Sid Vicious clears up Softball Controversy 2 time WWE and 2 time WCW World Champion Sid Vicious addressed the rumors that he would breach 'big money' wrestling contracts in order to play softball.
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Sabrina Paige ( m. 1983)Children2SidSid EudySid JusticeSid SteeleSid ViciousSycho SidVicious WarriorBilled height6 ft 9 in (206 cm)Billed weight317 lb (144 kg)Billed fromWest Memphis, Arkansas'Wherever he damn well pleases!' Trained byDebut1987RetiredAugust 5, 2017Sidney Raymond Eudy (born December 16, 1960) is an American actor, player and retired.
He is best known under the Sid Vicious, Sid Justice, Sycho Sid, or simply Sid, and for his work in (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later ). Between those promotions, Eudy has enjoyed major championship success and performed to an international television audience in four decades from the 1980s to the 2010s.Eudy is a six-time, having won the, the, and the. In addition to world title success, Eudy held the, among other accolades.
During his tenures with the WWF and WCW, Eudy headlined multiple for both organizations, main-eventing and in 1992 and 1997 respectively, as well as WCW's counterpart to that event, in. Contents.Professional wrestling career Early career (1987–1989) Eudy entered the wrestling sport after an encounter with and his brother. After being trained by, Eudy made his debut as he teamed with and wrestled the team of. He then adopted the masked wrestler persona known as.Eudy began his career in (CCW) in 1987, under a mask and the name Lord Humungous. On Christmas Day 1987 he won the, going on to be the final titleholder. Later he turned after rekindling a childhood friendship with, resulting in the two forming a tag team and capturing the. He also competed in NJPW), where he challenged for the under the name Vicious Warrior, but was unable to win the title.
Eudy then made a very brief stint in (WCCW), where he adopted one of his most notable: Sid Vicious, which he took from the who played bass for the. World Championship Wrestling The Skyscrapers (1989). Main article:In 1989, Eudy signed with and retained his Sid Vicious ring name.
He made his televised debut in WCW by defeating on the June 17, 1989 episode of. Originally slated as a singles wrestler, Eudy was eventually paired with to form. Managed by, The Skyscrapers feuded with.
During this time, he incorporated the as his finishing move. However, the team was short-lived; Eudy was replaced by after suffering a broken rib and a punctured lung during a match with The Steiner Brothers at the November 1989.Four Horsemen (1990–1991). Main article:Following his recovery, Eudy was introduced on the May 11, 1990 edition of as the newest member of 's, and he was billed by the ring announcers as being from 'wherever he damn well pleases'.
Sid was the 'muscle' of the group and initially brought in to counter-act the strength of at. His first televised match back was a 26-second loss to on in which the referee performed a fast three count (in an interview in 2018, Sid stated the reason for the quick loss was punishment by booker for having been seen playing softball during time off while he was rehabilitating from his punctured lung). As one of the Horsemen, Eudy feuded with and the. He attacked following the champion's title match of, setting up his first feud as a singles wrestler. At, a fake Sting , in collusion with Sid, let Sid pin him after switching places with the real Sting in order for Sid to win the belt. However, they were thwarted when the real Sting came out and beat Sid to retain the title.Sid's association with the Horsemen became tenuous following this episode, and he began a quasi- run in November 1990 when he faced at, which Eudy won. However, was attacked post-match by the debuting, in response of which Sid recruited former partner Spivey for a short-lived reunion of the Skyscrapers at in December, where the two defeated The Big Cat.
Following this match Eudy made an abrupt return to heel status, ending 's WCW run in January 1991 and squashing at later that month. He returned to full-fledged Horsemen activity and participated in the at.
The Horsemen amicably split in April 1991, during which time he entered negotiations with the WWF. Despite a huge contract offer and a promise of a world championship run, Eudy announced his intentions to leave WCW. Before departing he had a short feud with 7'7' (231 cm) tall (who was billed as being 8'0' (242 cm)), that ended with his loss to the giant at.World Wrestling Federation (1991–1992). This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: – ( December 2018) At a taping on May 28, 1991, Eudy made his WWF debut in an untelevised segment attacking following Mountie's open offer.
He defeated in his first WWF match at a non-televised event in on July 8. On the June 8 episode of, began airing promoting his WWF debut and introducing him as Sid Justice. On the July 20 episode of Superstars, Eudy debuted on WWF television and was announced as the for the main event of that year's, where and the teamed up against The Triangle of Terror (, and ) in a 3-on-2. Later that night, Sid saved and from an attack at the hands of and at the newly wed couple's reception.
