What's up everyone and welcome to another McDVD review, here on the DOI. This is going to be a long one, as I recap one of RF Video's latest shoot interviews, the Tammy Sytch shoot interview.

Before I begin the review/recap, here is the official question list, from RFVideo.com:

The last time we spoke you were just getting started with Wrestling Vixxens, what happened with that
Thoughts on Missy Hyatt
Do you regret doing Vixxens
What was different about doing nude for Vixxens as compared to Playboy which you said you would never do
Chris talked a lot in his last interview about the both of your recovery, what was it turned the corner for you during that time that made you and he make the committment to recovery
Were there any plans for you to join Chris in TNA
Your weight gain over the years has been an topic among fans who can be very cruel at times. What do you attribute your gain in weight too?
How much does it hurt when you hear or read fans take shots at you over it
Have you ever thought about speaking to younger girls about such a thing being that you are someone who seems very happy with who you are, where as weight can be such a cruel issue to younger girls?
What happened between you and Low Ki at USA Pro
Are you surprised at the lack of respect to veterans on the indys today
We understand that Chris was to be managed by Francine at One Night Stand, were you going to be a mystery run-in or a part of the show in anyway
Would you prefer people to remember your legacy from ECW or WWE
Have you gotten any of your money owed from Paul Heyman
A few years ago you announced your retirement and said you were going to be a flight attendant, how come that didnt work out
What are your memories and thoughts of your time with Chris down in Puerto Rico
What do you think of Stacy Keibler's success on Dancing with the Stars
What are your thoughts on Dawn Marie suing WWE for being fired while she was pregnant
When Chris broke his leg, did he take it hard
How hard was it for him not to use painkillers to numb the pain
What happened in the 24 hours leading up to Chris' passing
Was he advised at all not to fly
How did you hear about his passing
Did you not think it was real when you first heard
Did you contemplate suicide at all
Were you the one who broke the news to his family
Did anyone step up and help you make arrangements and things like that
Over the next five years, what were the plans for you two
Did anyone surprise you by attending or not attending Chris' funeral
How did you handle things over the next few weeks following the funeral once everything calmed down
The first booking you took was WEW, how did that come about
In retrospect were you ready to handle being in front of a crowd and working again
How much harder is it to resist temptation without the support from Chris
How close are you still with his family
Have you and Johnny talked about working together on the indys
You did an interview where you said that Chris' family hold TNA responsible for Chris' death, do they still
Who were your biggest support systems after his passing
Do you think anyone exploited you after his death
Is it a day to day thing getting through life without him
How long was it before your started dating
How weird was it to date being that you were with him since you were in high school
How is your battle with sobriety going
  Is the wrestling business bitter sweet for you
When you hear things like that do they just roll off of you or does it hurt
Who in the WWE would you like to manage today if you could back
Who do you think has a chance on the indys of making it in the WWE
Do you think a full time womens wrestling company could work
Do you like doing commentary
What is the craziest thing a promoter ever asked you to do
What do you think of Shawn Michaels' life turnaround as a reborn Christian
How surprised at you on the rise to political power of Triple H
I am going to through some local promoter's names out and tell me thoughts, stories, etc
Is it true that you did not know about TNA's Chris Candido Cup until midway through the tournament
Do you think they exploited his death
Were there ever plans to involve you in the tournament for at least an appearance
Who were your fav wrestlers growing up
Was managing it harder than you thought
How did you develop your promos
Good rib stories
Good road stories
Is there someone you saw that you thought would make it and didn't
Is there someone you thought would never make it that did
How did you get into WWF
How did you handle the transition from territorial manager to now a world wide superstar
Initial memories of Vince McMahon
Thoughts/memories of Bret Hart
Do you think he takes the business too seriously
Are you surprised to see him back for the Hall of Fame
Thoughts on the Clique and Shawn Michaels
Thoughts on The Smoking Guns
Thoughts on Tom Pritchard
Memories of Louie Spicolli
Thoughts on Mick Foley
How did the change to the Attitude era affect your character
Do you think Vince played you and Sable against each other
Were you surprised to see her back 2 yrs ago
What do you think of the way WWE has transitioning divas off of the street to be wrestlers and personalities
Who are some of your fav girls to work with or watch on the indys
Does it bother you when a new girl on the indys is disrespectful towards yourself
Was there anyone you refused to work with and why
Are you still on good terms with Vince
Advice for young girls looking to get into the business
DO you still see yourself as a role model for women wanting to get into the business or female wrestling fans
Thoughts on newsletters and the internet
What do you miss most and least about being full time in the business
What are you doing today?
Do you think TNA has a future
Do you think you will be a part of it
Would you ever write a book
What was your favorite time in your career
What is your favorite moment in your career
What do you think is wrong with the business today
Would you like to be in the WWE Hall of Fame
Do you think Chris should be in the Hall of Fame
Do you have any plans to be a part of this year's One Night Stand
Is there anyone you didn't get a chance to work with that you wished you would have
Did you ever manage anyone who did not let you get your heat
Did you ever think your weight got out of control
 Did it ever affect your job

