00:21:51,176 --> 00:21:52,711
         And it was out         
         of necessity.          

490
00:21:52,744 --> 00:21:54,746
  He was in pain. He was hurt,  
       he broke his neck.       

491
00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:56,014
      I was surprised when      
          I heard that          

492
00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:58,917
        Chris had fallen        
        into that trap.         

493
00:21:58,950 --> 00:22:02,254
      Because he'd always       
        been so clean.          

494
00:22:02,287 --> 00:22:03,922
       Didn't even drink.       

495
00:22:03,955 --> 00:22:05,924
 [Johnny ] It started for pain, 
           obviously.           

496
00:22:05,957 --> 00:22:07,926
       But then it became       
        he could use it         

497
00:22:07,959 --> 00:22:11,363
      to just go to sleep       
      and forget about it.      

498
00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:14,399
  And I think he used it for    
  his emotions at times, yes.   

499
00:22:23,141 --> 00:22:24,710
       While Tammy Sytch        
     revels in the fame and     

500
00:22:24,743 --> 00:22:26,678
       excitement of being      
       on top in the WWF,       

501
00:22:26,712 --> 00:22:29,348
   Chris Candito finds himself  
        squeezed out and        

502
00:22:29,381 --> 00:22:32,784
    even bullied by the toxic   
   culture of the locker room.  

503
00:22:32,818 --> 00:22:35,887
   He wasn't well liked by...   

504
00:22:35,921 --> 00:22:38,423
      a few key people in       
       the locker room.         

505
00:22:38,457 --> 00:22:41,259
  And life can be really tough  
     for somebody who's not     

506
00:22:41,293 --> 00:22:44,129
     well-liked by the key      
   people in the locker room.   

507
00:22:44,162 --> 00:22:46,565
      Battling injuries and     
        frustration with        

508
00:22:46,598 --> 00:22:49,968
      his mid-card status,      
      Chris leaves the WWF      

509
00:22:50,001 --> 00:22:52,037
        in search of the        
      main event spotlight,     

510
00:22:52,070 --> 00:22:54,706
   and joins the hardcore and   
         controversial,         

511
00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:57,075
      Extreme Championship      
           Wrestling.           

512
00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:59,311
        Paul Heyman was         
       in charge of ECW.        

513
00:22:59,344 --> 00:23:02,614
     Chris knew he would be     
      well utilized there.      

514
00:23:02,647 --> 00:23:04,483
          And he was.           

515
00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:09,154
               ♪                

516
00:23:09,187 --> 00:23:12,124
    The thing that the fans     
   liked about Chris was that   

517
00:23:12,157 --> 00:23:14,760
     he was a throwback to      
     an old-time wrestler.      

518
00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:16,995
      He was exciting and       
       fast and strong,         

519
00:23:17,028 --> 00:23:18,930
      and he could talk,        
      and he looked good.       

520
00:23:18,964 --> 00:23:22,768
   That in-ring portrayal was   
      the best thing that       

521
00:23:22,801 --> 00:23:24,936
    Chris Candito ever did.     

522
00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:27,272
     [Shouting & cheering]      

523
00:23:27,305 --> 00:23:29,608
     Here's the Blonde Bomb     
         from the top!          

524
00:23:29,641 --> 00:23:31,777
  It's like, and people think-  
      and we were insane,       

525
00:23:31,810 --> 00:23:34,446
     but it's like, in ECW      
     when we were working,      

526
00:23:34,479 --> 00:23:36,648
    it's like his finisher      
   was the Blonde Bombshell.    

527
00:23:36,681 --> 00:23:38,984
         The Powerbomb          
       off the top rope.        

528
00:23:39,017 --> 00:23:41,286
        And depending on        
      which one of us won,      

529
00:23:41,319 --> 00:23:43,622
  we would give the other one   
         the Powerbomb          

530
00:23:43,655 --> 00:23:47,159
        off the top rope        
          every night.          

531
00:23:47,192 --> 00:23:49,461
       There it is, the         
       Blonde Bombshell!        

532
00:23:49,494 --> 00:23:51,830
      And he had injuries       
       from these Bombs.        

533
00:23:51,863 --> 00:23:53,298
        I remember there        
         was one time,          

534
00:23:53,331 --> 00:23:54,699
  in the middle of the night,   
  his back was bothering him    

535
00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:57,269
   so much they caved in and    
   took him to the hospital.    

536
00:23:57,302 --> 00:23:58,837
   And when they went in and    
   first looked at his back,    

537
00:23:58,870 --> 00:24:00,172
     the doctor looked and      
      said, "Well, I need       

538
00:24:00,205 --> 00:24:01,706
  to see the accident report."  
      And Chris was like,       

539
00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:03,475
      "What do you mean?"       
          He's like,            

540
00:24:03,508 --> 00:24:04,810
    "Well, you were in a car    
       accident, right?"        

541
00:24:04,843 --> 00:24:06,278
        He's like, "No."        
         They're like,          

542
00:24:06,311 --> 00:24:08,046
    "Well, how did your back    
    end up this messed up?"     

543
00:24:08,079 --> 00:24:11,316
        He's like, "Um,         
   I wrestle professionally."   

544
00:24:11,349 --> 00:24:14,386
    [Jim] The fans for that     
        90s grunge era          

545
00:24:14,419 --> 00:24:16,521
    loved that kind of shit.    

