Details On Tammy Sytch’s Lawyer Trying To Withdraw As Legal Counsel

American professional wrestling managing director and extra (born 1972)

Tammy Lynn Sytch
Mug shot of Sytch in 2022
Born	Tamara Lynn Sytch (1972-12-07) December 7, 1972 (age 49) [1] Matawan, New Jersey, U.S.[i]
Occupation	Professional wrestling manager valet band journalist adult entertainer
Years active	1993–2018
Partner(s)	Chris Candido (1990–2005)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(southward)	Tammy Spirit[1] Tammy Lynn Fytch[1] Tamara Irish potato[one] Sunny[ane] Tammy Lynn Sytch[1]
Billed height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 chiliad)[1]
Billed weight	118 lb (54 kg)[one]
Trained past	Kevin Sullivan[2] Chris Candido[two] Jim Cornette[2]
Debut	1993[1]
Retired	2018

Tamara Lynn Sytch
(born Dec 7, 1972), unremarkably known by her band name
Sunny, is an American former professional person wrestling manager, valet, ring journalist, and adult entertainer. Sytch achieved great success as Sunny inside the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) during the 1990s and is considered the beginning WWF Diva.^{[3]
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In 1996, America Online named her the most downloaded celebrity on the internet.^[6]
She afterwards performed under her nascence name in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Band of Honor. Sytch was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011.

Early life

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Sytch was born to parents of American and Russian origin. Sytch grew up in a strict family,^[seven]
with a father retired from the U.s.a. Navy.^[eight]
Sytch graduated from Cedar Ridge High Schoolhouse in Former Span Township, New Bailiwick of jersey in 1990.^[9]
Upon entering Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1993, her fictional “in-graphic symbol” storyline presented her as having come up from studying pre-police at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.^[10]
She then switched to pre-med at the University of Tennessee,^[2]
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with the ambition to be a plastic or orthopedic surgeon.^[eleven]
During her outset year of college, she worked as a freelance photographer.^[10]

Professional wrestling career

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Smoky Mount Wrestling (1992–1995)

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Sytch started out traveling with her young man Chris Candido to make some extra money.^[2]
In late 1992, she signed a half-dozen-month deal with Smoky Mountain Wrestling. She first appeared onscreen every bit Tammy Fytch in 1993. She played a villain, who idolized Hillary Clinton. In her beginning storyline with the visitor, she threatened to file a sexual discrimination lawsuit due to the lack of prominent positions offered to females. In June 1993, an unnamed Sytch made a cameo appearance at Eastern Championship Wrestling’s Super Summer Sizzler Spectacular issue.

Sytch managed Brian Lee to the Heavyweight Championship and as well began accompanying Candido in his matches. By May 1994, she was managing the two men equally a tag team, which won the Tag Team Championship from The Rock ‘n’ Roll Limited. Both Sytch and Candido, even so, left the promotion in early 1995 for jobs with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).^[10]

Globe Wrestling Federation (1995–1998)

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In late 1994, Sytch was contacted past the WWF, and she began appearing as Tamara Tater, a commentator for “Live Effect News” segments during syndicated WWF tv shows.^[10]
One calendar month later, Candido joined the WWF, and the duo began appearing as Sunny and Skip, known collectively equally The Bodydonnas, villainous fitness fanatics.^[x]
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Naught (portrayed by Tom Prichard) later joined the squad, and Sunny was in their corner when they won the Tag Squad Championship over The Godwinns at WrestleMania XII.^[2]
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In 1996, she won
Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Manager of the Twelvemonth Honor.^[one]
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Weeks later, The Godwinns regained the championship, and Sunny turned on The Bodydonnas in favor of the new champions. She then turned on The Godwinns and helped The Smoking Gunns win the Tag Squad Championship. After The Smokin’ Gunns lost the championship at In Your House 10: Mind Games, she fired them in the heart of the ring.^[10]

She spent a brusque fourth dimension equally the manager of Faarooq Asaad, aiding him in his feud over the Intercontinental Championship with Marc Mero and his valet Sable.^[ten]
Sytch and then began interim as host for several WWF television shows, including
LiveWire
and
Shotgun Sabbatum Night.^[10]
In improver, she appeared on MTV’s
Singled Out
and
Entertainment Tonight. Meanwhile, Candido left the WWF for Extreme Title Wrestling (ECW), and it was not long earlier she began making guest appearances with him in the promotion. In August 1997, she appeared at ECW’s Hardcore Sky 1997 pay-per-view.^[10]

In 1998, Sunny became a confront and briefly became the manager for the Legion of Doom 2000, leading them to a win in a Tag Team Championship number ane contender battle imperial at WrestleMania 14.^[12]
Sunny would continue to manage them until she was released in July 1998 amid rumors of backstage bug with Rena “Sable” Mero and an addiction to painkillers, every bit well as no-showing several appearances.^[x]

