The Bodydonnas were a

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in the

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(WWF) in the mid-1990s, consisting of

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as Skip, Candido's real-life girlfriend

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as Sunny, and

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as Skip's

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cousin Zip.

History

The Bodydonnas were formed in 1995 in the

(WWF) with Skip and Sunny introducing themselves via a series of vignettes. They were fitness fanatics who often made fun of their opponents and the fans. They also demonstrated how fit they were by doing

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s during Skip's matches and performed push ups on fallen opponents. On the July 9, 1995 episode of ''

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'', Skip was defeated in a booked loss to longtime jobber

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. He got into a

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with Horowitz and lost several more matches. A subsequent storyline saw the Bodydonnas approached by Rad Radford, who wanted to be a Bodydonna. He teamed with Skip until Sunny fired him after The Smoking Gunns defeated the Bodydonnas on the December 23, 1995 episode of '' Superstars''. Skip soon got another partner who was an official Bodydonna in Zip (originally Flip), his kayfabe cousin. They won the vacant

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on March 31, 1996 on the

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pre-show. They then feuded with The Godwinns until they dropped the titles to them on May 19. Sunny left the Bodydonnas to follow the gold, becoming the Godwinns'

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until the Godwinns also lost their titles, this time to

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. Sunny then defected to the Gunns' side because she only wanted to manage champions. Meanwhile, the Bodydonnas announced that they were searching for a new manager. They appeared on WWF television programs urging fans to apply for the position. This storyline culminated in the Bodydonnas "hiring" Cloudy (also spelled Kloudi), who was Candido's friend and wrestler Jimmy Shoulders aka James Haney, dressed as a woman. In September 1996, Skip was injured and the Bodydonnas disbanded.

Legacy

Skip was released from the WWF in 1996 while out injured. He then went to ECW where he found greater success and reunited with Sunny, now going by her real name Tammy Lynn Sytch. Zip changed gimmicks and became the masked Dr. X as a jobber until 1998 when he became a trainer for the WWF. He was released by the company in 2004. The two met each other in a match in ECW on June 28, 1997 at Orgy of Violence, with Skip winning. On April 28, 2005 Skip (Chris Candido) died after developing

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as a complication of

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. His death was initially reported as being caused by a

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, but this was corrected by his brother

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in a 2016 interview. Zip made a return to WWE (formerly WWF) in January 2007 as the head trainer for

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, a development territory for WWE. After DSW shut down later that year, he worked for

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a new development territory for WWE. He was released from WWE in May 2012 before FCW folded in August 2012.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time) **WWF World Tag Team Championship tournament (1996)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bodydonnas Championship-winning tag teams (WWE) WWE teams and stables