546
00:24:16,555 --> 00:24:20,792
   And as a result, all those   
   guys crippled themselves.    

547
00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:23,695
    Had to face the reality     
   of breaking my neck twice!   

548
00:24:23,728 --> 00:24:27,999
   And that fed the drug use    
    that most of the people     

549
00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:30,001
        involved on the         
        ECW roster were         

550
00:24:30,035 --> 00:24:33,205
        already heavily         
        involved with.          

551
00:24:33,238 --> 00:24:37,709
  Somas were a drug of choice   
    for a lot of wrestlers,     

552
00:24:37,742 --> 00:24:41,480
       especially in the        
        90s and 2000s.          

553
00:24:41,513 --> 00:24:44,416
     It's a muscle relaxer,     
   heavy duty muscle relaxer.   

554
00:24:44,449 --> 00:24:46,418
      They're really great      
         for back pain.         

555
00:24:46,451 --> 00:24:48,820
        The intended use        
         for Somas is,          

556
00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:51,756
        take one or two         
          with food.            

557
00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:56,595
   However, if you take 6, 7,   
          chew 'em up,          

558
00:24:56,628 --> 00:25:01,032
  swallow 'em, and it's like-   
       [Snaps]- insta...        

559
00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:02,367
        I was gonna say,        
         "insta drunk,"         

560
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,269
      but it's not drunk,       
         it's like...           

561
00:25:04,302 --> 00:25:07,506
  it's like a euphoric state,   
  is pretty much what it is.    

562
00:25:07,539 --> 00:25:09,875
   It seems to me like people   
      can be addicted with      

563
00:25:09,908 --> 00:25:15,413
     one prescription with      
    30 pills, by the time...    

564
00:25:15,447 --> 00:25:19,784
       that week is up,         
     you can be an addict.      

565
00:25:19,818 --> 00:25:22,354
     Tammy, she didn't have     
      any of that problem.      

566
00:25:22,387 --> 00:25:25,056
  It was the jackoffs that she  
       was going out and        

567
00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:26,925
        partying with,          
     they're all drinking,      

568
00:25:26,958 --> 00:25:28,426
    they're all doing Somas.    

569
00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:29,928
      She didn't have any       
       of those issues,         

570
00:25:29,961 --> 00:25:32,464
        she just started        
       doing it socially.       

571
00:25:32,497 --> 00:25:36,568
  Tammy's meteoric rise in the  
   WWF hits a sudden obstacle   

572
00:25:36,601 --> 00:25:39,738
   with the arrival of Sable,   
     a new diva who quickly     

573
00:25:39,771 --> 00:25:42,073
       outshines Tammy in       
        the eyes of both        

574
00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:44,209
           the company          
          and the fans.         

575
00:25:44,242 --> 00:25:45,877
            Shut up,            
          I'm reading.          

576
00:25:45,911 --> 00:25:48,480
        In the hopes of         
    revitalizing her career,    

577
00:25:48,513 --> 00:25:52,617
    Tammy joins Chris at ECW    
    as his onscreen manager,    

578
00:25:52,651 --> 00:25:55,387
     but her struggles with     
    substance abuse continue,   

579
00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:57,556
         affecting her          
    performance in the ring.    

580
00:25:57,589 --> 00:26:00,158
     She would, walking on      
        her high heels,         

581
00:26:00,191 --> 00:26:02,561
      her ankles would be       
     vibrating and shaking,     

582
00:26:02,594 --> 00:26:03,795
    and she'd be stumbling.     

583
00:26:03,828 --> 00:26:05,630
    And the audience noticed    
     that on her entrance.      

584
00:26:13,471 --> 00:26:17,108
    As Chris and Tammy's drug   
   use spirals out of control,  

585
00:26:17,142 --> 00:26:19,244
           it becomes           
      impossible to ignore,     

586
00:26:19,277 --> 00:26:22,614
   both for audiences and for   
    ECW owner, Paul Heyman.     

587
00:26:22,647 --> 00:26:24,449
      We tell a few jokes,      
      we get on the floor       

588
00:26:24,482 --> 00:26:26,851
   and do the Curly Shuffle.    
   There's no more jokes now.   

589
00:26:26,885 --> 00:26:31,122
  It's no more fun and games,   
    no more joking around.      

590
00:26:31,156 --> 00:26:34,859
   To keep their jobs in ECW,   
     Tammy agrees to film a     

591
00:26:34,893 --> 00:26:38,964
   provocative tell-all video   
   as directed by Paul Heyman.  

592
00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:42,701
  My first drink was at home.   

593
00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:46,504
 When there were no more pills  
   to make you go to sleep.     

594
00:26:46,538 --> 00:26:48,807
     It was disheartening.      

595
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,376
 As their friend, I'm watching  
   it, sitting there, going,    

596
00:26:51,409 --> 00:26:53,211
    "This is not productive.    

597
00:26:53,244 --> 00:26:55,647
    This is not gonna help      
    these kids in any way."     

598
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,316
    I was hoping I wouldn't     
   wake up the next morning.    

599
00:26:58,350 --> 00:27:00,885
   [Paul] Tell me about that.   
     Describe that for me.      

600
00:27:03,388 --> 00:27:06,391
       The worst feeling        
         in the world.          

601
00:27:06,424 --> 00:27:09,861
  I was mad at Heyman, for a    
 long time- actually, I still,  

602
00:27:09,894 --> 00:27:13,365
  I could work up getting mad   
  at him now for doing that.    

