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The Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament was a professional wrestling tag team single-elimination tournament held by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion in 2005. It was held to honor the TNA wrestler Chris Candido, who died in April 2005 as a result of an injury he sustained at TNA's Lockdown pay-per-view (PPV) event.〔 It is the only edition held as of despite it being announced as an annual event. The competition began on August 16, 2005 and concluded on August 16, 2005 at the tapings of TNA's television program ''TNA Impact!''. It was broadcast from the August 19 to September 9 episodes of ''Impact!''. It was known by various names: 2005 Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament, The Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament, and The Chris Candido Cup Tournament. The concept of the tournament was to have eight teams consisting of one veteran wrestler and one rookie wrestler competing against each other to gain entry into a Four Way Elimination Tag Team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship at TNA's Unbreakable PPV event on September 11. The tournament featured sixteen TNA wrestlers: Abyss, Shark Boy, Alex Shelley, Sean Waltman, B.G. James, Cassidy Reilly, Chris Sabin, Shocker, Kip James, Petey Williams, Konnan, Lance Hoyt, Mikey Batts, Simon Diamond, Ron Killings, and Sonjay Dutt. The tournament was well-received overall. James Caldwell of the Pro Wrestling Torch wrote in his review of the matches that they were "solid" and "effective in telling the story."〔 Caldwell approved of the teaming of Shelley and Waltman, feeling that they were a "natural fit."〔 ==Background== Chris Candido was an American professional wrestler who worked for TNA starting in 2005. At TNA's Lockdown PPV event on April 24, 2005, Candido teamed with Lance Hoyt to face Apolo and Sonny Siaki in a Six Sides of Steel Cage match. During the encounter, Candido suffered an injury which was later diagnosed as a dislocated ankle, broken tibia, and a broken fibula which required surgery. Candido had an operation on April 25 to have a plate, screws, and pins placed in his ankle to fix the problem with him being sidelined from competing for two to three months in order to heal. However, Candido hoped to be fully recovered in six to eight weeks. On April 28, Candido was rushed to the hospital after he collapsed, where he died a short time later. The cause of death was released by Candido's brother Johnny as a blood clot due to the surgery a few days prior. TNA released a public statement on April 29, regrading the subject. TNA paid tribute to Candido on the April 29 episode of TNA's television program ''TNA Impact!'' as well as at TNA's Hard Justice PPV event on May 15. The April 29 episode of ''Impact!'' opened and ended with a memorial to Candido. At Hard Justice, a ten-bell salute was held while a photo of Candido, a pair of boots, and one-half of the NWA World Tag Team Championship positioned on a steel chair sat in the center of the ring. A portion of the Lockdown DVD sale profits were donated by TNA to the Chris Candido Memorial Fund. TNA originally planned to remove Candido's match from the DVD, but were given the blessing of his family to include it on the publication. A tribute to Candido was included on the DVD by TNA. The tournament was announced in August 2005 by TNA editor Bill Banks. He revealed the official name for the competition, the "2005 Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament", and that TNA were planning on it being an annual contest. Banks also announced the format of the tournament involved veteran wrestlers teaming with young wrestlers in order to compete. The idea behind the contest was explained on the August 19 episode of ''Impact!'' prior to the opening bout of the tournament. The tournament was set up in a way to mimic Candido's role at the time of his death. Prior to his death, the veteran Candido was managing the young tag team of The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens). Candido managed the team to winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship from America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm; AMW) on the April 29 episode of ''Impact!'', which had been taped on April 25 prior to his death.〔 In the tournament, eight tag teams were determined at random, with one veteran wrestler being placed with a younger wrestler from the company. The competition was also referred to as the "Chris Candido Memorial Cup Tournament". The teams chosen at random were Abyss (veteran) and Shark Boy (young), Alex Shelley(young) and Sean Waltman (veteran), B.G. James (veteran) and Cassidy Reilly (young), Chris Sabin (young) and Shocker (veteran), Kip James (veteran) and Petey Williams (young), Konnan (veteran) and Lance Hoyt (young), Mikey Batts (young) and Simon Diamond (veteran), and last of all Ron Killings (veteran) and Sonjay Dutt (young).〔 On the August 26 episode of ''Impact!'', NWA Championship Committee member Larry Zbyszko announced that a Four Way Elimination Tag Team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship was planned for TNA's Unbreakable PPV event on September 11, in which The Naturals would defend against AMW, Team Canada (A-1 and Eric Young), and the winners of the Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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