Chris Candido passed away.

[Sofa Kingdom]

I a friend sent me this link: http://www.1wrestling.com/news/newsline.asp?news=22534

CHRIS CANDIDO PASSES AWAY
By: Bob Ryder
4/29/2005 12:31:56 AM

Chris Candido passed away Thursday night after collapsing earlier in the evening and being rushed to a hospital by ambulance. The cause of death is unknown at this time.

Candido had suffered a serious ankle injury at the Lockdown pay-per-view on Sunday and had surgery to repair the injury on Monday evening. Candido appeared at TNA's iMPACT taping on Tuesday night in Orlando just hours after being released from the hospital.

The news comes as an absolute shock to all of us who have worked with Chris in recent months. On behalf of everyone at 1wrestling.com, our thoughts and prayers are with Tammy and his family and friends.

just wow...

[The Crowbar King]

Words can't describe how ****ed off about this I am at the moment.

I can't confrom the legitamacy of this, but this is a post by Chris Candido's brother on another wrestling message board:

"I find it only fitting you hear the truth from me about the death of my bestfriend, brother, and soulmate. Chris died tonight due to a blood clot brought on by complications with his surgery. I just want to tell everyone that in their sorrow, find a way to be happy that he went out the way he wanted to...on top of the world, blonde, tan, and loving life up until the last minute. Every ounce of my brother loved this sport, and for him to go out 2 or 3 years ago wouldn't have been a fitting end to the life of such a determined, passionate, and benevolent human being. I truly view my brother as an angel as will all who knew him. Thanks to everyone for all your positive press, Chris went out a happy man and will forever live on as the(one of) greatest of all time. He would have had it no other way."

[RoaringElbow25]

this is craziness he was only 33

[Daishikaze]

I used to talk with the guy often when he was a regular where I used to work. heck of a nice guy, I'm gonna miss him

R.I.P.

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

Totally surprised.

RIP.

[MARTYEWR]

Totally surprised when I heard of this. 33 is too young to die. My condolences to Tammy and Chris' family.

[Pheonix_Chi25]

*Is actually crying*

I cannot believe this. I just read it today and I'm truly finding it hard to find words to express my sadness at Chri's death. I have been a Candido fan since him and Tammy were the Bodydonnas and he went to ECW, and I met him at the first ECW PPV I attended (Barely Legal)

I was praying that he would have been apart of the WWE produced ECW show. But my memories of him will life forever. My prayers to his family and to Tammy who I know is taking this very hard.

RIP Chris, Vaya Con Dios

[edgehead1984]

I'm shocked as well, Rest In Peace Mr. Candido, this is a sad day for wrestling...

[Black_Flag_Of_Ulster]

I'm speechless.

[Haiku Warrior]

I literally gasped when I saw it. Rest in peace. You'll be missed sorely & remembered fondly.

[superj]

One of the most underrated technical wrestlers of all time in my opinion. A huge, RIP.

[pigman]

When I heard about it I was like wo. One minute he was wrestling and everything was fine. The next time we hear of him he's dead. It goes to show we don't know where death is.

[darktowerchilde]

Another great wrestler passes away. I was extremely shocked after reading about his passing, since I read only a few days earlier that he suffered the injury but would be back in a few weeks. I'll always remember the match he had with Lance Storm that ended with an absolutely massive Blonde Bombshell and the great Triple Threat he formed with Shane Douglas and Bam Bam Bigelow. R.I.P.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

This is a shock.

Respect... Rest In Peace, Chris.

[Luds]

Sad news. I hope it wasn't related to drugs...