603
00:27:13,398 --> 00:27:15,567
     But it was all 'cause      
      Paul thought people       

604
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,636
        will watch this,        
       it'll get ratings.       

605
00:27:17,669 --> 00:27:19,404
      Well, they'll watch       
      two dogs fucking on       

606
00:27:19,437 --> 00:27:20,905
     the side of the road,      
          too, Paul,            

607
00:27:20,939 --> 00:27:23,508
     but I wouldn't put it      
       on my television.        

608
00:27:23,541 --> 00:27:26,544
      I don't think it did      
      anyone any favours.       

609
00:27:26,578 --> 00:27:29,547
     Now, the right answer      
     would have been that,      

610
00:27:29,581 --> 00:27:31,383
    their time off, they had    
       gone to rehab and        

611
00:27:31,416 --> 00:27:33,051
        got everything          
       worked out and...        

612
00:27:33,084 --> 00:27:34,586
         we had the...          

613
00:27:34,619 --> 00:27:37,255
     the triumphant story       
     on the return, but...      

614
00:27:37,288 --> 00:27:39,090
   that's not what happened.    

615
00:27:47,966 --> 00:27:50,268
  As their alcoholism and Soma  
  addictions grow more severe,  

616
00:27:50,301 --> 00:27:52,904
   Chris and Tammy's domestic   
      problems escalate to      

617
00:27:52,937 --> 00:27:55,240
        a whole new level       
          of intensity.         

618
00:27:55,273 --> 00:27:57,242
     I would see something      
         really crazy.          

619
00:27:57,275 --> 00:27:59,344
      Just crazy insanity.      

620
00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:02,547
   Like, she's pulling knives   
   out of the butcher block.    

621
00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:05,116
          He's, he's            
      running away and...       

622
00:28:05,150 --> 00:28:07,686
      then she's locked in      
       the car, and then,       

623
00:28:07,719 --> 00:28:09,421
    he picks me up from high    
      school the next day,      

624
00:28:09,454 --> 00:28:12,090
         and he's like,         
       "Oh, dude, ah, ah,       

625
00:28:12,123 --> 00:28:13,358
        Tammy's waiting         
    for you to put together     

626
00:28:13,391 --> 00:28:15,026
      your bedroom set."        
    And he's like wondering     

627
00:28:15,060 --> 00:28:16,861
       why I'm not stoked       
       to go put together       

628
00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:18,296
         a bedroom set.         

629
00:28:18,329 --> 00:28:19,864
       And we just never        
       talked about it.         

630
00:28:19,898 --> 00:28:21,966
    We just slipped it under    
    the rug and that was it.    

631
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:26,204
               ♪                

632
00:28:26,237 --> 00:28:30,141
       Chris would be in        
      the ring, wrestling.      

633
00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:34,412
      And, Tammy would be       
        somewhere else          

634
00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:37,916
      with somebody else,       
         in the back.           

635
00:28:37,949 --> 00:28:40,885
    While he's in the ring.     

636
00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:42,754
    While he's in the ring!     

637
00:28:42,787 --> 00:28:44,422
   You have to want to stop.    

638
00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:46,291
        You have to want        
         to get better.         

639
00:28:46,324 --> 00:28:49,561
      And, I don't think-       
          [Laughing]-           

640
00:28:49,594 --> 00:28:51,329
  I don't think either one of   
     them knew how to live      

641
00:28:51,362 --> 00:28:53,131
         any other way          
         at that time.          

642
00:28:53,164 --> 00:28:55,834
      While serving their       
      suspension from ECW,      

643
00:28:55,867 --> 00:28:58,636
     Paul Heyman keeps Chris    
   and Tammy on the payroll by  

644
00:28:58,670 --> 00:29:01,272
   assigning them office jobs,  
       including arranging      

645
00:29:01,306 --> 00:29:04,275
     travel plans for other     
     wrestlers on the road.     

646
00:29:04,309 --> 00:29:07,245
      My brother had this       
     American Express card,     

647
00:29:07,278 --> 00:29:11,149
  and he would book the boys'   
   flights and hotel rooms,     

648
00:29:11,182 --> 00:29:13,118
         and then get           
     reimbursed with cash.      

649
00:29:13,151 --> 00:29:14,953
        He'd do it, get         
     reimbursed with cash.      

650
00:29:14,986 --> 00:29:17,756
  And then, he stopped getting  
     reimbursed with cash.      

651
00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:20,525
      What Chris and Tammy      
     don't know is that ECW     

652
00:29:20,558 --> 00:29:22,694
       is struggling with       
        crippling debt.         

653
00:29:22,727 --> 00:29:24,462
        As the promotion        
           crumbles,            

654
00:29:24,496 --> 00:29:26,965
   the couple is stuck with a   
        massive bill for        

655
00:29:26,998 --> 00:29:29,000
        tens of thousands       
          of dollars in         

656
00:29:29,033 --> 00:29:31,503
          unreimbursed          
          ECW expenses.         

657
00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:35,507
      So, they ended up in      
        huge, huge debt.        

658
00:29:35,540 --> 00:29:40,478
   And, ultimately, ended up    
      losing their home.        

659
00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:43,815
        So, that was a          
    horrible time for them.     

660
00:29:43,848 --> 00:29:48,486
   His drug use was probably    
    as bad as it ever was.      

661
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,055
     We knew of pharmacies      
     that were corrupted,       

662
00:29:51,089 --> 00:29:53,224
        and we could go         
        there and get...        