Now that you know what was asked, here is some of the stuff said in the shoot:

Tammy starts off the shoot by talking about Missy Hyatt's where-abouts, where she says "who knows & who cares?"

Tammy picks up where the last RF Video shoot left off, and immediately starts talking about Wrestling Vixxxens and how that was a mistake. She also talks about when Vince McMahon approached her to do Playboy, while in the WWE. Tammy talks about her problems with Wrestling Vixxxens and says they are theives. However, Tammy then blames Missy for why she didn't get paid.

Tammy talks about catching Missy smoking crack, then discusses her own drug use. Tammy says she's never done street drugs, but admits to over-using prescription pills. Tammy says one of the reasons she cut ties with Missy was because Missy does crack and she didn't want to be called a crackhead and be guilty by association.

Tammy talks about Chris Candido getting his drive back two years ago. She also discusses how the pair decided to quit using drugs one day, because they thought it was getting old.

Tammy's advice to any indy worker who wants to wrestle in Puerto Rico: "Don't go no matter what." Tammy then explains her problems with the Puerto Rican promoters. Tammy says she got stiffed alot financially, fans were out of control and always threw batteries at her and she said the buildings were all decrepit. Tammy continues to go off on Puerto Rico calling the place where she lived dirty and crime infested. Tammy really goes off on why she hates Puerto Rico here, but backs up her reasons for the hatred.

Tammy continues to go off on Puerto Rico and says the Puerto Ricans who live in the United States are cool and cordial, but said the Puerto Ricans who live in Puerto Rico are hardcore, and will stab you with a drug needle if you even look at them the wrong way.

Tammy talks about getting back at the Puerto Rican promoters by stealing the ring truck, and taking the keys and tossing them in the ocean. The result? TV Tapings for one month were cancelled because there was no way to get the ring around.

Tammy then talks about the Colon family and says that Eddy Colon is better than Carlito. Tammy says that Carlito has no drive or fire for wrestling, but Eddy does.

Tammy talks about leaving Puerto Rico and moving into Hack Myers house in Florida. She talks about how Hack treated her, and wondered who she was married to, Hack or Chris.

Tammy on MLW & Court Bauer: "Waste of time."

Tammy talks about Chris Candido running around naked & bloody in a hotel in Florida. Chris talked about this story on the Masked Maniac hotline, and it was one of Candido's funniest stories when he was Frank Goodman's hotline co-host for 6 months.

One of the lines of shoot: "My work has always been solid, whether I've been drunk or not." That's debatable...

Tammy talks about her and Chris's move back to NJ, and how she started managing a tanning salon.

Tammy talks how she got pancreatis from excessive drinking in 2001. Tammy talks about the effects and pain of pancreatis, and how doctor's gave her only 48 hours to live. Tammy says she was read her Last Rites twice. Tammy then talks about how a week and a half later, she kicked the pain out, and how her pancreas shrunk back to normal. She said she went from being on her deathbed one day and just healing up to 100% the next day. This was a really interesting story.

Tammy talks about fan criticism, and says it bothered her at first, but says she realizes the fans don't realize her health problems so she says fuck it.

Tammy talks about the infamous Low Ki/UXW incident. This was another story recapped in Candido's shoot, plus talked about by Chris & Tammy on Frank Goodman's hotline. Tammy says Low Ki is very "standoffish". Tammy does a Low Ki impersonation and says that Low Ki demanded respect from her. Tammy says Low Ki threatened to kick her ass, and she told Low Ki go ahead, because she knew all of the ex-ECW contingent at Frank Goodman shows would destroy Low Ki.