During this time, Sid defeated in his first televised match on the September 21 episode of Superstars. In a match with Roberts, Sid injured his biceps and was forced to miss the pay-per-view.Sid returned at the, which had a special stipulation: the winner would win the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Title, which had been stripped from Hulk Hogan. Sid entered at No.
29 and was among the final four wrestlers, along with Hogan, Randy Savage, and Ric Flair, before he eliminated both Savage and then Hogan, leaving himself and Flair in the ring. Hogan, who was still at ringside after being eliminated, grabbed Sid's arm and tried to pull him over the top rope, giving Flair the chance to grab Sid's legs and throw him out to win the match and become the new WWF Champion.Less than a week later, on the January 25 episode of Superstars, WWF President held a press conference to announce who would face Flair for the WWF Championship at. Before Tunney even announced who the number one contender would be, Sid stood up as if Tunney called his name. Yet to Sid's annoyance, Tunney chose Hogan. Sid later issued an apology to Hogan, which Hogan accepted. Sid and Hogan then teamed up to face The Undertaker and Flair on. During the match, after he Undertaker and Flair, Hogan reached to Sid for a tag.
However, Sid refused to tag in and walked out of the match. Despite this, Hogan won the match by disqualification.On February 23 on an episode of Wrestling Challenge, Sid appeared as a guest on 's 'The Barber Shop'. Knowing that Hulk Hogan (Beefcake's long-time real-life friend) was not in the arena, Sid threatened Beefcake and chased him off the set before destroying the Barber Shop with a chair. Later that night, it was announced that Hogan would battle Sid (and not WWF Champion Ric Flair) at the main event of WrestleMania VIII, resulting in Flair facing Randy Savage for the WWF Championship instead. A week later, Sid hired as his manager.
Sid also began a post-match gimmick where he would further 'injure' his defeated opponents with one or more powerbombs (his finishing move), and sometimes — after the defeated wrestler placed on a stretcher — following this up by grabbing the stretcher and running it into a fixture, such as a ring post or guardrail.At WrestleMania VIII, Sid lost his match to Hogan by disqualification when interfered on Sid's behalf, allowing the two to double-team Hogan until the returning Ultimate Warrior stormed the ring and saved Hogan. Nearing the end of the match, Sid kicked out of Hogan's trademark.
Sid was disqualified when Whippleman quickly jumped into the ring to get involved.On a November 22, 2011, edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, confirmed that Sid failed a drug test prior to his WrestleMania match with Hulk Hogan. He was allowed to do the match and then went on their European tour. After the tour, he was told he was going to serve his suspension, resulting in Eudy quitting instead and pursuing a career in. At the time of his departure from the WWF, Sid was about to embark on a feud with The Ultimate Warrior who had returned at Wrestlemania VIII to save Hulk Hogan from the beat down from Sid and Papa Shango, the story being that Sid was angry the Warrior had stuck his nose in his business. Eudy competed on the WWF's European tour in April 1992, then began his feud with Warrior in the United States.
They wrestled on two house shows, with Warrior winning twice by disqualification. After wrestling Warrior in on April 26, Eudy voluntarily quit the company due to disagreements with the Warrior and WWF management in particular about the outcome of his match with Warrior. The WWF replaced Sid with Papa Shango in the feud with Warrior. Return to WCW (1993) Eudy, under his Sid Vicious ring name, returned to WCW in May 1993 as a mystery competitor of against at.
Sid defeated Hammer in a stretcher match. That summer he teamed with and reignited his feud with Sting. At, Sting's team (Sting, and ) defeated Sid's team (Sid, and ) in a. At, Sid faced Sting in a rematch of the same pay-per-view three years previous, but was beaten via a roll-up. The following week on television Sid turned on Rob Parker and became a babyface.During their tour in, on October 27, Eudy was involved in a hotel room scuffle with that resulted in both wrestlers stabbing each other with scissors. Both were rushed to the hospital, as Anderson suffered scissor stab wounds to the chest and stomach.
