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Tammy Lynn Sytch
File:TammySytch.jpg
BornDecember 7 1972
Matawan, New Jersey
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Tamara Murphy Fytch
Tamara Murphy
Sunny
Tammy Lynn Sytch
Tammy Sytch
Billed height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Billed weight195
Trained byBrian Lee
Chris Candido
ECW
Debut1993

Tammy Lynn Sytch (born December 7, 1972 in Matawan, New Jersey) was a professional wrestling diva for ECW, WCW, WWE and various independent promotions. She achieved her greatest success as Sunny in WWF in the mid to late 1990's.

Career

Smoky Mountain Wrestling

Tammy started out traveling with her boyfriend, Chris Candido. She did some camera work for the New Jersey-based WWA. She first appeared onscreen as Tamara Murphy Fytch in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1993. She played a rich, spoiled brat, who was billed as having come from Wellesley College. Tammy Fytch became extremely hated by the fans in Smoky Mountain. She managed Candido, Brian Lee and Boo Bradley, who would become Balls Mahoney in ECW.

World Wrestling Federation

In late 1994, Tammy, as Tamara Murphy, began appearing on "Live Event News" segments during World Wrestling Federation television shows, where she would promote local WWF house show events. Tammy and Chris appeared on a handful of WWF shows as Team Spirit, a short-lived gimmick similar to (but pre-dating) the recurring Saturday Night Live "Spartan Cheerleaders" skit, and similar to the later "Spirit Squad". Later in 1995, the duo were renamed Sunny and "Skip", and began appearing on WWF television as the heel fitness-freaks Bodydonnas. She became America Online's most downloaded woman thanks to her risque pictorials that were offered exclusively from AOL. In 1996, she won two Slammy Awards, "Best Buns" and "Best Manager". She also won Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Manager of the Year Award. The WWF split her up from Candido and she went on the manage The Godwinns in a swerve where she teased Phineas Godwinn so he would follow her every whim and caused them to lose the WWF World Tag Team Championship to the Smokin' Gunns.

During this time, she became known as "The Clique Chick" backstage due to her spending a lot of time with the members of the Clique. Candido had problems with the Clique members, and eventually she tapered off her associations with them before stopping altogether. She then began a short-lived relationship with wrestler Shawn Michaels.

With little for her to do, Sunny began a short career as a ring announcer and t-shirt model before becoming the manager of Faarooq Asad. At the same time she began having legitimate offscreen problems with Sable. Candido left the WWF for ECW without Tammy and it wasn't long before Sunny began making guest appearances in ECW with him.

In 1998, Sunny briefly became the manager for the reformed Road Warriors as "LOD 2000". This was her final position with the company before her release.

Extreme Championship Wrestling

Once released from the WWF, she officially made the announcement, at HeatWave '98, that she was now a full-time ECW employee. She assisted Chris Candido in his win over Lance Storm but as their feud moved forward, Storm introduced his own valet "Dawn Marie Bytch". They quartet had several very well received mixed tag team matches against each other including one infamous one where Dawn Marie lifted up Sunny's skirt and spanked her with a paddle. Candido being a member of the Triple Threat (where Shane Douglas was being managed by Francine) eventually led to a Francine/Sytch feud which caused the group to break up.


World Championship Wrestling

In early 2000, Tammy and Candido signed with World Championship Wrestling. While there, she managed Candido to a WCW Cruiserweight title win at Spring Stampede 2000. During that run, she feuded with Paisley while Candido feuded with The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea. The short-lived feud came to a conclusion at Slamboree 2000 when The Artist Formally Known as Prince Iaukea and Paisley stripped Tammy's dress off to reveal her undergarments. Her undergarments consisted of yellow colored hotpants and a midriff-bearing tube top. Shortly there after, Tammy began feuding with Daffney.

Xtreme Pro Wrestling

After being released from WCW, the duo landed in Xtreme Pro Wrestling where again she managed him to a title (the XPW World Heavyweight Title).

Indies

After leaving XPW Candido & Sytch toured a few independent promotions (including a stint in USA Pro Wrestling where Tammy famously got into an argument which nearly escalated into a fight with Low-Ki before entering a semi-retirement.

The duo moved to Puerto Rico for eight months and Tammy announced her retirement saying she was going to become a flight attendant, but instead opened and began running a tanning salon in May 2004.

Death of Chris Candido

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Tammy Sytch and Chris Candido

Chris Candido unexpectedly died on April 28, 2005 due to, according to his brother Johnny, acute pneumonia caused by complications from surgery to repair a broken ankle that he suffered at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's PPV on April 24, 2005.

Tammy made an appearance in Women's Extreme Wrestling on May 7 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She gave a short speech before the show began after they had a ten bell salute to honor Candido. She then managed Talia while wearing one of Candido's ring jackets. She was briefly hospitalized for a minor nervous breakdown the same weekend but was soon released.