Tammy then talks about seeing Low Ki later on down the line and how she extended an olive branch. She says they are on good terms now, and how Low Ki even asked Chris to watch his matches to give him advice. She says now when she sees Low Ki, she makes small talk with him.

Tammy brings up the lack of respect current indy wrestlers have for the legends. She says some indy guys don't even know who Dusty Rhodes is.

Tammy brings up a story of Miss Jackie at a JAPW show and how Miss Jackie didn't know wrestling etiquette. Tammy says Jackie would've never had a job in the WWE if the Sunny character was never created. Tammy makes a great point here. I guess Tough Enough didn't teach all those kids everything.

Tammy talks about what Chris Candido was going to do at ECW One Night Stand. Tammy says for as much as she loved ECW, she said she wants to be remembered for her WWF legacy, and not for her ECW work.

Tammy talks about Paul Heyman and how he owed her and Chris alot of money. She brings up how Paul told Chris "I owe you" backstage at a RAW show, but nothing ever materialized.

Tammy talks about how 2 years ago she said she wanted to retire and become a flight attendant. She brings up why she said that, and it's a funny story.

Tammy is asked about the Dawn Marie situation and says that in Dawn's and in every girls contract it says that you can be terminated if you don't keep your looks up. Tammy makes it sound that Dawn has no case in her upcoming lawsuit against them. Tammy also puts over Dawn as a person.

Tammy talks about Chris getting injured at that silly TNA all-steel cage matches PPV, which occurred a few days before his untimely death. Tammy talks about the pain Chris was in from his ankle at the time.

Tammy says that Chris loved TNA during his time there.

Tammy then talks about Chris's last days at TNA and what Chris did at TNA. Tammy then recounts Chris's death and gets very emotional as you could imagine here.

Tammy says Chris was in alot of pain before he died, due to the broken ankle and how his breathing wasn't right. She says Chris wound up having pnemonia, although they didn't know that at the time. Tammy says that they needed to drain Chris's lungs, but how both Tammy and Chris hated being knocked out cold for surgery. However, Chris eventually agreed to be knocked out for the surgery.

Tammy, in the most emotional part of this shoot, tells how the doctor told Tammy that Chris has passed away. The doctor told Tammy that they found a blood clot too late. The doctor then told Tammy that Chris should've never flown home from his ankle surgery in Florida. Tammy says the Florida doctors didn't know what they were doing, and how lawyers have told Tammy that she has a malpractice & negligence suits against them. Tammy says she's still proceeding with getting all the paperwork against them. This was strong stuff.

Tammy says she was never suicidal after Chris died and that it never crossed her mind.

Tammy talks about Chris's funeral and says since she was never legally Chris's wife, Chris's parents took care of the funeral arrangements. Tammy says she didn't want Chris to be cremated, but Candido's mother did. Tammy says that Chris's mother wanted to divide up his ashes and Tammy flipped out, saying, "Why don't you divide it up some more and sell some of his ashes on eBay?" Holy shit.

Tammy talks about her blow-ups with Candido's parents and says that she gave up trying to do anything and let Candido's parents run the funeral. She says that Chris's parents implied that it was her fault that Chris died and how Chris's mom said too bad it wasn't you and not him that died. Tammy said since the funeral, she hasn't talked to the parents since.

Tammy says that Chris Candido "sold out" his funeral, and how everyone was there. She was happy with the turn-out, and was happy that Chris sold out his last house.

Tammy talks about the weeks after Chris's death and how she hung out with Francine and Dawn (seperately of course) and how both helped her after the death. Tammy also talks about her weight gain as well during this time.

Tammy then talks about her first show back, at WEW, after Francine got her booked. She says she got stiffed on pay and it was a big mistake coming back so early.

Tammy says she was her strongest support system after Chris's death.

After "switching tapes", we return as Tammy talks about how Candido's parents blamed TNA for Chris's death.

Tammy says she's still in contact with Johnny Candido and Chris's sister.

Tammy says alot of promoters exploited Chris's death with the memorial shows. Tammy says she didn't agree with Goodman running a memorial show, because she said Goodman stiffed Candido a few times. Tammy thinks that Frank made alot of money off of Chris's death.

Tammy says she agrees with Cyberspace running a memorial show. She puts over Cyberspace as a company she likes working for. I think every wrestler does with those paydays. Tammy says Derek Gordon and Firehawk are good guys to her and have really helped her out.