Vicious stabbed Anderson twenty times, while being stabbed four times himself. Sid was released from WCW after several wrestlers threatened to walk out because of him. It had been planned to have Sid challenge then WCW World Heavyweight Champion Vader at that year's, but Sid's departure removed him from this match and was elevated to be the challenger against Vader. Based on tapings that took place prior to his departure, Sid would have defeated Vader and become the new champion. In one event never aired on television at these tapings, Sid placed the massive Vader in a.United States Wrestling Association (1994–1996) Following his departure from WCW, Eudy returned to what was now WCCW merged into (USWA) in, where he began feuding with old rival. On July 16, he won the promotion's by forfeit when Lawler, who had been attacked and injured by Eudy earlier in the card, could not appear for the scheduled match. While Lawler was able to defeat Eudy in non-title matches, Eudy was able to retain his title in several championship defenses through initiated by, his ally at the time.
Sid also participated in the in September 1994, challenging for the. On February 6, 1995, Lawler won the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship back from Sid. Later the two of them were tag team partners. Once again on August 30, 1996, Sid won the title back from Lawler. On September 2 he dropped the title back to Lawler.Return to WWF Alliance with Shawn Michaels and Million Dollar Corporation (1995). Sycho Sid in 1995On the February 20, 1995 episode of, Eudy returned to the WWF under the ring name Sycho Sid, where he became the bodyguard of. Along with, Sid accompanied Michaels to ringside for Michaels' WWF Championship match against then-champion and Michaels' former bodyguard, at.
Michaels had the match won after hitting his signature, but Sid stood on the ring apron and distracted referee, allowing Diesel time to recover and pin Michaels after a Jackknife Powerbomb to win the match and retain his title. The next night on Raw, Michaels expressed dissatisfaction with Sid's interference and gave him the night off for his rematch against Diesel at the first-ever pay-per-view. In response, Sid replied to Shawn, 'You don't give me the night off!' , and attacked Michaels from behind before hitting him with a powerbomb three times, turning Michaels into a again. Diesel came to Michaels' aid and clotheslined Sid over the top rope. Michaels claimed to have sustained a legitimate back injury as a result of the attack and was sidelined for six weeks, thus taking him out of the title match. Two weeks later on the April 17 episode of Raw, announced Sid as the newest member of the after left the Corporation.
After joining, Sid challenged Diesel to a match for the at In Your House, which Diesel accepted. Diesel won the match via disqualification, and thus retained his title, when interfered. After the match, Sid and Tatanka continued to double-team Diesel until Bam Bam Bigelow came out to save him. At the, Diesel and Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Sid and Tatanka.
Sid faced Diesel once again at for the WWF Championship in a, which Diesel won to end the feud. Following this, Sid moved on to a feud with Shawn Michaels and was scheduled to face him at, but was replaced by at the request of WWF President, with Ramon challenging for Michaels' in a as Sid was seen watching on the backstage television monitors.
On the September 5 episode of Raw, Sid faced Michaels for the title but lost after being hit with three superkicks. Sid then started a brief feud with, culminating in a victory over Godwinn at.On the November 13 episode of Raw, Sid faced the Intercontinental Champion in a non-title match, with Ramon's friend as the special guest referee. Razor was about to deliver the on Sid, but The 1–2–3 Kid helped Sid avoid it, allowing Sid to pin Ramon after a powerbomb, with the Kid making a fast count. After the match, the Kid turned and joined the Million Dollar Corporation. In the first elimination match at, Sid and Corporation leader Ted DiBiase helped The 1–2–3 Kid pin to win and become the sole survivor for his team.
Later in the event, Sid was randomly teamed up with his rival Shawn Michaels, and to face, Razor Ramon, and in a 'Wild Card'. Sid was eliminated by Razor Ramon after Michaels hit Sid with superkick.
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After his elimination, Sid powerbombed Michaels. At, Razor Ramon and Marty Jannetty defeated Sid and The 1–2–3 Kid. Sid and The 1–2–3 Kid teamed up the next night to participate in the first-ever Raw Bowl, which won.
Shortly after, Sid suffered a serious neck injury and left the WWF. WWF Champion (1996–1997). This section of a does not any. Please help by adding. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately.Find sources: – ( December 2018) Eudy would not be seen again until the July 8 episode of Raw, when he was announced as the replacement for (who left the WWF) for the six-man tag team match, teaming with former rival Shawn Michaels and Ahmed Johnson against Vader, and at the main event of, effectively making him a. However, Sid's team lost the match.
