Enforcer
Posts: 2,140
Apr 3, 2010 1:46pm
Just read on 411 Wrestling, Kanyon was Found dead of an Overdose , They are ruling it a Suicide . He was 40 years old
End of Line
Posts: 6,867
Apr 3, 2010 1:52pm
Damn.............
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Society
Posts: 1,146
Apr 3, 2010 2:07pm
This is a shocker.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Apr 3, 2010 2:34pm
Not really a shocker with all of the drugs and early deaths in the business.
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devil1197
Posts: 6,220
Apr 3, 2010 2:40pm
Who?
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Apr 3, 2010 2:41pm
Chris Kanyon. He was a popular worker in WCW for awhile.devil1197 wrote: Who?
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devil1197
Posts: 6,220
Apr 3, 2010 2:45pm
I remember him now after googling his name.
Enforcer
Posts: 2,140
Apr 3, 2010 2:49pm
Wasnt he know as Mortis for a while?
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Apr 3, 2010 3:04pm
Yes. He started out as a jobber, then became Mortis for a while and then became Kanyon.Enforcer wrote: Wasnt he know as Mortis for a while?
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Apr 3, 2010 3:06pm
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.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Apr 3, 2010 3:24pm
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.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.
End of Line
Posts: 6,867
Apr 3, 2010 3:42pm
^^^^^I totally forgot about that lawsuit.
Enforcer
Posts: 2,140
Apr 3, 2010 3:43pm
Yeah the lawsuit was a few years back , never did hear how it turned out?
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Big Red Monster
Posts: 436
Apr 3, 2010 4:08pm
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
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
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Apr 3, 2010 4:20pm
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: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
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Big Red Monster
Posts: 436
Apr 3, 2010 4:21pm
That is the same thought I had.
Chesapeake
Posts: 1,603
Apr 3, 2010 5:28pm
Vince played it down but it was the reason they fired him to avoid conflict with the rest of roster.BR1986FB wrote: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: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
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.
Chesapeake
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Apr 3, 2010 5:29pm
The same thing happened to Orlando Jordan.
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BR1986FB
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Apr 3, 2010 5:57pm
You might want to check that. Patterson had his "boys." If they had a certain "look", Patterson wanted them.Chesapeake wrote: Pat Patterson wasn't making advances toward other guys backstage like Kanyon was.
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.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Apr 3, 2010 7:14pm
wow, suprising....
Ytowngirlinfla
Posts: 2,295
Apr 3, 2010 7:20pm
I remember him on Howard Stern show talking about how he was openly gay. Pretty good interview.
Jughead
Posts: 1,261
Apr 3, 2010 11:45pm
Sad, he was one of the true innovators of wrestling in his WCW days.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Apr 5, 2010 1:29am
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.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
RelsonGracieBJJ
Posts: 528
Apr 5, 2010 8:31am
Wow.. Imagine that. Another ILLEGAL drug related death. LOL. Who says drugs aren't harmful.