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1998–1999)

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Later on being released by the WWF in July 1998, Sytch joined Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).^[thirteen]
She made her debut at Heat Wave four days afterward her WWF release.^[ten]
Now billed as Tammy Lynn Sytch, she assisted Candido in his win over Lance Storm and their subsequent feud.^[10]
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By September, Storm introduced his own valet, a parody of Sytch, “Tammy Lynn Bytch” (later on known as Dawn Marie). Afterwards that twelvemonth, among more rumors of drug employ, Sytch and Candido took some time off of idiot box.^[x]

When the duo returned, Candido re-aligned with Shane Douglas’s Triple Threat, and Sytch began a feud with Douglas’s managing director Francine. The feud was cut curt when Sytch was arrested after violating a restraining order filed by her mother.^[x]
After a brief bout of Australia, she returned in October 1999 on an episode of
ECW on TNN, where she talked openly virtually her past drug problems and reformation. Candido and Sytch left the promotion in December 1999.^[ten]

World Championship Wrestling (2000)

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Afterward appearing in Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) in early 2000, both Sytch and Candido signed on with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Candido debuted in March of that yr and Sytch debuted one calendar month later at Spring Stampede, helping him win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship in a friction match against The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea. She and then feuded with Iaukea’due south valet Paisley. The short-lived feud came to a conclusion at Slamboree when The Artist and Paisley stripped Tammy’south dress off to reveal her undergarments following Candido’s singles victory over Iaukea. Sytch and Candido then briefly feuded with Crowbar and Daffney. Candido after dropped the title, which marked the end of the couple’southward run with the company.^[10]
As in the past, Sytch’s departure was surrounded by rumors of drug abuse.^[x]

Contained circuit (2000–2018)

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After existence released from WCW, the duo landed in Xtreme Pro Wrestling where she managed Candido to a title (the XPW World Heavyweight Championship) once once more. Candido and Sytch parted ways with XPW and started touring other independent wrestling promotions. In the leap of 2003, Sytch and Candido moved to Puerto Rico and were ready to work for Victor Quinones’ International Wrestling Association promotion. Sabu convinced them to work for Carlos Colón’s rival Globe Wrestling Council (WWC) promotion instead. After six months, the couple quit the promotion and headed back to usa. Upon their return to us, both Sytch and Candido briefly lived with former ECW wrestler Hack Myers in his home in Florida.

After the death of Candido, Sytch became regularly involved in the independent excursion once again. Sytch made appearances as a referee for NWS Wrestling in May 2005 and attended a
Chris Candido Memorial
prove on June 4, 2005. Also, Sytch was a part of
Hardcore Homecoming
on June 10, 2005. She first came out with Johnny Grunge and Pitbull #1 to practice a tribute to erstwhile ECW wrestlers who had recently died. Among those honored were Candido, Pitbull #2, and Rocco Rock. They were interrupted by Danny Doring and Roadkill, but 911 cleared them out of the ring.

During this fourth dimension menses, Sytch appeared at the New Jersey-based NWA Cyberspace promotion. Soon later Sytch’s departure from NWA Net, the New Jersey-based National Wrestling Superstars (NWS) became her new master wrestling promotion. She appeared on a scattering the promotion’due south shows in the summer, and on June 3, 2006, she managed Lex Luger to victory over Johnny Candido. Prior to the bout, a presentation was held from The Manasquan Elks Club to the
Chris Candido Memorial Fund. The Elks Order donated $500 to the fund, with the coin beingness used towards a scholarship for a Manasquan Loftier School student. Sytch returned to NWA Shockwave (formerly NWA Cyberspace) in 2006 every bit a featured headliner. On Dec one, 2006, Sytch was appointed the new commissioner of NWA Shockwave.^[fourteen]
Immediately following this announcement, Sytch alleged all Shockwave title titles vacant and informed fans that new Heavyweight and Internet Champions would be crowned on January 13.

On December 22, 2007, Sytch won her first championship, the WSU Championship, after defeating the champion Alicia at a Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) evidence in Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey,^[1]
property the championship until March 21, 2008, when she lost the championship to Nikki Roxx in a three-way match that as well included Alexa Thatcher. Sytch turned heel at WSU’due south J-Cup Tournament a 24-hour interval afterwards, when she appeared as the villainous managing director for Dawn Marie in her first circular friction match against Becky Bayless, which Bayless won via disqualification.