Sid earned himself into contention for the and left the company very soon after losing it toThe next night on Raw, Sid started a feud with The British Bulldog, whom he faced at on August 18 and pinned Bulldog with the powerbomb. At on September 22, Shawn Michaels hit with Sweet Chin Music and went for the pin to retain the, but came out, broke up the count, attacked Michaels, and got Mankind disqualified. After the match, Mankind and Vader double-teamed Michaels until Sid came out to make the save. He and Vader fought their way backstage, starting a feud between the two. Sid fought Vader at on October 20 in a match where the winner would face Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship at Survivor Series on November 17. As Sid was about to powerbomb Vader, Vader's manager got on the ring apron to distract him. Michaels responded and pulled Cornette off the apron before hitting him with Sweet Chin Music.
Sid then pinned Vader with a to win the match and to become the number one contender for the WWF Championship. After the match, Sid celebrated his victory with Michaels. At the, history repeated itself.
Sid grabbed a camera from the camera operator and prepared to hit Michaels with it. Michaels' manager, got on the ring apron and told Sid to put the camera down, but Sid refused and hit Lothario in the chest with the camera instead. Although this was the act of a heel, the audience cheered wildly for him and booed Michaels, just as they had done, in Sid's favor, four and a half years earlier against Hogan at the Royal Rumble. Sid dropped the camera, and as soon as he turned around, Michaels hit him with Sweet Chin Music; however, Michaels went outside the ring to check on his manager instead of going for the pin. Sid hit Michaels in the back with the camera, then threw him back in the ring before hitting him with the powerbomb to win the WWF Championship.At on December 15, Sid defended the title against in a match where the winner would defend the title against Shawn Michaels at the 1997 Royal Rumble on January 19. Hart made Sid tap out to the Sharpshooter, but the referee was knocked out and unable to witness the submission. As Michaels was commentating at ringside, Sid and Hart left the ring and started fighting right beside him.
After Sid had pushed Michaels then climbed into the ring with Hart, Michaels went to hit Sid but Sid threw Hart into him. Sid then pinned Hart with the powerbomb to retain the title. At the, Sid lost the title to Michaels. During the match, Sid hit the chokeslam on Michaels and repeatedly powerbombed him outside the ring. Later on in the match, Jose Lothario got on the ring apron, and Sid approached him, but before he could do anything to Lothario, Michaels hit Sid in the back and the face with the camera, knocking him out in the process.
Michaels went for the pin, but Sid managed to kick out. Michaels then hit Sid with Sweet Chin Music to become the WWF World Heavyweight Champion for the second time. Michaels soon forfeited the title due to being unable to wrestle, a claim still widely disputed by many during that time, especially Bret Hart, who believed Michaels did not want to drop the title to him at.
At in Chattanooga, a four corners elimination title match was held for the vacant championship belt between Bret Hart, and Vader. Hart won, and was scheduled to face Sid the following night, on the February 17, 1997, episode of Raw. During that match, Hart had Sid trapped in the Sharpshooter submission when Stone Cold Steve Austin, whom Hart was feuding with, came to the outside of the ring and hit Hart with a steel chair, allowing Sid to hit Hart with the powerbomb to win the WWF Championship for the second time.At on March 23, Sid lost the title against The Undertaker when Hart interfered during the match, allowing The Undertaker to hit the and pin Sid to win the WWF Championship. The next night on Raw is War, Sid made one more appearance after Bret Hart attacked an injured Shawn Michaels in the ring after a face to face promo about Hart turning on the fans. Following this, Sid was kept off of television until the May 12 episode of Raw is War, where he returned as a face. He competed against Owen Hart and defeated him to become the partner of in their feud with.
At on June 8, Sid and The Legion of Doom faced The Hart Foundation (Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, and ) in a six-man tag team match, which The Hart Foundation won when Owen pinned Sid with a roll-up. On June 9, Sid defeated Owen on Raw before disappearing from television for over a month. His last match was a lost to Owen in a house show in Toronto, Canada. He returned on the July 14 episode of Raw, making a brief final appearance before leaving the WWF once again to recover from a neck injury that would require surgery.Independent Circuit (1998) After leaving WWF from a neck injury and being inactive for nearly a year, Sid wrestled in the in Mississippi and New Jersey. He defeated at the on February 28.