Indies after Candido's passing

After the passing of Chris Candido, it did not take long for Sytch to become regularly involved in the independent circuit again. Sytch made appearances as a referee for NWS Wrestling in May 2005 and attended a Chris Candido Memorial Show on June 4, 2005. Also, Sytch was a part of Hardcore Homecoming on June 10, 2005. She first came out with Johnny Grunge and Pit Bull #1 to do a tribute to former ECW wrestlers who had recently died. Among those honored were Chris Candido, Pit Bull #2 and Rocco Rock. They were interrupted by Danny Doring and Roadkill, but 911 cleared them out of the ring. 911 then proceeded to pick up Sytch and place her on his shoulder. In a bit of a humorous moment, 911's knee buckled due to Sytch's overwhelming weight and they both toppled to the canvas. Sytch proceeded to laugh it off. After the show, a Q & A session was held and donations for the Chris Candido Scholarship Fund were taken. A donor contributed $700, and Tammy stated that she would flash her breasts to anybody who topped that. Another donor paid $800, and Tammy flashed him in what was said to be the highlight of the session.

After Candido's death, Sytch considered NWA Cyberspace to be her primary wrestling promotion. She considered a lot of the people in the promotion to be "family." She has managed All Money Is Legal, Kip James, Andy Douglas, Chase Stevens, and Sabu on various shows. Tammy had also been involved in a heated feud with rival manager John Shane and his protégé Rhino. Tammy's feud with John Shane came to a conclusion on May 21, 2006 as Rhino, seconded by John Shane, defeated Kip James in a "Loser's Manager Retires" match. Considering that James lost the match and Tammy was his manager, Tammy is no longer able to appear on future NWA Cyberspace shows.

Return to the WWE

In recent months WWE.com has made many references to Sunny including a puzzle, Sunny Month on WWE 24/7, and the use of her old WWE theme Music "I Know You Want Me" on the Divas section of the site. On a March 2006 radio show, she mentioned that she had spoken to Vince McMahon and that he has opened the door for Sytch to come back when she is ready. Sytch stated that she hopes to be back in the WWE by the end of 2006 [1]. Sytch will feel that she's ready to return as soon as she is in "Sunny Shape". Her voice has considerably lowered in the past few years.

Tammy was featured in the 2006 WWE DVD The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers. The DVD paid tribute to her blazing the trail for future WWE Divas, but also seemed to put the blame on herself for her personal problems and drug abuse. Many clips of her past were shown, however, it is unclear if she actually participated in the DVD. Sytch, in her present day appearance, didn't actually physically appear in the DVD, but she partially narrated her segment - or at least a voice similar to her "Sunny" voice did.

In November 2005, WWE officials contacted Sytch in hopes of having her participate in a photo shoot and interview for WWE.com. Juxtaposed to her earlier stint as Sunny, WWE fans would be in for a surprise if they saw her in her present day physical appearance. Henceforth, Sytch turned down the offer as she didn't want WWE fans to see her in her current full-figured state. However, Sytch didn't completely rule out the offer as she stated that would be willing to do it when she finally got back into "Sunny Shape". In recent interviews, Sytch has stated that she is training in an effort to slim down her figure in hopes of making a WWE comeback in late 2006 or early 2007.

Personal life

Tammy Sytch and Chris Candido were never legally married. Since she was never legally Chris' wife, Chris' parents took care of the funeral arrangements at the time of his death. Candido's parents wanted Chris to be cremated, however, Tammy didn't want that to occur. Chris's mother wanted to divide up his ashes, and that made Tammy very upset. She hasn't talked to Candido's parents since the funeral. However, she does keep in contact with Chris' brother Johnny Candido and his sister.

Sytch currently holds a desk job at a fitness club.

Wrestling facts

Finishing and signature moves

Wrestlers managed

Championships and accomplishments

  • PWI Manager of the Year Award in 1996.
  • 2-time Slammy Award winner (Best Buns & Brains Behind the Brawn).

Trivia

  • Tammy was involved in the adult website Wrestling Vixxxens with Missy Hyatt from 2001 to 2003. Chris Candido filmed nude footage of the two for the site. Sytch admitted that she was shy at times in regards to doing certain poses.
  • In 2004, Tammy owned and operated a New Jersey tanning salon but a 2005 disagreement with a business partner led to the end of her affiliation with the business. Tammy now holds a desk job at a New York area fitness club. Tammy has stated that she was only been joking when posting information on the internet about her retirement from the professional wrestling business in order to become an airline stewardess and that she had never really planned on becoming one.
  • She is a huge fan of KISS and Marilyn Monroe.
  • She was a cheerleader in high school.
  • In 1997, Playboy approached Tammy in regards to posing nude for the adult magazine. Tammy declined the offer as she feels she wasn't ready for it at the time.
  • In June 1999, Tammy auctioned off her breast implants on Ebay. The implants sold for several thousand dollars, however, the winner of the auction never paid.
  • Tammy is a life-long fan of the Dallas Cowboys.
  • Sytch doubletaped her breasts to her black gown for the Hardcore Homecoming show on June 10, 2005. Sytch's breasts would have easily fallen out of her dress had she not taped them up.
  • It was reported in a local New Jersey area police report that Sytch was arrested for driving under the influence in December 2005.
  • Tammy is currently working on her autobiography. She says that Mick Foley will be doing the foreword for the book. She says the name of her autobiography will be called "Tammy Sytch: To Hell & Back".
  • Jakks Pacific plans on releasing a Sunny action figure for the WWE Classics Superstars Series line in the near future.
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