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Sidney Ray Eudy (born December 16, 1960 in West Memphis, Arkansas) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, most commonly known as Sid Vicious, but is also well-known as Sid Justice and Sycho Sid.

A former two-time WWF/E and WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Sid Eudy is remembered more for his colorful backstage reputation. An avid softball player, Eudy was accused of feigning injury during important storylines to compete with his softball team and for a violent confrontation with fellow wrestler Arn Anderson.

Career

Sid Eudy entered the wrestling industry after an encounter with Randy Savage and his brother Lanny Poffo at a gym. Trained by Tojo Yamamoto, In his debut match, Eudy teamed with Austin Idol and wrestled Nick Bockwinkel and Jerry Lawler. Most of his early career was spent as the masked wrestler Lord Humongous. He competed mainly on the Memphis, Tennessee, and Georgia wrestling circuits where he captured several regional titles. He also competed in New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he challenged Tatsumi Fujinami for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship under the name Vicious Warrior, but failed. (The name was arbitrarily chosen by NJPW and had no connection to the Road Warriors, who were billed in Japan as Animal Warrior and Hawk Warrior, respectively.). Coincidentally, his "Lord Humongous" personality used previously was taken from the same movie as their gimmick, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.

World Championship Wrestling

In 1989, Eudy signed with WCW and wrestled as Sid Vicious. Originally slated as a singles wrestler, Eudy was paired with Danny Spivey to form The Skyscrapers. Managed by Teddy Long, The Skyscrapers feuded with The Steiner Brothers and The Road Warriors. The team was short-lived, Eudy was replaced by Mean Mark Callous after suffering a broken rib and a punctured lung. Following his recovery, Eudy returned as a member of Ric Flair's Four Horsemen, and was humorously billed by the ring announcers as being from "wherever he darn well pleases". As a Horsemen, Eudy feuded with Paul Orndorff and The Junkyard Dog and unsuccessfully battled WCW World Champion Sting for the title. Despite being offered a multi-year, guaranteed contract and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, Eudy left the company for the World Wrestling Federation.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

Under the Sid Justice moniker, Eudy had a brief run with the company. Originally a babyface, Eudy was the WWF/E's special enforcer as a way to have him on screen as he worked through a bicep injury and would sometimes participate in short squash matches. However, he turned heel and feuded with Hulk Hogan. Details of Eudy's departure are unclear. In an interview, Eudy stated he was negotiating with WCW to return because of his unhappiness with the environment of the WWF/E. However, Vince McMahon made it financially worth it to remain with the company.remain WWF/E claims that prior to Wrestlemania VIII, Eudy was discovered to be cheating on a drug test and left the company in order to avoid suspension. suspend

Back in WCW

After spending less than a year with the WWF/E, Eudy returned to WCW and teamed with Vader to form the Masters of The Powerbomb. The two feuded with Sting and The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith. Once again Eudy was slated to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade '93, but it never came to fruition.

Two weeks away from winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship during a tour in the United Kingdom, Eudy, reportedly drunk, had an argument in a hotel bar with Arn Anderson after Anderson overheard Eudy insulting his friend Ric Flair. Eudy later went up to Anderson's hotel room to settle the argument and (allegedly) hit Anderson over the head with a hotel chair when he answered the door. Eudy then brawled with Anderson inside the room and ended up stabbing Anderson over 20 times with a pair of safety scissors. Anderson was rushed to the hospital and survived the incident, while Eudy lost his World Title shot (which was then awarded to Ric Flair). WCW President Eric Bischoff fired Eudy after several wrestlers threatened to walk out if he was not terminated. Eudy has since apologized to Anderson for the incident and the pair are on speaking terms today.

Return to the World Wrestling Federation

Following his termination, Eudy briefly competed in the United States Wrestling Association and defeated Jerry "The King" Lawler for the USWA Heavyweight Title. In 1995, Eudy re-emerged in the WWF as Sycho Sid and briefly served as Shawn Michael's bodyguard and as a member of Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation stable. During his final WWF run, Eudy feuded with Diesel, Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels. Experiencing back problems, Eudy disappeared from the company for half a year, only to return again and feud with Vader and Shawn Michaels. On November 16, 1996, Eudy defeated Michaels and finally won his first of two WWF World Heavyweight Titles. He would lose it back to Michaels at the 1997 Royal Rumble, but regained the belt after defeating Bret Hart on the February 17, 1997 edition of Monday Night RAW, the first time the WWF title switched hands on RAW. At WrestleMania 13, Eudy's World Title loss to the The Undertaker signifying the beginning of the end of his second WWF/E run. A few months following his defeat, the WWF was unable to create an appropriate storyline for Eudy. He was released from the company.

