TSC Evaluation #76: Chris Candido

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10 years ahead of his time. You can't put a number value on it, exactly, but he was one of the guys who drew the blueprints for what American indie guys do now.

Not interested in discussing his unfortunate domestic situation. Some people get caught up in unhealthy or emotionally abusive situations. He just didn't know how to get out of his.
 

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Didn't he trade Sunny for some drugs and she ended up splitting the drugs with HBK after spending the niht with him?
 

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-Mic work/promos: 4. Never anything special, actually kind of came off as an idiot, which I guess he really was in real life considering the stories out there.

-Personality/gimmicks: "No Gimmick Needed". I'll give him a 6. Despite not being much of a talker, he was pretty good at coming across as the cocky chickenshyt heel.

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds): 6. Solid worker who would have a better resume if he wasn't stuck wrestling other junkies and botch artists like Sabu and whoever in ECW for most of the '90s. Too bad he came to WCW during its dying days and wasn't there for the cruiserweight explosion or TV title scene that was featuring Booker, Benoit, Saturn and Martel. I guess his most memorable feud would be versus Barry Horowitz in the WWF. Always thought the Triple Threat stable with Shane Douglas and Bam Bam Bigelow was kinda cool.

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores): 5. Not terrible, not great. It's too bad about how he lived his life because that seems to be what people remember most about him and he could've have a slightly better career, I think, if he wasn't such a druggie.
 

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He gets a 6 for me. He was basically Jaime Noble before Jamie Noble as he was a cruiserweight with a heavyweight style. Ive never seen a bad match with him but can only think of one classic (vs Lance Storm). I always wanted to like him more though.


I also dont give a shyt what Tammy did or how he reacted to it. Its just the wrestling for me. The 3's im seeing are fukking assinine.
 

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Somebody mentioned him as the original vanilla midget. He's exactly that. It's not fair to the Jerichos, Benoits, Malenkos of the world because those dudes were the best workers in the world. Only thing they were missing was the stereotypical "look" and that ended not stopping them from main eventing.

Candido tho? Not even in the same stratosphere as them. He's the inverse. Had the look and really deserved the vanilla midget label. As he didn't have the charismatic workrate to elevate himself. He was really just a bland, blonde, guy who mostly got jobs because of his piece of shyt chick. No offense but i can't think of one resounding moment, match, or promo. For that i agree, he's the real vanilla midget. God bless his soul.

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