Sytch made an advent at a Ring of Honor show on Dec 29, 2007 held at New York Metropolis, seated at ringside during a non-title three-way match where Daizee Haze defeated boyfriend ROH regulars Lacey, and then-Shimmer Champion Sara Del Rey. Upon the conclusion of the match, Lacey verbally assaulted Sytch and accused her of denigrating women’s roles in professional wrestling, which supposedly resulted in women’due south wrestlers not beingness taken seriously in the industry. She likewise threatened to assault Sytch, but Haze made the save on Sytch’s behalf. Sytch made a few more than appearances for ROH in 2008, where she repeatedly offered her services to Austin Aries but was turned down. On the April 12 ROH show, Larry Sweeney announced that he had opened a “Diva School” and invited Sytch to exist the trainer, an offer she said she would consider.

Sytch made an appearance at Dynamite Championship Wrestling’s 9 Yr Anniversary Event in February 2012. She would exist the official Host of the Result. She too made an appearance for Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling on September xiv, 2013 at the “Back at It” event in Freeland, Pennsylvania.

A calendar week afterwards beingness released from jail in October 2018, Sytch appear via Facebook that she would be taking bookings for what she claimed would be her final nine to twelve months of appearances earlier retiring to a individual life.^[15]

WWE appearances (2007, 2009, 2011)

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Sytch made an appearance on the
15th Ceremony of Raw.^[16]
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Sytch, as Sunny, participated at WrestleMania XXV on Apr 5, 2009 in the 25-Diva boxing majestic for the crown of “Miss WrestleMania”, but was eliminated by Beth Phoenix.^[18]
Sytch was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by the entire roster of WWE Divas on April 2, 2011.^[19]
In 2021, WWE Network listed her as one of the many female person performers who fabricated an impact in WWE exterior the ring.^[xx]

Developed entertainment

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Sytch has claimed that, in 1997,
Playboy
had approached her and offered a half dozen-figure sum to pose nude for the magazine. Sytch stated that she declined the offer^[ten]
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because she didn’t experience that she was emotionally ready to do something like that. Rena “Sable” Mero, with whom Sytch had real-life antagonism,^[x]
later disputed Sytch’s merits that she was approached for a possible photo shoot.^[22]
From 2001 to 2003, nonetheless, Sytch regularly posed nude for Missy Hyatt’s adult website
Wrestling Vixxxens. In later years, Sytch said she regretted taking function in the website due to money she claimed she never received as well as the sexual deportment some of the other models performed in their own photo and video shoots.^{[23]
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unreliable source
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In 2016, Vivid Entertainment released a pornographic motion-picture show featuring Sytch titled
Sunny Side Up: In Through the Backdoor.^[24]

After existence released from prison house in 2020, Sytch created an OnlyFans account to upload adult-oriented content.^[25]

Personal life

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Sytch attended the same loftier schoolhouse as her long-time boyfriend, Chris Candido,^[26]
who would afterward introduce her to the professional wrestling industry.^[10]
Sytch regularly managed Candido throughout his career and remained with him until his decease in 2005.^[27]
By 2007, she was one time again in school, studying Medical Technology.^[2]

Sytch had a nine month relationship with Shawn Michaels in the late 90s.^[28]
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Sytch was friends with Bret Hart and would entertain his children whenever they followed him on tour.^[30]
Sytch walked out of
Raw
the night later on, in reaction to the Montreal Screwjob, the incident in which WWF possessor Vince McMahon legitimately double-crossed Hart, who was leaving for principal competitor WCW, and cost Hart the WWF Championship.^[10]

Sytch was rushed to the hospital in 2001 after her appendix burst, which required time off from wrestling to heal.^[10]
While in jail in 2013, Sytch said that she was diagnosed with cervical cancer but underwent a hysterectomy and was subsequently diagnosed every bit cancer free.^[31]
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She released an autobiography,
A Star Shattered: The Rise & Fall & Rise of Wrestling Diva Tammy “Sunny” Sytch, on Feb 4, 2016.^[33]

At the time of her May 2022 arrest, she was engaged to James Pente.^[34]

Legal bug

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In 2012, Sytch was arrested 5 times in a 4-calendar week span, for disorderly conduct, third-caste burglary, and three counts of violating a protective order. She was arrested a sixth time in Jan 2013, likewise for violating a protective gild.^[35]
Sytch served 114 days in a Connecticut jail and was released in May 2013.^[31]

Throughout May and June 2015, Sytch was arrested in Pennsylvania 3 times for driving under the influence (DUI). Sytch pled guilty to all iii charges in January 2016.^[36]
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A judge sentenced her to 90 days in jail on August xviii, but counted her 97 days in rehab as time served.^[38]
However, she was charged with violating her parole that September and remained in jail until February 3, 2017.^[34]
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While on probation, Sytch was arrested in New Jersey for two DUIs on Jan 23 and February 2, 2018, and was also charged with fleeing the scene of an accident in relation to the Feb two abort. After failing to appear in court for either case, she was arrested on February 27, 2018 for ii avoiding from justice charges and half-dozen counts of antipathy of court and was placed in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution. While she was being processed it was discovered that she was a avoiding from justice due to her parole in Pennsylvania having been revoked in Baronial 2017.^[40]
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Sytch was subsequently extradited to Pennsylvania on March 23 and remained at the Carbon County Correctional Facility in Nesquehoning until she was paroled on October 9, 2018.^[42]

