Chris Kanyon Found Dead at 40.

Credit: Wrestling Observer

Chris Klucsaritis, who is better known by his wrestling name Chris Kanyon, has died of an overdose of pills. He was 40. The death is believed to be a suicide. Klucsaritis was very open about suffering from bipolar disorder, and had talked about and threatened suicide many times in the past.

NO!!! Why is the world so cruel to wrestlers.

I don't care who says he sucks or whatever, no one deserves to die except child abusers, and male child molesters.

Poor Guy.

NOOOOOOOOOOO NOT MORTIS!!!!!!!!! I LOVE CHRIS KAYON!

Alright, not to be mean or anything, but we should have a thread where we can predict who is next...

Well, I mean, I've got a couple people in mind who could go... xD

Blue Loves Nathan Parsons wrote:

Vengenz wrote:

He had a mental illness, there isn't much he could have done about that.

Rehab? Mental Institution? I think lolz

there's no rehab for bipolar disorder, Blue.

My mom has it.


poor Chris. I loved him in WCW

Sabu, RVD, Kerry Von Erich, Chris Masters, hell even Kennedy.

also, Blue, even on medication, some of the side effects are an increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

KJ Moore wrote:

Sabu, RVD, Kerry Von Erich, Chris Masters, hell even Kennedy.

isnt he already dead?

what about female child abusers KJ?
and rip

Vengenz wrote:

O__O Just play the Ragdoll game, it'll be okay. :P

haha, no.

The Sexy Vixen wrote:

KJ Moore wrote:

Sabu, RVD, Kerry Von Erich, Chris Masters, hell even Kennedy.

isnt he already dead?

No, he's the only one left. All the users OD'd, and he was the one at the HOF.

FARMSTA FARMSTA LL wrote:

what about female child abusers KJ?
and rip

If you mean female child molesters, I just ask what child, and what female?

ummmm:

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Kerry Gene Adkisson (February 3, 1960 – February 18, 1993) was an American professional wrestler under the ring names Kerry Von Erich He committed suicide on February 18, 1993.

KJ is on to something...

We could do it for wrestlers and celebs (reality stars don't count, looking at you Jon Gosselin.)

It could be a like a pool or game, it'd def be fun.

Kevin Von Erich
Main article: Kevin Von Erich

Born May 15, 1957 in Belleville, Illinois, "The Golden Warrior" Kevin Von Erich is the second oldest son of Fritz Von Erich.

Kevin now hosts the show History of WCCW along with Michael Hayes on WWE Classics On Demand.

At WrestleMania XXV, Kevin Von Erich represented the Von Erich family being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

^That's the one I meant.

oh, alright.

too bad he's the only one left.

Yeah, but then there's Lacey Non Erich... Seriously though, she's got the hands of a Von Erich.

WOW, I Met him back in 2003. He was really sweet. I liked him, he was very entertaining. Im sorry he had to go through a lot.

R.I.P. Chris.

Blue Loves Nathan Parsons wrote:

Serial wrote:

KJ is on to something...

We could do it for wrestlers and celebs (reality stars don't count, looking at you Jon Gosselin.)

It could be a like a pool or game, it'd def be fun.

They do this on a other site I go too lolz

Alright, Blue, don't be lazy, go make the forum for it now.

If you're too lazy its always been my dream to be Admin for Five Minutes.

Who betta than Kanyon?

RIP!

I love Queens Boulevard.

I bet no one gets the reference without using google.

Mark Madden gives his thoughts:

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My tag-team partner, Chris Kanyon, committed suicide. Yeah, it was a terrible match, but that was a long time ago. I take no responsibility.

If you don’t laugh, you cry. The bi-polar Kanyon was certainly capable of both. Kanyon was in the closet when we worked together, but after his homosexuality was revealed, he struck me – in retrospect – as the classic self-loathing gay man, resigned to what he was but ashamed, too. Whether that contributed to his depression and suicide, only Kanyon knew.

Good wrestling teacher. Kanyon instructed Jay Leno before the 1998 Road Wild match pitting Leno and DDMe against Eric Bischoff and Hollywood Hogan. Anything good that happened in that bout was Kanyon’s doing.

When Kanyon and I tagged on Thunder against Buff Bagwell and Gene Okerlund, Kanyon laid everything out and walked me through it. It sucked, and I sucked, but Kanyon was an excellent instructor. Made everything seem simple. Two lasting memories of that match: 1) How loud the spots got called. I can’t believe the crowd couldn’t hear. 2) Kanyon screaming “Take it off! Take it off!” when I teased removing my Hawaiian shirt. “It would have got major heat,” Kanyon said after. Yeah, and been on the Internet forever.

Easily manipulated. Kanyon was feuding with DDMe, imitating him, wearing a wig, toting around his book “Positively Kanyon” (“co-authored” by me) and trying to assume DDMe’s life. DDMe didn’t get his way on something so, like the big baby he was, he stayed home for a few weeks. During that time, DDMe convinced Kanyon to continue his imitation, but to tone it down. For example, don’t flash the “diamond cutter” hand sign.

That served two purposes, both DDMe’s: 1) Continuing the imitation kept DDMe’s presence on TV. 2) Toning down the imitation made everyone aware that Kanyon was second-rate, that DDMe was the real deal. I pointed this out to Kanyon, urging him to either drop the imitation or continue doing it as he had. Do what’s best for you.

But Kanyon acquiesced to DDMe’s wishes, saying that “Page has done a lot for me.” I ask then, and ask now: What? DDMe’s idea of doing you a favor was usually letting you do one for him. Kanyon really, really wanted to be liked, even at the expense of his own career.

Not that he was ever going anywhere. Top-notch worker. Bad on promos. Zero charisma. The kind of hand that would have worked forever in the era of territories, but got weeded out in today’s semi-monopoly. Kanyon was best as Mortis; the gimmick superseded personality.

Wrestling is more gay-tolerant than most professions based on athleticism, possibly because a mouth is a mouth is a mouth, as a very famous WWE superstar once said. Kanyon wasn’t out when he was in WCW, but everybody knew, and I never once saw him victimized by homophobia.

Not so in WWE. As a rib on his homosexuality, Kanyon was booked to dress like Boy George and get beaten down by Undertaker in 2003. Like many others, Kanyon wanted so badly to be a star that he not only submitted to humiliation, he talked himself into thinking it was a good idea. Kanyon wasn’t on WWE TV again for two months, and then it was to do jobs on Velocity, the C-show of the day. The Boy George skit wasn’t part of a long-range plan. Vince McMahon just wanted to laugh at the gay guy.

It was almost as embarrassing as the Judy Bagwell on a Forklift match.

So, Kanyon’s dead. Good guy. He included me in the “Positively Kanyon” stuff, and I appreciated it. R.I.P. You really do get numb to it.

When Brian Pillman died, that affected me. Steve Austin was one of Brian’s best friends, but was too overcome to attend the funeral. I made it through the funeral OK but, a few months later, I spontaneously pulled over to the side of the road and wept for 10 minutes. People handle grief differently. But Brian, Eddy Guerrero and Brian Hildebrand (WCW ref Mark Curtis), those hit me hardest. Chris Benoit, too, but in a totally different way.

PS – Upon proofreading this article by way of reading it to Disco Inferno, he said, “It’s great that you used Kanyon’s obit to bury Page. That’s talent.”