663
00:29:53,258 --> 00:29:56,161
        120 Somas every         
      other day, you know.      

664
00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:58,163
      So, we were at this       
         pharmacy and,          

665
00:29:58,196 --> 00:30:00,331
       we were waiting,         
       waiting, waiting.        

666
00:30:00,365 --> 00:30:03,568
      And all of a sudden,      
       he goes, "Oh, no."       

667
00:30:03,601 --> 00:30:05,637
     And he has a seizure,      
    and he bites his tongue,    

668
00:30:05,670 --> 00:30:07,305
       and he's coughing        
           up blood.            

669
00:30:07,338 --> 00:30:09,073
      And I'm holding him,      
     trying to get his eyes     

670
00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:11,910
      to like look at me,       
           you know.            

671
00:30:11,943 --> 00:30:14,646
         So, they call          
         an ambulance.          

672
00:30:14,679 --> 00:30:17,015
       And, when you come       
       out of a seizure,        

673
00:30:17,048 --> 00:30:19,317
        you don't know          
      what you're saying.       

674
00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:22,320
  They're like, they're like,   
  "Sir, sir! What day is it?    

675
00:30:22,353 --> 00:30:23,988
Sir, what day is it?" I'm like, 
     "Move out of the way.      

676
00:30:24,022 --> 00:30:25,824
  Ask him something he knows."  
        I'm like, "Cook,        

677
00:30:25,857 --> 00:30:28,193
  how many times did Ric Flair  
      win the NWA title?"       

678
00:30:28,226 --> 00:30:32,263
 He's like, "Ah, 16." I'm like, 
     "Alright, he's alive."     

679
00:30:32,297 --> 00:30:34,432
      Then we had to go to      
   the hospital and he would,   

680
00:30:34,465 --> 00:30:36,334
       you know, be like,       
         "Where am I?"          

681
00:30:36,367 --> 00:30:37,936
           I'm like,            
   "You're in the hospital."    

682
00:30:37,969 --> 00:30:39,070
      Then he'd be like,        
     "I'm in the hospital?      

683
00:30:39,103 --> 00:30:40,371
   Get the fuck out of here."   

684
00:30:40,405 --> 00:30:44,075
   He'd rip the things out of   
      his arm and we'd go.      

685
00:30:44,108 --> 00:30:47,345
   After years of uncertainty,  
     Chris and Tammy receive    

686
00:30:47,378 --> 00:30:49,581
    an invitation to join an    
     independent wrestling      

687
00:30:49,614 --> 00:30:51,249
    promotion in Puerto Rico,   

688
00:30:51,282 --> 00:30:54,052
        with the hope of        
   revitalizing their careers.  

689
00:30:54,085 --> 00:30:56,821
    However, things quickly     
   take a turn for the worse.   

690
00:31:18,776 --> 00:31:20,578
     [Johnny] The access in     
      Puerto Rico to Somas      

691
00:31:20,612 --> 00:31:23,114
         was very easy,         
           you know.            

692
00:31:23,147 --> 00:31:25,416
       It was well known        
       where you could go       

693
00:31:25,450 --> 00:31:28,453
         to get Somas           
        just like that.         

694
00:31:28,486 --> 00:31:30,154
         I heard Chris          
        was struggling.         

695
00:31:30,188 --> 00:31:32,991
          Ah, man, I,           
      I heard it was bad.       

696
00:31:33,024 --> 00:31:34,259
       He would just say,       
        you know, "Dude,        

697
00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:36,227
    if I go out,  I want to,    
       I want to leave a,       

698
00:31:36,261 --> 00:31:37,495
  leave a good-looking corpse,  

699
00:31:37,528 --> 00:31:39,397
       you know, blonde,        
        tanned, and...          

700
00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:42,901
    you know, I want to like    
     live fast, die young."     

701
00:31:42,934 --> 00:31:45,436
    I'm like, "Dude, don't      
    fucking say that shit."     

702
00:31:45,470 --> 00:31:47,138
      He needed a change.       

703
00:31:47,171 --> 00:31:50,008
     I think he even knew,      
        you know, that,         

704
00:31:50,041 --> 00:31:51,576
   that he needed to change,    
     and it's not time to       

705
00:31:51,609 --> 00:31:53,912
       throw in the towel       
          and just...           

706
00:31:53,945 --> 00:31:57,248
      you know, stay there      
        and fucking die.        

707
00:31:57,282 --> 00:31:59,450
               ♪                

708
00:31:59,484 --> 00:32:02,453
       One day, you know,       
    we were sitting there...    

709
00:32:02,487 --> 00:32:05,123
    having our lunch, and...    

710
00:32:05,156 --> 00:32:07,325
   he's like, "Man, you know,   
     the guys on the indies     

711
00:32:07,358 --> 00:32:08,826
      right now fucking,"       
      you know, he's like,      

712
00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:11,162
"they really get under my skin."
     He's like, "You know,      

713
00:32:11,195 --> 00:32:12,497
     they don't look like       
    professional athletes."     

714
00:32:12,530 --> 00:32:15,366
     He's like, "You know,      
      when I was 17, 18,        

715
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,602
      I was, I was already      
         big, muscular.         

716
00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:19,304
       I was, I was going       
       to Smoky Mountain,       

717
00:32:19,337 --> 00:32:21,773
      I was making moves.       
  I was doing all this stuff."  