Tammy puts over Billy Gunn as one of her best friends and as someone who generally cares for her.

Tammy says it took her a few months to start casually dating after Chris's death. She said she was lonely without Chris and that's why she started dating.

Tammy says she's currently working at a New York Sports Club. She says she's made a ton of friends at the gym. Tammy talks about how she got hooked up with her current boy friend. Tammy also talks about the akwardness of being with someone for so long and moving on into the "dating scene".

Tammy talks about a possible WWE return, which she'd like to do again. Tammy says she wants to show all the current girls how to get it fucking done.

Tammy puts over Mike Kruel as someone who should be in the WWE right now. Tammy doesn't think any girls on the indies belong in the WWE.

Tammy talks about how she wasn't happy that TNA did a Chris Candido cup and think they were full of shit. Tammy says she got a "fucking ham" from TNA as a gift. That's pretty fucking odd. Tammy talks about how TNA screwed her when it came to Chris Candido's last payday.

Tammy says that an all-womens wrestling company will never draw. She says she likes doing commentary, and puts over Johnny Kashmere's fed as a company she likes working for.

Tammy talks about her time in XPW and recounts a silly story from there.

Tammy talks about Shawn Michaels and says she's on good terms with him, but says she hasn't talked to him in years.

Tammy addresses the sex rumors and says directly into the camera- "I NEVER HAD SEX WITH BRET HART." She says she was great friends with Bret but nothing ever happened.

Tammy says "I never deliberately cheated on Chris" when talking about Shawn Michaels. She says her and Chris were broken up, but no one knew about it, when she had sex with Shawn. That's an interesting way to put it.

Tammy then talks about her sexual relationship with Shawn Michaels. This is one of the stories that will sell this shoot, and it's worth hearing. She says the only people who knew that Shawn was tagging Tammy was the Clique and Vince. Tammy talks about all the crazy stuff that went down with Shawn, and even says she took a vacation to Jamaica with Shawn.

Tammy then talks about the time Shawn got beat up in Syracuse. She also mentions that Chris and Shawn never got along. Tammy then talks about her vacation with Shawn again, and says that Shawn paid $5000 a day for a honeymoon suite. She also mentions she was with Shawn for 9 months. She then tells the story about when Shawn asked Tammy to move in with her.

Tammy says shit hit the wall with Shawn when she decided to get back with Chris. She said a month after she broke up with Shawn, Shawn met the Nitro Girl Whisper, got her pregnant and got married. She even tells how Whisper moved into the house that she helped Shawn create in Texas.

Tammy talks about people started treating her differently after she cut ties with Shawn, and talked about some of the ribs. She said Chris never mentioned anything about Shawn, and she thinks Chris just accepted it and let's move on.

RF asks Tammy about her other sexual escapades, and says she has already given RF Shawn's name, and she isn't giving anything else. She says she's writing a book and isn't going to kill her book sales by talking about the other people she fucked behind Chris's back or while they were broken up.

Tammy talks about debuting with the WWE and meeting Hunter at Wrestlemania XI. Tammy talks about his rise to power, and says she never liked him from day one. She said Hunter was always cocky and always bragged that he'd go to the top. Tammy said she wasn't surprised when she heard Triple H married Stephanie.

Tammy talks about her heat with Sable, and says she believed Vince McMahon played the two against each other, in the interest of competition. She says she hated Sable for who she was, and said that Sable hated Sunny because of Sunny's spot. Sunny then says Sable was happy when her first husband died. Sunny then said she and Marlena (Terri Runnels) never liked Sable because of Sable's personality.

Sunny also says Sable was a "fucking cunt", before talking about Sable's return to the WWF. Sunny then said she called Vince before Sable's return to say that she would testify to say that Sable was a money hungry whore.

Tammy then says she's always loved Vince McMahon and was never intimidated by him. She says alot of people hate him and are intimidated of him, but she was one of the rare people who loved working for him and never was intimidated.

Tammy says she does think Bret takes the business too seriously, but it's because of things that happened with his career. She calls Bret "quirky", but says he was a great guy.

Tammy then talks about how she got into the WWF, after getting an audition from Bruce Pritchard. She says Cornette was mad at the time, because she was the main focus of Smokey Mountain Wrestling. Tammy talks about bombing at her audition, but getting the job anyway.

