10 Wrestler Deaths Ignored By WWE
WWE don't acknowledge every wrestler's passing
7. Chris Candido
Had Chris Candido arrived in another era, you’d have to assume he’d have been a bigger WWE star than he was.
Considered small for the time, the hard-working and technically sound Candido found himself pigeonholed due to his Bodydonnas tag team with Tom Prichard.
He also had backstage issues with The Kliq, most notably Shawn Michaels (who was HBK-ing his girlfriend Tammy ‘Sunny’ Sytch behind his back).
Mr ‘No Gimmicks Needed’ was pushed stronger in ECW, but his and Sytch’s substance abuse issues cut their stay in Philadelphia short.
Candido cleaned himself up and attempted to rehab his reputation years later, seemingly doing well as a member of the TNA roster when a freak injury led to a series of events that resulted in his death from pneumonia on April 28, 2005. He was just 33.
Aside from a small paragraph on WWE.com and a brief graphic during the ‘In Memoriam’ video at the first One Night Stand, WWE basically brushed past it.