718
00:32:21,806 --> 00:32:22,774
     I'm like, "Yeah, dude,     

719
00:32:22,807 --> 00:32:24,309
         that's why you         
        were a standout.        

720
00:32:24,342 --> 00:32:26,210
    That's why you made it,     
          numb nuts."           

721
00:32:26,244 --> 00:32:28,780
        And he's like...        

722
00:32:28,813 --> 00:32:30,014
          He's like,            
       "Man, I really...        

723
00:32:30,048 --> 00:32:32,617
        I really fucked         
        everything up."         

724
00:32:32,650 --> 00:32:33,685
        And I was like,         
    "Dude, no, you didn't."     

725
00:32:33,718 --> 00:32:37,322
     Like, "You're, you're,     
         you're 32. 31.         

726
00:32:37,355 --> 00:32:39,824
       Let's get back on        
        fucking track."         

727
00:32:39,857 --> 00:32:43,494
         And he's like,         
     "Yeah, dude. Fuck it."     

728
00:32:43,528 --> 00:32:47,799
   It was at that point that    
    his love for wrestling      

729
00:32:47,832 --> 00:32:51,102
         overcame his           
    addiction to the Somas.     

730
00:32:59,243 --> 00:33:00,511
      Chris gets clean and      
   undergoes intense training   

731
00:33:00,545 --> 00:33:01,980
  to regain his fighting form.  

732
00:33:02,013 --> 00:33:04,082
     With Tammy by his side,    
          he returns to         

733
00:33:04,115 --> 00:33:06,517
   the mainland to join a new   
      wrestling promotion       

734
00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:09,187
      called Total Nonstop      
       Action Wrestling.        

735
00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:11,756
       Back on television,      
     he's determined to work    

736
00:33:11,789 --> 00:33:13,925
       his way to the top       
        of the industry.        

737
00:33:13,958 --> 00:33:15,827
      What I noticed when       
       Chris got sober,         

738
00:33:15,860 --> 00:33:18,663
    is being reinvigorated.     

739
00:33:18,696 --> 00:33:22,000
 Getting that drive back, and   
 you could see it in his eyes.  

740
00:33:22,033 --> 00:33:24,402
      You- I could see it       
         in his work.           

741
00:33:24,435 --> 00:33:26,270
           He was as            
        happy as he was         

742
00:33:26,304 --> 00:33:28,573
       when he first got        
        signed to WWF.          

743
00:33:28,606 --> 00:33:30,775
     Like, he had that same     
     happiness, like, like,     

744
00:33:30,808 --> 00:33:33,511
       dude, he was like        
       glowing, you know.       

745
00:33:33,544 --> 00:33:36,414
    The thing he just said,     
  he's like, "Dude, like, I'm,  

746
00:33:36,447 --> 00:33:39,050
    I'm really sorry for all    
      the stuff you saw at      

747
00:33:39,083 --> 00:33:41,619
       such a young age,        
    you know. I apologize."     

748
00:33:41,652 --> 00:33:42,754
           He's like,           
    "I shouldn't have, like,    

749
00:33:42,787 --> 00:33:44,355
       you know, put you        
      in that situation."       

750
00:33:44,389 --> 00:33:46,591
  I would just be like, "Dude,  
      you were a baby too,      

751
00:33:46,624 --> 00:33:48,860
           you know.            
       You were 23, 24."        

752
00:33:48,893 --> 00:33:51,129
   I had heard at that point    
      he had cleaned up,        

753
00:33:51,162 --> 00:33:53,364
   and he certainly seemed...   

754
00:33:53,398 --> 00:33:57,101
      like Smoky Mountain       
      Chris Candito again.      

755
00:33:57,135 --> 00:33:59,404
       There was a camera       
          in the ring,          

756
00:33:59,437 --> 00:34:02,640
      and he tried to bump      
      to get away from it.      

757
00:34:02,673 --> 00:34:06,244
 And that got his boot hung up  
  a little bit in the canvas    

758
00:34:06,277 --> 00:34:09,080
       when he was trying       
       to bump it, and...       

759
00:34:09,113 --> 00:34:13,551
        his shin broke.         

760
00:34:13,584 --> 00:34:16,721
      And, right away, he,      
     he wanted to stand up,     

761
00:34:16,754 --> 00:34:19,323
        but he couldn't.        

762
00:34:19,357 --> 00:34:23,161
    He got out of the ring,     
   and they, they took him...   

763
00:34:23,194 --> 00:34:24,962
        to the hospital,        
           and I'm...           

764
00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:26,931
     fucking freaking out.      
      I'm here, you know.       

765
00:34:26,964 --> 00:34:29,934
   I call his phone, and he's   
     just like, he's like,      

766
00:34:29,967 --> 00:34:32,603
    "Dude, I can't believe I    
   left the ring." He's like,   

767
00:34:32,637 --> 00:34:34,138
  "I just couldn't stand up,"   
           you know.            

768
00:34:34,172 --> 00:34:36,808
   He's like, "I'm just like    
   fucking embarrassed that     

769
00:34:36,841 --> 00:34:39,177
   I left the ring." Like, "I   
   shouldn't have done that."   

770
00:34:39,210 --> 00:34:41,012
               ♪                

771
00:34:41,045 --> 00:34:45,016
        I talked to him         
          on Monday.            

772
00:34:45,049 --> 00:34:48,319
    And he said, "Hey, I'm      
 about to go in to the doctor.  

