The Bodydonnas
Encyclopedia
The Bodydonnas were a professional wrestling
tag team
in the WWF
in the mid-1990s, consisting of Chris Candido
as Skip, Candido's real-life girlfriend Tammy Lynn Sytch
as Sunny, and Tom Prichard
as Skip's kayfabe
brother Zip.
(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 jumping jack
s during Skip's matches and performed push ups
on fallen opponents.
On the July 9, 1995 episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge
, Skip was defeated in a booked loss by longtime jobber
Barry Horowitz
. He got into a feud
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 Smokin' Gunns defeated the Bodydonnas on the December 23, 1995 episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling
.
Skip soon got another partner who was an official Bodydonna in Zip (originally Flip), his kayfabe twin brother. They won the WWF Tag Team Championship on March 31, 1996 at WrestleMania XII
. They then feuded with The Godwinns
until they dropped the title to them on May 19. Sunny left the Bodydonnas to follow the gold, becoming the Godwinns' manager
until the Godwinns also lost their title, this time to The Smokin' Gunns
. 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 obviously a man dressed as a woman
.
A few months later, Skip was injured and the Bodydonnas disbanded.
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
in the WWF
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
in the mid-1990s, consisting of Chris Candido
Chris Candido
Christopher Raul Candito was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Chris Candido...
as Skip, Candido's real-life girlfriend Tammy Lynn Sytch
Tammy Lynn Sytch
Tamara "Tammy" Lynn Sytch is an American professional wrestling manager, personality,and occasional wrestler. She achieved her greatest success under the ring name Sunny within the World Wrestling Federation during the 1990s, and is widely considered as one of the first Divas...
as Sunny, and Tom Prichard
Tom Prichard
Thomas Prichard is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, working in their developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling as a trainer using his ring name Tom Prichard...
as Skip's kayfabe
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...
brother Zip.
History
The Bodydonnas were formed in 1995 in the World Wrestling FederationWorld Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(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 jumping jack
Jumping Jack
A jumping jack , stride jump or star jump , also called side-straddle hop in the US military, is a physical jumping exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides...
s during Skip's matches and performed push ups
Press up
For the 2004 single by Freestylers, see Push UpA push-up, or in British English a press-up, is a common calisthenics exercise performed in a prone position by raising and lowering the body using the arms...
on fallen opponents.
On the July 9, 1995 episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge
WWF Wrestling Challenge
WWF Challenge is a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It was syndicated weekly and aired from 1986 to 1996. The show premiered as WWF Wrestling Challenge and became simply known as WWF Challenge in 1995. The show featured matches, pre-match...
, Skip was defeated in a booked loss by longtime jobber
Job (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling slang, the term job describes a losing performance in a wrestling match. It is derived from the euphemism "doing one's job", which was employed to protect kayfabe. As professional wrestling is scripted, inevitably a wrestler will be required to lose to an opponent.The term...
Barry Horowitz
Barry Horowitz
Barry Horowitz is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation.-Career:Horowitz, who is Jewish, attended Florida State University, where he studied sports nutrition and wrestled...
. He got into a feud
Feud (professional wrestling)
A professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or alliances of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised...
with Horowitz and lost several more matches. A subsequent storyline saw the Bodydonnas approached by Rad Radford
Louie Spicolli
Louis Mucciolo, Jr. was an American professional wrestler. He performed in Mexico under the ring name Madonna's Boyfriend, for the World Wrestling Federation as Rad Radford, and in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s as Louie Spicolli...
, who wanted to be a Bodydonna. He teamed with Skip until Sunny fired him after The Smokin' Gunns defeated the Bodydonnas on the December 23, 1995 episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling
WWF Superstars of Wrestling
WWF Superstars of Wrestling is a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It debuted on September 6, 1986...
.
Skip soon got another partner who was an official Bodydonna in Zip (originally Flip), his kayfabe twin brother. They won the WWF Tag Team Championship on March 31, 1996 at WrestleMania XII
WrestleMania XII
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. They then feuded with The Godwinns
The Godwinns
The Godwinns was the best known gimmick of the professional wrestling tag team composed of Dennis Knight and Mark Canterbury that they used in the WWF. The team has used other gimmicks before they joined the WWF and had a gimmick change in the WWF shortly before disbanding...
until they dropped the title to them on May 19. Sunny left the Bodydonnas to follow the gold, becoming the Godwinns' manager
Manager (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
until the Godwinns also lost their title, this time to The Smokin' Gunns
The Smokin' Gunns
The Smoking Gunns was a professional wrestling tag team of kayfabe brothers Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn . They portrayed cowboys in the World Wrestling Federation from 1993 to 1996...
. 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 obviously a man dressed as a woman
Cross-dressing
Cross-dressing is the wearing of clothing and other accoutrement commonly associated with a gender within a particular society that is seen as different than the one usually presented by the dresser...
.
A few months later, Skip was injured and the Bodydonnas disbanded.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Frankensteiner (Skip)
- Sit Down splash off the Top (Zip)
Championships and accomplishments
- World Wrestling FederationWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
- WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)