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Apr 3, 2010 1:46 PM
Just read on 411 Wrestling, Kanyon was Found dead of an Overdose , They are ruling it a Suicide . He was 40 years old
Apr 3, 2010 1:46pm
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Apr 3, 2010 1:52 PM
Damn.............
Apr 3, 2010 1:52pm
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Apr 3, 2010 2:07 PM
This is a shocker.
Apr 3, 2010 2:07pm
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BR1986FB

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Apr 3, 2010 2:34 PM
Not really a shocker with all of the drugs and early deaths in the business.
Apr 3, 2010 2:34pm
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Apr 3, 2010 2:40 PM
Who?
Apr 3, 2010 2:40pm
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Apr 3, 2010 2:41 PM
devil1197 wrote: Who?
Chris Kanyon. He was a popular worker in WCW for awhile.
Apr 3, 2010 2:41pm
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Apr 3, 2010 2:45 PM
I remember him now after googling his name.
Apr 3, 2010 2:45pm
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Apr 3, 2010 2:49 PM
Wasnt he know as Mortis for a while?
Apr 3, 2010 2:49pm
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Apr 3, 2010 3:04 PM
Enforcer wrote: Wasnt he know as Mortis for a while?
Yes. He started out as a jobber, then became Mortis for a while and then became Kanyon.
Apr 3, 2010 3:04pm
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Apr 3, 2010 3:06 PM
If I recall he was a foil for DDP for a while. I was half expecting both he and DDP to return to TNA since they seem to like picking up the WCW retreads.
Apr 3, 2010 3:06pm
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Apr 3, 2010 3:24 PM
Little Danny wrote: If I recall he was a foil for DDP for a while. I was half expecting both he and DDP to return to TNA since they seem to like picking up the WCW retreads.
I Googled Page and was surprised to see that he is now a yoga guru and had actually sued Jay-Z over the "diamond cutter" symbol that he (DDP) has trademarked.
Apr 3, 2010 3:24pm
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Apr 3, 2010 3:42 PM
^^^^^I totally forgot about that lawsuit.
Apr 3, 2010 3:42pm
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Apr 3, 2010 3:43 PM
Yeah the lawsuit was a few years back , never did hear how it turned out?
Apr 3, 2010 3:43pm
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Apr 3, 2010 4:08 PM
A couple years ago I can remember he came out and announced he was gay. He also suffered from Bipolar Disorder, I hope that had nothing to do with this.

I really liked the Mortis character and thought WCW could have done alot more with it.

http://www.wrestling-edge.com/wwe-news/former-wwe-wrestler-chris-kanyon-found-dead.html
Apr 3, 2010 4:08pm
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Apr 3, 2010 4:20 PM
Big Red Monster wrote: A couple years ago I can remember he came out and announced he was gay. He also suffered from Bipolar Disorder, I hope that had nothing to do with this.

I really liked the Mortis character and thought WCW could have done alot more with it.

http://www.wrestling-edge.com/wwe-news/former-wwe-wrestler-chris-kanyon-found-dead.html
Read that link you posted. That's rich if they fired him for being gay considering McMahon had Pat Patterson working for him forever. :rolleyes:
Apr 3, 2010 4:20pm
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Apr 3, 2010 4:21 PM
That is the same thought I had.
Apr 3, 2010 4:21pm
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Apr 3, 2010 5:28 PM
BR1986FB wrote:
Big Red Monster wrote: A couple years ago I can remember he came out and announced he was gay. He also suffered from Bipolar Disorder, I hope that had nothing to do with this.

I really liked the Mortis character and thought WCW could have done alot more with it.

http://www.wrestling-edge.com/wwe-news/former-wwe-wrestler-chris-kanyon-found-dead.html
Read that link you posted. That's rich if they fired him for being gay considering McMahon had Pat Patterson working for him forever. :rolleyes:
Vince played it down but it was the reason they fired him to avoid conflict with the rest of roster.

I think there were several superstars making threats that they would leave the company.

Pat Patterson wasn't making advances toward other guys backstage like Kanyon was.
Apr 3, 2010 5:28pm
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Apr 3, 2010 5:29 PM
The same thing happened to Orlando Jordan.
Apr 3, 2010 5:29pm
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Apr 3, 2010 5:57 PM
Chesapeake wrote: Pat Patterson wasn't making advances toward other guys backstage like Kanyon was.
You might want to check that. Patterson had his "boys." If they had a certain "look", Patterson wanted them.

Patterson was all about one of the guys who got trained in the class before me. When RAW was in Cleveland, that guy played a cop (he actually was one and a worker) who got choke slammed by the Big Show.
Apr 3, 2010 5:57pm
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Apr 3, 2010 7:14 PM
wow, suprising....
Apr 3, 2010 7:14pm
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Apr 3, 2010 7:20 PM
I remember him on Howard Stern show talking about how he was openly gay. Pretty good interview.
Apr 3, 2010 7:20pm
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Apr 3, 2010 11:45 PM
Sad, he was one of the true innovators of wrestling in his WCW days.
Apr 3, 2010 11:45pm
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Apr 5, 2010 1:29 AM
Big Red Monster wrote: A couple years ago I can remember he came out and announced he was gay. He also suffered from Bipolar Disorder, I hope that had nothing to do with this.

I really liked the Mortis character and thought WCW could have done alot more with it.

http://www.wrestling-edge.com/wwe-news/former-wwe-wrestler-chris-kanyon-found-dead.html
A newsbit I read after he killed himself stated that due to his bipolar, he had apparently had issues strong enough to be considered a suicide risk beforehand. So I would guess that being bipolar played a big role in his death. It's a real shame...on 411mania.com, they have a wrestling news bit about what different wrestling people Tweeted about his death and it seems a lot of people in the business really liked him and his passion for the industry. Gregory Helms had a funny anecdote stating that after getting released from WWE, he went to Vince and asked him to give the "YERRRR FIIIRRREEEDDDDD!!!!!" treatment.
Apr 5, 2010 1:29am
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Apr 5, 2010 8:31 AM
Wow.. Imagine that. Another ILLEGAL drug related death. LOL. Who says drugs aren't harmful.
Apr 5, 2010 8:31am