773
00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:49,821
      I'll call you back."      

774
00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:52,590
        After undergoing        
    extensive ankle surgery,    

775
00:34:52,623 --> 00:34:54,592
     Chris makes a surprise     
        appearance at a         

776
00:34:54,625 --> 00:34:57,328
         TNA event just         
         two days later.        

777
00:34:57,361 --> 00:34:59,097
         He then boards         
         a flight home,         

778
00:34:59,130 --> 00:35:01,199
         unaware of the         
      tragedy that awaits.      

779
00:35:01,232 --> 00:35:03,534
       Everybody saw the        
     horrendous injury that     

780
00:35:03,568 --> 00:35:05,770
    I sustained in lockdown.    

781
00:35:05,803 --> 00:35:07,672
         On Wednesday,          
         he flew home,          

782
00:35:07,705 --> 00:35:10,208
        and he called me        
        Wednesday night.        

783
00:35:10,241 --> 00:35:12,143
        And he's like...        

784
00:35:12,176 --> 00:35:14,812
   "Oh, Mom, I, I just don't    
      feel good." I said,       

785
00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:17,115
   "Well, Chris, you probably   
   shouldn't have flown home.   

786
00:35:17,148 --> 00:35:20,017
    You just, you just need     
        to go to bed."          

787
00:35:20,051 --> 00:35:24,122
     And, that was the last     
     time I talked to him.      

788
00:35:24,155 --> 00:35:28,159
 All I know is he, he was fine  
 on the phone, talking to me.   

789
00:35:28,192 --> 00:35:30,461
       You know, the two        
      of us were chatting.      

790
00:35:30,495 --> 00:35:32,463
  You know, last thing we said  
       to each other was,       

791
00:35:32,497 --> 00:35:34,132
     "Hey, love you, Bro."      
        "Love you too."         

792
00:35:34,165 --> 00:35:36,234
  It was the next morning that  

793
00:35:36,267 --> 00:35:40,004
       I get a call that        
    Cook's in the hospital.     

794
00:35:40,037 --> 00:35:44,242
     I go in there, and I       
    see him like laid on...     

795
00:35:44,275 --> 00:35:46,043
        a hospital bed.         

796
00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:48,513
 And, I get on top of him like  
  I've done a million times,    

797
00:35:48,546 --> 00:35:50,381
 I'm like, "Cook, Cook, Cook!"  
 You know- [Clearing throat]-   

798
00:35:50,414 --> 00:35:53,484
    I'm like, "Yo, wake up,     
           wake up."            

799
00:35:53,518 --> 00:35:55,019
         And, you know,         

800
00:35:55,052 --> 00:35:56,888
      I'm trying to like        
    open his eyes and shit.     

801
00:35:56,921 --> 00:35:58,990
      And then, when I...       

802
00:35:59,023 --> 00:36:01,993
     I was trying to grab,      
   once I grabbed his hand...   

803
00:36:02,026 --> 00:36:04,762
   I realized he passed away    
          because the           

804
00:36:04,795 --> 00:36:09,233
     blood stopped flowing,     
       and I was like...        

805
00:36:09,267 --> 00:36:13,237
       Holy shit, like,         
   it was fucking, like I...    

806
00:36:13,271 --> 00:36:15,606
  It was the worst experience   
      of my entire life.        

807
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:19,844
               ♪                

808
00:36:19,877 --> 00:36:23,181
    I just go walking, and I    
       found a church and       

809
00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:25,082
       I went and said a        
        couple prayers.         

810
00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:26,918
          And then...           

811
00:36:26,951 --> 00:36:29,554
             yo...              

812
00:36:29,587 --> 00:36:31,355
        sorry, hold on.         

813
00:36:31,389 --> 00:36:34,158
      The last interaction      
      I had with Chris...       

814
00:36:37,395 --> 00:36:39,096
             Sorry.             

815
00:36:43,267 --> 00:36:45,803
     [Sniffling & sighing]      

816
00:37:00,017 --> 00:37:02,954
      Everything was off.       
       Everything, dude.        

817
00:37:02,987 --> 00:37:04,822
           You know,            
          just fucked.          

818
00:37:04,855 --> 00:37:06,290
             And...             

819
00:37:06,324 --> 00:37:08,593
        I got home, and         
    Tommy Dreamer called me.    

820
00:37:08,626 --> 00:37:11,629
   He said, "Chris is dead."    
     I said, "Chris who?"       

821
00:37:11,662 --> 00:37:14,131
  Couldn't have been Candito,   
  I just talked to him Monday.  

822
00:37:14,165 --> 00:37:17,935
      He said, "Candito,"       
     and he started crying.     

823
00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:21,772
     I said, "Oh, my God."      
        Then I hung up,         

824
00:37:21,806 --> 00:37:24,408
       he hung up, and I        
        started crying.         

825
00:37:24,442 --> 00:37:27,411
           [Sighing]            

826
00:37:27,445 --> 00:37:32,450
               ♪                

827
00:37:32,483 --> 00:37:34,118
     [Sighing] Yeah, dude,      
         I don't know-          

828
00:37:34,151 --> 00:37:36,654
        really break up,        
        you know, but...        

829
00:37:36,687 --> 00:37:39,957
    that, that image is, is     
    frigging stuck with me.     

830
00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:42,293
               ♪                

831
00:38:11,522 --> 00:38:12,990
       By the time I got        
       to the hospital,         

832
00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:15,026
      he was already gone.      