A bench warrant was issued for Sytch in Pennsylvania on February 15, 2019, and the Carbon County Probation Department filed a motion to revoke Sytch’s October 2018 parole. She was arrested in Seaside Heights, New Jersey later that calendar month for DUI and other driving offenses and afterward released into the custody of the Holmdel Police force Department later on it was discovered that she had outstanding warrants in both Holmdel Township and Knowlton Township, New Jersey. She was charged with contempt of court on both warrants.^[43]
On March xx, Sytch was extradited from Monmouth County back to Carbon County Correctional Facility to address her Pennsylvania charges.^[44]
Afterward over a year in prison, Sytch was released on February 25, 2020.^[45]

Sytch was arrested on July 13, 2020, for allegedly eluding a police force officer, contempt/violation of a domestic violence restraining order, and operating a motor vehicle during a 2d license suspension. She was held at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution,^[46]
and was released on June nine, 2021, due to a court guild.^[47]

Sytch was over again arrested on January 13, 2022, in Keansburg, New Jersey for unlawfully possessing a weapon and making terroristic threats.^[48]
She was booked into the Monmouth Canton Correctional Institution, but released the following day after being ordered to bank check-in weekly with the courtroom. The charges stalk from an incident in which she allegedly threatened to murder an “intimate partner” with a pair of scissors.^[35]
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If convicted, Sytch faces eleven years in prison.^[48]
She was arrested over again a month later in Keansburg and charged with 11 driving offences, including DUI.^[50]
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Sytch was involved in a fatal machine crash in Volusia County, Florida, that killed a 75-year-erstwhile man on March 25, 2022. According to a police report from the Ormond Embankment Police Section, Sytch was driving a 2012 Mercedes-Benz when she crashed into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento that had been stopped at a stoplight. Witnesses told police that Sytch was driving at a high speed when she crashed into the Kia Sorento. Sytch was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries and a sample of her blood was taken for assay.^[51]
In May 2022, Sytch was arrested on DUI and manslaughter-related charges after toxicology reports found that her blood alcohol content was about iii.v times the legal limit during the fatal automobile crash. After initially being released after posting $227,500 bond,^[52]
a judge accounted her to be a danger to the customs and revoked her bond half-dozen days later on, and Sytch was returned to jail while she awaits trial. She faces 26 years in prison if convicted.^[53]
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Legacy

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Sytch became known as the “first Diva in WWE history” later on her run in the 1990s. During this time, her 1996 bikini issue of
Raw Mag
made a record number of sales. Her popularity expanded across professional wrestling, as America Online deemed her the most downloaded woman that same year. According to
Slam! Wrestling, Sytch’due south pairings with the Smokin’ Gunns and the Godwins made her a “loathed villain, but one of the hottest personalities in WWE.”^[54]
WWE describe her as “the person who redefined the part of women in WWE”, adding: “She wasn’t merely a brainless bikini model or a vivacious valet at ringside. She was a pinup, a fast-talking manager and could throw down when she needed to. In short, she was sexy, smart and powerful.”^[55]
For her contributions to the promotion, she was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011.^[55]

The Mail service and Courier
columnist Mike Mooneyham described Sytch every bit having “absorbed audiences during her fourth dimension in the business concern”, but that “substance abuse and backstage drama, and afterwards legal and personal issues, take plagued her over the years.”^[35]
After her 2022 arrest on DUI and manslaughter-related charges, onetime WWE wrestler Nib DeMott, whose daughter was killed by a drunk driver, called on the promotion to remove her from their hall of fame. The call was backed by WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry.^[56]
Other WWE Hall of Famer Booker T though has objected to this and has claimed that she should non be removed every bit it wouldn’t actually achieve anything.^[57]

Championships and accomplishments

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• Cauliflower Alley Order
  • Other honoree (1996)
• New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2013^[58]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Manager of the Year (1996)^[1]
• Women Superstars Uncensored
  • WSU Championship (1 time)^{[i]
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• World Wrestling Federation/WWE
  • Slammy Award (2 times)
    • Best Buns (1996)^{[1]
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    • “Minds Behind the Mayhem” for Manager of the Year (1996)^[one]
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2011)^[55]

References

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Further reading

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• Barnard, Linda (November seven, 1997). “Sunny shines in role of ‘gilded-haired play a joke on’“. Toronto Lord’s day.
  
• Lunney, Doug (April 12, 2002). “Sytch rips into WWF divas”. Winnipeg Dominicus.
  

External links

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• IndyWrestlers.internet Contour