Final tenure in World Championship Wrestling

After spending some time in ECW, Eudy returned to WCW in 1999 where he feuded with Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner, and held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on two occasions. WCW began nicknaming Sid "The Millennium Man", shortly after Chris Jericho's "Millennium Man" gimmick debuted in WWE. WCW even released a home video highlighting Sid's return to WCW called Sid Vicious: Millennium Man, but on the original print the word "millennium" was misspelled.

He was absent for most of 2000 and was not involved in the brief Millionaires Club VS. New Blood feud. He returned late in the year as the challenger to Scott Steiner's WCW Championship. Though failing to capture the championship at Starrcade, he managed to earn himself another shot at the title for the following year.

Leg break in the ring

Eudy would be scheduled to face Steiner once again at the main event of the 2001 WCW PPV Sin. Prior to the match, members of WCW management felt that Eudy needed to broaden his arsenal of wrestling moves and suggested that he try an aerial maneuver despite his unwillingness. During the match, Eudy consequently suffered a leg fracture when it snapped following his leap from the middle turnbuckle in an attempted Big Boot.

On January 14, 2001 WCW PPV Sin event Sid Vicious was set to fight Scott Steiner. During the fight Sid jumped from the ropes and suffered a double compound fracture.

The fracture caught on video was deemed too graphic by many TV stations. fracture Eudy broke his left leg in half, snapping the both tibia and fibula in his leg with at least one of the bones breaking through the skin.break

The footage quickly became a popular viral video. The footage exploded across the internet and is popular among wrestling fans and misanthropic gore fans.

Aftermath of injury

After the fight Sid pondered retiring wrestling for good, "I had about a year left on my contract, and I was thinking back then prior to hurting my leg what was I going to do as far as wrapping up my career. The only thing I really wanted to do was ideally go out in a big pay per view, like a Wrestlemania or something like that, main event, leave like that, and not come back again. It would really be the retirement match." charm

The injury forced a plot change in the 2001 Sin event, casing the Nitro lineup to change. The main event was supposed to be Nash, Dallas Page and Sid against Steiner, Jeff Jarrett and Animal but was rewritten to Kevin Nash vs. Scott Steiner.

Sid did not normally do aerial moves but felt pressured by WCW management to expand his wrestling moves. Sid later sued WCW claiming that he was made to jump off the top rope aganist his objections.

A 43-centimeter rod was placed in his leg during the two-hour surgery. For several years he was forced to use a cane to walk.

Independent circuit

During his rehabilitation, Eudy made several appearances as World Wrestling All-Stars commissioner during their 2002 Australian tour, though at the beginning of WWA's Sydney show, it was announced that Eudy would not be featured due to a broken arm. On June 5, 2004, Eudy returned to active wrestling with the Canadian-based Internet Wrestling Syndicate. Appearing as Pierre Carl Ouellet's mystery partner, Eudy competed and won a ten team battle royale.royal

Urban legends

Among wrestling fans and fellow wrestlers, Eudy developed a colorful reputation that spawned several urban legends and amusing anecdotes. Besides his confrontation with Arn Anderson, Eudy allegedly was involved in a bar fight with wrestler Brian Pillman. It is said that Eudy fled the bar only to return, brandishing a squeegee as a weapon. The attempted threat would result in mere laughter among the bar's inhabitants.

At WrestleMania 13, one popular urban myth is that, during his match with The Undertaker, Sid had soiled himself shortly after the match had begun, which ended with a tombstone finisher from the unknowing 'Taker.

Wrestling facts

Finishing and signature moves

Managers

Quotes

Championships and accomplishments

  • PWI ranked him # 122 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003.
  • PWI Comeback of the Year Award (1996)

  • 1993 Most Overrated Wrestler

Title lineage

WWF Championship Preceded by:
Shawn Michaels First Succeeded by:
Shawn Michaels Preceded by:
Bret Hart Second Succeeded by:
The Undertaker WCW Championship Preceded by:
vacant First Succeeded by:
vacant Preceded by:
vacant Second Succeeded by:
vacant WCW United States Championship Preceded by:
Chris Benoit First Succeeded by:
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Notes

External links

1960 births | American professional wrestlers | ECW alumni | Internet memes | Living people | People from Arkansas | The Four Horsemen

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