10 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring: Chris Candido & Sunny
10. How Chris & Tammy Met
First off, something nice.
Chris Candido was wrestling Johnny Hot Body on an independent show in New York back in the early-1990s. During a routine headlock spot, Johnny told his peer to check out the "hot blonde in the front row". That was Tammy, someone Candido's mother Peggy described as "heavenly" at first glance.
Post-show, Chris met up with Tammy and told his mother he was going to stay over at her house. Likely dodging the details, Peggy wished her son well and thought nothing more of it. She had no clue back then just how big of an impact this "heavenly" blonde would have on her boy's life and career.
It didn't take long for the young lovers to hit it off. At one point in VICE's doc, it's revealed that Chris even ditched the girl he'd taken to prom because Tammy showed up in a convertible (?!) and wooed him. That sounds like a wrestling angle more than real life!