| Sid Eudy | |
|---|---|
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| Birth name | Sidney Raymond Eudy[1] |
| Born | (1960-12-16)December 16, 1960[2][3][4] West Memphis, Arkansas, U.S.[2] |
| Died | August 26, 2024(2024-08-26) (aged 63) Marion, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Cause of death | non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Lord Humongous[2] Sid Sid Eudy Sid Justice[2] Sid Steele[2] Sid Vicious[2] Psycho Sid[2] Vicious Warrior[2] Psycho Sid Sid Cyclope |
| Billed height | 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) |
| Billed weight | 317 lb (144 kg) |
| Trained by | Tojo Yamamoto[2] |
| Debut | 1987[2] |
| Retired | August 5, 2017[5] |
Sidney Raymond Eudy (December 16, 1960 – August 26, 2024) was an Americanprofessional wrestler, better known by hisring namesSid Justice,Sid Vicious, andSycho Sid inWorld Championship Wrestling and theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).[6]
Sid started his career in 1989, hired by World Championship Wrestling. During these years, Sid competed as one of the members of the team known as "The Skyscrapers" with "Mean" Mark Callous (who later became famous in the WWF/E asThe Undertaker) and then later withDan Spivey; he used the powerbomb as his maneuver fight. After recovering from an injury, Sid returned to the ring in May 1990 as a member of the team of Ric Flair. After leaving WCW Sid jouned the World Wrestling Federation, he made his presentation as Sid Justice on the July 20, 1991 episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling and was also was chosen as the referee for the main fight atSummerSlam that year in a tag team match betweenThe Ultimate Warrior andHulk Hogan versusSgt. Slaughter andCol. Mustafa billed as "The Match Made In Hell." At the1992 Royal Rumble he was one of the last two in the ring with Ric Flair when Hogan, who was already eliminated pulled Sid over the top rope with Flair assisting from behind helping Flair win his firstWWF title. His crowning moment came atWrestleMania VIII, where Sid faced Hulk Hogan, Sid lost the fight by disqualification whenPapa Shango interrupted to help Sid. Sid returned to WCW in May 1993. That year he teamed withBig Van Vader. After leaving WCW again, Eudy joined the United States Wrestling Association July 16, 1994, defeatingJerry Lawler and getting the World Heavyweight Championship.
In 1995 Sid returned to the WWF onMonday Night Raw. Time after time he confrontedShawn Michaels for the title and atSurvivor Series in 1996, where Sid applied a powerbomb to Michaels and won the WWF Championship. At the1997 Royal Rumble in Michaels' hometown ofSan Antonio, the two fought again for the title with Michaels winning his 2nd title. One month later Sid captured his second WWF title by defeatingBret Hart on Raw,who had defeated Vader,Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker in a Fatal Four Way match the night before. AtWrestleMania 13 inChicago, Sid lost the title to the Undertaker. Sid's last match in the WWF was on June 9, 1997.
After leaving the WWF, Sid was hired byExtreme Championship Wrestling. Soon after, he found himself back with his former company, WCW. There he joined his former colleagues of the WWF: Hulk Hogan,Randy Savage,Kevin Nash,Scott Hall,Bret Hart, and new WCW superstarsBill Goldberg andChris Benoit. His best moment was when he won the WCW championship by defeating Kevin Nash twice.
Eudy died on August 26, 2024 inMarion, Arkansas fromnon-Hodgkin's lymphoma, aged 63.[7][8]
Sid Vicious, a wrestling icon, passed away at 63 after a battle with cancer, leaving a legacy in WWE and WCW.