Tammy talks about her first days in the WWF, where Vince named her "Tamara Murphy". Tammy talks about how she had a NJ and a Knoxville accent, and how vince had to be her speech therapist, to get her to talk the way he wanted her to.

Tammy talks about some of her road stories with the Smoking Gunns, and tells some stories about them. She said that Bart Gunn was huge into porno and into strip clubs.

Tammy says she loves Mick Foley, and says Mick Foley will be writing the foreward to her book.

Tammy said Tom Prichard was one of Chris Candido's best friends and said Tom was a great guy.

Tammy says there isn't a big pool of talented or good looking girls on the indy scene, and says that's why Vince is picking up girls off the street. Tammy says she's friends with Alere Little Feather, but says ALF needs to step it up to ever be on WWE TV.

Tammy then gets honest and says alot of the girls on the indy scene will never get to the WWE because they aren't on that level.

Tammy says to any girls wanting to get into the business- "don't". She says go to school and don't make wrestling your main priority.

Tammy says she still talks to Vince McMahon every 6 months. She says that Vince has told her he'd bring her back once she's 100%.

Tammy says it's hard for her to watch WWE now, because most of the girls aren't good. Tammy says she respects everything Trish has done in the business, but says Torrie & Stacy are clueless. Tammy then talks about the diva search and says that it was pitiful that none of the girls knew who Kamala was.

Tammy then shows off her wrestling history knowledge, and says Chris was always impressed with her.

Tammy says she's one of the rare people who miss the travel of the WWE wrestlers. She says she doesn't miss the politics & bullshit.

Tammy talks about some of her favorite ribs, and tells how Davey Boy used to rib Owen.

Tammy says her favorite time in her career was being in the WWF. She says she didn't even mind getting slopped and says it was actually fun.

She said being on cover of WWF magazine was a major career milestone.

Tammy says Henry O'Godwinn was hard to work with, although she didn't mind getting slopped.

Tammy says she never got along with Paul Bearer, but doesn't know why the pair never got along. She said Bearer was a bitter man to her. She does say she got along with the Undertaker though.

She says she's happy for Bret for getting into the WWF Hall of Fame.

Tammy says at this point, she's not sure if she'd even want to be at the ECW PPV this year. She says she's working on her book now, but would like to be back in the WWF by the end of the year. She says she has no interest in going to TNA, after how TNA handled Chris's death.

Tammy said her main focus right now is getting into "Sunny" shape.

Tammy says she's been to "Hell & Back" and ponders that name for her autobiography. She says she's in a good place now, and tells her fans not to worry about her. She says she's not suicidal and has her shit back on track, and thus concludes this interview.

Final McWord
One thing to remember in all of this, is that this was Tammy's second shoot with RF Video, so there wasn't that much talk about WCW or ECW in it. It would've been interesting to hear what she thought about WCW & ECW in their dying days, but those topics were omitted in this shoot. I would've also liked to have heard about Tammy's thoughts on NWS, and how NWS is parodying her with a "Hammy" character, but I'm guessing RF Video didn't even know about that angle in the first place.

I really enjoyed this interview. Alot of people have been giving Tammy a hard time, due to her appearances and drinking before her matches, but this shoot doesn't come off as someone desperately looking to make money. Tammy does look very healthy and full of life in this shoot. She also seems very happy while discussing her career, except for the part about Chris's death, which we can all understand why.

This is a very emotional shoot at times. There's tales of heartbreak, lust, being down, being up and more, all in this roller coaster ride. This was a very well rounded shoot and RF Video did a great job with their question sheet. Also, to get Tammy on record on Shawn Michaels for the first time ever, well that was major.

I guess the saddest thing in this shoot is for it to be known publicly that she doesn't get along with Chris Candido's parents. The best part about this shoot is her recounting her WWF days.

Overall- A great shoot interview, with alot of information in it. However, after watching it, I think after Tammy's book comes out, it will be a great companion piece for the book. You can see there was times when she held back, as she didn't want to give everything away, due to her working on her autobiography. This shoot is definitely worth picking up and taking a look at.

To pick up this shoot, go to RFVideo.com or go to http://www.rfvideo.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2775&HS=1

Sean "The MiC" McCaffrey
BULLSMC@aol.com