Sid would work for in Tennessee.Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999) After some time on the independent circuit, Eudy debuted in (ECW) in January 1999, where he had matches with,. He left ECW in May due to the monetary problems plaguing the promotion. Second return to WCW The Millennium Man and United States Heavyweight Champion (1999) At the behest of his real-life friends and, Eudy returned to WCW at The Great American Bash in June 1999, joining 's. Upon his return, he took the nickname of 'The Millennium Man' and faced the WCW World Champion Kevin Nash on the July 5, 1999, episode of WCW Nitro.Sid was dubbed as undefeated having a winning streak much like had previously; although, the majority of this streak was due to Sid coming to the ring and power bombing wrestlers already in a match or immediately following their match and thus 'defeating' them.On September 12, 1999, Sid won his first and only from at.
He then began a feud with Goldberg who challenged him for the United States Heavyweight Championship at. Earlier that night, however, their backstage fighting led Sid to require stitches, though he refused to be treated, which led to Sid bleeding openly the entire night. After brawling with Goldberg, a weary Sid lost the match due to excessive bleeding, awarding Goldberg the United States Heavyweight Championship against his opponent's will. Sid lost again to Goldberg in an at, effectively ending their feud and Sid's 'streak.' WCW later released a home video highlighting Sid's return to WCW called Sid Vicious: Millennium Man.World Heavyweight Champion (2000) After the 'Millennium Man' gimmick ran dry, Sid became a and started to contend for the. He was placed in a match at in January to fill the suddenly vacant title after Bret Hart was forced to relinquish it due to a concussion. Sid would lose the match to Chris Benoit, but the title was again vacated as Benoit left for the WWF the next day.
The on-screen explanation was that Sid's foot was under the rope during his submission loss. The next week, Sid was presented with a challenge by Nash, who had become commissioner of WCW. If he could beat in a match on that night, he would face Nash for the championship that night.
Sid managed to defeat the Harris Brothers and eventually Nash himself to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Two nights later on, Nash stripped Sid of the championship due to him not beating the legal Harris brother in the match on Nitro. A rematch between Sid and Nash was set up, but Sid again defeated Nash on Nitro to win the title for a second time.
He later successfully defended the title at in a three-way match against Scott Hall and.At, Sid defended his title against Jeff Jarrett thanks in part to help from a returning, which set up a match for the following night's Nitro pitting Sid and Hogan vs. During the course of the match, Sid turned heel and attacked Hogan, due to his being incensed that the fans were chanting Hogan's name.
He chokeslammed Hogan and forced the referee to count Hogan being pinned, although the official result was a no contest. This apparently might have been to set up a match for the upcoming pay-per-view in April. However, shortly after this, WCW began its angle and Sid (along with all the other WCW champions at the time) was stripped of his championship. He did not play a large role in the angle that followed, and was kept off of television for several months.Injury and first retirement (2000–2001) He returned late in the year as a challenger for Scott Steiner's WCW World Heavyweight Championship, but Sid failed to defeat Steiner in their title match at.
On January 14, 2001, at the pay-per-view in Indianapolis at Conseco Fieldhouse (now Banker's Life Fieldhouse), Sid faced Steiner, Jeff Jarrett and in a for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, however, he suffered a near career-ending injury.Members of WCW management allegedly felt that Eudy needed to broaden his arsenal of wrestling moves and suggested that he try an aerial maneuver, despite his 'unwillingness'. Eudy felt it unnecessary for a wrestler of his size and type to do high spots and did not feel comfortable doing them. During the match, Eudy suffered a following his leap from the second turnbuckle in an attempted on Steiner. This had him awkwardly landing on one foot while kicking with the other, severely fracturing the leg he landed on. Eudy broke his left leg in half, snapping both the and, with at least one of the bones breaking through the skin.
The fracture was too graphic for many TV stations to re-air, although it was shown on the following Nitro.The injury put Sid out of action indefinitely, and he pondered retiring from 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 or something like that main event, leave like that, and not come back again. It would really be the retirement match'.A 17-inch (43 cm) rod was placed in his leg during the two-hour surgery. For a while, Eudy used a cane to walk.
Sid later sued WCW, claiming that he was made to jump off the second rope against his objections. The injury forced a plot change in the event. The main event was supposed to be Kevin Nash, and Sid against Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, and Road Warrior Animal but was rewritten as Kevin Nash versus Scott Steiner. WCW would then be the following month, ceasing any possibility of Sid's return to that company.Recovery and later career (2002–2017). Www.cagematch.net. ^.
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