833
00:38:15,059 --> 00:38:18,829
         Yeah, I let,           
        I let him down.         

834
00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:21,832
     Because if I knew, I-      

835
00:38:21,866 --> 00:38:23,301
         Maybe I could          
        have helped him.        

836
00:38:23,334 --> 00:38:25,903
      Maybe I could have        
    saved him. Maybe, ah...     

837
00:38:25,936 --> 00:38:27,471
   I should have been there,    
       I shouldn't have         

838
00:38:27,505 --> 00:38:29,974
      let him gone through      
      surgery by himself.       

839
00:38:30,007 --> 00:38:32,843
    You know, you think back    
    on things, and you say,     

840
00:38:32,877 --> 00:38:36,047
    "Maybe if I was there,      
  things would be different."   

841
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,883
               ♪                

842
00:38:38,916 --> 00:38:41,252
          [Stammering]          
        I miss him, I...        

843
00:38:41,285 --> 00:38:43,387
    I miss him all the time.    

844
00:38:43,421 --> 00:38:47,024
  And, I just feel sad that...  

845
00:38:47,058 --> 00:38:49,860
       he didn't get the        
        opportunity to          

846
00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:51,829
     enjoy a lot more life      

847
00:38:51,862 --> 00:38:54,999
      'cause he had a lot,      
    a lot more life to live.    

848
00:38:55,032 --> 00:38:56,901
      [Indistinct speaking      
          off-screen]           

849
00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:58,502
           Okay, bye.           

850
00:38:58,536 --> 00:39:00,571
               ♪                

851
00:39:00,604 --> 00:39:03,908
   You know, here's the thing   
    about this whole deal...    

852
00:39:03,941 --> 00:39:08,112
   is that this kid never did   
   anything wrong to anybody.   

853
00:39:08,145 --> 00:39:10,614
     And he finally- he has     
      all those problems,       

854
00:39:10,648 --> 00:39:13,017
    and then he finally is      
   getting straightened out.    

855
00:39:13,050 --> 00:39:15,920
    And just when he gets...    

856
00:39:15,953 --> 00:39:19,857
    his, his last chance...     

857
00:39:19,890 --> 00:39:23,527
    it was because he was so    
        dedicated to the        

858
00:39:23,561 --> 00:39:26,097
       wrestling business       
         that he died.          

859
00:39:26,130 --> 00:39:28,866
  He could have sat at home,    
  and they would've paid him.   

860
00:39:28,899 --> 00:39:30,301
        But after he had        
         that surgery,          

861
00:39:30,334 --> 00:39:32,970
      he had to get on a        
    plane and go somewhere.     

862
00:39:33,003 --> 00:39:35,573
       And, you shouldn't       
       fly after surgery.       

863
00:39:35,606 --> 00:39:38,042
    You can get blood clots,    
      and the altitude and      

864
00:39:38,075 --> 00:39:40,578
         the pressure,          
          whatever...           

865
00:39:40,611 --> 00:39:42,046
        and that's what         
           happened.            

866
00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:44,548
    A God damn broken ankle     
          killed him.           

867
00:39:44,582 --> 00:39:46,884
          [Sniffling]           

868
00:39:46,917 --> 00:39:48,219
        I need a minute.        

869
00:39:48,252 --> 00:39:51,155
             -Sure.             
     -I'm sorry, it just...     

870
00:39:51,188 --> 00:39:53,457
      That's, with Chris,       
        I don't get...          

871
00:39:53,491 --> 00:39:57,728
    [Sighing] ...sentimental    
       about many people.       

872
00:39:57,762 --> 00:39:59,864
       [Exhaling sharply]       

873
00:40:08,372 --> 00:40:12,643
         [Bell chiming]         

874
00:40:12,676 --> 00:40:15,613
           [Cheering]           

875
00:40:15,646 --> 00:40:18,115
        If Chis Candito         
       was around today,        

876
00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:20,418
   he'd be one of the biggest   
   stars in wrestling because   

877
00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:22,019
     the style has changed.     

878
00:40:22,052 --> 00:40:26,791
     And they like smaller,     
     younger, faster guys.      

879
00:40:26,824 --> 00:40:29,927
      The road that Chris       
          helped pave           

880
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,463
        is now the road         
        most traveled.          

881
00:40:32,496 --> 00:40:35,933
  And I think because of that,  
   he's left a bigger legacy,   

882
00:40:35,966 --> 00:40:39,136
   even though she was by far   
  the bigger star at her peak.  

883
00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:42,673
        Tammy was that          
      bridge to... divas.       

884
00:40:42,706 --> 00:40:45,609
       The road she paved       
         at the time is         

885
00:40:45,643 --> 00:40:48,846
        a road almost no        
        longer traveled.        

886
00:40:48,879 --> 00:40:52,283
      I once heard her say      
      she has no regrets.       

887
00:40:52,316 --> 00:40:54,351
       None, zero, zilch.       

888
00:40:54,385 --> 00:40:56,120
        I don't know if         
       you are a living,        

889
00:40:56,153 --> 00:40:58,022
    breathing human being...    

890
00:40:58,055 --> 00:41:01,192
    that you can truly utter    
        those words and         

891
00:41:01,225 --> 00:41:03,194
      mean them because...      

892
00:41:03,227 --> 00:41:07,097
     mistakes are regrets,      
        in my opinion.          

