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Chris Klucsarits
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1970-01-04,Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Christopher Morgan Klucsarits was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation under the ring names Chris Kanyon (or simply Kanyon) and Mortis. As a youth, Kanyon played roller hockey, basketball, and baseball at school. He attended Archbishop Molloy High School, located in Queens NY, graduating in 1988. In 1992 he graduated from the University at Buffalo with a bachelor's degree in physical therapy. During his time there, he was a member of the Mad Turtles, the University of Buffalo Rugby Football Club. Kanyon worked full-time as a physical therapist for three years before becoming a wrestler. Kanyon debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as a jobber. After several months he was placed with Mark Starr in a tag team called "Men at Work". Their gimmick was that they were two construction workers turned wrestlers who wore jeans to the ring, and that Kanyon would cause the team to suffer losses by taking measurements with his tape measure at inopportune times. Kanyon was replaced with Mike Winner before the team disbanded altogether. Kanyon appeared on the CNN special Death Grip: Inside Pro Wrestling, in November 2007 following the aftermath of the Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide. On the program, Kanyon stated that on September 14, 2003 he had taken 50 sleeping pills in a suicide attempt. In the early hours of October 16, 2004, he was arrested in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida for "disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence" after attempting to break up a fight. He was released that same day after fellow wrestler Altar Boy Luke provided a US$750 cash bond. Kanyon publicly stated he did nothing wrong, and the case was thrown out of court. Kanyon, along with Raven and Michael Sanders, attempted to sue WWE for "cheating them out of health care and other benefits" but a federal judge in Stamford, Connecticut dismissed the case. In 2004, after Kanyon's release from WWE, he began a gimmick in which he was an openly gay wrestler. This included a publicity stunt wherein he stated that WWE released him from his contract because of his sexuality. Kanyon later told reporters and radio personalities that this was just a publicity stunt.[6] He later retracted these statements and acknowledged that he was in fact gay. Before his death Kanyon was working on a book, Wrestling Reality, with Ryan Clark. The book was released November 1, 2011, and it details Kanyon's struggles as a closeted gay man. Kanyon had been suffering from bipolar disorder, and he threatened suicide in the weeks prior to his death. On April 2, 2010, his brother Ken Klucsarits found him dead in his Sunnyside, Queens, New York apartment with an empty bottle of antidepressants. He left behind a note of apology for his family. His death was acknowledged by WWE

Filmography

Out in the Ring

0

Out in the Ring
2022-06-03

WCW The Great American Bash 1999

0

WCW The Great American Bash 1999
1999-06-13

WCW Bash at the Beach 1999

10

WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
1999-07-11

WCW Road Wild 1999

6

WCW Road Wild 1999
1999-08-14

WCW New Blood Rising

10

WCW New Blood Rising
2000-08-13

WCW Slamboree 2000

10

WCW Slamboree 2000
2000-05-07

WCW Bash at the Beach 2000

9.5

WCW Bash at the Beach 2000
2000-07-09

Death Grip: Inside Pro Wrestling

5

Death Grip: Inside Pro Wrestling
2007-11-07

WCW SuperBrawl Revenge

0

WCW SuperBrawl Revenge
2001-02-18

0

WCW Greed
2001-03-18

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

7.4

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006-10-17

WCW Uncensored 1997

6

WCW Uncensored 1997
1997-03-16

WCW Slamboree 1997

0

WCW Slamboree 1997
1997-05-18

WCW Bash at The Beach 1997

9

WCW Bash at The Beach 1997
1997-07-13

WCW Fall Brawl 1997

0

WCW Fall Brawl 1997
1997-09-14

WCW World War 3 1997

7

WCW World War 3 1997
1997-11-23

WCW The Great American Bash 1998

8

WCW The Great American Bash 1998
1998-06-14

WCW Road Wild 1998

8

WCW Road Wild 1998
1998-08-08

WCW Fall Brawl 1998

0

WCW Fall Brawl 1998
1998-09-13

WCW World War 3 1998

0

WCW World War 3 1998
1998-11-22

WWE SummerSlam 2001

8.4

WWE SummerSlam 2001
2001-08-19

4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show

0

4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
2001-09-09

PWG: Astonishing X-Mas

0

PWG: Astonishing X-Mas
2005-12-16

WCW Bash at the Beach '98

9

WCW Bash at the Beach '98
1998-07-12

7.6

WWE InVasion
2001-07-22

WWE No Mercy 2001

7

WWE No Mercy 2001
2001-10-21

The Jesse Ventura Story

0

The Jesse Ventura Story
1999-05-23

Ready to Rumble

5.219

Ready to Rumble
2000-04-07

The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2

10

The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
2013-02-12

The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3

0

The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
2015-08-11

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

6.8

You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020-08-21

TNA Turning Point 2005

0

TNA Turning Point 2005
2005-12-11

WCW World War 3 1995

0

WCW World War 3 1995
1995-11-26

WWE WrestleMania XX

8.4

WWE WrestleMania XX
2004-03-14

WCW The Great American Bash 1997

10

WCW The Great American Bash 1997
1997-06-15

WCW Monday Nitro

8.4

WCW Monday Nitro
1995-09-04

7.1

TNA iMPACT!
2004-06-04

7.7

WCW Thunder
1998-01-08

0

WXW Rage TV
1996-10-01

Dark Side of the Ring

8.4

Dark Side of the Ring
2019-04-10

7.7

WCW Thunder
1998-01-08

6.7

WWE Raw
1993-01-11