893
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,469
      I think she'd just        
      gotten out of jail.       

894
00:41:11,502 --> 00:41:12,837
          Real quick,           
     what's your last name?     

895
00:41:12,870 --> 00:41:14,738
             Sytch.             
           S-Y-T-C-H.           

896
00:41:14,772 --> 00:41:16,240
    -What's your first name?    
            -Tamara.            

897
00:41:16,273 --> 00:41:17,541
         Okay, what's           
       your middle name?        

898
00:41:17,575 --> 00:41:18,576
             Lynn.              

899
00:41:34,758 --> 00:41:37,528
     You could still always     
       hold out hope that       

900
00:41:37,561 --> 00:41:41,065
    she'd straighten up and     
    get her shit together.      

901
00:41:41,098 --> 00:41:42,867
           People do.           

902
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:46,270
   And then, we got the news    
    and it- at this point,      

903
00:41:46,303 --> 00:41:49,106
    it's never surprising,      
 but still it's like, oh, boy,  

904
00:41:49,139 --> 00:41:51,041
           you know,            
       she's done it now.       

905
00:41:51,075 --> 00:41:52,943
      [News] 49-year-old,       
         Tamara Sytch,          

906
00:41:52,977 --> 00:41:55,746
     a former WWE wrestler,     
        crashed into the        

907
00:41:55,779 --> 00:41:58,949
    back of a car, killing      
    its 75-year-old driver.     

908
00:41:58,983 --> 00:42:01,952
         She's drunk,           
     she has no license...      

909
00:42:01,986 --> 00:42:03,921
    with the multiple DUIs.     

910
00:42:03,954 --> 00:42:07,691
   She has no business being    
   anywhere behind the wheel.   

911
00:42:07,725 --> 00:42:12,630
       And is now charged       
     with DUI manslaughter,     

912
00:42:12,663 --> 00:42:15,299
       up to 20-something       
        years in prison.        

913
00:42:15,332 --> 00:42:19,770
     She's denying it, and      
  denying it, and denying it.   

914
00:42:19,803 --> 00:42:22,406
     And, when you can't be     
     honest with yourself,      

915
00:42:22,439 --> 00:42:25,109
   you're not gonna be honest   
    with anybody else, so...    

916
00:42:25,142 --> 00:42:27,444
  I just don't think she's...   

917
00:42:27,478 --> 00:42:28,812
          coming out.           

918
00:42:28,846 --> 00:42:30,314
      I hope she doesn't.       

919
00:42:30,347 --> 00:42:32,816
      Don't want her doing      
        any more damage.        

920
00:42:32,850 --> 00:42:35,219
       It was surprising,       
          the way that          

921
00:42:35,252 --> 00:42:37,788
     everything turned out,     
           to see...            

922
00:42:37,821 --> 00:42:41,425
  both of 'em as young people,  
      and then especially       

923
00:42:41,458 --> 00:42:43,928
      to see what happened      
          with Tammy.           

924
00:42:43,961 --> 00:42:47,064
         Tammy changed.         
            Tammy...            

925
00:42:47,097 --> 00:42:48,999
         lost track of          
       what was going on,       

926
00:42:49,033 --> 00:42:51,902
         and Tammy lost         
      control of her life.      

927
00:42:51,936 --> 00:42:54,638
        I wouldn't have         
      seen that coming...       

928
00:42:54,672 --> 00:42:56,607
   from the girl I first met.   

929
00:42:56,640 --> 00:43:00,144
    Chris Candito, the real     
  world heavyweight champion.   

930
00:43:00,177 --> 00:43:01,345
             [Jim]              
            Chris...            

931
00:43:01,378 --> 00:43:04,782
     the last 15 years, I,      
         I don't think          

932
00:43:04,815 --> 00:43:06,250
      if he'd have lived        
     if he would have been      

933
00:43:06,283 --> 00:43:08,652
        a significantly         
       different person.        

934
00:43:08,686 --> 00:43:10,788
   Today, Chris would be one    
  of the biggest stars in the   

935
00:43:10,821 --> 00:43:14,792
     business, because the      
 business is more accepting of  

936
00:43:14,825 --> 00:43:17,294
       what Chris offered       
      and what he brought.      

937
00:43:18,996 --> 00:43:21,031
         His legacy...          

938
00:43:21,065 --> 00:43:25,970
    I think if you're happy     
   doing what you're doing...   

939
00:43:26,003 --> 00:43:28,539
     you should just do it.     

940
00:43:28,572 --> 00:43:29,673
          Just do it.           

941
00:43:29,707 --> 00:43:31,842
      If you have a dream,      
           dream it.            

942
00:43:31,875 --> 00:43:34,478
        Live your dream,        
 live your life to the fullest. 

943
00:43:34,511 --> 00:43:38,282
    He did more in 33 years     
     than I've done in 73.      

944
00:43:38,315 --> 00:43:43,020
   So, he's been everywhere,    
   he's seen so many things.    

945
00:43:43,053 --> 00:43:45,522
       He's had so many         
       life experiences.        

946
00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:46,991
            He was,             
        he was special.         

947
00:43:47,024 --> 00:43:48,892
   He was my... special kid.    

948
00:43:48,926 --> 00:43:50,828
       He was special to        
       a lot of people.         

949
00:43:50,861 --> 00:43:52,963
   And I'm thankful for that.   

950
00:43:52,997 --> 00:44:00,204
               ♪